My 2nd race of the year (of my life). Checked out the area the night before, arrived very early, racked my bike, and registered. So far, so good. 20 minutes before the start, a bunch of us entered Georgian Bay to warm up. Overcast skys looked threatening. I was about waist deep when it happened; lightening struck the water 200m from shore! Lifeguards were yelling, and we were headed for shore in a hurry. No one was hurt. Then the rain came.
It rained so hard that we couldn't risk biking either. The organizers put on a 10 Km running race on the Saturday, just so that there would be something. They ran the sprint tri on Sunday, along with the half ironman race.
Arrived early again, and everything went smoothly.
The swim was very nice, I thought it would be colder (I don't have a wetsuit). That dark water is a little spooky, though.
I pushed myself harder on the bike. I have a 15 year old steel racing bike, but it does the job. I was wayyy faster than everyone else on the downhills. It must be the physics of a heavy object in motion.
The run went well. With about 1 Km to go, a fellow caught up to me, and began coaching me on my pace. I have no doubt he took 30 seconds off my time. He even told me when to start my finishing kick, and he stayed back. This is a guy in my age group! I can't thank him enough. Some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet are at triathlons.
Thanks to the rain delay, we only had 52 competitors this year, but the event was still a success.
Time: 1:20:00 - 24th overall
Swim: 17:11 - 2:18/100m - 20th overall
T1 - 1:41
Bike: 35:17 - 30.6Km/hr - 29th overall
T2 - 0:30
Run - 25:24 - 4:37/Km - 24th overall
