Vineman was an awesome race. I really enjoyed this course, not only is this course located in Sonoma, Ca. with some the of worlds best wineries, it is also a gorgeous course. The swim is in Guerneville, Ca. in a lake that is so warm that it was in the high 60’s but still USAT legal to wear a wetsuit.  The swim is very shallow, so swimming was very interesting, I found myself pulling up dirt with every stroke in some sections of the swim course.  For the first time in my life I was glad I didn’t have long arms.

The bike course sent us through the Sonoma County going past many vineyards and wineries, the course had it’s hills so it was not completely flat. It was warm and it was sunny and it was a great race day!

The bike finally led us back to Transition 2 where I had all my run shoes and gear. The run course brought us to our turn around at La Crema Winery. Unfortunately they didn’t have wine to taste but they did have food and water, the run took us on a little tour through a little pond in the backside of the winery and back on the road for a turn around. The run course isn’t completely flat, it had it’s share of some hills but nothing major.

This was a great course for me, a special race particularly because I had done it just shy of 4 months after giving birth to my wonderful baby girl.