Bala Sprint

Jason L. [Race Director] took several readings of Lake temperature. The lowest reading i'm told was 26 degrees celcius (79 degrees F), consequently no wetsuits. Keep in mind we just finished experiencing plus 30 C all week, where you could practical melt iron ore on your sidewalk next to your eggs. Bala is one of my favourite places for racing and as usual there was great representation from the Barrie TC. All of the members had good races. Lloyd Smith and Mattman had especially top notch performances. However, the highlight of the day was post race when Tina (?) was handing out Awards & "draw prizes". About halfway through a younger lad is announced and he wins a watch. Now, I didn't see the watch first hand, but I'm fairly certain it be a decent Triathlon watch. He sauntered to the front like he was receiving a D+ from his English Teacher for writing a deplorable essay on MacBeth. Tina observing his stale emotions had some fun with the young man and encouraged him (in fun) to celebrate ; get excited ; because he had just won a goddam friggin watch! Expressionless and with a stride where his foot didn't miss a single blade of grass as he dragged the soles of his shoes along the turf, he accepted the watch with a slight nod as to say, "geez thanks a friggin Tri watch, what the hell am i going to do with this?" kind of look, he returned to his spot in the crowd. If I didn't know better, I betacha the young lads mother pointed a stern finger at him earlier on and said something along the lines of "why don't you go outside and get some exercise or sign up for the Bala Triathlon, maybe you will win a watch!".
So, Bala as usual was most enjoyable. To John Letteri, the Hero Burgers were delicious!