Triathlete?

I finished my first tri yesterday. What a blast! Before the race I had been wondering at what point  you think of yourself as a triathlete. But after the race a couple people came up and said "Congratulations! Now you're a triathlete!" So I think that's been settled for me. It's pretty cool.

My race report is here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=455613.  I am really happy to have met my goals for times. 1:46:16 was the actual--I wanted to be under 1:50, and under 1:48; (500 yd swim-14:55; 15.5 mi bike-56:41; 5K 30:43). So I've left myself lots of room for improvement.  I have my new goals set for the next one.

My partner yelled "HTFU, lady! hit the bike" at me as I was coming out of the swim, which was great!  And I kept thinking "Bite off more than you can chew and C H E W  I T!" as I ran. Very helpful stuff!  Thank you all for the advice and support.  I lurk a lot and learn new things all the time.