Aug 12, 2007 2:30 PM
Ackworth RR...HARDWARE!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo! My first tri trophy!
Injured foot! Had a relay with Green Eggs and Ham to run!
I'm not sure of EXACT times as I haven't looked them up and glanced at the sheets at the race site.
Short Story:
Swim-400y. Shallow water for a long time. I started swimming when it made sense to swim. Others kept wading. I got stuck. I did a lot of a$$ grabbing, kicking and punching. Run off the beach-I thought I was gonna puke...I always feel that way in transition.
There was a bit of a run...the timing mat was at transition...so beach run, sidewalk run timing mat=7:51.
t1=1:27 I think. I hate when people walk their bikes...I again got stuck.
Bike: 13 miles. It was more like 13.75, but who's counting?
Took a mile or 2 to catch my breath. The 13 mile sign was WAY before the end.
A few hills. LOTS of passing folks...got passed by only a handful. 42 Minutes and Change.
T2= Heather and I practiced chip handoff pre-race...she stripped it off me, put it on and ran! (don't know time!)
Run: Hehe. Heather took off like a Rockstar! Heather put her chip on wrong. We had an odd orange strap. It was wet when she took it from me. She got to mile 2. Volunteer told her she was missing her chip. She ran back a HALF mile, picked it up, put it on, ran to the finish. She woulda gotten 27 minutes, but it turned into 31. No biggie.
Race results up! We got THIRD! YAY!
Then Mr. Tithers pointed out if we didn't lose the strap on the run, we would've won the relay. Teehee. Next time! (We woulda won by at least 2 minutes).