2000 Santa Barbara Triathlon and Suburu Ironman Canada
By Eric Barron
Field reporting from the
2000 Santa Barbara Triathlon (1-mile swim, 34-mile bike, 10-mile run)
was scant, and that is being generous. It is known that Jerico
Enriquez, the only TCLA participant in the short course (500-yard swim,
6-mile bike, 2-mile run) finished seventh overall (out of ?) and second
in his division, that Frank Siering finished three places in front of
Terence Young, that Frank and Terence both congratulated each other on
races well done, that Terence secretly cannot wait to beat Frank the
next time they race, and that Frank secretly is psyched he beat
Terence.
Triathlete Swim Bike Run Total
Jerico Enriquez 10:33 19:13 12:40 42:25
Frank Siering 37:38 1:41:36 1:11:02 3:30:15
Terence Young ? ? 1:10:05 3:30:34
Kelly Smith 35:49 1:51:17 1:13:05 3:40:10
Lawrence Spear 52:22 2:03:56 1:26:25 4:22:42
Stephanie Enriquez 55:15 2:13:35 1:32:09 4:40:58
The Santa Barbara
Triathlon did not present enough of a challenge for Elizabeth Farnan,
so she headed for the Great White North, specifically to Penticton,
British Colombia for the 2000 Suburu Ironman Canada. Up at 4:20
a.m. (that alone is good reason to avoid these things), Elizabeth began
to prepare for the largest single wave start in Ironman history.
Around 7:00 a.m., off she went, never getting more than five strokes in
a row before hitting someone, getting knocked in the head, or being
kicked in the ribs. After the swim (1:25:29), the bike (7:04:49) was a
difficult ride given the cold, windy weather, but her marathon
(4:29:27) went reasonably well, and she finished with a smile and a
time of 13:11:11.
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