Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Clear Lake Tri - Olympic

Clear Lake Tris - both Olympic and Sprint - took place on August 27. Five Finish Strong Racing members tackled the Olympic distance of 1500 meter swim, 26 mile bike, and 6.2 mile run under very hot conditions. One member, Kirk Noyes, took on the sprint distance. Finish Strong Racing excelled scoring 25 points for the team!

Scott Peterson took 2nd in his 30-34 AG with an overall time of 2:29:28 for the Olympic race. Scott had the fastest run in his AG 39:54 (6:26 per mile pace) in blazing hot temperatures. Ronnie Delzer took 6th in 2:35:04. Ronnie was not far behind Scott with the 3rd fastest run in his AG finishing in 44:46.

Josh Scott took 2nd in his 35-39 AG with an overall time of 2:29:51. Josh had the fastest swim in his AG finishing in 24:31.

Jerry Palmer raced well in his competitive 40-44 AG finishing in a time of 3:00:10.
His splits were 33:31 swim, 1:24 bike, and 59:05 run.

Will Blackbird won the 50-54 AG with an overall time of 2:46:51. Will had the 2nd fastest swim in 30:53 and the fastest bike in 1:15 (22.2 mph) in his age group.

This was Craig Daniell's first Olympic distance triathlon and he came away with 5th in his 60-64 AG in 3:49:32!


For the sprint race, Kirk Noyes finished 9th in his 35-39 AG in 1:16:25. Kirk's splits were 13:18 swim, 45:42 bike, and 15:33 run.

Congrats to all the triathletes! Any pics?

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