Got a few pics up on Flickr. Click through if you are impatient and want to laugh, or wait and I will eventually get a full recap here.
Cliffs:
It was cold & dark to start.
The swim was very challenging on the way out, and a breeze after the turnaround.
The bike was pretty nice. Great weather, wind seemed to be behind me more than in front of me.
And then there was the run. It was long. And hard. And it was pretty long too. And the hills were hard.
I beat my goal of 5:30 by a minute and eighteen stinking seconds, and that made me smile.
Litl’bit and KarenG8r came all the way out to cheer (make fun of) me. After doing a ride nearby, they made it out and helped me push through the final yards with some insane screaming and yelling and cheerleading. I was trying to the the KarenG8r fist high five thing and I think she thought I was trying to slug her. I will stick to the old-school hand-slapping high-five from now on.
More pics after the jump.
Carol over at Triathlon Training Blog had a nice recap of her race. One of these days our paths will cross in person.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Duke Liver Center Half 2007 - Prelude // Sep 16, 2007 at 5:10 pm
[...] I somehow managed to finish. Click here for the recap. [...]
2 elvis // Sep 16, 2007 at 9:03 pm
You are an animal. Congratulations!
3 litl' bit // Sep 16, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Rama did awesome! I know he was spent by the end of that difficult course, but he looked strong. He represented MitterlingMilers in EW blue with strength and style.
congratulations!!!!
4 terp // Sep 17, 2007 at 7:09 am
Congrats Rama!
5 Squeeky // Sep 17, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Fantastic race, Sandbagger.
Everyone, I saw him last night. He was riding his bike around the neighborhood, looking like he slept in.