This weekend a group of friends and myself took part in the Randolph triathlon. We fielded two relay teams in this year’s event. . We also took some race photos which are completely free, they’re posted on Google+ Albums , Links to photos are at the end of the post. Photos are free kindly leave a comment if you like them, if you want larger hi-res version just ask..
The teams
Team Earth Wind & Fire , Tony B – Swim, Tony T. -Bike , Drew -Run
Team Splash Flash & Dash , Britney – Swim , Jose – Bike , Christine – Run
The Race
It was a nice warm but overcast morning, the race starts with an in-water swim start in Randolph lake. And after all the pre-race setup , transition, registration, etc. it was time to put on our game face.. At this race we also saw a few well known top local triathletes, Bobby Hammond (local 15 year phenom) and Doug Clark who was the winner of the Lincoln Park Sprint triathlon, we recently were at.
Swim ( 0.5 miles)
Tony B. exits water
The swim was an in water start, we walked down the dock and hopped in the lake. We were in the last wave, and then it was time for Britney and myself to hopped into the lake..
The swim was pretty good, I had a few navigating issues early on as breathing to one side caused me to mis-align myself with the course, which required a few course corrections. But there wasn’t too much contact and near the end of the swim I manged to find a good pair of feet to hang on to.. .
After wrapping up the swim there’s a short run up to T1. Barreling up the incline from the swim to T1 I actually made up some ground , I handed off my timing chip to Tony T. who had an improved T1 run out this year over last, Brintey was a few minutes behind and handed the timing chip to Jose . Team Splash, Flash and Dash had excellent transitions…
Bike ( 16.3 miles)
Doug Clark (Men’s Winner) nears end of bike
The bike course has a fair bit of climbing , considering how short it is. Tony T. had my Ion Air pro mounted on the bike and managed to capture some good race footage, check here or Youtube for the video when its edited and posted..
Tony’s bike had no mechanical issues this year, luckily he replaced his chain a few days before. The bike route was actually different from what we recon’ed on Friday. Tony was also sporting new Reynolds race wheels, looking very sharp and fast on his modified road bike.
Jose B., Bike leg
Tony managed an impressive 30+mph in certain sections and managed the climbs some of which were 13%+ pretty well. coming in just under fifity minutes into transition T2, beating his performance from last year. Coming into T2 right ahead of Tony a competitor suffered a crash with some facial lacerations, but was being tended to by the medics who were right there..
Jose was right behind him, even though he was a few minutes back out of T1 he gained time and was literally just a few seconds back coming into T2. Then it was a quick exchange and onto the runners.
Run ( 3.1 miles)
Drew powers his way to finish…“Fight the pain!”
Christine and Drew took on the anchor legs of the race, within a minute of each other . Drew being a very adept runner, especially with his cross-country background made short work of the 5K run with its mostly off-road course. Drew gobbled up many of the runners, and managed to seal first relay place for our team..
Britney & Drew “encourage” Christine to run faster
Christine also had a solid performance and improved her time on this course over last year.
Post Race
After the finish we were happy to see that both teams placed. Team Earth, Wind & Fire finished 1st. and Team Splash Flash and Dash 3rd It was a real treat to have had a good performance on the day…
Also Bobby H. was nice enough to take some photos with us. Bobby H. (aka “that Tri Kid”) is an accomplished 15 year old pro-amateur triathlete, who has some amazing talent and performances and is setting his sights on the Olympics in the future. Check out his site http://bobbyhammond.com
Drew,Britney, Bobby and Christine
For complete Results visit compuscore’s Randolph lake results page . Here are some of the top Relay finisher’s results
Relays
| Team | Swim 0.5 mi | T1 | Bike 16.3 mi | T2 | Run 3.1 mi | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Wind-Fire | 16:28 | 1:22 | 49:26 | 1:05 | 19:28 | 1:27:49 |
| Team Tbd Club | 18:03 | 1:37 | 49:00 | 1:00 | 22:29 | 1:32:09 |
| .Splash Flash & Dash | 18:40 | 1:05 | 47:57 | 0:56 | 24:52 | 1:33:30 |
| Team Grennan | 17:21 | 1:35 | 53:13 | 1:16 | 20:50 | 1:34:13 |
| Team Saxons | 12:54 | 1:11 | 47:10 | 1:14 | 32:05 | 1:34:34 |
As always it was a blast and even more so with such a large group of friends competing in the race.. we’re already excited and looking forward to our next adventure.
Free Randolph Lake Triathlon Photos
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