SeaFair Sprint Triathlon

Last Updated on Monday, 16 July 2007 08:40 Written by Steve Sunday, 15 July 2007 10:05

Beth and I did a sprint tri today. It was a lot of fun. Got to see John Seasholtz and Patrick Shaw there as well.

I was happy with my results–13th out of 135 in my age group. 87th overall, with a total time of 1:13:15. I had guessed I could do 1:15, so it was nice to beat that.

Swim split: 0:14:04 159th overall
T1: 1:51
Bike split: 0:33:56 93rd overall
T2: 1:17
Place after bike: 90th overall
Run split: 0:22:07 177th overall

I got to draft on the swim, which was something I wanted to try out. It worked great–I found a fast guy who didn’t kick a lot and just hung on to his feet for at least half the swim. The bike felt awesome (and burned) and was my best leg vs. the field. I was in a nice back a forth with a guy on a Cervelo with Zipp wheels–he won in the end. Have I mentioned that I love my new bike? And the 5k was by far the fastest one I’ve ever run with 7:10 7:35 splits. I couldn’t believe it when I checked my watch.

It was nice to do a sprint–it was over so fast, and I got to focus on going fast rather than just surviving. I hadn’t planned to, but I may do another one this year.

Morning Ride

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 December 2009 11:49 Written by Steve Tuesday, 3 July 2007 09:01

Nothing like a bucolic 30-mile ride to start the day right…