Saturday, July 21, 2012

Stansbury Triathlon--Relay

Joe Sindad, Tony Gonzales and I participated in the Stansbury Triathlon this year as team "Los Tres Caballeros".  We signed up for the olympic distance, which meant that I would swim 1500 meters (one mile) and then pass the timing chip to Joe in transition, who would then bike 24 miles and return to pass the timing chip to Tony, who would perform the 10K (6.2 mile) run to anchor our team.  If you thought that run-on sentence was exhausting, imaging actually DOING it! :) 

The Stansbury Tri was held at Stansbury Park, which is just north of Tooele.  It is a beautiful area and our team has held several training sessions to get ready for the big day.  I could talk about the day, but it is so much more fun to show it.  Get ready for lots of pictures...

Packet pick up the night before in Riverton at Run Gr8.



Morning of...pumping the tires
My face says it all---tired and nervous.  Mostly nervous.


Stansbury Park Lake






This was so scary...I was nervous about having to swim with the men because of my "relay" status. 


This is a great pic showing the dirt slope entrance.



10 seconds to gun...
Go!



Becca had me in her sights the whole time...and on her finger!



Done! 50 minutes later, out of the swim.
Grateful for the help

Running after swimming a mile is so strange.  It is very much like the feeling when you walk really fast on the airport moving sidewalk and then walk off and feel WOBBLY!

Heading up the hill to T1 (first transition) to pass off the timing chip to Joe



Joe takes the timing chip and is ready to head out

Setting out for 24 miles


I am so grateful for my partner.  I love her and how much of a cheerleader she is for me. 

Tony getting psyched for his upcoming run

HOT!  I love this woman.


Joe is back!  He crushed the bike course--pedaling at 21 mph he was back in 56 minutes

Tony is off for a 10K


Mad dash to the finish!


WOOT!!!  6.2 miles down, he is back!



I had such a blast with my friends.  It was a beautiful Saturday in Stansbury and felt great to push ourselves to personal PR's that we hadn't seen. 

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