Hard swim. I mean, it's an ocean out&back, they're always tough. Turn around was to the right around the buoy, and so was the current, which meant I crashed into buoys on the way out and couldn't stay close enough on the way back in. Did I mention I hate the taste of salt water? And then to make yourself get back in and do it AGAIN, well, it's a good thing we triathletes are naturally a little off...

I also forgot to hit my watch and get it going until I rounded the buoy the first time. D'oh!

Not much, really. It was my first OWS of the season, I'm not the strongest swimmer in the world, but I'm happy I pulled it off.

I think I hit my watch right as I got out of the water, then it's kind of a truck up the beach, up the steps, over the boardwalk and down again into the T. Took my time and I guess it shows :) We were on the entrance end, so its also a long jog to the end before you can mount up on the bike.

Not much, I can live with it.

Sometimes I really think I suck on the bike. The first loop was dreadful, I was getting passed so much at one point I replied to an "on your left" with a "just like everyone else!" Egads. Much like the swim, there was a point where I started contemplating just doing one loop, but that would have been wimpy of me. :) I wasn't feeling the Sport Beans, nor the gatorade, but I got a little of both in me. Second loop I seemed to hit my stride a little better. Took a Gu towards the end, that helped! My computer is only up for doing current speed, so I have no idea how true the distance was. Can't wait for the Cateye to get here...

Also wish they had someone on each of the turns - you have to pay attention and follow signs - which one should presumably be capable of, but they're kinda low and small and while I think I got it right, I saw a few wrong turns out there.

Bike more. Bike lots more.

Easy peasy.

I'm even more pokey in the run than I am on the bike, if that's possible :) I was hoping to have more oomph, but I just kept it steady and consistent for fear that stopping = not starting up again! As slow as I was, I still felt pretty good about it. Not my fastest run ever, but then again, I usually don't preface my runs with an ocean swim AND a bike ride :) I got some cowbell love on the way in, so I hammed it up for Mary with the cam, and kicked up the pace to try to make it look like I'm a real runner :)

Run more. Run lots more :)

I was (and still am) so tired, I just busted out of there like a cat who's asleep and realizes she forgot to turn the iron off somewhere.


Being slow :)


It's just a 'practice' tri, you keep your own splits and report later (which I still have to do because I didn't even stop by the running store to do that before I got outta Dodge). Still, a banana would be nice at the end :) It was great to meet all the Mosc girls (Charlie, where'd you go??) and I'm feeling a little better equipped to handle the NJ State Tri in a few short weeks. (yay for LAKE swims!) :)