This was a time trial start from the beach into rocky water. I was not sure what to expect from this type of start, and I did not enjoy it. I kinda like having to swim over people and fighting to get in front. It's a good adrenalin rush to get things going and I didn't have that working for me. I was not hyped up and I had to muster that up throughout the swim in order to motivate myself. My goggles also came off when I initially dove into the water. I had trouble sighting through out the race and it wasn't until rounding the second bouy and heading towards home until I got a nice fast pace going and settled into the swim...and then it was over. Overall I am not super pleased with this swim.

WARM UP in the water. Silly, silly me. I should have gotten into the water to get my body used to the water temperature. I didn't take into account that the water temperature would affect my body. Things went into a little bit of shock because of the difference in water and air temperatures. Yet another lesson learnt.

dirty feet, no vomit this time :)

nothing, went pretty smoothly even with the guy beside me swearing because his number ripped.

bike was ok, I enjoyed myself. Probably could have pushed a bit harder.

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Loooonnnnnggggg run from transition to the bike course and back. Very tiring, but I kept pace with the guy who got off just in front of me. Transition went smoothly.

nothing, it was good.

ok run, had fun (what?? did I just type that??) yes, it was somewhat enjoyable. One guy came up behind me and ran with me for a few seconds and chatted it up. That helped to take my mind of the run for a few seconds. In general this was a very supportive and encouraging group to race with. Lots of talk and encouragement on the race course. Just before the finish as I was trying to determine how much gas I had left in the tank, there was a mother telling her daughter, who was just behind me, to "sprint, if you have anything left, use it now. Sprint!!" So I took that to heart and considered it for myself. Then I heard "Pass that lady in front of you" Aha.. she was talking about me!! What was I to do? I knew I did not want to just take it easy and let her pass me, but was should I lead a sprint and try to beat this kid, hold off till I actually saw her and then decided? At this point my time was up.. out of nowhere along came another competitor who must have heard this mom was well. He ran up beside me, turned to me and said "You ready to do this?" to which I responded ok.. and we were off.. sprinting to the finish. Needless to say, he beat me, and I beat the youger girl. Nice way to finish off the race.

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Walked around, had some water, tried not to vomit. Ate some pizza and a banana.


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Good food, and lots of it! I won a fuel belt as a draw prize. Very excited about that.. I was thinking about buying one, and had even priced a few. No need now :) No pictures to accompany this race report as I was on my own. My usual cheering squad was not able to make it. First place in my age group went to someone with a time of 1:01:53, so I was pretty close to her. They gave medals and finishers awards to the top 5 in the 10 year age groups (20-29) and I came in 6th, so I just mised out on that. Maybe next time. Also got to meet fellow BTer Caius. Fun day!