The Race

The entire race weekend was awesome and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Real quick, here are two really cool items:

• There were 750 Team In Training participants in the Nation's Tri who raised more than $3,000,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!

• With athletes represented from 976 cities, 46 states, and 14 different countries, the Nation's Triathlon set a new Guinness Book of World Records record for the largest "International Distance Triathlon Event" in the U.S., surpassing the previous record set by the Chicago Triathlon.

On to the race...

My Race Times:

Overall Time:
02:37:08

That places me: 

Age Group M25-29: 144th out of 480 (Top 30%)

Overall: 877th out of 4418 (Top 20%)

Swim: 28:50   (Goal: 27:30) 

Transition 1: 3:58   (Goal: 1:40)

Bike: 1:13:14   (Goal: 1:15:00)

Transition 2: 2:02   (Goal: 1:50)

Run: 49:05   (Goal: 50:00)

Overall: 1:37:08   (Goal:1:40:00)

Day before race, getting our bikes ready

Transition area day before race (note: the sun)

My bike in transition day before race

RACE MORNING

Heavy rain at times and cold early Sunday morning before the race. Most racers put on their wetsuits to keep warm.

 You- under the table- stop your laughing!  

Racer getting marked before early Sunday

The Swim

 The ladies make their way to the Potomac

 Let go of the dock, ma'am. 

1/3rd of the way through the swim.

The buoys were massive, probably the largest in any race.

The Bike Starting the bike No hills, just a few sharp turns  She's just so happy The Run Another Team In Traning-er  Do I really need to keep making captions?  This is D.C.'s Mayor Adrian Fenty, who competes in the Nations Tri each year.  I beat him by 8 minutes... just saying.    The winner performs his dazzling Ribbon Dance routine  Photos of me performing the John Wall at the finish line, like you all voted on, are coming next week!

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