I should note that I raced the Orange County International Triathlon, which hosted the Best of the US championship. I competed in the OC Tri, but not the BOUS race.
Setting up T2 the day before, I remembered my fun Zoot shoes!
Calm peaceful water before the hectic swim start.
Transition chaos.
Happy duck (well, until we all started swimming . . .)
I am smack in the middle of this shot, trying to grab onto pack #1 that formed. I failed to grab Colleen and Brandy's speedy feet, but still had a decent swim.
I am pretty sure the guy behind me on the sidewalk wishes he were racing! The bike was hilly. I had a good first half of the bike and then my heart decided to stick to my half ironman heart rate instead of Olympic. I keep confusing it by racing 1/2 IM all season, training for a full then throwing the poor thing into a fast race.
The run is flat for two miles, then up, down, up up and away with some dirt, gravel, bark chips, etc. thrown in. I liked it.
After the race we got OTTER POPS!!!
Maggs came from Hawaii to race BOUS and PRd her swim!
Super speedy girl friends.
Ian and I won overall male / female. It was pretty darn cool to stand on the podium with the friend I chase all over the county on bikes most weekends.
