On July 4, 2010, Lyle Bittman competed in the Great White North Triathlon in Stony Plain, AB. He started the swim at 8am sharp in Hubbles Lake along with over 600 other athletes. After two crowded laps he exited the water with a 2km swim time of 39:15. Next up was the 90km bike portion which went better than Lyle was expecting, "it was easy to settle in having so many people around and most of the first 10K down hill", Lyle said. The weather forecast for the race was predicting thunderstorms and for awhile during the bike the skies were pretty black and although the rain stayed away the wind picked up during the bike portion making a couple of the sections a bit more challenging. He finished the bike portion in 3:09:58. The half marathon run course was laid out great on a nice trail through Stony Plain, very flat with shade in many spots. It was a tough 21.1km run but he completed it in 2:34:18 giving him an official race finish time of 6:23:30.
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