Just a quick little update before I find myself sinking deeper and deeper into racing season.
I did the Howe Sound (Gibsons) Iron last weekend, finishing it in 2 hours 39 minutes. Being the big geeks that we are, here's the GPS data, and some pictures. I'm in the Mixed RD crew, seat 4. The pictures were taken at the finish line, so we're a little bit tired.

For me, this race was powered mostly by HydroBoom, a fancy sports drink. It's a bit more 'nutritious' than Gatorade - the primary reason being that Gatorade's primary ingredient is sugar/sucrose/fructose, which tend to break down too quickly. The fancy stuff has maltodextrin which is easier to digest, etc. I won't bore you with the details, suffice to say that you're not going to go into a sugar crash 10 minutes after drinking HydroBoom. A kind of a good thing too, since my lunch plans got screwed up at Molly's Reach. I wanted to go there because it was prominently featured in my childhood memories of watching the Beachcombers, but let me give you a bit of warning - the service is slow, really really slow. We waited an hour for our food, and ended up leaving because it still wasn't ready.

This Saturday, the FCRCC crew is headed down to the Gorge race - It's supposed to be quite windy and bumpy, so I'm taking my life jacket with me. I'm making a commitment to learn to tread water and get more comfortable in the water after this race. A fear of the water and paddling don't go too well together... it always seems to surprise people when I tell them I'm not comfortable in the water.