Cultus Lake Tri - TriathlonOlympic

The swim was supposed to start at 8:40. I was waiting at the back instead of wading into the cold water too early. Then suddenly I heard 'go' about 2 or 3 minutes early. I had to swim between a bunch of slower swimmers and it took about 100m to get enough room to really move. I had a hard time swimming in a straight line a few times. The water was really cold, but I swam in it the day before so I knew what I was in for.

I wore a Garmin Forerunner 201 under my swim cap. The map didn't turn out very good. I don't think I will bother next time.

The wetsuit came off easily.
I decided to put socks on for the bike. This was afterall a prep race for Ironman Canada and the Oliver Half.

I accidentally hit the stop button on my watch. I didn't start it again until a few minutes into the bike.

I really had to pee on the bike, but I just couldn't relax enough. Nobody passed me on the bike.

I should learn to pee on the bike, but I don't want to get pee on my bike. Oh the great dilemmas in life!

I had to pee in T2. Then I forgot to grab my race number and had to run back. 8 people passed me in T2!!

A lot of people passed me on the run. I was in 33rd place after T2 and ended up finishing 40th overall. But I don't think I could have run much faster than I did.

Nothing. I've been focussing on weight loss for the last few months, and speed work on the run would have given me a running injury at me previous weight. I'm close to goal weight now with no running injuries. Now I can start the speed work.

The race was super well organized. I would do it again.

The water was very cold, and all 3 segments were too short.