So 12 hours after completing the Bull Run 50 miler, I stood at 6.am. on Sunday morning in the Yates natatorium in order to race in the 2009 IronMed Charity Triathlon put on by the students of Georgetown University School of Medicine. It was a sprint distance race again this year consisting of a 750 yard swim in the indoor pool at Yates, a 12.5 mile bike on the paved Capital Crescent Trail, and 5k run on the C&O Canal Towpath. The D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty came to compete in the race again this year (now his 3rd year in a row) and brought along his triathlon posse to participate as well. The event seems to be turning into a "real triathlon" now with a crew of seasoned triathletes, skinsuits, aero bikes, etc. compared to the days of old when the bike course used to be on the C&O Canal Towpath and everyone used to ride old beater mountain bikes. I went off in the second heat at 6:46 a.m. While I was surprisingly not that incredibly sore from the day before, I was pretty damn tired and just didn't have much energy stored up to be "racing" already again. So I managed to complete the swim without drowning in 15 min and was the last one out of the pool. My legs felt reasonable on the bike but there was just no strength to push the pedals around, and I wasn't going much faster than 15 mph on the false-flat climb out Capital Crescent. I wound up completing the bike in 42 min, and then managed the 5k run in high spirits in 27 min. My total finishing time was 1:30:05 compared to 12 min swim/38 min bike/19 min run and a finishing time of 1:11:29 in last year's event. Nonetheless, a successful completion of my fifth IronMed Charity Triathlon that was followed by the 5th annual post-IronMed BBQ and party at my house.
Friday, May 08, 2009
IronMed Charity Triathlon - April 19, 2009
So 12 hours after completing the Bull Run 50 miler, I stood at 6.am. on Sunday morning in the Yates natatorium in order to race in the 2009 IronMed Charity Triathlon put on by the students of Georgetown University School of Medicine. It was a sprint distance race again this year consisting of a 750 yard swim in the indoor pool at Yates, a 12.5 mile bike on the paved Capital Crescent Trail, and 5k run on the C&O Canal Towpath. The D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty came to compete in the race again this year (now his 3rd year in a row) and brought along his triathlon posse to participate as well. The event seems to be turning into a "real triathlon" now with a crew of seasoned triathletes, skinsuits, aero bikes, etc. compared to the days of old when the bike course used to be on the C&O Canal Towpath and everyone used to ride old beater mountain bikes. I went off in the second heat at 6:46 a.m. While I was surprisingly not that incredibly sore from the day before, I was pretty damn tired and just didn't have much energy stored up to be "racing" already again. So I managed to complete the swim without drowning in 15 min and was the last one out of the pool. My legs felt reasonable on the bike but there was just no strength to push the pedals around, and I wasn't going much faster than 15 mph on the false-flat climb out Capital Crescent. I wound up completing the bike in 42 min, and then managed the 5k run in high spirits in 27 min. My total finishing time was 1:30:05 compared to 12 min swim/38 min bike/19 min run and a finishing time of 1:11:29 in last year's event. Nonetheless, a successful completion of my fifth IronMed Charity Triathlon that was followed by the 5th annual post-IronMed BBQ and party at my house.
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