Hutt City Triathlon - Sorry no pics yet.

This is also on my Facebook, but I have copied it here as well so that I can keep a record of it on my blog. Just finished the Hutt City Tri....I was aiming for a healthy 1 Hour 50, but managed to come in with a healthy 1 Hour 30!! Very approximate at this stage as the timing chip results come out tomorrow lunchtime I think. I surprised myself with how well the training has been going as it all really paid off today. I started the run feeling a bit deflated ...when pretty much 90% of the people past me.......but I set a personal goal of making sure I ran the whole 4kms and did not stop and walk at all, it was funny seeing people ahead of me walking and going faster than my jogging! But I stuck at it, and when I finished the 4kms (all running - or loosely jogging I guess) I was on the bike and off, and I found my power! Its great to actually pass people, especially passing back some of the ones that passed me on the run. Anyway I passed about 20-30 people on the 18km bike and then passed some more in the 300mtr swim to finish with a healthy time of 1 hour 30minutes approx...Yahoooo!!!! The Results are in already! So here they are....I am quite pleased with them. Run 32:57 (4km) Bike 49:04 (18km) Swim 10:12 (300mtr) (the swim had both of the transitions in the timing) Total Time was 01:32:14 Overall placing was 179 of 213. I am pretty sure my actual time was closer to the 1 hour 30 as well, as by my watch I came in a few minutes earlier, and of course there are the usual annoying interferences of people walking in the pool and getting in the way, and going ar...ound someone and then have them start moving again and getting in your way all the time. Also the swim timing chip mat was in a confusing place, and no-one was directing where to go when you came in from the bike. But hey....what's a couple of minutes at the end of the day, its not like I was aiming for first :) I am just glad not to be first at the wrong end! It was great to have a few people still behind me. My Analysis of the Full Results: bearing in mind that some people buggered up their timing chips so there are some of the 213 participants that are not included in certain timings as they didn't trigger the mat for some reason. So they would have either been faster or slower than me in the particular discipline (but we will never know). So in the Run (which I knew was my weakest by a long way) - ...There were at least 4 other people come in behind me...my heartfelt thanks goes out to those 4 awesome people, as I hate to be last (something I spent too much of my childhood being when it came to sport) The Bike - which is clearly my strongest discipline this time round (and the reason I managed to pass people after my sad run time) - There were at least 70 people slower than me on the Bike. Yahoooo! I think that was a valiant effort as it was "F****N" WINDY for over half of it. And the Swim - usually my best discipline (but being at the end instead of the beginning had a bit of an impact due to being tired) - There were at least 62 people slower than me in the swim. Now looking forward to the Clive, Napier Bloke Free triathlon on the 27th of November (Now that I know I can run that far!) Will be interesting to see how well I go on that one with the normal order or Swim, Bike, Run. Always a bit more of a challenge doing things soggy and the transitions are a lot longer with having to dry off and add shoes etc. http://tiktok.biz/list/huttcitytri/2011/ind/