Our wave was delayed a few minutes as the life guards had to attend to a swimmer who got in trouble in the wave ahead of us. Quite happy with swim as I did not freak out like I normally do when it's cold. Not sure why it's so incredibly slow though. Judging by everybody's swim time (eg fastest swimmer in my AG posted a 2:14/100m split), the course is probably not accurately measured.

Wetsuit a little stuck on right heel but otherwise uneventful. T1 and T2 time included in bike split.

A lot of riders on course and there're many cars on the race route as well. A few times I was stuck behind cars which were following some slow cyclists. Very frustrating as I couldn't pass as I didn't want to risk DQ by going past centre line. Strong 30kph winds so I didn't stay aero very much, simply didn't feel safe. Between watching for traffic and battling winds, I didn't drink enough, although I don't think this affected my performance as it's a very short race. Bike computer measured avg speed of 28kph and top speed of 50.5kph.

For some reason, official results have a whole bunch of bike and run splits missing due to interference. Splits and AG ranking in this race report are based on my own calculations.

Drink more

Uneventful. T1 and T2 time included in bike split.

Run started with a hill and then trails. Not really used to trail running.

For some reason, official results have a whole bunch of bike and run splits missing due to interference. Splits and AG ranking in this race report are based on my own calculations.

No warm down. I was still quite cold after the race, but they won't let us back into transition area, not even to get a jacket, until everybody has finished the bike. I've never encountered that.


Since this is the first race of the season and only 5 days before the Worlds, I just wanted to get my feet wet and make sure everything go smoothly. I didn't push myself too hard and I erred on the side of caution as I didn't want to injure myself or get into an accident. Overall, this served as a good prep race and I'm quite happy with my performance. I might have been on the podium if they used 5yr AG instead of 10yr. There were many more F40-44 women and they're much faster. No matter, I know I can push harder come Worlds.