Wildflower weekend

There was no derby-ing for us this weekend, but we did go to the races... we went here, to the second largest triathlon in the US. We camped with my tri club at the Lake San Antonio campground, the most ginormous campground I have ever seen. There was a half-iron man race on Saturday, and I did the Olympic distance race on Sunday.


This is my swim wave starting the race. I'm way over on the left somewhere in the wetsuit and yellow cap.






This is the start of the bike, right before "Lynch Hill" - one mile, straight up. We were lucky to get such great conditions for the races: perfect blue skies and sun, but not too hot. And the hills are all still green from the torrential rains this year.


The run course goes through the campground on trails and roads. Stunning, but super hard. On the backside of the course, there is a 2.5 mile hill that kills.



Wildflower is the collegiate national championship race, so tons of college students treat it like a weekend long Dillo Day. In addition to the topless water stop on the Half-Ironman run, the Cal Poly students traditionally take a nice jog around the campground in support of the athletes.