The swim was tough for me. No being overswum or kicked, it just seemed really long. This is actually not a bad time for me, about average that I do in the pool, but I was pretty low in the rank for the swim and need to improve on that. I didn't like the in-water start - we treaded water for 4 minutes. My breathing was very good though. I did navigate fine and never got off course. Rounding the buoys was easy. One thing that really threw me was that the practice swim, I'm pretty sure, was measured wrong. I did that in 19 minutes so this was a disappointing time for me but later I heard from several friends that their times were about 5 minutes longer as well.

Hmmm. Maybe try to float some instead of treading water at the start. Other than that, just learn to swim faster. ;-)

Terrible transition. Helmet not on right, forgot my gel that I intended to tuck in my sports bra. Good that I didn't change clothes though.

Take a minute to think so that I get it right instead of trying to rush so much and being forgetful!

Great bike, I blew my training pr away by well over 10 minutes. I felt great the whole time, my gearing was smooth and my cadence was good so I didn't get very tired though I did have a little cramp in my right calf for a while. Not too bad though. I was passed by plenty of road bikes but no mtbs/hybrids passed me, and I actually passed at least a dozen, maybe more, road bikes. I just felt so positive and happy through the whole bike. I wish I could bottle that feeling up and save it!

Get a road bike!

Terrible, terrible transition. I'd tossed my towel on top of my race belt during T1 so when I went to leave the transition area, a race volunteer sent me back for my number. Damn it! I lost at least 30 seconds, maybe more. Also - getting off the bike had major jelly legs, that's never happened to me before and it was disconcerting.

Again - slow down and take more time. Be more organized to begin with instead of tossing things around in T1.

Super run. First mile was very fast, then I slowed some but finished strong. Not a PR by any means for this distance, but pretty good for the last leg of a triathlon.

Maybe slow down in the first mile, but probably not. Really, I felt good and probably should have tried to go a little faster overall.

Walked around, talked to Lissy and Barry and the kids.


Riding a mountain bike and not being a good swimmer!


Great race and a must do every year. Fantastic medals, nice race shirt, overall terrific organization and wonderful support & volunteers.