Humbling Mini-Triathlon Results
I have the official results and times from the triathlon I did through work a couple weeks back.
(I can't figure out how to get rid of this large space in the page!!!!)
(There were two relay teams ahead of me, so that = 2nd place for individuals)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/Folsom%20Lake%20triathlon%202.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/Folsom%20Lake%20triathlon%203.jpg)
(1)Before start. Hmmm, so we're supposed swim all the way out there?? Splendid. The overall winner is the guy in the red, white, and blue shorts. Maybe I could have gone 11 minutes faster if I had legs that long too. Ok, maybe not. (2) Same scene. The chic I'm talking to won the womens, andI barely beat her. Ok, I admit, I just put in this picture because it makes my back muscles stick out.
The winner of the race, who it turns out is actually a world ranked du-athlete, not tri-athlete as I originally thought, finished over 11 minutes ahead of me. Rather humbling. Also, the winner of the women’s race only finished 15 seconds behind me, but more importantly, she had a faster swim, T1, and bike than me! The swim was assumed, but I was surprised by the bike, although I probably could have squeezed a couple more average mph out on that section. When we were running hills a couple of weeks later, she tried to ease my bruised ego by mentioning that she rides a top end racing bike, while I was riding “that” (As she motioned to the Puge). She immediately followed up though, with pointing out that amount of time I beat her by was actually less than amount of time I gained by running in my bike shoes. (I could then counter, by saying that I maybe lost some running speed my not using running shoes, but I digress)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/folsom%20lake%20triathlon4.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/running11.jpg)
(1)Get me out of the water, seriously, its best for everyone. (2) Sprinting to fin....Wait, is that something shiny on the side of the road???
I really can’t complain about any of the times, although I should be able to do a sub 20:00 5k, even with out being in real running shape. A year and a half ago I averaged only slightly slower running a half marathon, which is in my mind, a much harder race than a little triathlon like this. Oh well.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/sacramento%20bike%20trail%20triathlon3.JPG)
This picture makes me laugh. One could easily mistake me for someone who knows what they are doing. Yes, those are bike shoes. I was hoping to get a picture of me running with my bike shoes and swim cap.
RESULTS
(I can't figure out how to get rid of this large space in the page!!!!)
Swim | 7:57 | 11th |
T1 | 1:54 | - |
Bike | 44:40 (20.1mph) | 5th |
T2 | 0:25 | - |
Run | 21:18(6:52 mpm) | 4th |
Total | 1:16:14 | 4th |
(There were two relay teams ahead of me, so that = 2nd place for individuals)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/Folsom%20Lake%20triathlon%202.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/Folsom%20Lake%20triathlon%203.jpg)
(1)Before start. Hmmm, so we're supposed swim all the way out there?? Splendid. The overall winner is the guy in the red, white, and blue shorts. Maybe I could have gone 11 minutes faster if I had legs that long too. Ok, maybe not. (2) Same scene. The chic I'm talking to won the womens, andI barely beat her. Ok, I admit, I just put in this picture because it makes my back muscles stick out.
The winner of the race, who it turns out is actually a world ranked du-athlete, not tri-athlete as I originally thought, finished over 11 minutes ahead of me. Rather humbling. Also, the winner of the women’s race only finished 15 seconds behind me, but more importantly, she had a faster swim, T1, and bike than me! The swim was assumed, but I was surprised by the bike, although I probably could have squeezed a couple more average mph out on that section. When we were running hills a couple of weeks later, she tried to ease my bruised ego by mentioning that she rides a top end racing bike, while I was riding “that” (As she motioned to the Puge). She immediately followed up though, with pointing out that amount of time I beat her by was actually less than amount of time I gained by running in my bike shoes. (I could then counter, by saying that I maybe lost some running speed my not using running shoes, but I digress)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/folsom%20lake%20triathlon4.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3210/593/320/running11.jpg)
(1)Get me out of the water, seriously, its best for everyone. (2) Sprinting to fin....Wait, is that something shiny on the side of the road???
I really can’t complain about any of the times, although I should be able to do a sub 20:00 5k, even with out being in real running shape. A year and a half ago I averaged only slightly slower running a half marathon, which is in my mind, a much harder race than a little triathlon like this. Oh well.
This picture makes me laugh. One could easily mistake me for someone who knows what they are doing. Yes, those are bike shoes. I was hoping to get a picture of me running with my bike shoes and swim cap.
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