Wurst Tri Ever 2011

This race is held in Landa Park in New Braunfels, Texas and it's super fun.  First off, you get to start the swim by sliding into the water from a huge slide!  Then you do a swim around a natural spring enclourse before exiting the spring and running to an Olympic length pool to complete your swim.  Very untraditional but a lot of fun.

I went into this race this year as a spur of the moment decision.  It was the Friday before the race and my training partners were out of town and my husband was doing his own training that I did not want to do.  So after looking around and debating I decided to just sign up for this race.  Best decision ever!  I ended up placing 3rd in my age group and, with this race, qualifying for the National Olympic Distance Age Group Championships in August of 2012 in Vermont!!  Never in my life would I imagine that I would qualify for something!  Unfortunately I was unable to sign up for the race because it's the weekend before my husband competes in Ironman Canada.  But just having that e-mail with my name saying I qualified is good enough :) 

Swim:  400m in 12:42
Bike:  14mi in 49:43 (16.9 avg/mph) - I would have been faster I think if the officer at the very last intersection would not have stopped me to let traffic through!  Yes, I'm still upset about that!
Run:  3mi in 27:21 (9.06 min/mi)
Overall:  1:32:00

I guess I had the advantage of all the fast people in my age group not being there, but sometimes those last minute decisions are the best ones! 

The Austin Tri

This is one of my favorite races.  It's held at the same venue as The Capital of Texas Tri but for some reason I always seem to do better at this race.  I don't know if it's because the bike and run courses are slightly different or if it's just because it's later in the year and I've had more training time going into this race.

Swim:  1500m in 38:42
Bike:  40k in 1:24:00 (17.6 avg/mph) - One of my fastest bike times :)
Run:  10k in 1:01:00 (9.52 min/mi) - Again, one of my fastest 10k times
Overall:  3:09:49

I have yet to break the 3 hour mark on an Olympic distance race, but I hope soon I will be able to do it!