Race Reports
Wrentham Results & Photos
Apr 24th
I had bib 248: Duathlon Pictures. I placed 121 overall and 18th in my AG, I placed 5th in the fall, but there were triple the amount of people in my AG, more than twice as many overall and I was 7:30 faster than in the fall. While I am happy with my time, I am not happy with my placing. My AG took 6 or 7 of the top 20 spots overall. Very competitive event.
Quonset Point 10 Miler
Mar 2nd
Waiting for the official results to be posted. But from what I recall I was 114 out of 220 with a time of 1:23:xx, according to my Garmin I ran 1:22:09. Either way a great time for me, a great race, just very very windy.
Tonight I will look for the official results and post those along side my race report.
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Official Results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ri/Mar2_Quonse_set1.shtml
I did better than what I thought I did, 1:22:46, 114th place. I am very happy with the time that I ran. My race report:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=105651
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Duathlons and Running Fast
Nov 6th
I competed in the Wrentham, Ma. Halloween Duathlon and something happened to me. I started running ‘fast.’ I had been running 8:30minute miles, and now I am running sub 8 easily.
In the duathlon, I finished the 3mile run, 11mile ride, 2mile run in under an hour and twenty minutes.
More importantly I ran 8.2 miles today in an hour and three minutes. Which is 7:40minute miles. Which is nice for running so far. My goal of a three and half hour marathon in 2008 does not seem so bad anywhere.
Not sure why I became faster all of the sudden, but I like it.
2nd Place
Oct 6th
I competed in a 5k Dog Fun Run today in Kingstown, RI. No website for the event, and I am not even sure what it was called. The goal was to raise money for some dog related charity. I placed 6th overall and 2nd for those competing with a dog.
I took our dog Iya, she did great. We stopped briefly at both water stations for her to get quick drinks.
Our first mile was almost 8mi flat followed by two sub 10min miles for a total time of 27:10. Pretty good for running with a dog that weighs around 17lbs wet. She migled with the other dogs well and when we got home quickly passed out.
First Triathlon
Sep 25th
I competed in the second annual Ocean City Triathlon, in Misquamicut, RI. It was a great time. I was surprised by the amount of people there that were hardcore with the racing. There were three much larger events going on in Connecticut on this past Sunday.
I swam in a cheap pair of spandex and short swim shorts. A wetsuit would have been nice, as I was about one of a dozen people not in one.
The swim was a very long 1/2 mile buoy to buoy swim, with a swim out to the first buoy and back in from the second. Water was perfect, but I was unable to relax in the water, spending the majority of the swim on my back.
What I lacked in the water I made up for on the bike, I passed a good 30 people on the bike. My first transition went fast and smooth except for the fact I forgot to drink anything and was trying to drink while almost done with my first lap on the bike. However I was still wearing the swam thing I swam in, just with an added shirt now, so my rear-end was feeling the pain.
The run went as well as I thought it would go. I did get passed by a few (4) people on the run, and passed one person myself.
Overall I was happy with my time and enjoyed the race. I finished in 1:55. So just under two hours.