OSIM Triathlon - 2007

Paul and I completed the OSIM triathlon sprint!

It was a gloomy day but Paul and I were psyched for our first tri. The transition area was really muddy and icky,... but nothing could dampen our moods to complete our first tri. I came in 46th/115 with an overall time of 1hr 42 min. Not fantastic, but I would say I am pleased. :)

750m Swim: 19 min (27/115) The swim turned out to be my most challenging leg. It was quite an experience swimming in the sea. Prior to this, I had swum in the sea during the OSIM tri clinics but it was much harder on the actual day cos the route was much longer.

20km Bike: 55 min (85/115) The time includes the 2 transitions times before and after the bike ride. I would say the actual bike ride was approx 50min. It started out bad cos just after I mounted and was moving off, the cyclist in front of me stopped suddenly. I braked suddenly too to prevent hitting her and ended up flying off over the handle bars. Actually it sounds a lot worse than it actually was. Surprisingly, I was barely scratched. Collin kindly let me borrow his yellow mountain bike for training and the race and luckily it wasn't damaged in my fall! Lots of ppl were overtaking me all over the place. I was beginning to be a hazard hogging the lane! I think this is probably an area that I would need to brush up on.

5km Run (jog): 28.5min (19/115) I was pleasantly surprised with my time here considering I could barely run 2km at the beginning of the year. I think I could have run a little faster too but I was too worried that I wouldn't have enough energy to make it to the end so kept trying to conserve my energy. :)

Paul did really well too. He completed his in 1hr 34 min. (S:23min, B:43.5min, R:27.8min). We both had lots of fun and will certainly be doing this again!

As it turned out, there were lots of family participating! Nic & Matt were in the kids tri. Nicolas came in 46th and Mathieu came in 16th! Very well done! They hardly trained at all! Imagine how they would do if they were to train a little! Andrew (my cousin, Karen's hubby) was part of the corporate relay where he did the swim leg (750m). Well done too!