420

[Invigilator]

As straight laced as I am, I found it amusing that 420 was my bib number for my triathlon today. What did you think this thread was about?

I have done longer races in the past year, but today I returned to the try-a-tri that I started with last year. I did it again partly because OW was doing it for her first tri(and she finished, which was her goal), and partly because I wanted to see how much better I'd do after an actual season of training.

2007
39th of 70 overall
8 of 10 in my age group
55:03 total time
31st in 300m swim 5:38
34th in 11k bike and transitions 31:10 (21.2 km/h)
42nd in run 18:16 (6:06 /km)

2008
18th of 76 overall
5 of 9 in my age group
48:27 total time
7th in 300m swim 5:18
9th in 11k bike and transitions 27:30 (24.0 km/h)
48th in run 15:40 (5:14 /km) the run field was stronger this year

I was very happy with this. I was second in the swim at the turn around around, but did so well in the transition that I was the first one to get on the bik course. I actually rode by the lead vehicle . My time as leader was gone about 90 seconds into the ride, but it was still very cool.

Gott do speed work for the next run though.

After I finished, I took a few minutes and then ran back out onto the course to find OW. I ran with her tot he finish. I am very proud of her.

only beat on the day was that the swim location had moved. The course is shallow enough to dolphin dive most of it, and as a result, many of us slashed up our feet on zebra mussels. That's going to sting for a few days.