Archive for September, 2009
Team Brenchley 5K Fundraiser
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 | News | No Comments
The cool girls of the Weber High School Warriorettes drill team in Ogden,Utah put on a fabulous race for us this morning. These talented high school students planned, organized, and ran the entire event. It was fun, fast, and very well done. Thank you, Warriorettes!
As For Brian and I, we ran a very fast race. There was some nice hills during the first half that made me huff and puff a bit, but we were able to pick up the pace on the back half. In fact, we were able to beat our 5K record for the second time this year. We came in at 22:39, besting our previous record by a mere two seconds. Good thing I ran faster when Brian told me to! Thanks so much to all our wonderful family and friends who came to support us. We love you all (especially our cool moms!).
Warriorettes Drill Team to Host Team Brenchley 5K
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | News | No Comments
The Weber High School Warriorettes drill team is hosting a 5K fundraiser for Team Brenchley this Saturday, September 19th, in Ogden Utah. We are way excited! These girls have been great to us. You can sign up at http://www.weberhighwarriorettes.blogspot.com/ . Hope to see you at 7:30 AM this Saturday!
Latest Newspaper Article
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | News | 1 Comment
The Ogden Standard Examiner did a great article on us Saturday, September 12, 2009. Here is the link. It was great to meet Trent and Michael, the reporter and photographer from this paper. They were way cool. http://www.standard.net/topics/news/2009/09/12/friends-finish-line-these-two-push-each-other-compete-triathalons-marathons
Camp Yuba Olympic Triathlon
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | News | No Comments
This last weekend Brian and I competed in our first ever Olympic size triathlon. It was awesome! We swam the one mile course in 39 minutes. I have never swam that far or that fast ever, with or without Brian. Our chariot has not yet been completed, so I had to do the bike portion by myself. I was surprised how well I felt over the length of the twenty-five mile course. I was also very impressed with the great athletes that we competed against. They were very hard to catch! I only passed two people in the first 11 miles of the bike. When I was coming in for the transition to the run, there was Brian, waiting excitiedly in his racing chair. The whole time we ran he was calling for me to go “Faster! Faster!” By the end of the race we were both sweaty and tired, but happy to have raced a good race. According to my watch we finished in 3:00:50. I’m not sure if that is a good time for an Olympic tri, but it seemed good to us!
The race organizers surprised us by forming a new “Assisted” category this year. Since we were the only entrants, we took first place. We got some nice medals to add to our growing pile and Brian got a cool new racing hat. We sure do love what we do. Thanks to everyone who has help us get where we are. Thanks for letting us race.
Top of Utah Half Marathon
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | News | No Comments
On Saturday, August 29th Brian and I competed in our first ever half marathon. It was awesome! Even after completely forgetting little details like picking up our race packet (Oops!), we had a wonderful time. The new custom seating system donated by Otto Bock Healthcare worked wonderfully for Brian. His only complaint was that his leg was leaning too hard against a bar on the race chair. We stopped for about one minute at mile 9 and fixed the problem with a little Velcro strap.
Our goal was to complete the race in 2:05:00 or better. We did better. Team Brenchley crossed the finish line in 1:44:14. Not bad at all! 21 minutes faster than our goal. At each mile marker I looked at my watch and try to figure out what was wrong with it. We were running 8 minute miles and less. That couldn’t be right. We don’t run that fast. But we did this time. Our average was 7:57 per mile. Our goal for the St. George Marathon is 3:42:00. After running a half in 1:44:14, I can see that this goal, though challenging still, is totally attainable. Cool. : )
Winskins Joins Team Brenchley as Newest Sponsor
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | News | No Comments
We are proud to have Winskins join the wonderful sponsors of Team Brenchley. This custom printing shop serves high end Olympic and professional athletes as well as ametuers like us. They have produced our great new racing jerseys. We proudly wear the Winskins logo. They are a great company. If you need custom race gear printing done, Winskins is the place to go!
P.S. to the Rush Triathlon
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | News | No Comments
I was extremely surprised when the final race results were posted. Team Brenchley came in at 43rd out of 272 racers! That means we were in the top 16% of the athletes in that triathlon. How that happened, I don’t know, but I am not complaining! Brian did awesome that day.