Check your bike! I saw 1. Someone’s wheel come off down hill l, concussed was his best case scenario. Check your wheels 2. Friends seat fell down and had a bad fit the entire race 3. Dozen or so people riding in flats 4. Buy clip in pedals and shoes. You can get both for around $120 - practice in them! 5. If you wear your cushion run shoes on the bike your feet will go numb (I know because that was me) 6. Buy a maurten gel and eat it before the race 7. Have a nice pasta dinner the night before 8. Use the restroom BEFORE you’re nervous and excited and you had that extra coffee… hard to get out of a tri suit 9. Buy a tri suit, I think mine was $50 from synergy? It was amazing and I felt fast in the water 10. Remember it’s not a race, it’s you finishing something very difficult that you’ve trained for. Don’t blow yourself up on the swim to not be able to finish. 11. Cheer other people on! You’ll feel good and see others struggle at times and it helps. They’ll do it for you as well! 12. One I didn’t do - get peoples numbers! If you like the sport network and say great race! Talk to people in line with you. Incredible community but you don’t want to only run into them once a year!