2015 Reston Olympic Triathlon

I don't want to be here.  I'm uncomfortable, I'm stressed and I'm tired. It's 5:20am, it's dark, it's cold and raining.  I'm sitting in my car in the South Lakes Parking lot.  I just want to turn off my phone so Bursch can't reach me and go home.  I miss my bed. That's how my day started, Sunday September 13. I was thinking about a dream I had last night where I was swimming with the mass hoards around the 1500m lake course.  The turns were crowded.  I was in the middle of the pack, getting kicked and slapped and slowly sinking.   More swimmers were over me, I couldn't get to the surface.  My stress...

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2015 Wakefield Chapel Sprint Triathlon

Of course my Buddy Bursch entered the race. This sprint triathlon was a partial reason for my motivation to work out all summer.  The bigger reason is the Reston Olympic Triathlon next weekend, but we'll have to wait for those results.  This sprint triathlon was very well organized, nice courses and an overall joy to participate in.  I'm sure a good part of the "joy" came from the fact that I had trained all summer for the event. It was a beautiful morning, about 65 degrees, to start the swim.  At the beginning of the summer I participated in the Reston Sprint Tri but that event was somewhat of a debacle.  That's...

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