This was my best swim. I am not a very good swimmer but I finished in the middle of the pack. I think with a winter of training I can greatly improve my swim time. I've noticed that I don't have as good of form in a race as I do in training. In the future with more practice hopefully my form will hold better and I will swim faster.

I think I will make sure I start in front of people, there are a lot of beginners that start at the front and just get in the way. I did a good job of avoiding them, but it would be nice to be in front of them from the beginning.

This is an area where I can take off at least a minute without getting in better shape. I can definitely run faster through the transition zone. I have to remember to do that. I can get my wetsuit off pretty fast. The liner in my shoe was sliding around and bunching. So I had to put my shoes on 3 times each. That hurt my time. I also need a sleeveless Bicycle jersey that I can wear under my wetsuit. So I don't have to change at T1. I did fine putting on my helmet.

I have to learn to change my shoes faster, or get triathlon shoes (a Christmas gift perhaps). I also would like a sleevless bicycle jersey.

I did pretty good. My bicycle computer measured the course at 21km instead of 20km. So my AVG mph is 20.5 not 19.5. This would break the 20mph barrier that I had been so close to.

I need to push myself a little harder on the bicycle. I have a tendency to go to easy. I would like to get aerobars, and a waterbottle that goes in between them. I would also like pedals and shoes, right now I am using my running shoes. I think this would help my time.

I like my performance at T2. I run with the bike. Take my helmet and gloves off on the way to the rack. I pick up my running had and go.

I also bought a racing belt. Now I don't have to worry about holes in my nice racing clothes. So the only thing I would do differently is grab my racing belt on my way out of the transtion area.

I did okay for the run. I started to cramp at the beginning, I stopped and stretched and I was fine. I ran harder for the last mile, and I felt I gave a good effort.

This is an area that I would like to improve on. My goal is to get my mile pace down under 7:00 min/mile next year. I have never trained to run distance. I think this winter, I will look into programs for increasing my speed. If I can run at the end in 22:00 by next year in this race I will be extremely happy.

Took over 1.5 hours to get preliminary results posted. All I wanted to know was my time. I don't care if someone who wasn't registered came in front of me and I am in 10 place instead of 9th.