Hadn't swam enough at all for this. And it showed. I had to stop at the wall two times to catch my breath. I'm sure it was from being ill earlier, so I didn't have high expectations. I did feel like I finished strong. I didn't die at the end. :)

Stay healthy so I could be better prepared.

Was looking for my dad and kids when I came into transition so I think that messed with my concentration. Took entirely too much time. I really need to work on this A LOT

Practice, practice, practice

Brought my road bike instead of my TT bike for this race and wish I would've brought the tri bike. The course was completely flat and I think I would have added some additional speed on this course. Next year..tri bike!

Try to find a flat place to actually work on spinning that long. It's different to not have ANY hills to go down at all.

Transition is really looooooong at this tri.

Practice more

I got a rock in my shoe in transition that about 1.5m I had to take my shoe off and get it out of my sock. It took at least 4-5 minutes of my time because then I couldn't get the stupid sock and shoe back on! I should have done it sooner because it affected my running before that. Without that problem it was a great course to run.

Be more careful in transition while putting on my running shoes

Stretched and drank some chocolate milk. Didn't stretch enough and I paid the price later.


Being sick beforehand and not having had enough training. I did this for the "fun" of it this year and so I had low expectations. I could have pushed a little more. And I am really bummed about the rock in my shoe. It hurt the entire time and affected my running.