Felt OK, until about 100 meters, and then wanted to reconsider the whole thing. Had a moment of panic, but just kept swimming. Got passed a lot by guys behind me. I would stop at the end and flag them by. One went right over the top of me, while I was next to the rope in a 6 ft wide lane. Figure that! Like, did he just want to crawl over a lady's arse in the swim??? Anyway, I just kept my pace and finished 2 seconds ahead of my predicted pace.

Maybe estimate my swim time longer than predicted to keep from getting crawled over by strange men.

No issues. Went smoothly

Nothing.

Got out of transition well. Couldn't see the bike mount line. Yelled at a volunteer to make sure I was clear and got an OK. Had a tailwind on the way out, so could kick back, relax, and let my heart rate come down a little. Passed a couple of people, but I was so far back in the pack, there were few racers. Tried to keep cadence 90-100 and spin. Did a lot of gear changing as the wind shifted. Course had several turns, which I think I cornered pretty well. This tri was really a brick workout to try to stay aerobic during bike and save my sugar for the run. Think I did OK, and could hold this pace for a longer distance race. Drank Perpetuem on the bike, and had no nutrition issues.

Nothing. Kept my pace and met my goal for this race. Proved to myself that I could spin a bike and hold a decent pace without burning my legs.

Couldn't see dismount line. Guy ahead of me just rode his bike into transition. Sat down at transition and got changed quickly. No problems

Nothing

Ran with fuelbelt and water and Perpetuem. Nice to be able to avoid the water stations. Used the 1:1, walk:run pattern all the way and was OK. Got comfortable about mile 2. Feel like I could have gone farther if I had to. Ashley and Elise met me in the final stretch and ran in with me. Really fun time in the end. Finished with a smile. Will post pics when ready.

Nothing. My race pace is steadily improving as I continue to train. What more could I ask for?

Walked 200-300 yds to get my recovery bottle and walked back. Good warm-down. Ate some vanilla creme cookies. Amazing how they tasted good.


Training. I'm truly seeing the benefit of slow, endurance training. I'm encouraged to bike with low HR, and high cadence, and to run within my aerobic zone. I could have gone faster and pushed on this race, but I think I learned how to pace for longer distances and that's my goal.


I got second in my age group! (OK, there were only 2 racing.). And I won a bottle of Hammergel as a door prize! Really great local race. The volunteers were the sweetest. This would be an awesome race for beginners or an early-season warm-up. Race packet came with large, lucious beach towel, imprinted with a race checklist, a visor, and goodies from Hammer nutrition. Three photographers were on site and got some great pics. Will post later.