On the podium in San Fran with (left to right) Tenille Hoogland, myself, Simon Whitfield, Alexis Smith, Lindsey Jerdonek, Andrew McCartney, and a whole lot of sparkling apple cider!
I feel like I just posted about this race not too long ago. Oh wait, I did – this race is usually in November. This year, though, the race was moved to July and things were a bit different – the water was warmer, it was sunny during the race, and I showed up a lot fitter!
Dustin McLarty destroyed the swim (he came out of the water over one minute ahead of me apparently swimming ‘warm up speed’). I bungled T1 – as I exited the water I took off both my wetsuit AND race suit (not all the way, just to my waist thankfully!). I only lost a few seconds, though. Out onto the bike I found myself in the chase pack and rode 40K at a leisurely Sunday stroll pace except for a couple of unsuccessful attacks (frustrating). I came into T2 2:40 down and ran the fastest 10K of the day (Simon shut it down with a 2+ minute lead) to end up in third place. Not bad!
Overall it was a good weekend. San Fran was fun, it was great to meet Simon Whitfield, my homestay was awesome (thanks John and Lindsay!), and of course the annual Cal Berkeley tri team post race festivities were entertaining to say the least.
Now it’s time to go practice taking my wetsuit off.