What can I attribute to Support?
Huge encouragement from an awesome bunch of friends and family, so HUGE thanks to my cheer squad: Kylie, Serah, Kate, Allannah, Elizabeth, Jenna, Julia, Antony, Stuart, Sean, Tash, Leilani, Helen, my cousin Daniela, Emma, Kevin, Sonya, Ariel, Stavros, Jess, Nick, Christina, Bella, my sister in law Alison, my Dad Clem, my flatmates, Rodney and Denise from my gym, Dan and Ashleigh from Uni, and anyone else I've forgotten - you guys rock!
Huge encouragement from an awesome bunch of friends and family, so HUGE thanks to my cheer squad: Kylie, Serah, Kate, Allannah, Elizabeth, Jenna, Julia, Antony, Stuart, Sean, Tash, Leilani, Helen, my cousin Daniela, Emma, Kevin, Sonya, Ariel, Stavros, Jess, Nick, Christina, Bella, my sister in law Alison, my Dad Clem, my flatmates, Rodney and Denise from my gym, Dan and Ashleigh from Uni, and anyone else I've forgotten - you guys rock!
Race day photos and logistics - thanks Elizabeth! My trainer who rocks and didn't put up with my bitching and moaning - thanks Gill! and Neil from eatme.net.nz for my protein (try the sexy strawberry, doesn't taste like protein at all).
What can I attribute to Planning?
Thanks to me for having all my gear packed and ready to roll the night before the event, carefully planned training sessions, a good volume of training, swimming coaching, making sure I had water, Mizone and a banana on race day; putting my bike in the car the night before, reading everything i could get my hands on about triathlons and transition, having the foresight to buy a tri suit months before entering anything, researching and checking out bikes, getting spare tubes and patch kits and tyre levers, getting proper running shoes, getting up at 4am to eat breakfast, getting to the event early, having a spare bottle of water to wash sand off my feet!
What can I attribute to Effort?
Doing the event, finishing the event, doing the training...duh!!!
What can I attribute to Luck?
The only things I can think of right now are bad luck re the toe cut and blister thing, and nearly missing the start of the swim! Oh - and on the subject of good luck - actually having a good night's sleep the night before the event was very cool, but a total fluke!
So, what would I do differently?
Make sure I'm in the water before the swim starts. Patch toe cuts before putting on my shoes. Make sure my helmet comes off before the run and my run cap goes on. Get a massage afterwards. Get used to ocean swimming before the event (i.e. do ocean clinics). Get a wetsuit. Train more.
That's about it I think. Overall, not too bad for a first effort. I'm happy, and that's all that matters.
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