It took me until the first buoy to get my goggles situated comfortably with a tight fit. Finally as I turned the corner of the first buoy, I thought, great i'm all set now. I started out swimming, trying to find my groove that I know I am capable of. It's such a mind game, but managed some intervals of nice swimming, exchanging out with backstroke, which I am able to make productive

Make sure my goggles are on SNUG!!

Okay, so...i managed a better transition time than last year, (which was over 10 minutes). The walk from the water to transition has to be about .25 mile. Then the walk out of transition with the bike is way too long on rocky terrain (you have to walk it out). Naturally, walking back in is the same!! So those of us which are older had the longest travel with cleats and walking out bike out of tranition. Not so bad with sneakers for the run.

Maybe try having cleats hooked onto pedals and doing the run with bike to mounting area barefoot.

I need the most improvement with my cycling. I am a very weak cyclist and this really is getting me down. SOOOO many women passed me. I don't mean they just passed me, I mean the flew past me. It was like what a child must feel with the grown ups on grown up bikes and I on a tricycle. What is up with this???? I wish I can blame it on my bike...but I know this is silly, it is me! I had to get off the bike on two hills about 1/2 way up the first and 3/4 up the second. This was so disappointing. I'm not sure if it was the feeling I might puke that made me get off, or that I gave up trying thinking I can't do it. Even on the striaght aways...they were flying past me. FLYING!!!

Nothing different as far as doing the race or how I handled the logistics. Its in the training that I need a difference. Actually, I should have hydrated more.

This went very smooth with the exception of the very long run/walk to mounting spot.

leave cleats on pedals and do the long run/walk barefoot.

The run was a pleasure. I got my groove at about mile 2. Makes me want to start doing Olympic distance so that my groove can be more enjoyed.

I kept a very slow pace and probably should have pushed it harder. My heart rate stayed at about 155-160.

some limited stretching and i got an ice pack for my knee.


in swim...the darn goggles.
on bike...my darn whimpiness.
on run...i should have pushed my pace more.


It was a great event with over 2000 women. I believe I performed poorly, but overall still a wonderful experience.

The exciting thing was that I was directed to go out with the elite wave, (first)! They wanted the Team Danskin coaches and workout leaders to get back to cheer on the team. I felt like a movie star leaving with the elites!!

The timing folks messed up my timing because of the wave change. It should be getting fixed. Until then I don't have splits. I think I did the race in 2 hours. Getting off the bike to walk it up those two hills killed my time. (well that and being S-L-O-W in all the events had something to do with it). The good news is...I have plenty of room for improvement!!