Very difficult swim, especially if you were not prepared to swim against the current. As my friend put it "I'm not a salmon, I don't swim up river!"

Be more prepared and stronger in the water. There were lots of people passing me, and when they passed they were gone, so it is possible to swim fast up river.

Slow, but we had a fairly long to the bikes. I'm just slow, even skipped putting on a shirt this time and I was still slow. I'm blaming it on the Garmin, takes too long to put that stupid thing on. And my bike shoes are not tri friendly, and I'm not that coordinated putting them on.

Convince husband that I need the new Garmin 310 and better shoes that are easier to put on.

More hilly than I expected. Felt ill prepared for this course, and we had to do it twice. I realize the field was tough, but I am not used to being passed by women, so that was hard for me. I did a little passing, but not much.

Train more, work on hills, talk husband into better wheels.

Slow again...

Practice transitions.

Was mentally done with the race by the time I started the run. The bike really wore me out, as did the swim. I just did what I could, walked the hills, ran the flats.

Train more.

Stood in the finish tent dazed and confused for first 10 minutes. Felt really dehydrated so I sucked down the huge bottle of water they gave us.


Training, equipment, mental state of mind.


I can't really blame the race for my performance, there were lots of people that did well. I was just out of my league, but I knew that going in, so I am glad I went. We got really cool swag, and I learned that I need to work harder!