At Lonestar (1st triathlon) I started pretty far on the outside because I didn't know what to expect for the swim and it turned out that I finished towards the front of my wave. Because of this, I decided to start at the front of the wave for the swim. The first 100 yards went pretty well and I was able to stay in front and kept the conact to a minimum. Around 200 yards, I started to feel REALLY overexerted. I guess I went out a little too fast in order to stay at the front. At about the same time, I choked on some water during a couple of breaths and started to panick slightly. This swim was DEFINATLEY not going as well as the swim at Lonestar. I'm not sure if it was the lack of a wetsuit, the less bouyant freshwater or me going out too fast (probably all three) but I was definatley not comfortable. I ended up finally calming down and getting into a little bit of a rythm with about 200 yards left. Finished 7th in my AG so all in all it wasn't too bad but I certainly didn't enjoy it.

More OWS would be nice. This was my second one with the first being at Lonestar. I also think I slacked off a bit on my swim training over the last couple of months

I was pretty exhausted after the swim and my T1 time definatley reflects that! I wasn't concentrating very well and took waaaay too long to put on my socks. I still don't have biking shoes and clip in pedals so I put on my running shoes in T1

Push a little harder and work on the swim...it seem to set the pace for my T1

In my last race, the bike was by far my weakest leg. Not sure what happened this time but I averaged 22.3 mph! That's way fatser than I had planned. My Lonestar average was only 18.7 mph. I never felt really winded and I was able to keep a good cadence and worked the gears really well. I think I might be getting the hang of this.

Nothing - did much better than I expected

Already had my running shoes on (see T1) so this was a fast transition. #1 in my AG and 15th fastest overall

Nothing. Once I get cycling shoes and clip-in pedals, this will be something that needs practicing

Definately my strong point. I was figuring I would go about 6:40-6:50 a mile and blew that away! First mile was 6:08 and I forgot to check on mile 2. I had a guy running with me from the very start until mile 1.5 so that was pretty nice.

Not much. Went better than expected. I tried to drink some water at mile 2 but I ended up choking on it like I did coming out of T2 at Lonestar...gotta stop doing that. Poured water over my head at mile 1 and 2 and it felt pretty darn nice.

Met up with my finacee at the finish and we cheered on the other guys from work. got some Accelorade, water and a banana


Sub par swimming. Also need to get some cycling shoes and clip-in pedals


Race was very well run with plenty of support and traffic control on the course. Had a really good time.