Here is the short version of some tri's I did this summer!
Sylvan Lake Sprint- First off I want to say I love this race! So well run and organized! Cathy and Scott with Sylvan Lake tri club do an awesome job with this race!! I did this race 1 week after the Woody's Half Marathon so really didn't know what my legs would do, but it was a great race ( you will hear this alot in 2012, it was quite the year for me personally). Swim and bike were faster than last year, run was slightly slower but run course was 300m longer this year so probably right on par with last year so considering my tired legs was super happy with that! Loved being at the race with my athletes Jen, Marnie and Jim and cheering on lots of the Red Deer/Sylvan Lake athletes that I have come to know over the past few years. I was 1st female overall and 3rd out of the men and I was faster than last year on a slighly longer course! Yipeee!!!!
Wasa Olympic Distance - Made this weekend a road trip adventure with my daughter Ayden. On a side note she got her learners right before we hit the highway and drove 2/3 of the way there! WTG Ayden!! We also had great hosts with friends of ours, Ron and Leah and their two daughters. I kind of felt like a pro on a homestay! The water was brutally cold and they shortened the swim, which is too bad because I had a good swim, a good bike and my best triathlon 10km ever! 41:49! If this had been a full distance I think I would have been so close to a sub 2:16 time!! Ah well.... The cool thing was I was 4th female overall (2nd in my AG) and was "in the money". Wasa gives out cash to top 5 overall finishers. I was so pumped and thrilled to stand at the front among such speedy ladies! A huge thanks to Charlie with RM Events for putting on such a top rate triathlon.
Woody's Sprint Tri - Another awesome race! Val does such a great job as RD! One cool thing about Woody's is they take the top 10 overall finishers (male and female) from previous years and group them together in the pool at the end of the swim. So it feels less like a time trial and more like a head to head race. Awesome fun! I was 2nd last year out of everyone, so got to race with the #2. And they kept announcing to watch out for the athletes with numbers 1-10. As I came into t2 someone hollered at me to go beat some boys, so funny, so I yelled back "I'm trying!". I was 2nd again out of the men and 1st overall female. A fun day...not quite as fast as last year, but super happy with my result.
Edmonton Triathlon Festival and National Championships- This was my first non wetsuit legal swim and surprisingly I was faster this year than last year! Wooohooo!! I need to swim more without a wetsuit! It works for me! I had the bike of my life but unfortunately the heat hit me on the run and had my slowest run time ever! However, the strength of my swim time and bike time, even paired with a 45min run was enough for me to set a new OD personal best! 2:17:50. (now if only I could plunk in that Wasa run time I'd have that sub 2:15 I am dreaming of......) I was 4th female overall and 2nd in my AG. So exciting to be on the podium again at nationals!!
Well, that's the short version of most of my 2012 tri season! Calgary 70.3 gets it's own post!
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