Fermilab 2010 Triathlon Results

Well my results are in for the Fermilab Triathlon and it is basically what I expected. I managed to finish 15 out of 20 individual competitors owing much of it to my terrible swimming.

It took me 29 mins to swim the 800 meters (which was the slowest out of all the swimming times put up that day I'm sad to say). The average time for the competitors was 21 mins with the fastest being done in 10 mins flat!

The biking I did much better finishing all 20 km bike ride in 42.5 mins (which was the 7th fastest time for all the biking...and I did it with a fixed gear bike! The average time for biking was 45 mins, so coming in 3 mins faster was a good result, and the quickest time was done in 31 mins!

Finally the 5 km run I finished in 29.5 mins (which was the 12th fastest time...so not quite as fast as I wanted, but by that time the struggle in the pool had taken its toll). The average time for the run was 28.5 mins with the fastest being done in 19 mins.

Most importantly, congratulations to the winner Mika Versterinen who finished the whole thing in 1 hour and 3 mins! (My total time was 1 hour 45 mins...so I got smoked!) And thanks to the Fermilab Graduate Student Association for putting on the super fun event.

Secondly and maybe even with greater importance, Thanks to my wife Heather who came out early in the morning, volunteered to count laps in the pool for the other swimmers, cheered me on at every transition, and kept me full of bananas and water till I was done!You are the best wife a man could hope for and push me to do better at everything I try!

All the results will be posted here http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/calendar/triathlon/tri10/