Racing in the Rockies

This past weekend I raced the Rocky Mountain Events Wasa Lake Olympic distance triathlon in beautiful British Columbia. I had 3 runs prior to the race with no pain so I knew that I was ready to race. I was a little bit worried going into the race after having a short amount of time off the bike and a long time off running. Despite the break in training I still had a great race! I finished up 2nd place earning $500 and I had the fastest run split of the day (34:20 a p.r.). I had a solid swim exiting the water in around 20th place. Onto the bike I enjoyed riding my new Ridley Dean in the Canadian Rocky mountains and worked my way up to 6th place. The big unknown was the run and within the first few steps I knew that I was going to have a great run. I worked my way up to 3rd place quickly and caught 2nd place 2k from the finish line. Grant Burwash a continental cup racer collected the win but I had a great race finishing in a personal best of 1:57.

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Charlie Cooper of Rocky Mountain Events hosted a great race that I highly recommend to everyone! Unlike many events Charlie really likes to incorporate the entire family. On Saturday before the Olympic distance race they had a kids race that had 350 kids participate. The event also had great food, awesome volunteers, a perfect venue, prize money, legendary race announcer Steve King, and an overall fun environment. I highly recommend marking this race on your calender for next year. Check it out Wasa Lake Triathlon.