- Run: 3.1 miles
- Mountain bike: 16 miles
- Run: 3.1 miles
- Vertical feet: 2300ft
- Place Finished: 3rd
- Time on the course: 2.5 hours
What a fun race! The best part was having Emily and Jonathan there to cheer me on (and they even snuck in a run/nap while I was riding) and having Yvonne to chase around the race course :)
The start came kinda quick. I was sneaking kisses from Emily and Jonathan told me I had to go ... I stood up to hear 3 - 2 - 1 START! and off we went!! As usual it took a while to warm up so i tried to keep up with Yvonne ont he run but she dropped me about 5 or so minutes in. After that it was pacing and then picking up the speed as my legs started to warm up a bit and I started to catch a few women. In the first transition I spent a bit of time chasing Emily around for a kiss and then hopped on the bike. Pretty funny :) The biking part was fun - lots of good singletrack and a bit of climbing ... and it was a nice break from running :) Yes, i love my bike!!
I started to pick off some riders on the 2nd and 3rd laps, and passed Yvonne at the end of the 2nd lap. She's a stronger runner so i tried to put in a bit of a gap on the 3rd lap and managed to pull it off! Into the last run my legs were tight - i'd pushed it on some of the climbs and my legs were feeling it ... but eventually they warmed up and I picked off a few more women to finish 3rd! Yvonne was hot on my heals, finishing 4th :)
Some photos:
http://stevesandersphotography.com/p840101718/h5186628e#h5194849a
http://stevesandersphotography.com/p840101718/h5186628e#h51948974
http://stevesandersphotography.com/p840101718/h5186628e#h51a5b1da
http://stevesandersphotography.com/p840101718/h519b5292#h519b5292
http://stevesandersphotography.com/p840101718/h51a5225c#h51a5225c
