Camp Yuba Olympic Triathlon
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | News
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.
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