couples.tri.

so kind of on a whim i decided to do couples tri today...it's a tri you do with a partner...you combine ages and combine finish times to compete for awards...

it's a big T3 team event...and a lot of fun to get out there and race with someone from the team...and we compete against each other as well as the general austin racing population...with a huge handicap i won the T3 team race with my partner last year...i never would have thought that possible...but hey it WAS a HUGE handicap...

this year i wasn't going to race...my "a" race of the season is next weekend and my bike got on the transport truck yesterday...so i was without a bike...but i made a proposition to erin...erin just raced Ironman and had signed up to race couples...the T3 team draws names out of a hat to see who gets partnered up...but i could tell she wasn't feeling like racing...so i suggested that i race for her...on her bike...and with her partner...but as my self...(no erin costume)

so yesterday we put my pedals on her bike and the race wheels...and well i tooled around the hood to see if i could ride it...it was fine and i figured it was 11 miles...so couldn't be too bad...

ended up having a great race...a 6 minute PR (i thought for some reason that it was 16 minutes...not sure what numbers i was thinking of)...good swim...i felt like i swam hard and needed to be in a swim start with people just to get the jitters out for next weekend...bike was good...i didn't push it cause it wasn't my bike...so i took it easy...and had a great run...felt really strong on the run and ran 7.40 miles for the 5k...and it was HOT out there...wow...

so not sure how we did in the team competition...but we did get first in the 80 and over age group (our combined ages)...it was my first podium finish at a tri...so that was fun...and now i know that i remember how to race...and am looking forward to that in a cooler climate...