Regina Beach Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

I went out a slightly easier than I normally do. I was working, but I didn't really feel confident in my aerobic ability in the swim as I've not really been swimming a lot (as per normal).

When I saw Ava ahead of me, I was glad for her, but it gave me a bit of a competitive motivation and I put a little more into the second lap. I got my arm caught in the ropes underneath the second buoy on the second lap, so I know that I was rounding the buoys closely enough. ;P

Swim train more regularly, or just more (twice a week at the least).

At Regina Beach we must run up a 600m (?) hill to the bike transition, so I had to put on some my hikers which don't have speed laces. I felt the run up the hill was really good, and I said hello to a few spectators I knew as they were walking up the hill to catch the biking action.

Once there I got my shoes off (no socks) popped my helmet, glasses race belt and shoes on quickly and took off.

Get speed laces into extra runners. Otherwise, nothing. It was a great transition.

I just have to say here (because it made me very proud) that I was the third woman off the bike. :)

I felt like a million bucks! I was working hard, but moving fast and felt it. There was some wind, not much, and I had trained in wind since coming home.

I got a little confused about where the second lap turnaround (near T2) was and ended up biking a couple of pylons toward the mount line and had to scurry back to get on course. Lost a bit of time there.

I was a little ticked that after passing about 5 people on the first lap, I got passed by 2 guys about 3km from the bike finish. Arggh!

Nothing. This bike rocked.

I didn't have speed laces for my shoes on this part either, so I lost quite a bit of time tying my shoes. windnsnow was there cheering me on and chatting, and I think it really helped me to relax and not fumble with my laces.

Helmet off, shoes on, hat on, belt turned round while running out T2.

Buy several pairs of my favourite speed laces.

Running down the T1 hill was okay, but as soon as I hit the flat, I knew I was in trouble. I was fairly dehydrated (I hadn't hydrated at all like normal for this race and had too much caffeine). I'd forgot to bring my E-Zone tablets (even one would have helped a bit). I probably did go too hard on the bike, but I really don't feel that the bike caused what happen in the second half.

On the way out I was struggling, but not yet hurting. I tried to keep up a steady pace, but felt very slow and was shuffling a bit (always a bad sign). I got to the halfway hill (about 12% grade and long) and had to walk a few steps twice on the hill to get up. Normally I love hills, but I was so frustrated that I just didn't have anything in me to push.

After that my run was a train wreck. I even had to walk a few steps about 1.5km from the finish line. I was begging my body to not embarrass me by walking through the finish chute. I was so exhausted that I was weaving badly while I was running and had to really try not to hit people running the other way.

Next to "going down" at Ironman CDA 2009 with hypothermia...the last half of this run was my lowest point in running.

Do more speed work before the shorter races. Not do an Ironman one month earlier.

I talked to a few people at the finish line. Got some watermelon (so good after a race) and some grapes. Sat down with Leeanne and Ava instead of soaking legs in the lake (the water was too warm anyway) and ate the post-race BBQ. It was very good.


Not recovered after Ironman. Not doing more speed work on the run. Not enough swim training.


I love this race! There were a couple of mishaps with the one bike turnaround, but there are no races with these kinds of quirks. The course is really cool. The volunteers were fantastic. The race directors worked extremely hard and got things done. The food was great (even vegan burgers!) and there was lots. The race packages had lots of stuff. Did I mention how great the volunteers were (excluding myself)?

I place 4th in Overall Womens against approximately 38 women competitors, and won the Sask Masters Female spot to Nationals in Kelowna. It was a very good race. :)