Magic Mountain Man Triathlon

The venue for the Half Ironman event took place on October 9th in Valencia, CA in a body of water called Castaic Lagoon. The swim was very warm (58 degrees) and clear. The bike portion started and ended here which included 7000 feet of climbing and very rough asphalt. Finally, the run went around the lagoon twice to complete the 13.1 mile long run. This is what the lagoon looks like from my campsite. The race took place on the other side of the lagoon in these pictures.








Here is the Camping area! It was a parking lot in the Park. As you can see there were tents on one side and RVs on the other side. There were 3 parking lots like this one.

I reserved the end spot so I could have a corner of my own.
No one ended up camping next to me so it felt like I had a lot of room.
Since I was on the end, I put out the hazard triangles for other drivers coming in and out of the parking lot.
It was a great view!

I settled in on Friday afternoon. So guess the first thing I did once I got done setting up?.... Made food!!! This is a bunch of grilled veggies. I saved half of it for Saturday.
Here is the inside organization this time. I tried the bikes not on the table this time and I liked it!
Here is a hen with rice and potatoes. I did not eat the entire thing, but I could have. I saved half for Saturday.
Here is my egg breakfast on Saturday morning. I had the whole day of food set up which I planned on because I wanted to be ready for the race on Sunday.

I had a great race on Sunday! I did 9 minutes better than last years time! I came in first in my age group and 27th out of 95 overall!



If you follow the link below, you can see some pictures of me in the event!

http://www.backprint.com/view_user_event.asp?PID=bp%1E%7FFu&EVENTID=85580&BIB=916&S=230&PWD=