The Camp Pendleton Tri was great. It was the first time I completed an olympic distance race. I finished 44th out of 58 people competing in my age group. While, not great, I am happy with my time. Since it was the first time I competed at this distance, I was just trying to get comfortable with the distance. My total time was 2 hours 53 mins. The swim took me 34 minutes, the bike leg was 1 hour 26 minutes, and I completed the run in 53 minutes.
I have to say that the Marines were hands down the best hosts and workers for any tri I've competed in. They were polite, and gave you plenty encouragement during the race. Great group of people.
Next race - the LA tri. I'll be doing the olympic distance again, and trying to improve my time.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Camp Pendleton Tri - This weekend
My buddy, Angel, and I are competing in the Camp Pendleton Triathlon this Saturday. It is an olympic distance race on the Marine's home base outside of San Diego.
The race has been sold out since June 10th and will be the first time I've raced it.
Goals for the race:
Basically to beat my buddy (Angel - I know you are thinking the same thing), and/or to finish in the top 1/2 of my age group. Based on last years results, this means that I need to finish with a time better than 2 hours and 41 minutes. My training has not been what I would have like it to be coming into this race, but this is usually the case for all of my races.
Here is a map of the course:
Results for Redondo Beach Triathlon
The Redondo Beach Triathlon was on June 8, 2008. I've been busy with work (and took a vacation) so I have not been able to update this blog as much as I would like.
Anyway, here is my post race report. The race was a sprint distance race, with a 1/2 mile swim, 6 mile bike and a 2 mile run. The ocean was still a bit cold and it took a few minutes to warm up. The bike portion was relatively flat, but at the turn around near the start of the race had a substantial hill. However, if you got your momentum up going downhill, you could definitly pass a few people on the up-hill. The run was a very flat and fast 2 miles around the Portofino.
My total time was 1:01:49. If finished the swim in 22:21, and T1 took me 1 minute 47 seconds. The bike stage took me 20 minutes and 2 seconds, and T2 was 1 minute 36 seconds. I completed the 2 mile run in 16 minutes and 3 seconds. I was pleased with my result at 19th overall in my age group (total of 39 people in my age group).
Anyway, here is my post race report. The race was a sprint distance race, with a 1/2 mile swim, 6 mile bike and a 2 mile run. The ocean was still a bit cold and it took a few minutes to warm up. The bike portion was relatively flat, but at the turn around near the start of the race had a substantial hill. However, if you got your momentum up going downhill, you could definitly pass a few people on the up-hill. The run was a very flat and fast 2 miles around the Portofino.
My total time was 1:01:49. If finished the swim in 22:21, and T1 took me 1 minute 47 seconds. The bike stage took me 20 minutes and 2 seconds, and T2 was 1 minute 36 seconds. I completed the 2 mile run in 16 minutes and 3 seconds. I was pleased with my result at 19th overall in my age group (total of 39 people in my age group).
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