Ironman

Last year Janelle and 2 friends signed up to do the Busselton half ironman as a team. Competitors come from all over the world for this event. Erin would do the 1.9km swim leg, then Janelle would do the 90km bike ride and Cameron the 21.1 km run. It seemed so far away with plenty of time to train. But it came around very quickly and they were all concerned about achieving their stages in the allocated time frame.

Janelle had to travel down the day before and check her bike in... 

With over 3000 competitors there were so many bikes but all very well organised..

With that done it was time to enjoy a beautiful sunset...

Janelle stayed at Nan and Pops house so she wouldn't have to travel on competition day. Mother nature turned on the most perfect Autumn day for the event. The individuals started their swim at 6am and Erin was scheduled to go at 10.20am with the other teams.  The water was so calm...

Having a little warm up swim

Team Generincam

Erin did her swim in great time and Janelle took off for her 90km bike ride which was two 45km  circuits. It wasn't really a spectator friendly event as we had to wait 1.5 hours to see her flash past and try and get a photo!...

Patient spectator

We went and had a cuppa with Mum and Dad J in between laps and got back in time to see Janelle finish...

Go into the transition area and send Cameron on his way...

Janelle was a bit emotional after her ride (and relieved) she had done it in the time frame (she had to do it in 3 hours 15 mins and she did it in 3 hours 4 mins)... 

Feeling a little stiff

One way to burn off some chocolate!...

Cameron was also very pleased with himself finishing the run...

The all received a Finisher medal and a deep sense of satisfaction...

They came 80th out of the 193 (of those who finished) for mixed teams and 188th out of the 423 total teams which was a pretty good result.