Swim went much better than I expected - the water didn't feel too cold after standing out in the cold for a while. My breathing could have been better, but overall I was happy with the swim.

Work on breathing and swimming in open water.

I was SLOW (as you can see). There was a huge hill to run up after the swim, and I walked it. I was breathing a little heavy coming out of the swim and just didn't feel like being totally winded when I got on the bike. I need to work on transitions - I was just kind of moving along at a rather slow pace. My mom and finace were up by my transition area, so I talked to them for a second while I got ready. I think if I could have run up the hill and then been more focused I could have easily shaved off a minute of time here.

Focus and run. But as it was my first tri, I was just taking my time.

I was glad we went and rode the course two times before because I knew exactly what to expect. It was a lot easier this time than the other two and I was happy about that! I was surprised how many people did not say "on your left" when passing - I thought that was standard?

There were several times when I slowed down because the person in front of me did. I think I was just nervous about the whole passing thing because I wasn't sure if I was going to go faster than the person in front of me once they sped back up. Maybe I should have just passed them and they could always pass me back.

I had a hard time running in my shoes because I was told not to scrape up my cleats on the ground if I can help it. I was trying not to run on the cleats and that wasn't working. I have covers for the cleats that I just didn't have time to put on. Need to think about this some for next time.

Do better running w/ the bike. I was also talking to my mom again during this transition, but I wouldn't change that. She came out to support me so I could take a few seconds to say hi.

I was slow, but for only having been running for the past 7 weeks I was happy with the pace. My knees didn't hurt too bad. I wanted to walk at points but I told myself no walking. I was very proud of not walking at all except to grab some water twice. I was able to sprint up the last hill and through the finish line, and I surprisingly did not feel like I was going to die at the end.

Just work on pace.

Stretched a little and then got my tshirt.


Training - I only trained for 7 weeks so I think that I did the best that I could considering that.


My goal for this race was 1:35, so I was very excited to see 1:31 on my watch when I crossed the finish line. I performed much better than I thought and I think that the plan I chose on BT to train with really helped me do so well. I thought I would be in pain at the end, but I felt really good.