My second Olympic-length triathlon of the season was the Silicon Valley International Triathlon held at San Jose’s Lake Almaden. Teammate Bingels and I did the Olympic-length tri on Sunday after his wife Jingels did her first sprint triathlon the day before. I had an okay swim, fast bike, and started the run with [...]
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2010 Silicon Valley International Triathlon (SVIT) Race Report
Published June 18th, 2010 in Racing and Triathlon. 2 CommentsNext triathlon: Silicon Valley International Triathlon
Published May 18th, 2010 in Racing and Triathlon. 1 CommentMy next race is USA Productions’ Olympic length Silicon Valley International Triathlon on June 13. Olympic length courses consist of a 0.93mi swim, 24.9mi bike, and 6.2mi run.
Even though I weigh right around 200lbs I’m not going to degrade my honour by registering for the over-200lb Clydesdale class. I’ll race with all the [...]
2010 Avia Wildflower Olympic Triathlon Race Report
Published May 15th, 2010 in Racing and Triathlon. 3 CommentsA month before the race I tore my soleus and a week before the race I came down with a pretty nasty head cold. All my preparation was going down the tubes! I pulled it together though and had an awesome race on the Olympic course at the 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon!
The numbers:
Race: [...]
Ed Sheffield and I ran the 2010 Sonoma County Human Race, a 10k race through Howarth Park (aka Spring Lake), over to Summerfield, ending at Herbert Slater Middle School.
The numbers:
Race: Sonoma County Human Race
Course: Spring Lake 10k (6.2mi) run
Result: 46:12, 79/749 racers (90th percentile), 15th/71 in age group
Pace: 7:26/mile
I’ve run through Spring Lake a bunch [...]
Sprint Triathlon at Pacific Grove (my first tri)
Published September 13th, 2009 in Racing and Triathlon. 1 CommentI did my first triathlon this Sunday. The Sprint Triathon at Pacific Grove. To summarize: I didn’t train or prepare well, the water was very very cold, my transition times totally suck, I totally killed the bike section, my transition times really suck, and I run like a total wuss after biking and [...]
