St. Paul Triathlon

Last weekend was the St. Paul Triathlon and I again was a participant.  This summer I had done a good job training getting in five days of training on average per week.  This usually consisted of running three days a week, swimming at last one day and biking the other. 

I arrived at 6:30 and setup my spot in the transition area which was about half way between the bike and run exits on the second to last rack from the beach.  This basically the same spot that I was at the year before.  Sue and Lisa biked over to watch the event and they arrived around 7:30. 

The Craig's and Doyle were also in the Sprint event as a team. 

Prior to the race we meet up with Jerry House from our swimming group as he was competing in the Sprint once again.

Overall I was very pleased with my results.  I was in the second swim wave which started at 8:03 and finished the swim in a person best of 15:48 for the half mile swim. This was the 89th fastest swim time.  My bike time was 39:21 for the 20K and my run was 28:44. 

My total time was 1:27:21 which was 165th place out of 308 and 27th out of 36 for my age group.  After the triathlon we had about 20 people over for a BBQ, which was a lot of fun.  We couldn't have asked for better weather.

For the results follow the link.

http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/stpaultrilsprint2011results1.txt