Turn up the heat! Vineman 70.3

We had an amazing showing last weekend with 12 of our ladies representin' in the heat. With temps well into the 90's and inching closer towards 100 as the afternoon progressed on.

25-29 got the party started, literally, as the first women's AG to go off at 6:54 AM! Talk about beating the heat...well at least we tried. Starting off with Rachel, she dominated in the swim as is her MO with a blazing time of 28: Rachel had a massive improvement over last year's race and finished 14th in the AG in a time of 5:18 vs last year's 6:05...Rachel way to rock it!!

Next up we have Hailey, taking the age group bike by storm with the fastest split and a 4th place podium finish!Hailey had a race best time of 4:57 which was great even though her hubby asked after the race if she was "injured"! Hailey was also rocking the pink bikini in style, turning heads all over the course!

Lastly in the 25-29 AG is podium spot #1 Rosy! Rosy had a beautiful race, took the run down and had the best run split of the day for the AG. Excellent work Rosy, way to bounce back from a fall, hopefully this gave you some major confidence!

Now if you put these 3 together, they could be unbeatable...relay anyone?

Next up we had Meredith and Ariane racing for the 30-34 AG.
Ariane was able to bounce back from last year when a crash stopped her journey to the Vineman finish. This year there was a tree down, but thankfully only heeded her progress on the bike course. She still managed to fly through the bike and looked cheerful as always! Ariane finished 7th in the AG and 21st woman OA. Awesome job!

Meredith rocked it from front to back, with the awards announcer hinting that there is some money to be won if she turns pro She was the 1st in 30-34 and the first amateur lady with a smokin' time of 4:28:10! Awesome job Meredith, so great to see you out there!


In the 35-39 category we had Cara S, Danielle, and Laura K!
Danielle was able to come in 18th in the AG, and man can that gal bike! She had one of the fastest bikes in the AG with a 2:37 time! Awesome job Danielle :)

Cara took down Vineman in 6:08, having a steady race the entire time...although it looks as if she misplaced her shoes in T2 having a bit of a delay going out onto the run...hmmmm where are my shoes? Among 2000 pair, they all look the same!
This was Laura's 2nd half as well, tackling Kansas just a month ago...talk about a program! Laura's husband Steve finished ahead of me and when i saw him again he was going out to be team cheerleader and find his wife! He found her out there slogging through the 95+ heat rocking the course! Nice job Laura, you wear that pink well :)


Leishia had a fantastic swim exiting the water in 28 minutes and out onto the bike course. Nice job Leishia!

Kathleen just joined us this year placed 33rd overall. Nice job Kathleen, you will have to tell us how the race went for you, but it looked like a steady race from beginning to end so a big congrats!

Our Dorette rounds out the 40-44 category and was able to finish due to some serious mental training! DNF's are never good, and Dorette we are proud of your tenacity- tell those leg cramps to scram! Dorette came out of the water and to her surprise there were many bikes around...things are looking good! The run was where the cramping began...heat too much for hard working muscles, but she was able to turn in a 13th place finish and a great training day for St george!