Canmore Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Overall ranks are actually the female rankings... there are no results for overall.
This was a good swim for me, I had no difficulties finding my own space. I did have some navigational problems, but not bad.
The water was warmer than the air, so I was glad to get in!

Yikes, I could not get my wetsuit off! It was a little annoying. The transition run was LONG. They had carpet laid down over gravel, but it was still pretty hard on the feet.

More body glide? Sit down? I don't know.... I don't usually have a problem with my wetsuit.

This was TOUGH! I was standing on almost all hills and wasn't sure how to pace myself. I could have gone harder on the few flats there were (which weren't really flats!), but I was afraid I'd run out of steam. I passed alot of people, but got lapped by the lead men.

Ride more hills! This is a different course from anything I have every done. I wasn't prepared, I most definitely do not know how to ride hills.

This was a little rough. My legs were so tired I could barely lift my leg over the seat of my bike.
I felt a little disoriented here.

And once again, my run time pulls me down.. sigh...
I actually felt really good about this run. Going out I thought, this will be miserable, my legs are so tired. But I did what I had planned. Found a pace I could live with and gradually started pushing it. The first 5 km were rough, but the last 5 km were faster and felt pretty good. HR was above 162 at 5 km.
I took my fuel belt on this run which really helped. I didn't have to break my groove to drink and I can't drink out of a paper cup anyways.
Had to pee, but couldn't... rainbowtrout would have caught me :) (not to mention the bear!)

Not completely freeze my water bottle! It never completely unthawed and caused my fuel belt to keep twisting around. It drove my crazy!

Kids were snaky, so just loaded up and went for lunch. Was actually feeling a little sickly, but was better after lunch.


Not knowing how hard I could push on the bike.


This was a great race, just really tough! I originally thought I wouldn't do it again, but I'm already changing my mind!