DNF -- Wildflower 2007 Long Course, May 5, 2007

This half Ironman distance triathlon was not fun at all! My worst race so far. I did not finish (DNF)

The Swim was in Lake San Antonio, the water was very choppy, that made the swim really difficult



Swim time : 50 mins

After a long and painful swim, I started the bike in a bad mood. I got surprised by the first mile, very very hilly, then it was the headwind for 19 miles -- wanted to drop so many times. I painfully finished the bike course.


only the beginning of the bike course


Just trying to look good for the picture.

Bike time: 3:48 min -- That's a long time, even for me...

After the bike, I sat in the transition area for 10 minutes, I had nothing left, no energy.

I could not go on with the course, I did not do the run, felt bad about it for a while.
Lessons learned -- better respect the distance and will never DNF again!!!