Finished!

Yes I did it! I finished in a time of 10:03 and had a perfect race! It started with a great swim (1:03) and after a quick but long transition (we had to go up a parking garage) I had a great bike ride. The course is quite hilly (As you can see in the graph) with over 1900 altitude meters, but I rode with a 39/27 which was a very good choice. I did it in 5:17 and finished with a 3:34 marathon.

It was just one of these great days: Mike and my dad ran all over the course to see me and Jon, Helen, Jenny and Alec cheered so loud everytime I came by: just awesome!

I finished 66th overall and 17th in my age-cat, just about 75min behind the first man overall. Unfortunately it wasn't enough for a Hawaii slot, but: WHO CARES!!! I just had a perfect race and finished in the top 3% !!

I really would like to thank all of you for supporting me, calling me and Anita (I'm sorry if I didn't pick up the phone in the US), Andrea for the great support and of course Mike and Jenny for all they did for us...