Sunday
Sep072008
Lotsa Fun at Compo Beach
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 11:58AM 
The TARGETRAINING triathlon family came out for a fun filled Sunday. Somehow Hannah missed stealing the show and let us have sun on Sunday. Over 300 participants showed up to race, and it was a great mixture of young and not so young, with many of the local triathletes there from all the various clubs.
Dom, Eneas and I did it as a relay (largely because we forgot to sign up on time to do it as individuals). Brad Hardy was there taking pictures (all of the wonderful pictures on this blog are cortesy of Brad) because he decided to break his leg running (Brad, it has not been your year but you're one of us regardless). Adrian, Scott, Kim, Laurie, Lauren and Megan were all there. David "Old School" Yockleson was there. In fact, there were a lot of TTers there and my sad memory is unfortunately forgetting a number. Eneas/Dom will update this blog later with all the right names. As you can see by the photos, it was a very sunny day. 
And somewhat breezy. We had two out of the water within the top ten. Dom had to start 6 minutes back (as did the women) because the men's field was crowded (so the relays started in the second wave). Megan was first out of the water for the women. Dom did a fast leg, so while Yockleson was well in front, Dom gave Eneas and me a fighting chance to catch up. I went as fast as I could without crashing (it has a lot of turns on the 5 mile course); I was in the aerobars most of the time. Unfair really -- no transition for us. But I could not catch Old School on the bike. Eneas took over and took off. I went backwards on the course to see how Eneas and David were faring. We had 3 in the top 10 men, which was exciting. Eneas caught everyone but the top 3, and of course David Y. was one of those guys (David got 3rd). Megan was blazing herself and got 1st woman. Laurie got 2nd only a few short months after having been very pregnant. I think we did well in age group categories, too, including top placings by Kim, Adrian and Scott. We won the relay and had the fastest time overall (by over 3 minutes), but the question is whether Dom could have gone faster on his own...or Eneas...you know I slowed them down.
And somewhat breezy. We had two out of the water within the top ten. Dom had to start 6 minutes back (as did the women) because the men's field was crowded (so the relays started in the second wave). Megan was first out of the water for the women. Dom did a fast leg, so while Yockleson was well in front, Dom gave Eneas and me a fighting chance to catch up. I went as fast as I could without crashing (it has a lot of turns on the 5 mile course); I was in the aerobars most of the time. Unfair really -- no transition for us. But I could not catch Old School on the bike. Eneas took over and took off. I went backwards on the course to see how Eneas and David were faring. We had 3 in the top 10 men, which was exciting. Eneas caught everyone but the top 3, and of course David Y. was one of those guys (David got 3rd). Megan was blazing herself and got 1st woman. Laurie got 2nd only a few short months after having been very pregnant. I think we did well in age group categories, too, including top placings by Kim, Adrian and Scott. We won the relay and had the fastest time overall (by over 3 minutes), but the question is whether Dom could have gone faster on his own...or Eneas...you know I slowed them down.
This was one big smile after another event. A great day for the family.
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