7 out of 15 M35-39

Be less afraid to swim in the pack (I stayed wide as often as possible to minimize contact with other swimmers)
Sight better and less often

Dunking feet in bucket worked well (rather than spraying feet with bottle)
Bright orange towel on bike was helpful for finding bike
Biggest hangup was getting shirt on (hard to do over wet skin, number/pins got caught up)

Have shirt more ready to get on (i.e. halfway inside/out maybe?)

13 out of 15 for M35-39

spin more - higher cadence/lower gear
use full pedal motion more rather than quads, quads, quads

Walk around, drink gatorade and eat banana


Sighting in the swim definitely slowed me down
Lack of efficient pedal stroke slowed me down in the bike phase


Good first Tri
Event was well organized and they did lots of explaining/walking through things for new athletes