Nation’s Triathletes!!
September 14, 2008 at 10:28 pmDC, bicycle, bridges, sports, triathlon
We did it! Woooooooo, we are triathletes! Here is a photo of the Potomac swim (it’s taken with Matt’s new birthday present ) Congrats to our entire Team in Training Team for finishing this race, and thank you to everyone who cheered us on–parentals, coworkers, Jill, Pat, Jami, Slutsky, JJ, Jessica, Zack, Brigid, Keith, Jayluf, and Kristen, and everyone else (Aine, Carolyn) in my swim corral who helped me stop freaking out. yay, you guys rock! (please feel free to comment on your favorite part of race day.) Here are some of the other photos from the day…
Time results:
Lori/Matt
overall place: 1563/314
TIME: 3:18:04/2:37:31
swim: 39:25/33:53
transition1: 3:03/2:28
bike:1:27:01/1:10:02
transition2: 2:25/1:24
run: 1:06:12/49:45
The course itself was great- the Potomac was less gross/intimidating than we had been thinking all summer, and the water was actually refreshing at 7:45 in the AM. No bodies or Loch Nessies were spotted, though I did graze a piece of driftwood. eeek! Sighting on the back end of the swim was nearly impossible - foggy goggles and the sun directly in my eyes. I had to stop a few times, remove the goggles, and tread water to look for the yellow buoys. But I made it out of the water, and up the ladders, and to me, that was as good as finishing the race because the part where you could drown was over.
The bike course was smooth “these roads are like butter” as Matt would say… and no real hills, up or down. There was, however, a more-than-24-hours-dead deer on the side of the road that stunk like nobody’s business, but other than that, no real issues. AND, most importantly, no flat tires!!
The run was tough for everyone it seemed. By that point in the day, it was getting really humid and into the mid-90s. Black pavement is hot. No shade was unfortunate. But I did happen to look up a few times and see things such as the Washington monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the place on Hains Point where The Awakening used to be. Pretty!
Now we are looking forward to getting those finish line photos back. I did a standard arm-raised in victory motion, but Matt went for a leaping fist-pump. Sure to not let me down.
Also wanted to point out everything that I ate today, starting at 5am:
pre-race: 1/2 banana, 1/2 whole wheat bagel, 1 bottled water, 1 caffeinated cherry sports beans pack
during-race: 1 orange sport bean pack, 4 bottles water, 1 lime sport bean pack
immediately-post-race: 1 bottled water, 3 powerades, 1 pickle, 1/2 turkey sub, 2 mini packs of Skittles, 1 banana, 1 slice cheese pizza
lunch: a baked potato, steak, cantaloupe and grapes, 1 dos equis, veggies and dip, 12-ish caramel cream candies, cherry-whipped cream pie
10pm: pomegranate fro-yo with fresh pineapple, strawberries, and blackberries
Now time to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep……
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Congratulatons to you both! Well done! You set a major goal and got it done with style. What I can’t figure out is how you stayed awake until 10p that night. Hooray for Lori & Matt!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Since it’s not official until it is stated on Juxta .. congratulations! You guys are triathletes! Lori when we saw you you looked great! and Matt you results are ridiculous! Congrats! Please save some wine and pie .. I’m on my way
September 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Has anyone pointed out the fact that you look kinda like a turtle, goggles popping out of the water—look like turtle eyes, and your swim cap looks like a turtle shell. Well a true MD Terrapin then. So, whats next?? An Ultra-marathon??? There is not much left to conquer after a triathlon or is there? You could always try to beat your time, but that doesn’t sound too fun. I think you need to climb some mountains. Denali, The Great One, maybe? Any takers? Well anyway, just to state the obvious, job well done, congrats all around from David and Kristy, Kodi, Dusty, Oliver, Truman, Shya, and Napoleon.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Congrats. I DO NOT understand how you can do that. My daughter has run a few marathons. She had 3 girls ages 7,5,3. Guess that’s training enough.