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The family that Tri s together

Printer friendly version Posted on: Friday August 20 03:27:26 PM

The family that Tri s together We had a great time last weekend, running (and riding and wading) the Sundridge Triathlon.

Cameron, 10, was in the 10-11 age group. this was a relatively small group, 12 boys, 1 girl, who covered 100m in the water, 5k on the bikes and 1.5k on foot. Fitting in with the rest of the family as a weak swimmer, he was out of the water 2nd last, but managed to end up 2nd overall being beating only by a rather tall, strong 11 year old. Well done Cam!

Daughter Sarah, the Mrs, and my niece Chelsea participated in the Try-a-Tri which was a 375m swim, 10k bike and 2.5k run. They all did quite well with Sarah coming from a 15th place after the swim to 4th overall and 2nd female. Very impressive for someone who didn't really train for this, other than for the run portion. I think maybe next time around she will sink her teeth into the bike and swim and be very competitive at this sport.Gramps already has high hopes for her to be an Olympian in the event. Maybe he's right to think that.

Well done to Anita for completing her first triathlon as well as my niece whom I think may have got the big, or at least a taste of how fun it is to race. I wouldn't be surprised to see her back soon and finishing well.

I stepped it up this year and did the Sprint distance - 750m swim, 23.5k bike and 7.5k run. I did get a few opportunities to swim but again this year, not as much as I'd hoped. It always seemed too wavy when I had the time at the lake, and our tiny pool is no place to train for swimming. My biking to work definitely helped me there and my current fitness level left me with enough energy to run the 7.5k portion at marathon goal race pace which I am happy about.

Sundridge Triathlon Results

Swim 20:36  (750m swim + 100 meters of knee deep water to wade through to the mat)

Bike  54:10    (23.5km 40% hilly gravel road 60% paved road)

Run  35:07    (7.5km road)

Total: 1:49:50

Tons of fun...well, the swim was tough but I did it.

And, my placements were:

39 / 70 after the swim

22 / 70 after the bike

15 / 70 after the run

It seems I need to work on my swimming - but I can't wait to tri, er, try this again!


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