Anyway where do i start, i know how about the part where Kate her mum and i get in a car and drive to a very cool town some 600+ Kilometers away to do a triathlon ....yes ...... i think thats a great place to start..
So Friday morning rolls around , Kate , Karen ( Kates mum ) and i get the car packed full of tri gear , clothes we won't need , a Chilly bin , cooler or eski ... whatever you call the thing that keeps your drinks cold...
The we hit the dusty road ... no word of a lie , it's dusty for the next 7 hours as we make our way to Kalgoorlie....
We pass some very small , yet awesome in there own right towns...
Anyway to cut a long story short , we made it to Kalgoorlie in the early evening on Friday after spending quality time in the car and staring out at the desert....Needless to say my hamstrings hated me!!
That night we had a relaxing meal and few beers and just generally chilled.
the Following morning Kate and i were to meet the local president ( Geoff ) and a group of riders at 6:30 for a spin on the bikes.
When we turned up it was like meeting relatives from years back , Except we had never meet these people. it's just there way to greet you with open arms and smiles, Easy to talk to you and real people with hearts of gold....maybe that comes from being close to the biggest gold mine in the southern hemisphere!! In any case it was very nice of them to be so welcoming . Something Kate and i won't soon forget..
The gold mine/ Super Pit below ( one big as hole )
We then had a presentation for those that wished to attend .... To be honest Kate did most of the talking and i just cracked in with my smart ass comments every now and again... occasionally putting in some worth while comments... such as my addiction to chocolate milk .
The in the evening we were invited to a pasta dinner, which again was a great time.. then soon after 8:30 it was time for bed...I'm a bit of a nana these days ... gotta get in bed before the sun does.... ok i am kidding.... Kates the nana in this relationship...
Next thing you know ... alarm is going off and i'm having my chocolate milk and muffin for breakfast preparing my mind and stomach for an olympic distance race.....
Now being in the Desert, we swim in a pool and you self seed yourself with the others in your lane.... Much to Kates dislike i got in her lane.. Only because i'm use to swimming with her and she knows how to lap out with me ....She hates it ... i love it...
So there we are sitting in the pool getting a 10 second count, and we're off... weird thing about swimming in a pool....you can't cheat your time... long course 50 metre pools don't lie about your time... it is what it is ... lucky for me the swim went relatively well and i swum a 18:44 ...sitting on 1:15's .. which is about where i want to be , Out onto the bike and we had 9 laps ...this was great once you got past 5.... then onto the run 4 laps of 2.5 k.... feeling a little sluggish from all the miles my body started to hate me at about 6 k , but came good soon after.. So all in all and pretty good day at the office with a 1:56:03 olympic ...
Kate and i pre race
Transition
Post race lunch under the Kalgoorlie tri club banner
Ernie ( AKA Kates bag carrier ) ohhh and her Dad
It was great to see the local talent shine too. There are lots of guys and girls out there who are so strong and have a lot of talent and room to grow as athletes. Big shout out to Shannon .... next time go the right way mate ....
Thank-you Kalgoorlie , you are a awesome bunch of people...
See you in Busselton....
Cheers
Guy
PS: next tmie i might fly...the last 3 hours of driving nearly killed me..... night driving = bad times...lol
The LONG drive home... damn WA is big
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