Oh sweet Triathlon, where have you been all my life?

[Tri Girl]

Congrats on your first tri, froglegs!!!! You are a triathlete now- kinda has a nice ring to it. But you better watch out: they are highly addictive. Sounds like you had a wonderful race (despite that major hassle in actually getting to the venue ). Congrats on a great race!!!!
So I've never done a reverse tri. How was swimming at the end? Were you tired from running and biking? I guess you won't know how it compares to swimming first until you're able to get one of those in, but I've always wondered how hard it would be to swim after running and biking. I'm thinking along the lines of me sinking like a rock.
Glad you had a superb first race! Any pictures to share with the group??

[froglegs]

The swim was surprisingly difficult. So far I have done all my swimming in a pool, by myself, and I figured 150m would be nothing. However, the pool was really crowded and I kept getting kicked, and I sucked a lot of water because it was so choppy, plus I was quite tired from the run & bike.

Yup I'm addicted, already signed up for an oly in May (Wildflower!) and looking at one in March. I'm still waiting for my sister to fork over the pics!!

[teigyr]

An Oly? Wow!!!

That sounds like fun but I bet the swim was so short because you were already fatigued. That group swimming thing is different, isn't it. That part of it was hard for me because besides the fact I can't swim as well as I should, I'd also start getting comfortable then would have to change my style to avoid kicking or hitting someone.

Congrats! And yeah, they are addictive aren't they.

Was that your first time in Hemet? As I recall, the stop signs are larger on account of the retirees there not being able to see normal sized ones. It is nice and flat there though I think the first ride I ever did (group ride) was in Hemet way back when.

[froglegs]

Yup, first time in Hemet. I didn't really notice the stop signs, but I did notice that when we went to Applebee's after the tri, most of the people in the restaurant were elderly!! It was really flat there, I'm used to riding hills so I was surprised at how fast I was able to go.

[light_sabe_r]

Well done on your first tri froglegs! ^_^