Triathlon ticked off on the to do list....

As most of you know I completed the BP Ultimate/BRW corporate triathlon yesterday at Mrs Macquarie's Point in Sydney.

It seems like so many months ago that I signed up and paid $120 to race the most amazing corporate triathlon in Australia. With breaktaking views of the bridge and opera house it defnitely was worth the effort.

The morning started off an early one catching the train at 5:35am at St Peter's station. It was quite comforting to see a few bikes at the station and on the train, all heading in at the same ridiculous time to do the race.

Putting the bike into the compound, setting up my runners, hat etc and making sure I had everything I needed for the swim I headed off to have a look at the set up. Lots of tents and people wandering around aimlessly looking for team members.

Race officially commenced with the first wave at 07:30am, there were 39 waves. Our time was +1hr 10mins. The time just seemed to drag on, waiting for the clock. By the time we got down near the water the nerves hit and I just remember thinking "oh my god". But as Kate (my team mate) pointed out where the swim ended I thought, that looks super easy. The swim was great, I am wishing I had of started at the front of the pack but being my first time sat in the middle and just swam where I could find room, finally getting free and being quite early out of the water. I love the picture above when you can see me running and there are still heaps of girls in the water... seems my swimming training prepared me.

The transition time seemed to take the longest for the bike - quite a long run from water to bikes (600m) and had to get shoes/helmet/bib on and then walk bike to the road to start... so I would take 10mins off the actual cycle time! Quicker change coming back to put bike in compound and start on the run (across the bridge and down stairs... legs were a bit wobbly). Overall I am very impressed with my time. Completed the triathlon in 51mins. I am keen do do it again now that I know what is in store for me and to try to get the time down. I ran 80% of the way and comfortable to know that I could of run the entire jog leg.

Swim 5mins 31sec
Cycle 27min51 sec (17km/hr)
Run 17mins 50 sec (4.7min/km)