Vauban Triathlon 2012

Citadel of Besançon by Vauban

The Vauban triathlon took place in the beautiful city of Besançon this sunday (20th May 2012).
This tri is called Vauban in reference to the citadel of Besançon that was built by the Marquis of Vauban in 1668. 
These fortifications are Besançon's main attraction. It is a fabulous construction dominating the whole town.

Proud to be a volunteer!

I really wanted to participate in the Sprint distance (750m swim / 20km bike / 5km run), but having not yet fully recovered from the Paris marathon, I thought that it was wiser to give my legs some more rest. However I wanted to take part to the event somehow so I enrolled as a volunteer. 
In the past 6 years, I have attended many sports events that did go really well thanks to dozens of volunteers making things go smoothly. Given the fact that I had nothing special planned last weekend, I thought it was the perfect occasion to, in my turn, give some of my time for the others. 

Mom is in the house!

 My mom who did volunteer last year already came with me again this year. From 8am until 2pm, we prepared sandwiches and then sold them. From time to time I was escaping my work station to follow the race and watch the athletes. 
It was quite frustrating to watch and not swim, cycle or run with the participants. I could feel the excitation in my veins but the only thing I could do was to shout encouragements. 
But it was great anyway to be there and I really enjoyed the good mood and the nice talks with the other volunteers. 
That being said, I hope that next year, I will be in shape to do the triathlon. I really want to swim in the river Doubs, especially since last year, the swim was cancelled and replaced by a 2.5km run due to the water not being clean enough.

The winner of the female sprint

Swimmers in the river Doubs