Tri... again!

Titanium Man Triathlon

Wenatchee, Washington : Olympic Distance

September 5, 2009

1.5 K swim : 40 K bike : 10 K run

Racing Siblings!

Brett Gatten, Brynne Erickson, Mikin Morton

Our group:

Mike Staub, Dana Davis, Brynne Erickson, Brett Gatten, Nicole Morton, Ken Staub, Mikin Morton

The night before I drove over with a girl group consisting of myself, Nicole Morton, Brynne Erickson, and Dana Davis. We stayed at the Hilton, met up with Brett, Mikin, & Ken fr dinner at the Olive Garden, and hit the sack. That morning we set up all the transition stations for the race, and had a great start. I ended up getting a wack in the back of the head by the kayak paddle to stop me from continuing across the Columbia River.... when I should have been going along the shore with the rest of the athletes! I was so mad, but poured it on and swam hard to the bike transition. Here is a shot of a kayaker while we were swimming... I do not know if it was the one who helped me, but it could have been. ;-)

I felt sick and about a half mile into the bike I vomited multiple times... everything. I think I just swallowed too much water and worked too hard to finish the swim. I felt off the rest of the time, but pulled off a great bike time for me, but by the time I was on the run, I had cramping and just no energy. But, I never stopped! I knew if I did I would never go again! I finished and the cool part about coming in after my friends and family is there were people to cheer for me at the finish. Overall, it was a great race, a great time, and with great people. Good memories. I think I may do this one again next year!???

My Time: 3:22

swim : 31 minutes

bike : 1 hour 29 minutes

run : 1 hour 15 minutes

Times of everyone I knew:

Ken Staub : 2:26

Mike Staub : 2:41

Brynne Erickson : 2:53

Brett Gatten : 2:54

Dana Davis : 2:58

Nicole Morton : 3:16