Tejas Triathlon: June 13, 2004
Our first Triathlon of the 2004 season. Tracey placed smack dab
in the middle (13/25) of her age group, with a time of 1:26:57. Not
bad for her first race after two years of maternity leave. And she
is still un-beaten by her husband. Rich was not in particularly good
condition, not having done much swim or run training this year. He
cramped in the open water swim, then blew out a tire near the start of the
bike, took a DNF (did not finish), and waited to start the run with his
wife. Click
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Tracey comes out of the lake after finishing the 880 yard swim in 17:30. |
She felt good on the bike, her best event, averaging 19.6 miles per
hour for the 13 mile ride. |
It started to get hot on the Run course, and Tracey faded a bit, finishing
the 3 miles at an 8:54 pace |
Rich was just coming out of the Transition on his new Kestrel, trying to
recover from a bad swim. But then he hit some road debris and blew
out the front tire. So he had to walk back in to the transition and sit out his favorite event |
Our good friend Sheila placed 3rd in her age group, finishing just 33
seconds ahead of Tracey. |
Sheila averaged 19.1 MPH on the bike. Tracey passed her on this leg,
but Sheila got her back on the run. |
Sheila came out of the water in 16:57, 33 seconds ahead of Tracey.
The margin was the same at the finish, so what Tracey gained on the bike,
she gave back in the run and transitions. |
Another friend and training partner, Karen had a blistering run (6:29
pace), and placed first in her age group. |
Another shot of Tracey coming out of the water. |
This guy in the red cap started in an earlier swim wave, and the girls
caught him. |
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