Thought I would create a nice steady pace. After first lap, I caught a swimmer. Had trouble passing her. Rather large lady. Because they mistakenly had me in the duathlon instead of the tri, I had to start at the back. I had to pass all sorts of people and that made for a difficult swim.

Before the race day came, I would double check that I was registered correctly if possible. I would push it a little bit more as well. (I did freestyle it the whole way, which was good.)

Had trouble with my underarmor (Walmart brand) and some other difficulties with transition. Put shoes on feet instead of doing it on the bike. I like doing it on the bike better.

Leave shoes on bike and put feet into shoes after getting onto bike. Try something different with shirt. Not have so much junk in my transition area.

Most difficult part of the race with the most problems. I assume that the fog caused condensation and therefore, my gear shifting problem. That was very frustrating. Then I had my handlebars too loose. Couldn't pump standing up and that cost me a lot. Bumps caused me to more forward with the bars and I just couldn't get it going very well.

Make sure bike is ready to race. I took it to the shop for a tune-up but I should check everything too.

Feeling frustrated didn't help. Got a drink and hit the run course. Very little problems.

Not much.

Calves were spasming bad. Stopped to stretch. Didn't help. Still not pumped up so took the run at moderate pace. Passed several people but didn't feel like I ran it very well.

Try harder!

Not much. Ate and drank. Hung out with other racers.


Lack of motivation and machinery problems. Hard to compete after visiting a person who had just gotten hit by a train.