World ITU Triathlon Championships

I just got back from the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Beijing, China. It was a great trip. I was reasonably happy with my performance, finishing 34th out of 75. I was, perhaps, a bit cautious on the bikeas the course was a bit difficult and tricky. The race was also at the end of the season and my enthusiasm wains a bit as the season goes on. But, I met really great people and it was fun to go to a place a bit out of my comfort zone. I tend to do things that i am comfortable with and go to places I like. It was great to go to a place that I would never have gone to, except for this triathlon.

We had lots of great chinese food, and it was very cheap.We did some sightseeing: the great wall, forbidden city, summer palace and Tien mien Square. The security everwhere was quite intense both around the triathlon and the city in general. Also, the smog is as bad as people say with alot of days where u can't see the sky and it is like fog.

My coaches instructions now are to take 2 weeks off from training. i am going to do some workouts for fun and I am doing hot yoga. I signed up today for ironman 70.3 in mount tremblant, quebec which will be a warm up for the ironman that i am doing there next August. After going to Beijing, a group of us agreed we would try to qualify for the 2013 World Championships which will be in London, england on their Olympic course.