Another great Kerr Lake Triathlon again this year and having 5 other Cows from Wilson join me just added to the excitement. Saturday afternoon Linda, David Wilhelm, Chris H and I met at the Henderson Family YMCA for packet pick-up. From there we headed out to Kerr Lake to my parents lake house where Turbo Dan join the crew. After some conversation the group put on bathing suits and headed down to the lake. We took the boat over to view the swim course and work on our sun tan.
Dinner was at one of my fav Italian places called Pinos. I think there was more beer and win consumed then pasta. Headed back out to the lake so everyone could get all their gear together for the race. Turbo Dan had control of the remote and we needed up watching some singing show called the voice…I had no idea Dan that kind of guy. After a few more beers( that were needed for sure watching this show) we hit the hay. 5:30am came early, but all were up and ready to pull away from the dock at 6:30. (yep we put all the bikes and gear on the boat and my dad took us to the event by water) Jon met us over there. Water temp was 82 so no wetsuits were allowed. Dang…… Turbo Dan and I were in wave 2, Chris H in wave 3 and David swimming the relay was in the last wave. Dan and I swam just about the entire swim beside each other…I just could not shake him. I tried kicking and elbowing him a few times, but no luck. DC out of the water 31:16, Dan 31:46 and Chris 38:42 then it was on the bike. My transition was the worst ever so I was not sure how I was going to do, but I recovered and finished 1:04:29, Dan 1:09:11 and Chris 1:09:19. As we headed out on the bikes it started raining, but we all agreed that was a good thing because it cooled things off and it was overcast the rest of the race. Everyone seemed to have a good run DC in 46:44, Dan 55:50 and Chris 50:34. 122 men participated: Dan -51 overall 2nd in his category, Chris- 57 overall and DC- 19 overall 4th age group Now for the “Students of Pain” relay report: David Wilhelm, Jon S and Linda C. David’s swim was 32:11 but the first turn flag broke and started floating away so this group ended up swimming a little more then was planned. There were some unhappy swimmers. (all agreed that the swim was long anyway and I’m sure this just added to the frustration) Jon had a good ride at 1:06:50 and Linda finished out on the run strong at 52:19. (her first competition 10k) The Students of Pain finished 3rd overall out of 10 relay teams with a time of 2:32:07…..SWEET!!!! After getting their awards all loaded the gear back on the boat and headed home, had lunch and all but Dan headed back down to the water for an afternoon of water skiing and recovery drinks. We all want to make this an annual event. Anymore Cows want to join in next year? What a great weekend… DC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
