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!
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