The swim start wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I only hit one persons leg once and had mine hit a couple of times. They switched up the swim instead of being an out and back, we swam the sprint course twice. I had no issues spotting and stayed on course fairly well.

Swim faster if I could :)

Coming out of the cold water was one of the strangest feelings I have ever had. Standing up I stepped on a big rock and almost fell. Then after almost falling I got dizzy and almost feel again. My kids got a good laugh about this. I finally started running up the steps and to my bike. Sock,shoes,glasses,helmet. Ready go!! Ok it didn't feel that smooth, it was more like socks?crap I can't feel my hands. Shoes oh crap my calves are cramping do fall, don't fall. glasses, helmet go. Stop get on bike ok now go

Nothing

Hit the road and wow was I glad to be moving. I ended up passing a few people on the first loop. Then with the sprinters coming on to the course during our second loop, I passed a alot more. It was fun cheering them on as I passed, most of them saying thanks. At the start of the loop I had a scare, a guy on a bike blew a corner somehow and I almost t-boned him. Glad I didn't but wow was it close.

If I could feel my feet go a little faster.

Yes 29 seconds I died when I seen this. I came in screwed up putting my bike in, hurry and switched shoes. Almost left the transition area, realized I had my helmet on. Ran back took it off then sprinted out. Whew!

Not forget to take off helmet!!

Started running well maybe not running. iwas doing my best impression of a guy trying to walk in skinny pants. Yes I am sure it looked that bad. The run killed me, after the 1 1/2 miles I was finally able to feel my feet. Yes it took that long, my hamstrings stayed tight until about mile 3 by the turn around. When I turned around I looked at my watch and seen I needed to run a 20 5k to hit my goal. So I kicked it up and started running for all it was worth. Luckily there was a guy in front of me that helped with the motivation. I wanted to beat him so bad"he isn't my favorite person" that I just kept pushing no matter how bad my legs hated me. I ended up running a 22 minute 5k back. I don't know where it came from but I pulled out my best 5k time after all that.

Try and figure out how to get legs going earlier in the run.

Walked around talking to friends and family.


Cold water, tight hamstrings


I ended up at 2:47 which was good for 7 out of 11 in my age group and 32 out of 51. Not bad for a clydesdale in an ag group doing his first tri. Can't wait for my next one in August I am so hooked