I wanted to give a 'mega' thanks to "strange" Joe. With less than six minutes to go before the start of the race yesterday, I was walking to the water. While putting on my goggles, snap, the band breaks. Ok, don't panic, just go get your spare pair. Run back to transition area and pick up my spare pair. Begin walking back to swim area and begin adjusting the second pair and SNAP goes the second pair. I was not prepared to loose two pair of goggles yesterday. Well, long story short, Joe wades back from the water when he sees I'm in distress and offers me up a sprare pair. With less than two and half minutes before race time, Joe runs to the transition area and picks me up a pair. I put them on with 15 seconds to spare and try to regain my composure. Tough to do especially when I finally get in and the water is freezing. No wetsuit. That won't happen again.
I also wanted to say thanks to lee eatmon and David wilhelm as both were very instrumental in helping with advice leading up to the event. And finally, I wanted to say thanks to Linda and Turbo Dan. Both were Bing fans yesterday and I felt as if I had my very own little cheering section. Dan passed me at mile 34 in the ride and although demoralizing in a way, it was what I needed when I needed it. Good event all around. Good distance as well. Sent from my U.S. Cellular Android device ----- Reply message ----- From: "Cavas, Linda" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, May 20, 2012 4:05 pm Subject: [COWs] "little" Washington NC - Triathlon Report To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> 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!! -- 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.
