I purposely moved out into the lake to avoid being tempted to "walk" the swim. Tried to stick with freestyle, but mixed it with breaststroke & "modified" freestyle. Legs felt like lead coming out of the water and breathing was WAY too fast.

Build up swim endurance... still relatively new to swimming in this aspect.

Overall good. Gulped down a GU in transition followed by a couple of gulps of water to wash it down. Put shoes & helmet on, and ran to the bike exit.

I really need to learn to put the shoes on while on the bike. That would save time and the awkwardness of running in the shoes.

Rode harder than I probably should've for this race, but felt really good until the GU I ate in T1 caught up to me. Spent most of the ride with my tummy rolling in nausea and hoping I wouldn't have to find out how hard it is to puke on the bike. Bonked hard the last mile, too, and am not sure why.

**The bike was advertised as 10mi, but my bike computer registered 8.49mi.

Don't eat GU in T1. Also, maybe slow back a bit to save more for the run...

Legs felt rubbery coming off the bike, but was good by the time I got to the run exit.

Need speed laces for my running shoes.

Pushed a bit too hard on the bike and was still very nauseous from the GU mishap, but I was able to continue moving, albeit at a shuffle. No walking, so I consider that a pro. Finished strong as DH was yelling, "Don't let them pass you at the finish!!!", so I didn't. :)

Just need to increase my run mileage/endurance.

Walked around with the family, and cheered on other members of our group.


I am only 3 weeks into this season's training, started late, so I think that limited me. However, I did better in this race than I anticipated, so I'm very happy with my results.


This is a very enjoyable race. We will be back next year, and hopefully our 11yo will join us in the race.