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September 21, 2008
Preliminary Results from Portland
I have not seen the official results posted yet so I am somewhat reticent to post about this just in case, but here are my preliminary results:
8th place in my age group!!! Heck yeah!!! I can hardly believe it. My time was 2:18.25. I did not start my watch at the swim start so I was not sure what my time would be (we were hanging off a dock). However they had a nice lady who printed out results for us. Here are the splits:
Swim - 25:30 (I was in approximately 19th after the swim)
T1 - 2:02 (long run up a big hill, plus I dropped my bike and half of my nutrition because some guy stopped right in front of me)
Bike - 1:06:41 (moved up to 6th)
T2 - 1:13
Run - 43:02 (got passed by two girls. Ran with one of them for about two miles. She was super nice. She is going pro next year and dropped me like a bad habit with the other girl around mile 4.5)
Overall what an amazing experience!! It was so much fun. The course is super challenging (not so much the bike, but the run is very hilly). I was glad I had altitude conditioning on my side. I felt like just about the only person without a tri bike and Zipp wheels. But who cares, man?! I haven't decided if I want to go to Worlds next year but I do believe I qualified. However, I didn't stay for awards (I would have had to stay for like 6 more hours, blah) so I may have given up my spot by default. Since Worlds are in Australia 3 weeks after Timberman it probably doesn't make sense anyway. I am so excited and proud of myself!! I will write a full report probably after I get home.
Posted by barb at September 21, 2008 10:47 AM
Comments
HOLLER!!! Congratulations Barb!!! AMAZING!! Nice how a lot of the former eliterunners.com are all triathletes now :)
Posted by: Audrey at September 21, 2008 8:14 PM
HUGE congrats Barb!! I was so excited to see your name so high up there in the results. YIPPEEEEE!!!! Great to see your hard work pay off!
Posted by: Beth at September 22, 2008 12:56 PM