My first Tri went pretty well I think. As I thought, my swim (400m in 10:53) would put me at the back of the pack. Thankfully they staggered it, letting only two at a time into the water and putting the slower swimmers at the rear. It was an out an back swim in the backwaters of the Tenn River here in Decatur and as soon as I was able to touch bottom on my way in I was running. I passed I few swimmers in the water doing this. I also passed about 10 people by running from the the rivers edge to the bike transition. Eric had loaned me his road bike for the race and I completed the 15K bike in 30 min, again passing many on this leg of the race. My transitions went pretty smoothly and and I was happy to be able to run a 19:24 5K to finish everything up. I was a great experience and I'm sure I'll do another one. |