June finishes strong, hot or cold in Idaho or at home in Cali

What a weekend! Whether you were going long and strong in Idaho or short and fast in San Jose, Pink was out in front!

We had 4 ladies at Ironman CDA, Lara, Sydney, Meredith and Ariane- all of whom rocked the kasbah!

Starting with our youngest blogger we had Lara racing CDA and finsihing strong (yep, that's me :)) ! Looks like it was a very cold day out there and Lara blazed to the finish line in a time of 15:16 :) Very good work for her first IM!

Next up in the women 30-34 category we had Ariane and Meredith. Ariane was having a spectacular day with the 2nd best bike in her AG when she came into T2 wanting to warm up from the frosty temps. She went searching for warm broth to warm her up and got sucked into the med tent by the allure of warm salty goodness. Needless to say, once they saw our little popsicle and assessed her with mild hypothermia, she was not allowed to leave :( A disappointment for sure, but we are glad that she is A ok and prepping for Kona.

Meredith was charging from the beginning, with the 2nd best swim the best bike time in her AG and a smashing run of 3:36...this girl can put together a great race! She finished in just over 10 hours and was the overall amateur lady. Meredith, way to represent!

Sydney was laying low but came in strong in her 1st Ironman! What a day to do your first with wind, rough swim, cold and rain! Sydney was strong and steady the entire day, representing the Pink in style!

Next up was the Silicon Valley Olympic triathlon at Lake Almaden in San Jose. With a start time of 7 AM, it was a very early wake up call! There were four ladies in pink on Sunday toeing the line down south, Rachel, Erica, Amy and Hailey.

Amy is the youngest of the bunch and was 2nd in the 20-24 age group with a super fast swim of 20 minutes! Amy was all smiles in the water before the start warning the other gals about Rachel's prowess in the water!



Rachel and Hailey are up next in the 25-29 AG. Rachel was the quickest out of the water and was out in 19:17...Hailey saw this as a good sign when she entered T1 as Rachel was on her way out just behind the mermaid. Out onto the bikes they went, Rachel out in front for the first bit leading their age group! Hailey made up some time on the bike and was very excited when she entered into T2 and headed out onto the run to cheers of "yeah first woman!" She didn't let the ladies charging up behind her or the heat get to her though. The 6 mile course turned into a 7.35 mile run due to some "complications" with the race director, which made for a tough mental situation for all the racers. Hailey came through in 2:23 about 18 seconds in front of the 2nd place gal. Her very first "W"! Rachel was right behind and rounded off the 25-29 Podium in third place.

Erica was up next for the 30-34 AG and was 4th in her division with an overall time of 2:27, putting together a very solid three legs!