Shallow water, ran the first 50 or 75 meters. Poor swim after that until I hit the turnaround. Got much better and found a little bit of a rhythm toward the end.

More open water practice. More race experience.

22 out of 23 in T1. I really don't hustle much yet. I will get better and be more competitive.

Hustle more, try to go faster. At this point I'm more worried about getting the socks on correctly to avoid blisters.

Just too unsure of the road condition to really take advantage of the downhills. Only hit 37.8 as a max, could have easily hit 42 if I had more confidence. The roads weren't very smooth and the 2 miles inside the race track had some bigs bumps.

Hammer the downhills more and drink less Gatorade. Water was the ticket for me. When Gatorade gets warm, it is to syrupy for me.

Again, I take my time too much. This could have been a lot better. Practice under race conditions would help. It was a long run from dismount area to my rack.

HUSTLE!!!!!

Didn't have anything going on until the last 3/4 mile. At the point I really felt great. The hills were a surprise. It was tough for me because most of my training is flat.

Train on hills more. Get to Tri Wisconsin clubs track workouts to gain speed.

Gatorade, bagels, oranges and bananas with other BTers. Cheered on the Oly Bt finishers as well as maggeyruth finishing her FIRST EVER triathlon! Very nice stretching session before I left transition area.


Lack of serious training. This fun experience will definitely inspire me to work harder.


Nice race, great venue. Finally met many BTers. We had huge representation, literally and figuratively. We made for quite a picture with the height of most of the BTers. It was really exciting to see TriDDS win the Oly Clydesdale division. Big props to XH2Oskier for the hospitality. Congrats to all BTers!