I wasn't 3 miles into the first of two laps on this 8.3 mile circuit before I started wondering what I had gotten myself into. I was dead tired, lungs heaving, legs heavy, and everyone and their mothers passed me (that includes the Clydesdales). Oh, did I mention how polite the ladies were when they said "Passing on your left." ?
On Sunday August 26, the Quantico military course was open to the public which only happens a few times a year, so I had to be there to take advantage. It's brutal ravine off-road riding that is described as being like Fountain Head but with hills. It really wasn't the course to get back into the swing of riding. I've been off for a full month between two one-week vacations and two weeks of poison ivy that had me sidelined.
I thought I did adequate warm-up before the gun sounded, but as usual the rush of adrenaline had me hauling-tail right from the start. I just told Richie Spencer this two days ago before his Louisville Triathlon on Sunday, "Confucius say 'Man who climb mountain too fast not reach top'." Wish I could have heeded my own words. I will say the ~2.5 hour effort I went through paled in comparison to his 15 1/2 hour 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run.
My lame result:
http://www.ex2adventures.com/tcm-2-race2-results-class-945am-2012.php
Rich's awesome result below.
Rank: 191
| BIB: |
2473 |
| Division: |
M45-49 |
| Age: |
46 |
| State: |
Fairfax VA |
| Country: |
USA |
| Profession: |
Construction |
| Swim: |
1:10:24 |
| Bike: |
7:10:24 |
| Run: |
6:44:56 |
| Overall: |
15:28:38 |
Congratulations, Rich, on your finish!
Swim Details
Division Rank: 31
| Split Name |
Distance |
Split Time |
Race Time |
Pace |
Div. Rank |
Overall Rank |
Gender Rank |
| Total |
2.4 mi |
1:10:24 |
1:10:24 |
1:49/100m |
31 |
299 |
237 |
Bike Details
Division Rank: 171
| Split Name |
Distance |
Split Time |
Race Time |
Pace |
Div. Rank |
Overall Rank |
Gender Rank |
| 23 mi |
23 mi |
1:17:51 |
2:38:44 |
17.73 mi/h |
|
|
|
| 40 mi |
17 mi |
1:03:50 |
3:42:34 |
15.98 mi/h |
|
|
|
| 70.5 mi |
30.5 mi |
2:00:15 |
5:42:49 |
15.22 mi/h |
|
|
|
| 112 mi |
41.5 mi |
2:48:28 |
8:31:17 |
14.78 mi/h |
|
|
|
| Total |
112 mi |
7:10:24 |
8:31:17 |
15.61 mi/h |
171 |
1512 |
1223 |
Run Details
Division Rank: 191
| Split Name |
Distance |
Split Time |
Race Time |
Pace |
Div. Rank |
Overall Rank |
Gender Rank |
| 3.4 mi |
3.4 mi |
39:16 |
9:22:58 |
11:34/mi |
|
|
|
| 8.2 mi |
4.8 mi |
1:02:50 |
10:25:48 |
13:03/mi |
|
|
|
| 13.1 mi |
4.9 mi |
1:24:46 |
11:50:34 |
17:17/mi |
|
|
|
| 15.3 mi |
2.2 mi |
41:10 |
12:31:44 |
18:27/mi |
|
|
|
| 20.1 mi |
4.8 mi |
1:18:47 |
13:50:31 |
16:30/mi |
|
|
|
| 25 mi |
4.9 mi |
1:18:13 |
15:08:44 |
15:50/mi |
|
|
|
| 26.2 mi |
1.2 mi |
19:54 |
15:28:38 |
17:09/mi |
|
|
|
| Total |
26.2 mi |
6:44:56 |
15:28:38 |
15:27/mi |
191 |
1820 |
1403 |
Transition
| T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE |
10:29 |
| T2: BIKE-TO-RUN |
12:25 |
Kenny Lucas
