August 20, 2007 – 12:08 pm
Yesterday, I completed the last of my summer fun–a sprint triathlon in Petoskey, MI. The results:
500m swim: 13:02, pace: 2:37/100m
T1: 4:44 (this included a 400-500m run from the water to transition area)
20k bike: 40:18, 18.5mph (this had some big hills)
T2: 0:53
5 mile run (~8k): 41:53, 8:23 min/mile
Overall: 1:40:48, 2d in my age group (9min [...]
Well, I’m now in Boulder. Last night, I came with one of the friends I was staying with earlier for the Stroke & Stride. It’s a little swim and run at the Boulder reservoir. I finished the 750m swim in 19:33 and the 5k run in 26:47. Transition time: 1:32. [...]
Last year, I trained for a sprint triathlon in my entry to the sport. Three weeks ago, I completed my first Olympic-length triathlon (see the Triathlon page for my training regime). Yesterday, I ran the same sprint tri that started me off. This year was teeth-chattering cold in the water, wet on [...]
My New Toy: Less the new pedals. Can you say birthday and Christmas present together? The new computer will have to wait;)
Bali International Triathlon, 24 June 2007
1500m swim: 39m26s
T1: 2m47s
40k bike: 1h25m20s
T2: 58s
10k run: 58m06s
Total: 3h06m35s
More on all this later.
UPDATE: The swim started out wild as all 150+ swimmers had a mass start. I just let all the fast swimmers run into the water and I moseyed out after them. I’m no fish. [...]