The run came after the bike, but it is reversed on this form. We did not have split times for our transition, so I subtracted a 3 minute guess for that. The run was great, I was wearing shorts, a t-shirt, a fleece jacket, and a baseball cap. I was surprised how much energy I had left, I probably should have run faster.

Even though I had gone to the restroom 4 times, I still needed to go even before I started the run, but it was too far from the transition area, and there were so many police around I decided to just suffer rather than hit the tree line. I was wearing tri shorts, they're quick drying, right? :) I thought I would have to rush past my family and friends, but by then it wasn't so urgent.

Run faster and next time in this kind of event I will wear a watch and keep my own time.

I had sweatpants on the bike (I have a chain guard), so when I took them off for the run my sock came off. I had no confidence I had everything I needed. I wore the helemet until the last second, Ican easily see how people forget to take it off. I tried to stretch my hamstrings while I changed shoes.

Hurry more

I was dead last on the bike, but that's okay. I only saw one other hybrid, the rest were road and tri bikes. And I beat the guy on the other hybrid overall.

The headwind on the way out had me really depressed, I was down under 10 mph for several portions. After the turn around I felt much better, I got over 20 mph pretty quick on a slight downhill. The 1st 5 miles took 27 minutes, the next 5 took just under 15. I had been wondering how I was going to have anything left for the run. The cadence sensor on my new computer must have been bumped, so it didn't work. I still tried to keep my legs spinning over 80 by feel. Sometimes I feel so slow when I do that, but it really does save my strength for the run.

I had to pull up the leg of my sweat pants because it was hitting something, but by then my legs were warm enough.

Be rich and buy a tri bike!

At least check my computer before the start, learn to drink more while riding. It was cool enough that I didn't sweat too much, so the lack of drinking didn't hurt me.

Rebuild my engine, I need to be as fast as I can be on the bike I have.

I just walked around. I picked up my son, hugged him and my wife, shook hands and hugged other friends.

I think I'm a little stunned it wasn't harder. I would definetly like to lower my times, but I could have gone farther. At the end I thought I should have been much more tired. My hamstrings are killing me, but that's it.


My bike, especially the wind resistance. My lack of confidence, I was so worried about failing to finish that I didn't push as hard as I could have.


This race it what it is, a charity event that serves as practice. It was perfect for people like me. I liked that they started the novices first, it kept everyone finishing closer together. They started a bike every 30 seconds, I started about 10th and only 3 people finished behind me. If the novices had started last, all the support may have left before I finished. Although these organizers would not have let that happen. They were really focused on making this a positive experience for everyone.

There were plenty of police to help calm car traffic. Running in the righthand bike lane was strange, but I see why they had to do it.