Sunday, September 6, 2009

We did it!

Our team 'The Crew' had a great time at the Anthem Sprint Triathlon yesterday morning. We got up and arrived at the race site a little before 6:00AM and got our packet and t-shirts. We got Ryan's bike set up in the transition area then we got our numbers drawn on our arms by a very enthusiastic race volunteer. He thought it was AWESOME! that we were doing the race as a relay team. We waited a little while before the race started, we were in wave 2 that started at about 7:05. I ran the 3.1 mile course winding through the paths in Anthem by the community center, down to Gavilan Parkway and back to Anthem Rd and back to the community center. I was pretty wiped out coming into the transition area to hand off the timing chip to Ryan. He headed out for the 12.5 mile bike ride. Pam, Sarah and I cheered him on as he came by for his three laps around the course. Ryan did great and was right on pace for each of his laps. He came back to the transition area and handed the timing chip off to Sarah who then ran to the pool area where she 'mowed down' the competition and passed several people in the pool. She had a great time and our overall score was better than our goal by a few minutes. Great job!

Here are our times (click here for the official results)
h:mm:ss
Overall 1:38:49 (184 of 228 finishers)
Team 1:38:49 (11 of 13 teams)
Dana - Run 0:26:54 (121 of 232 finishers)
Ryan - Bike 1:01:48 (210 of 230 finishers) - Ryan was the youngest competitor!
Sarah - Swim 0:10:07 (103 of 228 finishers)