This marked the start of race season for Ontario
triathletes. I was excited to do this race as typically most of the pros/elite
age-groupers show up, all keen to get their seasons started. They did not
disappoint and the likes of Angela, Meghan, Elise, and Lauren were there.
A breezy morning meant for some choppy waters to start the
race. Not a fan of the start, I warned Meghan that if she punched me we would
never talk again (we are still on talking terms) J.
As far as swim starts go, it wasn’t too bad, a little chaotic but I survived. I
didn’t manage to get on anyone’s feet, so swam solo for the duration of the
swim.
About 30 seconds back from Angela I, as usual, took my time
in T1, and then went to chase her down on the bike. Elise passed me in T1, but
as I said in my last race report, it is faster to put bike shoes on before you
get on your bike, and once again this proved to be the case. At about 7.5km
into the bike I caught Angela, although I knew I wasn’t putting in much time
over the remainder of the bike course, and probably only had about 30 seconds
coming into T2.
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| into T2. i will admit i need to learn to do flying dismounts |
Not up on my run fitness yet, I didn’t want to leave
anything to chance, so went hard out of transition onto the run course. This is
probably the best I have felt while running in several months, so although I still
have a long way to go to get back to where I was 8 months ago (pre stress
fracture #4) I take the view that every workout I do is a small deposit in the
bank- eventually it will accumulate and amount to something significant. I held
off the fast moving Angela and Meghan behind me, for a solid 65 minute race (so
short!).
I’d like to give thanks to John Salt and Multisport Canada
for putting on fantastic races and for having created the pro/EAG categories
that bring the best athletes together to race. With the lack of women in
triathlon, we don’t want ourselves spread too thin or we’ll never see each
other! Thanks to Kristen Pawlick at Wishbone Athletics for providing the most
amazing massages ever, Nineteen wetsuits for express-mailing a wetsuit that
wasn’t ripped in time for the race, Louis Garneau for their fantastic Gennix
TR1, Blade Carbon wheels, because no bike is complete without some awesome race
wheels, and Skechers Performance because their run shoes are absolutely amazing- ran to
the fastest run split in the Gorun Ride 4’s today J
As I realized I never mentioned what I am doing post-graduation,
I am now living in Hamilton with the other young guys from C3, training every
day and living the dream. Life is good down in the Hammer, but I really miss
the Waterloo swim team (please come visit anytime).
Next races: Tri Rock Philadelphia- Olympic distance, June 28th
Challenge
St. Andrews, half distance, July 5th
Thanks for following along!
