Time includes the run up the road to transition. First time I kept up w/ my group [mostly]... different swimming in the pack. A LOT of bumping and banging especially into and around the first buoy.

Start a little more outside.

Removed wetsuit and put shoes on at the beach.. will try doing in transition area next time. Looking to find a good balance as we need to run up a road to the transition area. Many do barefoot, I am not that adventurous.

Glasses in helmet were face down. Rained a bit during swim so they were useless. I would place somewhere out of rain??

Was a lot of fun. Many do not understand what "on your left" means. Very tough to pass in the woods.

pass more on right if people aren't moving over.

Rack was too low for my bike, tried racking forward and wouldn't hold, had to run around the rack and rack it in reverse. Took time to drink from bike bottle - as I hadn't drank much on the trail.

Try to drink a bit more on the trail. Arrive earlier and get a better rack position.

I don't train on trails so this is not familiar. I did not remember to bring socks, my feet were slipping and ended up with a couple of blisters. Very uncomfortable.

Bring socks..

Drink water and remainder of bottle from the bike. Protein bar and diet coke on ride home.


Performed at my current fitness level - if I want to get better / faster I need to perfomr more focused speed workouts.


Good weekly series. No post race activities until the last race of the year... Will be an awards picnic.

A great group of people, overall very friendly and fun! Recommend to anyone that is interested in trying out triathlons.