time trial start in about 3-5 sec. intervals.1st open water swim. was tough. never really got a rythym. tried to just keep swimming and do the best I could. water was cold(wetsuit legal) and I never really warmed up. only got hit 1-2 times. all in all, the swim was the most unnerving event. ironically, i placed much better in the swim than the other events.

do a warm up swim. practice open water swimming prior to the race.

race was a swim/run/bike/run. this was my swim/run transition. it went well I thought. no socks,got into shoes quickly,running shirt and cap on quickly and I was on my way.
run/bike transition-also went well. couldn't "run" with my bike shoes on but had a fairly smooth transition onto the bike course.

tough bike course. had to get off and walk up two hills. it was a nice challenge. no mechanical problems. nutrition-water, 1 gel towards the beginning, 1 gel towards the end.

keep training, riding more hills, training for longer distances.

good transition from bike to run.

run times weren't good at all but this didn't really bother me. on both I just wanted to get through the best I could.
1st run place-164-in age group
2nd run place-172-in age group

these run times were expected.

run more, run hills, build up running endurance.

walked around for a little while, drank water. should of stretched but I forgot to.


2 months of training, my weight


my first triathlon! i had a great time!(don't have stats on total participants and my place overall but I estimate 450 or so total participants.)