Bluelake triathlon 2008

I competed yesterday in the BlueLake triathlon. I did this same tri last year, but did the "try-it" version, which has a shorter swim, only a quarter mile, and is intended for newbies to see if they like tri's. This year I did the sprint, which has a half mile swim. The bike is 13 miles, and the run is 3 miles.

I thought I did okay, but after getting the results back this morning I was less than impressed. But the thing about this sport is that it is fun, engaging, excellent for one's health, and I love the atmosphere on race-day. So much positive energy floating around and people who are excited to have fun and kick some butt.


My results are available here, on the RaceCenter site: racecenter.com. But I've summarized them below, showing me, the fastest and slowest, and where applicable my previous race times. The overall and swim don't compare because of the "try-it" vs "sprint" thing I explained above. I ranked 377/532 overall and 7/13 in my division (fatties under 40.. okay technically they call us "clydesdales". SHEEZ)

	Me	Fastest	Slowest	My previous time
Overall time:	1:31:32	1:03:20	2:50:15	N/A
1/2 mile swim:	0:16:42	0:12:29	0:41:34	N/A
transition to bike:	0:05:08	0:01:40	0:07:52	0:06:18
13.2 mi bike:	0:37:07	0:29:48	1:04:08	0:39:15
transition to run:	0:02:39	0:01:25	0:04:00	0:02:52
5k run:	0:29:56	0:17:58	0:52:41	0:30:01

Coming into the finish line

Season of babies

I have 3 couple-friends who are having or just had a baby. It must be something in the water... My well-wishes are with my friends Sean and Lisa today, who if things went according to plan, induced labor this morning. They're blog is here, where they've posted several cute updates about the progress of their unborn baby, "Squishee".

Good luck today, guys!

On to Rio...

No pics with this entry. Camila is in Rio de Janeiro now, got there this morning. This is the last leg of her trip before heading to the US. Before this, she stayed with her brother in Salvador for a week. Her interview is this coming Friday, the 13th, at the US Consulate in Rio. Fortunately neither of us is superstitious.

The long goodbyes and all the delay in getting to this point is taking it's toll on my wife. Today she was in tears. Mostly tired of the travel, but also the long wait and all the goodbyes. She said she wouldn't ever put herself through all of this if it wasn't for the love and support she feels from my family and friends, and of course me. She doesn't have long to wait now.

I leave for Rio on the 24th, and arrive on the 25th. That's our wedding anniversary. We'll spend 2 nights in Rio, then head home and be in Portland on Saturday the 28th. Very exciting schtuff!