may 5, busselton half-ironman, wa

skinny:
1.9k swim 39.55
T1 2.29
90k bike 3.02.22
T2 2.58
21.2k run 2.22.26
overall time 6.10.13

long: normally i'm not a numbers person but busselton is suppose to be a very, very fast course. and it is. dead flat CLEAR water - note the clear, i don't like seeing the bottom of the ocean/lake/river. i've decided it freaks me out, let alone the thought of seeing something i don't want to see - jelly fish, sharks, fish, etc. the swim course follows the 1.9k jetty which means for someone like me who doesn't site all that well, it's a piece of cake.

the bike was dead flat and i was too excited in the first lap that i went over my 30k/h limit consistently and decided to pass a whole bunch of people... oops. oh well. i'm not very good at staying aero and well, mark says i still don't have a happy face while i cycle. maybe because i'm WORKING! and i don't have the gift of grinning into the camera like he does.

the run, dead flat again with amusing man in red budgie smugglers (the term they use here for speedos!) standing on a chair with a cardboard box over his head and offering beer to all athletes as they pass by. very comical and very funny. i tried very hard to follow a clydesdale man in the run but my lack of run training bit me in the end. oh well. next time. at least the bike work outs have been helping!

clearly, much faster than tassie by 39 mins! cool hunh? i'll have to keep improving because if i do ironman japan there's a 15h cutoff time. here are some pics for your amusement.