August 17th, Hansen Dam Sprint Triathlon: Today, about half our team members raced in the Hansen Dam Triathlon in the San Fernando Valley. This was a 'practice' triathlon for the team, a chance for us to practice our transitions and work out any kinks in our race game. My time was 1:14:51, I placed 32nd out of 64 women in my age group. Here are the course details and my split times (self timed):
500 yard swim(56% of Malibu course) ~ 10 minutes
11 mile bike ride (61% of Malibu course) ~ 35 minutes
3 mile trail run (75% of Malibu course) - 29 minutes
After the race, we enjoyed a refreshing water slide. As I came out of the pool, the MC announced that I had won a $100 gift certificate at a women's specific sports store, a great ending to the race.
I'm really proud to be on a team with so many remarkable people!
Thanks to Pai for the photo above
My transition station
It's a gold...sort of.
Team captain Katie
August 16th, Team Practice in Santa Monica: Swam 0.75 miles/1.2K in the ocean, ran 5.5 miles.
August 15th: Biked 10 miles, ran 2 miles, my fastest run since I started training - going from my usual 10 miles/minute to 9 miles/minute!
August 14th, Team Practice at Santa Monica Swimming Pool: Swam 1500 yards (0.85 miles/1.4K), practiced increasing lung capacity.
Team Bowling Night!
Team captain Katie
A spare!
Barbara strikes again!
August 11th: Recovery Day
August 13th: Swam 0.75 miles/1.2K in the ocean (with L.A. Tri Club in Santa Monica), ran 4 miles
August 12th: Ran 2 miles
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