Jersey Short Multisport's Women's Kick-Off Triathlon 5/15/10

This was the first triathlon of the season for me and the first ever for my sister Jackie! We signed up way back in December and it was a great first race! We swam in the Barnegat Bay and the water felt pretty chilly even with a wetsuit but as soon as the race started, your body warmed up. I had a decent swim, although since it was the first "race swim" I was a little panicked initially - and couldn't get into the bilateral breathing pattern I'd been used to doing in all of my pool swims and had to go back to just breathing on the right side every 2 strokes. Finished the swim in 8:20 for a .33 mile swim. T1 was 1:48 which was decent considering I had to get the wetsuit off. Felt great on the bike finishing 12 miles in 31:38 for an average of 19mph. T2 off the bike was 48 seconds! The run wasn't my strong suit that day and finished the 3.1 miles in 28:20 for an average of 9:18 min/mile. I ended up finishing the race 11th overall and 4th in the 30-34 age group.

Not bad for the first race of the season!!