DC, I would love to join you guys next year. I will work my calendar around it. Looks like you guys had a good race and a good time. I am finishing up my Level 1 Triathlon Coaching Certification so if you guys need any tips on improvement I would love to help. Hope to ride with you guys soon.
Joe Strange On 6/6/11 10:50 AM, "David C." <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 voiceŠI 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. DangŠŠ 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 > otherŠI 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 ³Students of Pain² relay report: > > David Wilhelm, Jon S and Linda C. > > David¹s 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 I¹m 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 2:32:07Š..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 weekendŠ > 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.
