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Great job Colby and BikerHen!!
Well then I guess I should add my report. This was my first tri. Three friends and I decided to do this. One gal lives just a mile from the start, so we had a girls night sleep over at her house. Got up, drank coffee, ate english muffins w/pb and bananas. Strapped on our backpacks with transition gear and off we went. Got over to the transition area about 6:30 and found where to rack our bikes. Not too many women in the 55-59 area yet so we actually scored a nice place to call our own. I didn't have much to lay out. Just my biking sandals, running shoes, socks and hat. Bike helmet and such sat up on my handlebar bag. I thought I must be doing something wrong, or right, the two women down the row from me had "stuff" piled high all over their towels!

I had done a practice swim in the lake the day before and was fine with the water temp so didn't wear a wetsuit. Our wave, the 55 and up, was the second to the last to go. Plenty of time to get more nervous. I stayed at the back to start the swim which was a bit of a mistake. While I'm not fast, I can swim and got stuck behind those who don't swim so well. I made it through the swim in 13 something, thought I had a fast transtion, and was off on my bike. I totally smoked the course! Had the third fastest time for my age group. OK, so it WAS the old fart group, but I averaged 16.6 mph and finished with a time of 41 minutes. Got back to my towel, changed my shoes, grabbed my hat and was off, sort of. Running is NOT my strong point. In fact it sucks. The time I gained on my bike was totally lost on the run. I finished in 43 minutes. I did jog more than walk, but still, 43 minutes?!

My T1 time was 3:06 which surprised me, I thought I was faster than that. T2 was 4 minutes. While I wasn't that slow changing, I guess the time was eaten up getting to and from where I had to enter and exit. Never thought of that!

So my first tri is done. It was fun. Can't wait to do it again! The next one is in two weeks! Maybe. I've been laid low by some hip issues. I'm working with a PT and some deep tissue massage. So we'll see. I even bought a wetsuit for the next tri. The swim is going to be in the river where moving water = cold water. bikerHen