The start was really poorly organized (2 waves for about 800 people). When they started the mens wave (first wave) many men were not even at the starting point...some were still on the beach. So, when they started the women's wave 5 min after, the first group of women started passing people less than 1 min into the race. I stuck with whom I thought was one of the lead women for most of the race, then passed her at the end. It was really hard to navigate because I was constantly swimming over bodies. Plus, because I had not heard the race briefing was not sure what the course was and there was such a mass of people ahead of me it was hard to figure out where to go anyway. I finished well. One thing I noticed is that many of the men who were finishing at the same time I did stood up way to early and had to wade through water...I ended up passing a few people simply by swimming until my hands could touch the bottom. Heard announcer call out that Wendy Ingraham had just finished second in the swim...so I was 3rd. Happy about that.

Get to the race earlier and be better prepared so that I can hear the race briefing!

Transition was good, but took a while to get from beach to bike and the surface we were running on was tough on bare feet. Forgot to lay out socks, so had to dig for them...but realized this during the swim, so knew where to find them. After I hopped on my bike, I had a really tough time clicking into my right pedal...so bad that I had to check and make sure nothing was stuck in the bottom of the shoe.

Prepare transition are better. Pracitice clicking into shoes more.

Because this was my first OLY distance, I didn't want to go too hard, just finish. So the bike was quite enjoyable. I got passed by about 12 hard core women and I didn't pass anyone. But enjoyed it. Felt like I had not been doing enough long bike rides to prepare though. By the end, my inner thighs and crotch were killing!!! My left knee started hurting about 10 miles in so kept the bike in the small wheel.

Do more work on the bike to prepare.

Smooth transition apart from right foot sticking a little as I clipped out.

Practice clipping into and out of shoes.

Ugh. The run. While my attitude on the swim and bike was great, the run was a different story. I am pretty sure I was dehydrated and my knee was killing me. I began running about 9:15 -9:30 miles stopping for about 5 seconds at each mile where there was a drink station. After mile 3 I noticed that I was way ahead of my 3 hour goal, so instead of trying to go stronger I thought ...great I can walk some because I feel like I am about to keel over and die. The last 3 miles or so I alternated running and walking -300 steps run, 50 steps walk for first mile, 250 steps run, 50 steps walk for second mile and about 150 steps run and 150 steps walk for last mile. It was really embarassing because everyone passing me was like "Are you OK?" Like 100 people must have passed on on the run. I didn't pass anyone. But at least I finished.

Need to practice running longer distances. Also need to practice more bricks.

Walked around, ate bagels with PBand J, orange slices. Drank like 3 ops of gatorade and a bottle of water. Stretched a little.


My goal was just to finish... but I think it gave me an easy way out of pushing myself harder. I could have gone faster on the bike and I should have been mentally tougher on the run.


I should have trained more for the run and bike portions, been better prepared in the transition area and arrived at the race earlier. With that, I was happy to have completed the race but angry with myself for walking a portion of the run. I think I am done for Triathlons this year, but will put a couple of OLY distances on the calendar for next year. Hopefully my running and biking will improve so I can kick some you know what in the whole race and not just the swim.