People need to learn to swim. Good golly, I haven't trained in the pool so I positioned myself toward the back and outside. Yeah, I should have been right up front. I kept running into backstrokers and breaststrokers. No big deal but it was really tough to get around them. I was able to settle in and swim my own little swim so all wasn't lost.

Start in the front and avoid all of the breast/backstrokers.

There was a bit of a run to the transition but nothing crazy. People were coming out of the water and walking so I had to weave through. Got into transition and threw my socks/shoes on, put on my helmet, grabbed my bike and off I went to the mount line. Had trouble again clipping into my pedals. Not sure why as I never have issues in training.

Move faster?

This is a three loop course. First loop was crowded but pretty good. I enjoyed the route, it was right along the water. Just a nice ride. The second loop thinned out and I just was riding along. I was pushing myself but nothing too crazy. The third loop is where is started to go wrong. I was mashing and barely going 14mph. I thought maybe my tire was flat. I asked a girl passing me and she said nope. I was feeling a bit tired but still didn't think my effort was equaling my pace. No matter, I mashed it out and finished the bike.

Turns out that I broke a spoke. Whoops!

Not have mechanical issues and train more.

I ran into transition and promptly lost my rack. I ran right by it and had to turn around. Clearly I lost lots of time because of that. I racked my bike and swapped my shoes, grabbed my race belt and hat and off I went.

Not lose my rack.

I loved this run. It was along the water and flat. I settled into a nice pace and just ran my race. I was happy to see the turn around though. Grabbed some water and kept on plugging away. While I didn't pass too many people, only a few passed me. So I am pretty pleased with that.

More training outside and just run faster.

I crossed the line and grabbed some water. Then I went and packed up my stuff and headed to my car. I loaded up and was about to leave when I decided I wanted to see if the results were up. I walked back to the transition area and found the results. It took me awhile to find my name but when I did I was shocked to see I was 1st in my AG. I was sure it was a mistake. I have NEVER placed in a tri before. I stuck around for the awards and was shocked when they called my name. You just never know who will show up on race day and today the fast girls must have stayed home.


Training. Simple, I need to train more and be consistent. I am very happy with how I raced today. It is a huge improvement from my race two weeks ago. I plan to be back next year to race this event again. With a year of consistent training, I think I can knock off quite a bit of time.


Overall I liked this race. The roads were a bit rough but the closed course is very nice. This is a nice flat course which can be hard to come by here. A low key event and just a fun time.