Pirate Tri

I'll be there...  In all my 2ed tri ever/first open water race, glory...  :-)

  -Andy

I practiced when I did an open water swim clinic with Peak Performance...  It didn't go well...  It was what I was most nervouse about at the race...  Turns out it was one of the few things that went well...  Swim rocked 7:11, wetsuit came off just fine...  Bike sucked, run really sucked...

But it was fun even if it hurt...  :-)

-Andy

Well, for what it's worth, here's my race report.

The weather was perfect.  I'd have to agree with the swim being shorter than 1/3 of a mile.  My time was too fast for that distace.  The bike had some nice, challenging hills and I thought those working 302 did an outstanding job with the traffic.  Heading out and coming back in I had no issues.  The run is not the most scenic but I liked the finish being on the beach.

Comparing your "times" with those in this race may not be the best way to determine where you are.  Distances and the overall conditions vary so much from course to course.  I'll give you an example of another "short" course.  Last year's Scarborough Tri run portion.  I haven't come close to matching that time in my two races this year.

Only regret is I didn't sign up my daughter for the Kid's Fun Run.  She's only two but after wathcing the other kids, I know she could have easily finished the race and she would have had a blast.  If they have this race next year I'll sign up again and sign up my daughter.  My goal - give that Kurt guy some competition for once.  Now I know what those poor guys on the PGA tour feel like when they play in a tournament with Tiger.

Chad

I'm still too new at this to even attempt to judge distance...  I was first out of the watter among the nivice swimmers according to my brother so it was a success...  :-)  Yeah the venue was nice, hopefully next year I won't have such a horrid day...

  -Andy