Love this race! Because of all the snow this year, the vegetation around the reservoir was still green. The swim was point to point, they transported us out 1.75 miles to an island on boats. Thanks to my friend Rick I made it on the boat. The swim was nice, because there were not a ton of people. Sighting was hard because I couldn't see any buoys and the ridge line was hard to pick out anything. I was zigzagging all over the place. Final time was 51:56. My feet are not really tough so I walked up the gravel road, to my bike, one female athlete passed me as I was walking to my bike, so I was hoping to catch her on the bike.
The bike was about 38 miles, and climbs 1500 feet in 4 miles to the highest point 9,415 feet. Near the end of the bike I finally caught up with the girl that passed me in transition. We helped push each other to transition. My bike time was 2:02
In transition I saw the first place girl, and got excited. Started out the run too fast, trying to stay up with her, but she was cruising on the run and I changed my goal to keep her in sight. The run was a fairly flat 10 mile run along the reservoir, but it felt harder than the Boise half. It was windy in a few section, with a few false flats. My inner quads were sore for the first few miles after the run. I managed to stay in second. My run time was 1:19:58, about an 8 min mile pace. Which at first was a little discouraging, but considering the elevation gain on the bike, I am okay with the time.
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