I did a poor job of staying calm. My time was slow due to unfamilarity of crossing lanes. I should have practiced this more often. I was passed by two swimmers, but I also passed two swimers.

I should have practiced the format of the swim. I really need to calm down faster during the swim. I was pretty tense. This is something I need to workout before Alcatraz.

Also, 3 minutes before the swim I realized that I had my eye glasses on--so I ran back to the transition to store them.

The transition involved running from the pool to the bike area, which was probably 1/4 of a mile away.

I strugged with the shirt--I could not pull the fricken thing down!

I had a pretty good ride. I did derail once as I was starting up the hill by the bike path. Amazingly enough I did pass more people than passed me.

My turn around was a little wide

I was really tight on the run. I still am not as strong of a runner as I was at my Kaiser 1/2 Marthon. The hip was fine--but the recovery has caused my run to be poorer than I would like. I walked up 1/2 of the first large hill. I hate that hill

I would have run the course a couple of times before doing the TRI. I left

I walked around a couple of times and then streched out. Next, I headed to my son's baseball game.


My take aways:
1. My transitions sucked. I'm out of practice and I this TRI reaffirmed it.
2. I should have worked on the swim format. My ducking under the lane lines cause me angst and slowed down my time. I need to say calm during the swim.
3. I should have run the course a couple of times before the event.
4. I didn't take the race very seriously and I paid!


This race was well designed and well run. There were a ton of volunteers. This was truely a well designed event and I would recommend it to one and all.