I sucked up one big mouthful of water and choked for a couple of seconds. I finished up with the crawl and felt pretty good.

This water was alot colder than I thought. A wetsuit for next time is a must. Work on more confidence in the front crawl. Read: work on swimming alot more!!!

The transition area was very crowded with people, alot of whom were leaving after their race, so they will blocking the main isle for racers still coming and trying to leave on their bikes.







Get a bike rack closer to the bike out shoot.

I enjoyed this bike leg, and tried to push a bit more than I did on my other 2 sprint tris. My usual time per km is about 3 min, so I basically had a good training ride pace, and with all things considered, I was happy with my time for this leg.

This transition was short and sweet. Dropped the bike and grabbed my hat and race number belt, and off I went.

Not pause and look at my towel, wondering what I was forgeting. LOL

My starting pace was good, and the best I've felt after biking. My brick training was paying off!! I gave myself about 6 or 7 minutes to warm the legs up and then grooved into my race pace that I held til the end. I had a bit left over to pick up the pace in the last 200m and even a little sprint to the end. This is a PB for my running segment of a tri. I have just gotten to a 10 min/mile in training, so this race pace of 8.6 just blows me away. Being 10 pounds lighter (lost in the past8 weeks) certainly hasn't hurt in the outcome as well.

I wouldn't have done anything differently. Totally loved this run.

Met up with my brother, his wife, my daughter and their 3 girls at the finish line. SIL was crying, and so I started crying too. Took some pictures with my Allie-gal. Hung out in the post race area. Met up with Tom and Jessica again. I wish I had had more time to talk with them.


Swim- just more training overall.
Bike- training and use of a road bike instead of a mtn bike ( I would have used a road bike, but I had only just picked up my new Cannondale road bike 10 days before this race, and was just not confident enough to take a rental road bike out for this race)



I had a fabulous time at this race. It is a big race event compared to the two other sprints I did at home on Vancouver Island this year. I really felt like I was in a BIG RACE, because there were so many people around me all the time. I smiled, I laughed, I sang. And, I came in 3rd place in my division, which totally blows my mind. Next year I plan to be under 150 pounds and race with the ladies in 40+ again. The lady who won that division finished in 1:03:35, so I've got my work cut out for me.