We Did It!!

We successfully completed the 2008 Gold Nugget Triathlon!! It was a 500 meter swim, 10 mile bike and 4.1 mile run. I went down to Anchorage with Rachelle and Ellen but there were 9 women from Delta that particpated and 1400 women total!! We had a great time and were all pretty happy with our times but of course we are all talking about the ways we could have shaved off time. This is a great race for beginners, there are all ages from 6-80 and every shape and size of woman you can imagine. Some ladies are very competive then there are others just out for fun and excercise. Everyone is super supportive, racers cheering each other on along the course and there are tons of spectators also cheering.


Pre-race photo, we caught up with Sam at the bike drop-off.


1400 bikes!! The race officials did a fantastic job, everything was extremely clear and ran very smoothly.

The first ladies were in the pool at 9am the last in around 3:30, thats a long day for the volunteers.
We did it!!

Delta's triathetes!! (Lynetta and Sam were missing from the photo). A special congrats goes to Cindy- she finished 51st, just 15 minutes behind the winner!! If she would have traded in her Huffy for a real bike she would have been right in there!!

I saw this guy near the finish line with a bouquet of flowers for his racer...aww, isn't he sweet!

Not much left.. man it would be a bummer to have been the last person out of the pool!!

Well, there is another tri at Chena lakes in late July, we are thinking about doing it. It is about the same distance but it is a mass start and an open water swim- definately more intimidating. We need some motivation to keep up the training.

All you ladies reading this should put next years Gold Nugget on your calendar!!