I was pretty nervous about the swim. I was scared that someone would catch me and I would hold them up. As it turned out, I had drastically improved my swim time and absolutely shocked myself in the pool by shaving off almost 3 minutes from my swim time. On top of that, I could have pushed it harder.

No regrets here... just keep up the training.

I was a little awkward getting my shoes on and could have been a bit smoother overall.

I'll lay out my towel directly in front of my bike w/ my shoes so I don't have to reach in between bikes to get my gear.

1 - I gotta start riding to work... 35 miles to work would help my endurance immensely.

2 - I gotta get a road bike... Too many people on road bikes passed me that I should have been able to hold off. This will have to wait until next year though, so I'll have to settle for just getting better on the bike for now.

3 - If I can get competitive while on my mountain bike.... watch out!!

Pace myself a little bit better

I decided at the last minute to wear socks on the run which meant digging them out of my bag and wasted about 45 seconds

Lay my socks out w/ my shoes. I could probably save some more time by getting some shoestring toggles too.

The first 1.5 miles were awful. My legs were absolutely dead. I probably could have taken it a little easier on the bike to get a significantly better run time. Had to walk briefly to get a stitch out of my side because I drank too much water at the end of the bike.

When my legs finally began loosening up, I noticed that I was gaining on a guy in a white shirt and black shorts. I picked up the pace and felt my heart rate sky rocket. About 1/2 a mile to go there was still about 150 meters between the two of us and several spectators encouraged me to "Go get that dude!!" Next thing I know, I'm reeling this guy in, but he can hear me coming and the race was on. The last quarter mile was brutal and we finished the foot race in an all out sprint. We crossed the finish line with him just barely ahead, shook hands and I promptly puked in the nearest bush.

Add some bricks to my workouts!!! I started doing them earlier on in training by slacked off pretty quickly

Puked in the bushes about 6 feet from a girl laying on the ground icing her knee.

I'm all class.


Two things limited me:

1 - Lack of brick workouts. I could have had a MUCH better run time if I had added some bricks.

2 - Having a MTB instead of a road bike. Considering the number of people who were only a 1-2 minutes ahead of me, a road bike would have reversed that and put me 1-2 minutes ahead of them.


I had a blast doing the Ft. Collins Tri. The swim started late, but I really can't complain too much. The rest of the event was top notch. Fantastic competitors and a great way to start the season.

I'm looking forward to moving up placing in the top ten on July 10 when race 2 of the series comes up.