This race has been by far one of my most FAVORITE triathlons I have ever done. It was a womens only event, which made it kind of unique. There were just so many added perks that made it so much fun. There was an expo at check in where we got some free-bees. When we got out of the lake from our swim, they handed us hand towels, and that was a first for me! At the finish line we got our finishers medal, ice cold sponges, water, Gatorade and recovery chocolate milk. After the race there was a nice breakfast for all the racers. Like I said, just some little perks that made it so much fun! I will definiately do this race again, or another Iron Girl in another city!
It was so nice to do this race with my friend Cami, even if she did finish like a half hour before me! But it was great to see her, and hopefully we can do another one together next year...make it an annual thing.
I went to check in and rack my bike the day before the race so I decided I would drive the bike course. I was seriously SO scared, it was like 11 miles uphill, and then 7 miles down hill. I was so concerned with the bike, I didn't even worry about the run....and that was what killed me. The first mile of the run was basically downhill, the second was up and down, and the last mile, you had to run back UP the hill you came down...not fun at ALL, and I had to walk more than I would like to admit. The swim was OK. I got caught up in a lot of people and and to stop mid swim to go around people, etc. I think next time I will go on the outside where there are less people, even if it does makes the swim a little longer.
Here are my results
| bib number: | 481 |
| gender: | F |
| location: | Saint George, UT |
| overall place: | 270 out of 645 |
| division place: | 38 out of 81 |
| gender place: | 270 out of 645 |
| time: | 2:13:21 |
| pace: | 0: |
| swim: | 19:50 |
| tran1: | 7:09 |
| bike: | 1:12:01 |
| tran2: | 2:15 |
| run: | 32:05 |
| penalty: | 0: |
And for more pictures go to http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=63125&BIB=481
Though some of those people are not me!
SWIM
Though I am probably not in any of these pictures, and even if I was, you couldn't tell, but you get the point
BIKE
RUN
AT THE FINISH WITH CAMI
