Emily Shaw shares firsts from her triathlon journey.

This piece was created with Martin Austwick for the Audio Flux "Firsts" call for submissions. The requirements were:

• Run exactly three minutes
• Reference an object related to a “FIRST” (yours or someone else’s)
• Include the sound of time passing (forwards or backwards, no clocks please)
• Be accompanied by a handwritten document (i.e. outline, title page, transcript, or something else entirely, provided digitally)*

Music by Martin Austwick. Special thanks to Coach JD (John Dahlz), the Golden Gate Triathlon Club Summer 2024 Short Distance Program, Sarah Boudreau, James Webb, and Martin Almaraz.

*We used handwritten swim times that I calculated and stuck to my fridge.