Breath of Life Ventura Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

I was one of maybe 3 or 4 women in this wave of relay peeps and "rest of the AG men" - a couple times i got asked if i was given the wrong cap. haha! i always stick to the back even tho i'm going to pass people cos i just don't like getting swum over. i did alright the to the first buoy, maybe went out too fast i dunno. i had all sorts of shit going thru my head. the water was cold, i was getting water in my goggles, i thought i was going too fast/hard, then i was thinking i don't have anymore race to do, then i couldn't see the next buoy, then i was having a hard time catching my breath, then i was doing some breast stroke...i get so frustrated with myself in the swim that i should be doing less futzing around and just swim, but i don't swim in a straight line. i thought my time was gonna be like 35-40 min and i was banking on under 30. i didn't want to disappoint jeff and rich. i got out of the water and saw my time of 28:30 and was quite pleased considering the last time i properly did an ocean swim, i was 16...not bad! ran the whole way on the soft sand to transition - walked about 5 seconds at one point and said "NO! YOU"RE DONE! KEEP RUNNING!"

tighten my goggles and stop worrying so much about how I 'should' be swimming...

saw jeff at the entrance of T1, didn't know where rich was then i saw him at the end of the rack ready to run. i slapped his hand and off he went.

know where rich is gonna be and run faster towards him.

rich's ride - i'll never be this fast...

rich to jeff

hanging out in transition talking to other relay peeps.


Really great, fun race. First time relay for me and first tri for jeff and rich. we had a great time and are looking fwd to doing more of these together. we're dying to see the results cos i think our time overall was 2:15 and may have done 1st in the co-ed relay. rich biked around 1:02 I think and jeff ran in 42 i think or 46.