My watch was at 14 minutes, but race results said 18 '. I'm not sure what happened. Was I penalized? I almost did not go around the first buoy, was passing on inside of buoy and looked up, having to go back around. Overall, time very disappointing. I was expecting closer to a 12' performance. I tried to slow down too much...afraid of expending too much energy.

Go all out, and train with a little more distance. Also, make sure I got in pool within 1 or 2 days of event. (I had not been in pool/swimming since Monday, the week of race -which was Sat).

had to run a bit before mounting on bike. THis was tough in road shoes due to incline going down, wanted to be careful not to fall.

Have larger shoe horn, which I used to help with road shoe on at rack. Left heel got pressed down, and had a little delay with left shoe. May loosen laces a bit more. Time comparisons were good, in teh middle or better.

Tough! Was not prepared for hills at all. Low back hurting after 8 mi.

More training. Have longer shoe horn. Not bad for only having ridden for around 3 weeks before race.

T2 time and run together. I ran with shoes on, and dismounted after stopping. Nothing fancy.

Side hurt (Upper right quad) at end of bike ride. Maybe due to too large of breakfast or too much fluid. (all pre-race).

Again, was not prepared for hills. Very tough. Had to stop on one for about 20 ". Low back and right upper gut pain.

Time included T2

Train for hills. WOrk toward training for faster pace.

Drank water, stood around, had 1/2 banana. Stretched easy.


Not enough work on speed training, and overall poor conditioning or not enough training in general, particularly with bike.


First race. Overall, I felt OK about performance, but very disappointed with swim. Felt actually good with run, under circumstances, as well as with bike.