August was a HUGE month for pretty much all three disciplines (10 swims in the 1st 14 days, 8 rides (including a 103 miler), and 14 runs. The 10th swim was my relay leg at the Mountain Man triathlon. Me, James, and Ben were lucky enough to hitch a ride to Flagstaff with fellow ONE teammate, Chris Bergeron, the night before. Just after checking into our hotel, Ben had the brilliant idea to set a wake up call for James and Chris the next day. Actually, he set two, one for 3:30 AM and one for 3:45! Classic. Next on the agenda was the ONE Multisport party at an awesomely HUGE house right down the road. After loading up on some awesome food and hanging out, it was time to head back to the hotel for some shuteye. The next morning, while getting loaded up to head to the course, James mentioned that the hotel called their room twice that morning. He said that he suspected us, but figured that his own teammates wouldn't do something like that. I guess our ear to ear grins gave it away since the next words out of his mouth aren’t fit to print here. I won’t bore you to death with every minute detail of the race, so here is a summary of the hilly course at elevation:
SWIM – 29:55 (fastest of the entire event!)
BIKE – 2:38:21 (21.2 mph/ave AND a personal goal of a 50 mph top speed)
RUN – 1:26:04 (6:34 min/mile)
Our 4:35:52 overall time was good enough for 1st place in our division, but don’t tell anybody that we were the ONLY ones in our division (all male). The fastest overall relay went to, Kenny Steil (bike), Kevin Taddonio (run), and a female swimmer. If you don’t recognize those names, just Google them and you’ll see that they are both Kona finishers and super fast athletes. Here were their times:
SWIM – 31:48
BIKE – 2:11:51 (25.4 mph/ave)
RUN – 1:18:43 (6:00 min/mile)
One other event of note was a 103 miler that was George’s, Tyler’s and Ben’s first century! Three things I remember from that ride: 1) It was friggin HOT! 2) Kyle suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion (and still finishing!), and 3) The in-ride ceremony of spraying the century virgins with water when we hit that magical mark.
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