This was actually as good as I could have hoped for. My previous PR in the water was 12:41....in the water. This 12:41 included time to the pool and then time out of the pool, out of the building and across the next set of mats. My watch clocked my swim at around 12:24.

I really needed tri-shorts

No sure on the tim here. LONG.

I'm tall and have a tall bike because of it. The seat wouldn't fit under the rack bar.

I also tried to put on my helmet before my top.

My helmet strap got tangled up.

Have the seat in a down position so I can pull the bike out of the rack and raise the seat quicker.

I would def tripple check my helmet strap so it does not get tangled again.

The time is for more like 18km and includes both T1 and T2

I did pretty good on my mountain bike, the only guys who passed me were on tri-bikes, and I am ok with that.

Also note that I do not have clipless pedals so I biked in my running shoes.


On the bike, nothing, baring a new bike, maybe get some "bull horn" handles so I can get a little more aero on the mtb.

Run was ok.

My bricks didn't really prepare me for the legs I would have coming off that bike, possibly a factor of the cold. At least I knew it would pass.

First 800 or so meteres was a pretty crappy pace which hurt my run time. the rest of the 3km was pretty decent though!

walked around a bit. Had a couple of bananas, drank a protein shake.


Wanting to finish, it was a short race, but I am sure I could have pushed myself to the point where I wouldn't be able to complete the run.

I wanted to be able to complete this entire race as a run without having to walk.