Breathing restricting in wetsuit.
Ashamed to not fit it anymore.


Keep training well ... get more
confident about racing a triathlon swim rather than just
thinking about finishing it.

Sleeveless wetsuit or none at all.
Learn how to get out of it.

Out and back on hilly course. 4 decent climbs in total. Some crosswinds but hard to say conditions were a big factor on anyones time. Cool temps.
Worked hard on this he window - too intense!! managed a couple gels as an afterthought and a bit of water and gatorade.

Passed 8 or 9 women and was passed by none! A first!bike ride. Have to be happy with it.
Fueling ideas went right out the window as I was so intent on racing hard. Had some mechanicals before the ride which didnt get sorted so shifting was very difficult and lost some momentum each time I wanted to get back into big chain ring.

Get bike sorted.

I did it again! Ran past my bike in the rack. I actually had to laugh that I could
do it again.

Get the most obnoxiously colourful Transition towel that money can buy.

According to others I "looked great", "like a machine", "finished strong", "you could have kept going forever". That's what they thought. I felt as though I could have stepped off the course and sat down on the lounge (see above) and had a champagne with the locals. It was hard work! But if push came to shove, and I had seen another woman with 45 on her leg ahead of me..... her ass was mine. lol.

Happy with myself. Training is kicking in....cant wait to see how much I can improve.
Ran my PB of 45:10 (not in a tri - in a 10k race) at the age of 25 so nearly 22 years later running 46:21 off a hilly bike ride is something to be proud of ..... and I am. :-)

hugging kids.
queuing for 30 minutes for a coffee that I had been dying for all morning. (was freezing after finishing race).
Waited around for HOURS for awards ceremony. Training partner won her AG - great. Another friend won the mixed team - yay good for her. I came second but awards were only for the winners. One day I am going to bring home some hardware in a triathlon!!! (missed my trophy in Cancun as I missed the ceremony !)


Same as everyone......age, training, talent


South Australia is impoverished when it comes to its race offerings. With the loss of Murray Man there are no long course races. No HIM. Only two Olympic distance races and a handful of uninspiring sprint races as part of a series of summer races.
This race is about an hour out of Adelaide which is just far enough for atheltes and their families to travel and stay over for the long weekend. It makes for a very pleasant family environment. There is a short course tri, a mini tri, and 5k run along with the Olympic Tri.
The organizer, Sid James, is local tri legend and puts on a really nice local race. It is worth noting that 90 % of the local business are sponsors of the race......it is truly a community event.