Triathlon
Sponsorship
Feb 10th
Well seems like my first offical sponsorship is through Javelin Bikes and their Team Javelin. The emails are encouraging, however the website is way outdated. Supposedly the uniforms will be the same as last year:
Also Team Zoot/GU offered me some discounts and told me to try for their team in 2009. Hopefully by then I can pick up some more local sponsors.
Updates
Jan 29th
Are few and far between. If you want to follow my training you can do it here: My Training Log
I update it daily with what I have done or haven’t done. I am trying to focus more on running and swimming, swimming especially. I can swim now that I work nights, the pool is open in the morning. My next race that I know of is my 1/2 marathon in Washington DC. If I can get enough running in and race a qualifier ahead of time I will go for the full marathon, but as it stands I do not have enough of a base yet.
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.