Vancouver Triathlon - Triathlon

MFG! What a friggin' horror show. What happened to me? Sucked in enough salt water to support a small exotic fish tank in my lungs. I was hammered the whole swim. Someone cup checked me. 3 times. I got his number. The start was too funny. Guys were diving into water 2 feet deep then trying to get backup. Rule of thumb? If the water is at your knees, too early to dive! The second wave of Sprint was set loose as I came up the 3/4 mark and I was Judo kicked in the ribs. That slowed me down a bit. I just thought about what would Chuck Norris do? He'd Judo-punch the guy. Problem was the kicker was gone, so I whacked the next guy that swam by. I figured we were even now.

Helmet, jock strap, mouth guard, tazer (set on stun), don't swim like such a loser! How about that for a change huh?

Running in the grass with bike shoes on = good fun for the whole family! yeah! It was the T1 from heck. Alex was heckling me as I had a long transition. I did't cry so that was good.

Practice T1 more. hard time getting things figured out fast.

I love hills. This course only had a few but one big one where I passed a bunch of people. it was hard to figure out who was SPRINT v. OLY but it felt good passing people regardless. I was happy with my time even though Iwas getting blocked by the masses. Not a biggie. I got huge reactions from the big drifting fishtail I laid out. Always a good idea to amuse the crowds with antics. It was cool. I am cool.

Ride harder and faster. Same plan as always.

As usual, putting on a clinic with my T2 abilities. Classes are starting soon, check back for dates. Sign up early, space in limited.

Try to make a mistake to make myself more human.

My run started out slow due to the injured right hamstring (oh yeah, I should have mentioned that ealier) from 2 days earlier. I was concentrating on breathing and no cramps. almost made it. My right lung was killing me, salt water poisoning? Possibility. Had a great spint for the last KM but could not make up for the slow go, was passed by two in my AG but I had to let them go due to the pain in my right side. I am weak. So weak.

Work on the breathing. Stretch. Hydrate more.

Said hi to Alex, Micheal and Barb, friends and co-athlete / Ironmen. Nothing is better than having support in a race. I love having people come out to cheer me on. Called the neighbors, off to the Ol' Admiral Pub for $3 Redstripe beers and a burger!


Cardio issues and my right hamstring. On the third lap of the bike it started to seize on me so I had to slow it down a bit. It sucked but I was amazed I stayed relaxed on it of the rest of the ride and didn't start hammering once it felt better for 5 minutes.


Great race, will look at doing it again for sure next year. Didn't win any swag so it is only a 4/5. Stupid give aways. I never win anything.