When I got in the pool, the water was much warmer than the air and my cold hands and feet started tingling from the temperature change. Next thing I know the guy says are you ready, so I quickly sealed my goggles and then started.

The guy I was sharing the lane with had really bad technique and I had to continually avoid this flailing arms and legs. He was throwing both his arms and legs out very wide.

I really didn't swim hard because I was warmed up at all and had to start right off. I could have swam faster.

Pretty good transition, socks, shoes, helmet, and sunglasses all went on pretty quickly and smoothly. I had a little trouble clipping in as I was excited to get up to speed on my bike.

I will probably upgrade my pedals. I bought cheap ones and would like to have pedals that are easier to clip into.

I have been doing a lot longer of rides than 12 miles so I started pedaling hard and kept pedaling hard. There was a strong headwind over 1/2 of the course and it slowed me to between 19 and 21mph. I felt good though and kept pushing through the wind. When there wasn't a headwind, I was going between 24 and 28mph.

Not much to change... I could maybe build more speed by doing interval sessions or something. The wind was a bit like riding on the beeline up the gradual hill.

Real smooth transition, except the race people made it seem like they wanted you to run to the end of transition with your bike and then back to the rack. I started doing this and then the people waving me back there turned around so I asked if I could go to my rack and then it was a smooth transition.

Good transition... other than that which is out of my control.

Ran very well and felt comfortable the entire way.

I felt like I could run faster, but I was all alone for the entire run and had no idea what pace I was running. Didn't have anyone to reel in or run away from to push my pace.

Ate a couple of bananas and drank some water... a little later met my friend and his family at Red Robin and I had a big tall Guinness... mmm mmm good.


The wind and not knowing what pace I was running. I usually have people to reel in after I get done swimming and did not have anyone to reel in on the bike or the run.


Oh, cool to finish 3rd overall and 1st in the 30-34 age group. FUN STUFF!

I also met Sally (riorio) and talked to her during the awards ceremony. She is nice and did real well too.