Bass Lake Triathalon

Heading out at 6 am

Grace decided a few months ago to do a triathlon and signed up for one in Bass Lake, which is right near the Southern entrance to Yosemite.  We drove down on Friday and stayed in a little cottage half a mile from the starting point.  As soon as we got to town, we checked out the whole scene and drove the bike route.

Bike dropped off and waiting for start time

We got up really early and left the cottage at about 6 am to be ready for a 7:09 am start time for her age group.  She was ready in plenty of time so we just watched all the action.

At the swim starting point

This is G with the white, black and teal tank

Done with the swim

She said swimming was the hardest part which we did not expect.  She had trained a lot for this part but the water was cold, which was shocking, and her goggles fogged up.  But she still did well.

Running from the water to the bike transition

Getting dried off and ready to ride

The bike ride was 12 miles and she said she felt really good on it - except her chain fell of twice so she had to fix it.  Other than that, which was user error, she was really happy with her bikes performance.

She ran strong and crossed the finish line a little after 9 am.  She ended up in 7th place for her age group.  Swim was 14 minutes and 35 seconds.  Bike was 1 hour 5 mins and 27 seconds.  Run was 36 minutes and 7 seconds.  For an overall total of 2 hours, 1 minute and 55 seconds.  BAM!

Overall she enjoyed it and will think about doing another one.