Sounds like you did great and had fun! Wonderful!

You said you were tired in the run... how many brick workouts (cycling to running) did you do before competing? Is this something you did a lot before competition? Or you rarely did?

Bricks are really important so you can feel strong in competition.

I know this... because I didn't do bricks last year... and I never made it an entire 5K without walking... whereas I could always run a 5K just fine (without biking before hand!)

Oh... you may want to check out: www.beginnertriathlete.com, to talk to other tri geeks.