Barring a wedding in the mountains, I'd love to put this on my calendar for next year. kp
--- On Mon, 6/6/11, David C. <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David C. <[email protected]> > Subject: [COWs] Kerr lake Triathlon Report > To: "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 6, 2011, 10:50 AM > 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. > > -- 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.
