HALF MOON BAY SPRINT TRIATHLON - April 17, 2016

Swim - .38 mi | Bike - 10 mi | Run - 5k
#1/5 (60-64)  - 1:25:46
#15/120 F overall 

On the podium again with Deb Melnikoff

The day began at 4:00am - alarm off, jump out of bed and get ready to drive to Half Moon Bay.  Hot Lemon water at 4:15am, coffee at 4:40am,  Hammer whey protein, a little oatmeal with banana and Hammer Gel by 4:50am and then head out to car.. 5:08am departure from Mill Valley.  At that hour, it is a 50 minute drive.  I had to stop for gas in San Francisco.... so strange, I thought that I had filled my tank at my local gas station on Saturday.. but it was a bluff.. no gas went in in to the tank... clearly not paying attention....

No one much on the road until arrival in  El Granada ( 6am) and trying to find a place to park... in the future, I will simply park in one of the lots or on the highway.  I had not picked up my race packet, so that was the first order of business.

I set up my bike in Row 35 - close to the bike out.  I saw my pals Deb and Michelle over in the lower number rows across a grass median... we hung out in the chilly morning.  I wore everything I had to keep warm before our race start.  Sunrise was at 6:31am... we could see that it was going to be a jaw dropping gorgeous day!

I took 4 Race Caps and 4 Endurolytes at 6:45 and started sippin on my Heed.  finished most of it by 7:30 am.  By that time, I'd switched from clothes to my full Xterra wetsuit and was ready to walk down to the beach to watch the Olympic distance and Paddle board race starts.  I put my face in the water just to test my goggles....  ouch!  really, really cold water!

Waiting for Awards with Deb