Lana's Race Report

So here it is!

To start, I woke up at 4 am which was actually 3 am with the time change. Left the house just after 5am because I wanted to insure I got a parking spot at the pool. So there I am at the parking lot just before 6am on race day. Please note that my heat didn't start until 10:30! I walked around a little bit and just waited until package pick-up was ready. Rigth around 7 I picked up my race package, did my biek check and headed towards transition, (which wasn't ready yet), to get rid of my bike. All I wanted was either a nap or a really strong coffee. There wasn't any coffee shops open yet so I went to the pool and had a nap on the stairs. Around 9am I went in and could finally get some coffee.

Now the race.

Lining up for the swim seemed oh so simple. We all asked eachother our times and tried to seat ourselves correctly. Well, either people didn't time themselves or I swam faster then I should have. But I do believe there were alot of people who didn't go and time themselves as I passed about 10 people in the pool. It was not a relaxed swim at all, but not to bad for me at a 15:08 swim. I wish there was transition times but those are included in our swim and bike times.

Bike-not to eventful! Normally I can pull the big chain on the way down Marine to the turn around but not that day. Well I could but it felt really hard! There was a few people on mountain bikes, a few in shorts, and a few who just didn't understand passing either on the left or passing on the turns, we just all need to be careful. The ride felt like it was over so quickly and I was ok with that.

The run was actually good for me. 28 minutes for my run (yeah). I was a little unsure of how my foot would feel but once I started it was fine. Ran to the turn around all happy and having a good time and then realized I should probable run faster. I think I picked it up a bit on the way back. I ran nice and strong up the hill towards the finish line and then just gave my all. In retrospect I probable could of ran faster but I now know for the next race!

Anyone up for the Delta sprint on April 25th?? Sorry for no pictures. You can't take them off the website.