Great job everyone, Linda you should report to the WCT sports editor, Jim Sent from my iPad
On May 20, 2012, at 4:05 PM, "Cavas, Linda" <[email protected]> wrote: > Several swimmers/cyclists/runners of Wilson turned out for the triathlon > events in "little" Washington this weekend. > > Turbo Dan, KP, and Jon Anderson did the 100 mile triathlon. This was a > grueling event made of up of a 2 mile swim, 88 mile bike, and a 10 mile run. > KP had an overall time of 7:11 and Turbo Dan's overall time was 7:07. And > it's no surprise to anyone who knows him that Jon Anderson was the first bike > to come in and finished 2nd OVERALL with a final time of 6:03. He's got Kona > in his sights!! This was a tough event and they all did AMAZING!! Road > conditions for the bike were bumpy enough to knock some dental work loose, > and the wind gave them a strong fight, and once they finished the first 44 > mile loop, they set off to do it AGAIN! I tried to take a picture of Turbo > Dan after the first loop but riding true to his name the picture was a blur > as he passed....and KP was all smiles as she got into the groove for the 10 > mile run :) 100 miles and 6-7+ hours of work....hard to get my mind wrapped > around those numbers....WOW! > > DC, Chris Bolt, Joe Strange and Dave Wilhelm competed in the 50 mile event. > This was a 1 mile swim, 44 mile bike and 5 mile run. DC won his age group > and came in 5th overall with a total time of 3:05 and a bike average of 22.1 > that surprised even him! Even with technical difficulties (watch didn't > start at the swim, bike computer was screwed up) and some physical challenges > (leg cramps in his quads that were excruciating and had him hollering in T2 > after getting off the bike) -- and yet he still kept a blistering 7:14 pace > on the 5 mile run. Simply awe inspiring and after that example of endurance > I'll never complain after a race again. Chris Bolt completed his first ever > triathlon and placed 5th in his age group!! Had an excellent swim (29 > minutes flat) but anyone who swims with the "Bolt" isn't surprised to hear > that! His overall time was 3:43 with an 18.4 average on the bike. Watch > out! There's another strong triathlete in Wilson! He may not have had much > time to train for this but Joe Strange showed up and got it done! Had a > great swim time of 33:10 and an overall time of 4:11. And the advice he gave > me about mentally preparing for the swim = priceless. This is why he's "the > coach"! Dave Wilhelm placed 2nd in his age group with an overall time of > 3:27. Bike average was 19.7 and average pace on the run was 7:46! No wonder > we had trouble keeping up with him on the "beer run" last Monday! He was > just getting warmed up!! I think we should slow him down with beer BEFORE > the run next time! > > Dan Decker and I competed in the sprint triathlon this morning. This was a > 750 meter swim, 13 mile bike and 3 mile run. Dan finished 2nd in his age > group with an overall time of about 1:15 (they don't have our final times > posted yet). Dan totally could have won it but the guy he was coasting along > with found his 5th gear coming down the home stretch and hauled out a sprint > that caught Dan by surprise and he just couldn't catch him! There's a reason > why Dan couldn't catch him....he did a TOUGH 20 mile mountain bike race > yesterday!! It was good to see Dan's brother compete with him this morning > too. This was my first open water swim and all I can say is I finished and I > didn't drown in the Pamlico River! I kept at the swim with a slow but steady > pace and drank more water from the Pamlico than I care to admit -- but I got > through it. Tried to make up some time on the bike and run, and ended up > with an overall time of about 1:35. Not bad and I had a BLAST! > > Awesome way to spend a weekend -- weather was great and FS Series does a nice > job of organizing these events. I think all of us are competing in the Three > Little Pigs sprint triathlon in Smithfield next month. Would be great to see > a large group from Wilson! > > Several are doing the Olympic length triathlon at Kerr Lake in a few weeks. > Good luck to them! And if anyone wants to do the swim or bike then we'll > make it a relay and I'll do the run! Swim is 1500 meters, bike is 24.8 miles > and run is a 10K. Let me know -- this is a really fun event, Kerr Lake is > gorgeous!! and if you've never done a triathlon it would be a good way to get > a taste and experience a great event...but be careful....you'll get hooked!! > > Great job everybody!! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
