Woodstock Recap

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.

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 28^th

                Challenge St. Andrews, half distance, July 5^th

Thanks for following along!