Skip to main content

Try Andy's Triathlon

Today was quite a wet day. I woke up at 5 am to the sound of rain drops and got my food bags prepped for Try Andy's Triathlon. The race was held at the Sugar Land Aquatic Center and put on by Andy Stewart of Finish Line Sports I was seeded number 420 in the 300 meter pool swim. We went off at 10 sec intervals. I caught the gentleman in front of me and had some difficulty passing him as he speed up as I started to swim around him. My last 100 meters in the pool was pretty smooth as I prepared for my first transition. I exited the pool quickly and ran straight to my bike and easily mounted and slid into my platforms. The bike course was very wet as it was still raining, but there was not a lot of standing water. The course was well marked as well as many volunteers out directing traffic. I finished the 10 mile bike and headed into transition. I ran down the wrong aisle but saw and opening and ran under a rack with my bike and racked my bike properly. I headed out to the run and the pool water that I had swallowed started to churn. I got the water out of my system (tossed the cookies..) and finished the run, but didn't feel really strong. I finished second overall behind veteran triathlete Shawn Smith. Full Results

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 2, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    Sam,

    Chris Bolio here, just finished my first tri, and Brandon told me you were into this. email me your contact info...christopherbolio@sbcglobal.net

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Midnight Moonlight Ramble

Over the weekend Bike Houston put on a great event, the Midnight Moonlight Ramble . I had the pleasure of riding the 20 mile route with some good friends. The ride starts and finishes at the George R. Brown Convention Center and takes you through the Galleria area and down Memorial and Allen parkway for a scenic tour of Houston. By the way, the ride starts at 2 AM with the festivities beginning at midnight. The ride is for everybody, Hard Core Roadies, Nob heads, sub-culture messengers and families with tow-alongs. Pics of Team Moose . Thanks to Dakine for the Moose head!
5 comments
Read more

Austin 20-Miler Marathon

So first, I did not finish, I pulled out at mile 20. I did not have it in me, so another day, another race. I am a bit disappointed, but I have learned a lot during the training. Thank you to all for the well wishes! The plan: Take the first 3 miles out with the 3 Hr pace group uphill and then use miles 4-7 downhill to make up a bit of time. Miles 8-11 get into a comfortable pace. Work up the hill at 11 and then rolling hills through 18. 19-26 are somewhat down hill so pick up a bit of speed heading back in. Take a gel every 4 miles, and 1 gel right at the start. Alternate between water and powerade at every water stop. I thought if I could get through the half around 1:29 I could run even or better the second half. Race Recap: Race morning was really nice, cool and windy. Temp was in the 40's and it looked to be overcast. The race started 15 mins late, that does not seem like much, but when you have nutrition and bathroom duties to take care of it can be a little problem. The rac
2 comments
Read more

Imogene Pass Run

I broke the race up into 3 parts, the first 5.5 miles to lower camp bird, the next 4.5 miles to the summit and then 7 miles downhill to the finish. The first 5.5 miles are at gradients of 8-15% steep. I was able to jog portions and walk the steeper inclines. I made it to the lower camp bird, mile 5.45 in about 1 hour. That’s an average pace of 12 minute miles.  The next 2.2 miles took me nearly 50 mins, I reached Upper Camp Bird, mile 7.65 in 1:52:50. Heading on towards the summit, the next 2.35 miles took me another 57:50, making my final time to summit 2:50:41. Yes, that is an avg pace of 25 minute miles for 4.5 miles. The Summit is at 13,114 ft of elevation.  I descended the final 7 miles in 1:09:45, an average pace of 10 minute miles. I finished in 4:00:27!  My thoughts about the course. Its hard, period. You are going up a mountain and altitude. Lets be realistic, its hard, really, really hard. The views are incredible, the mountain can be wonderful or down right ugly if it ge
Post a Comment
Read more