Just finished my second triathlon ever yesterday, the Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon. My goals were to finish and improve after my previous triathlon, which I thought would be problematic to judge given the difficulty in comparing two completely different courses of varying lengths. This turned out not to be the case as my overall times were almost the same and this second triathlon was both longer and over more difficult terrain. I'm looking forward to finishing another in July (and hopefully improving at the same time).

-hg