I think I did a pretty good swim. Things were a bit tight at the start, but after I pulled ahead of a few people it calmed down noticeably.

Sighting was pretty good this morning, but could use some more practice. I was going in the right direction, but lost sight of my landmark once and had to stop and find it. I either need to start closer to the front of the pack or off to the side to avoid getting beat up for the first minute or so.

I don't think it was a wetsuit legal day today, and I don't have one anyway. They wanted the caps removed at the beach before you got to transition. Being brand new to triathlon, I haven't invested a bunch of money on tri specific items. So I raced in a pair of tri shorts and a T-shirt. I rode in the same pair of shoes that I ran in.

My time was a bit faster than I had expected.

Either buy a trisuit (which is the likely course of action) or make sure my shirt is tucked into my shorts and the drawstrings for my shorts are tucked in too. I had to stop and dismount after a loop of the drawstring got caught on my saddle before I even started pedaling.

Was having a good ride until I got back to that hill.

I need to practice on hills more.

Since I rode in my running shoes, T2 for me was racking the bike and taking my helmet off.

Nothing unless different equipment down the line dictates it.

The run is definitely my weak link in triathlon. My best time in a 5k is only 33 minutes, so the time didn't really surprise me much. I went into this race hoping for 36 minutes. On the plus side, there were a few neighbors that had sprinklers set up at the street so we could run through them to cool off a bit if we wanted and lots of homeowners were watching ad cheering us on.


I really just need to run more

I just walked around a bit and cheered the other finishers on.


poor run conditioning


Being my first tri, I don't have another race to compare it to. That said, I would be surprised to find out that this one isn't one of the best run events in the area. All of the volunteers were most helpful, and there were plenty of public safety personnel on hand just in case. The courses were pretty easy for a beginner with a few harder spots to challenge the more elite. There was plenty of food and drink at the post race celebration, and everyone from the volunteers to the athletes to the EMS, cops, and lifeguards were as friendly as could be.