Originally Posted by Smokinbbl

My first Tri went well, used a wetsuit for the swim. We had a mock tri a month prior to the actual event. During the mock tri I had a hard time with the swim. Must have been anxiety of open water swimming or something. My Mock tri time was 2hrs 24 min. the distance was a sprint. 1K Ocean Swim, 30k bike, and and a 5k run. I am not sure about the split times, but I had a hard time with the swim, avg 17 MPH on the bike and ran the 5k in 35 min. I went out with a local club and did a couple open water swims and tried to get over the anxiety, and it must have worked.

During the actual event my time was 2hr 8 min! made up little under 20 min. I had a great swim, felt great, and actually felt like I could keep going. Got to the bike and avg 17.3 MPH with a 18-20 knt wind in my face on the up hill part of the course. The run killed me, but still did a normal 5k for me in the 30 min range.

Thanks for reading.