Monday, August 11, 2008

First Half Iron at Bracebridge a Success


I made a casual observation about the current in the Muskoka River. Something like, "look you can actually see the water moving down stream a bit". My pre-race swim was great. I felt good & was aware of the current directly in front of us. Then I heard one of the Race Directors telling another racer that the current was stronger further up and to make sure you conserve energy for the top end. Oh boy, that's all i need. Anyways, live to win. My worst swim ever. I truly enjoyed the day and the race. the bike course was hilly and many found it to be harder than they had expected. I'm hoping the Race Directors leave the race just the way it is as it could become known as one of the hardest Half Ironmans around. Great job everyone!

Our Local Barrie Triathlon

Congratulations to Mark Harrison, Shawn Patton, Brent Boden for an excellent performance at yesterday Barrie Triathlon. Times were very impressive. Mark won overall with a time of 1 hr. doing the 700m swim, 20km bike & 5km run. However more impressive and the boys from the Running Room would agree with me is Shawn Patton's time for the 5km run in under 19 minutes. It must have been that bare-foot training. Shawn, your earned it. Mark that one down.