So my first race of the '08 tri season was over the weekend in Harrisburg PA. The weather sucked. The lake was a little nasty (even for an open water swim) and was only 62 degrees. Somehow though I dropped 2 minutes off my half mile swim time. I was a little excited over that. T1 posed some trouble for me as I felt disoriented coming out of the water. Hopefully that was just due to the cold temperature and the rain. My bike was not as strong as it should have been, but I am working on that for the next race. It was not helping that my computer didn't work at all. The run wasn't  too bad for being cross county style in the rain and mud. I did a 5k in 22min. That was very slow for me, but this was my first race. I have spent the beginning of this week addressing weak spots in my race to get ready for Black Bear. I am also working on getting some pictures of the event uploaded to my website at www.matthewappleton.com.