I got passed by HALF of the wave that was coming behind me. Very slow going for me here, but I swallowed very little water!! This is a good thing. Overall I was very happy with my performance, I might have been slow, but I swam freestyle the whole way, with no breaks.

Need to focus on my breathing more, and keeping my head down. That should help me pick up my pace.

Glad that I didn't have to change clothes or remove a wetsuit, just ran into the bike station, threw on my shoes and socks (I really should get cycling pedals and shoes).

Spend less time finding my bike station (should have checked to see where the swim in entrance was. Silly rookie mistake.)

Next time around I need to be sure and check out the course beforehand, and add in some hill work to my training. That cut a good 2 mph off of my usual biking pace. Also, getting a road bike outfitted for racing would be good...

Had an easier time finding my rack this go around. Legs slightly jelly like...

Need to be quicker.

Legs were a little jelly like to start with. Ended up taking a one minute walk break just past the 1.5 mile mark.

Wouldn't take that break, and I would also push myself a little more in the beginning. I had a pretty goo negative split going, with my final 1.5 miles going MUCH quicker then my first 1.5. I'd rather have a more steady pace though I could have picked it up a bit more to begin with.

Walked, then massage!


Mountain bike (no biking shoes or decent pedals). And not enough swim training. I could easily shave ten minutes from my time with better bike equipment, and pushing myself more in the run could knock off another ten as well.Also, rookie mistakes in transition, I should be able to cut that time in half. More training on the swim might shave a minute or two off as well. By this race next year I could easily knock 20-25 minutes off of my total time.