Congrats to Rick W. for crushing his previous time by 45 minutes (6:20 in 2012, 5:35 in 2013). Chelsey went sub-6 hours and was 22nd in her age group, while Carrie was 7th in her age group. Carolyn Hiles had a great day, nearly taking the Bronze Medal (was held up because of a bike crash and missed the podium by 11 seconds). In the same age group, Lesley Miller took Silver with a strong performance after her fantastic Ironman CdA. Tamara did her first-ever 70.3 event and had a solid performance. Well done! Dawn had a great day as well, earning a Bronze medal and almost a World 70.3 slot… grr. Lisa, coming off her trip to France, rocked a 5th place finish and a PB on the run portion.
I had the craziest race lead-up ever… I was just not organized, and my thoughts were scattered. Forgot to put stickers on my helmet and bike. I left my house race AM without my 2 bottles of nutrition and had to drive back. I did not have time to rehearse my swim exit and where my bike was at race AM. My goggles came off after I dove into the water at race start. When I did exit the swim, I could not find my bike. I should have worn my vest on the bike (I elected not to put it on even though that was the intention). The bike was cold, cold, cold. I needed a volunteer to take off my helmet and help me with my shoes. I should have worn toe covers on the bike as well. I think any air temperature below 10 degrees warrants gloves, a vest, and toe covers. Crazy race! But got er done! I for sure felt flat on the run after the race last weekend, but still steady. That was one MEAN last 2km to the finish!!
Thanks to all those CSR athletes who volunteered as well… Ally, Suzanne, Bill, etc… was great to see you all out there!
30-34 Female
TOPPING, CHELSEY CAN 00:38:00 03:08:11 02:05:08 05:51:19 22 450
35-39 Female
GERVAIS, BLAIRE KNIAZIEW CAN 00:28:16 02:34:29 01:35:00 04:37:45 1 57
STYLES, SHARON CAN 00:31:00 02:31:52 01:35:59 04:38:51 2 61
PEAL, HEATHER USA 00:32:48 02:42:01 01:30:54 04:45:43 3 74
ANDERSON, JULIE CAN 00:33:23 02:36:08 01:45:44 04:55:15 4 115
SOLOMCHUK, LISA CAN 00:36:02 02:45:13 01:41:38 05:02:53 5 150
40-44 Female
HUMNYCKI, SELINA CAN 00:34:00 02:35:20 01:39:28 04:48:48 1 86
ROEMMELE, TRACEY CAN 00:35:23 02:34:27 01:42:54 04:52:44 2 100
ARSENEAULT, DAWN CAN 00:35:02 02:41:10 01:45:00 05:01:12 3 143
LOISELLE, TAMARA CAN 00:36:36 03:07:05 02:13:22 05:57:03 17 482
50-54 Female
MONCRIEFF, MARLA CAN 00:37:34 02:48:16 01:48:51 05:14:41 1 208
MILLER, LESLEY CAN 00:36:49 02:56:23 01:51:49 05:25:01 2 270
POLEHOYKIE, BARBARA CAN 00:35:01 02:48:10 02:05:10 05:28:21 3 290
HILES, CAROLYN CAN 00:35:25 02:53:26 02:00:21 05:29:12 4 300
DONALDSON, HILARY CAN 00:36:14 03:00:09 01:55:10 05:31:33 5 319
TRIGG, NANCY CAN 00:33:18 03:02:03 02:03:18 05:38:39 6 370
MANITOPYES, CARRIE CAN 00:38:10 03:08:01 02:01:46 05:47:57 7 426
Male 45-49
ZARYSKI, CALVIN CAN 00:28:32 02:20:05 01:27:35 04:16:12 1 23
ENDSLEY, SHAUN USA 00:33:44 02:28:27 01:29:45 04:31:56 2 44
WOOD, STEPHEN CAN 00:27:44 02:30:21 01:34:40 04:32:45 3 47
WILSON, RICK CAN 00:37:57 02:52:43 02:04:37 05:35:17 33 351