started sighting every 7 strokes, quickly decided to make it every 5 b/c I was swimming WAY off course. Wound up sighting every 4 - on the way back in the sun was directly in my eyes and my goggles were completely foggy - had to take off goggles to sight. On the bright side, my next swim should be much faster.

Sight every 4 or 5 strokes, take care of foggy goggle syndrome.

First time I was aware of wanting to go get onto bike quickly - wanted to keep Mike behind me as long as I could. Did OK - more room for improvements.

no socks, maybe no shirt?? Have my own water bottles that actually work so I don't have to suck the water out so much. It was hard to drink while being out of breath from the swim.

AAGGGGHHHH Mike caught me right before turnaround. My goal was to get to the turnaround before he caught me. I stayed with him for the second half and actually passed a fair amount of people. Good for the confidence. :)

My cadence was fast - my mantra was "keep Mike back" the whole 5 miles. It almost worked.

Nothing really - I biked fast for me, took the turns fairly well and shifted pretty appropriately, I think. Oh, have my own water bottles. The one I had was HORRIBLE!

Into T2 with Mike - laced up fought with water bottle and went.

The water bottle thing really bothered me again - easy to fix, though.

Try to increase speed steadily as I get my breathing back under control from T2.

Ate a pretzel, drank lots of water and iced tea & high tailed it home for Katie's first b-day party.

Should have stuck around for awards ceremony b/c I got one!!! So, so, so excited!!!!


Came in over 5 mins. faster than my goal time of 1:20 - good race for me :)