Bonelli Olympic Distance Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

The swim was the best part of the day for me. I finished the distance in the time it takes me to do that in the pool (at a relaxed pace). I was pleasantly surprised. I would have finished faster if I could SWIM A STRAIGHT LINE!! At one point, I picked up my head and there was the lifeguard boat with those two cuties in it saying, "uh ma'am, you are a little off course". F@*K! was my response so back the other way. My wetsuit was awesome - can't wait to swim in the ocean with it.

I would swim a straight line and not zigzag all morning long all over the damn lake!

Okay transition - went well I thought.

Ever have one of those days? Oh man, this bike ride totally kicked my ass. First loop, walked every hill. Second loop - crashed TWICE! Only walked half the hills. Third loop, I only walked that last hill by the entrance to the park - the rest I managed to stay on the bike for. I really really need to work on climbing hills. It was so BLOODY HOT by this time I finshed. I was so nauseated and thirsty I almost did not go on the run. I cried when I got back to the transition area and my things were thrown to the side and the workers were tearing it down. There was no timing mat to run through anymore, the clock was down. I almost quit. It was so HOT, did I mention that already?

Go faster, not crash, how about that? argh!

Racking the bike? The rack wasn't there! Racked it by my friend's bike one rack over and hoped that no one would take my stuff (or hers) and knew she'd be back long before I would. I just cried. I was so pissed. It was so effen HOT. I was so thirsty. 6.2 miles to go. I forgot to grab my hat. I still had on my riding gloves.

Who knows? Get back before they tear down the damn transition area? how about that? Not forget my hat.

HOT and at this point of the day the course seemed so long it was just mean. Did I mention how hot it was? Well, it was. My legs felt okay and I did run about half of the course in spurts but I was battling waves of nausea since I got off the bike as well as being dangerously close to being completely dehydrated I spent most of the run pouring water down my neck. Thank you Gary for coming by so many times to check on me and give me bottles of water! Thank you Ellen for the sunscreen and for all the cheers when I finally crossed the finish line - Thank you Yanti for being there at the end. I was SO happy to see you.

Run.

Drank more water. Showed Yanti my ouchies from my two crashes on the bike.


I love this question - I am sitting here laughing. See above.


The folks at Bonelli Park put on a good race. The finish line was still there when I came through - Thank you!