GOTHENBURG TRIATHLON
First race in Sweden done and dusted. Gothenburg triathlon was indeed a very nice race. The organization was however very different to what I am used to but a very friendly local triathlon on the countryside of Gothenburg. Water temp was just above 19 degrees and the water nice and non-salty =) Here is the swim exit.
I only had a week or so to prep for this race with 6 weeks off the bike. Normally, I would have done 6 weeks hard training and one week off. But well rested, I suppose, I was very pleased with my race:
Swim: 515m 8.24 (5/63 females)
T1: 41 sec (1/63)
Bike: 20km 32.54 (2/63)
T2: 36 sec (4/63)
Run: 22.37 (5/63)
TOTAL TIME: 1.05.10 3rd place of 63 females, or 2 place AG
In all honesty, I have never raced a tougher race. I had no idea the run was a trail run and had not prepared for this at all. Gothenburg is much hillier than the Eastcoast where I normally train so this was a little hint I should probably try to get some hill sprint sessions scheduled in.
Family G and Erik was great support during the race. It's so nice to have some familar faces screaming at you along the way =)
One medal richer and happy to have been fighting so much for a 3rd overall and 2nd place in my age group. Means that there are some great girls out there and that I can't slack off from my training =)
