Metroplex
June 10, 2007
Joe Poole Lake-Grand Prairie, Texas
800 Meter Swim-15 Mile
Bike-5K Run
This was the last time I did
this event. I love the venue, but it has
since been reduced to a mini-sprint.
This would be great for first-timers and one-timers who want to say they
did a triathlon, but it no longer suited my purpose as far as event distances.
The swim had to accommodate
choppy waters. In the belly of some of
the waves, the swimmer would often encounter water grasses. Some got pretty terrified with stuff touching
them all the time. I did hear someone
asking for help there. After stopping my
swim, I tried to see where the voice was coming from but could not. Bobbing so
in the waves made good vision difficult.
However, I did see a kayak come over to the area from which I had heard
the call for help. So, I felt good
enough to swim on. However, another
kayak sort of ran over me out there in the waves.
And saving the best for last,
I had my best bike leg ever here on this date averaging over twenty miles per
hour. This could hold up as my lifetime
PR bike split.
The run was the usual out and
back on a flat, hot course. I finished
strong and was third in my age group.
Good event; good performance.
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