Provisional Results BP BRW Results 2007

5am. Bleary. I know I shouldn't have drunk and partied last night. Where are my shoes. Do I have everything. I hope that Mike doesn't sleep in. Call him. He's on his way. Beautiful looking day. Wear glasses to hide my tired eyes. Let's enjoy this. It's brighter than last year. We're pushing it for time. If there are no issues we'll get in on time. Pickup Casey. He drank too. Pretended bravado laugh for me. Real athletes can drink and run. At work. I'm businesslike when I'm stressed and I check my stuff too many times. In on time.

Every year you do the same event it differs. I want it to be the same because last year was so happy and fun and exciting. Just enjoy it for what it is. Lots of people. I'm saying hello and checking my bike. Don't want to lose it among the 5000 and lose a minute or two. Who am I kidding. A minute or two is not going to make much difference. I'm not an elite athlete. Don't kid myself. And yet I have practiced putting on my shoes when they are wet. I'm going to be elite one day.

Three hour wait. Still a beautiful day. I walk the course and go over it in my mind. I'll be tired and wet here. What do I do with my swimming cap? Do I have my goggles. Up the hill here. Where's the bike located again? We take this exit on our bikes. No riding here, I'll be running. On the bike, remember it's a race. Don't dawdle. Push it on the bike. You have a hybrid so you'll have to work extra hard. Oh there's Hally... Hi mate. Wonder how he'll go. He's a runner. He's fitter than me, but can he swim or ride?

Here's the water. I've got my goggles on. I'm in. Not even enough time to get nervous. We'll start soon. Hope I don't get kicked in the face by a swimmer. I'll start at the back and work my way through the slower swimmers. Remember to not breathe out too much under water. Wow. I'm in the harbour. About to swim. Savour this moment.

We're racing. I have no idea if I'm 10th or 100th, but I'm swimming in a nice rhythm. I'm a long way out. Keep going. Here's the stairs. How far from the leaders am I? Not enough time to check. Look at all those caps. Wow I'm puffed. Take off the cap. Everyone has thrown theirs on the ground. Will I need mine as a momento? No way. I'm going overseas. Up the hill. There's Casey. How did he swim faster than me? I'm overtaking him now. The elite athletes weren't puffing @ this stage. One day that will be me. Can't wait.

Let's get to the bike. This is good. I'm running past a few people. Where is Toufic? Where is Stanley? Can I recognise anyone else. There's Paul. Push it mate. Maybe he didn't hear me. Keep running. This is a race remember. Here's the bike. Good memory. Shoes on. Shirt on. Shit. Nearly lost my number. Think this pin is sticking in to my leg. Never mind. Get the bike. Get out. Run with the bike. Get on. This is easy. No don't think that. This is where you have to push it. OK. Let's see how this bike goes. Hope this leg doesn't cramp.

The bike has been pretty easy. Get off. Not too many racers got passed me. Next year, I'm definately using a racer. Ok. Wow. Legs are a bit like jelly. Lucky I can lean on this bike. Ok. I didn't have any water yet. Damn drink bottle. I'll have some when I put the bike back.

Running. Here's some water. Why did I waste time drinking @ my bike? Won't do that next year. So I'm running. There's no one to pace myself against. Lace coming undone. Will have to stop. I should have tucked my laces into my shoes. Here's a place to stop. Do it. Overtake those two guys. This is a pretty good run pace. Keep it up. I think the adrenalin is pushing me. I'm overtaking a few and not being overtaken. This is a good race. Where's Paul and Toufic? Just 2ks left to run now. I've done well. Keep pushing. It's getting tough. But I'm fitter than last year, I feel it. Runners behind me. Very fast. Shit. They're good. There they go. It's Hally. Apparently he can swim and bike as well. He started in the leg after me, so he's at least 5 if not 10 minutes faster than me. I say hi to him. I'll get you with 100m to go mate. It's a bluff, it's trash talk, but maybe I'll find something in me to do it.

1km to go. Thankyou for telling me that marshal. You have given me hope. Not far now, just round the corner. Wow. Didn't think it was so far to go. Can I walk? Maybe just jog? Hope I can sprint at the end. Do it.

Finish line. Well done. Get a drink. There's Paul. Well done. That was nice.

Number 2 triathlon for Me... Yay!

My aims set last year were:
Cycle: 16:30
Run 11:45

I have the results and:
Swim: 00:06:30 Happy with that. I didn't die.
Bike: 00:18:30 This result is confusing to me. It is longer than 2006. I did have a worse bike - hybrid instead of racer, but I feel like I rode much faster. I think that the recording/timing might have been different this year.
Run 00:11:41
Overall: 00:36:43

I'm quite happy with the overall result and would like to improve again for next year if I am in the country to do it.