Sunday Team Blue Zoo; Kevin, Christina, Natalie and myself did the Pinnacle Challenge. This was a Multi-Sport adventure race or "Double Duathlon". We joined the Co-Ed category with Christina doing the road run, myself doing the Mountain Bike, Kevin doing the Road Bike and Natalie finishing the race with the trail run.
Team Blue Zoo did pretty good for our first team event and it was also the first time Christina or Natalie ever raced period. We finished with the 17th fastest time of the day out of 71 mixed and individual teams and we took 2nd place in the Co-Ed division. See all the results here. We were beat out of 1st place in the Co-Ed division by just 30 seconds!
On a individual level I took the fastest mountain bike time of the day with a time 34.21 for the almost 6 mile course that included a lot of climbing. Kevin had a strong 20th place finish on the road course, but he was racing against a lot of tri-athletes with some ridiculous bikes and tear drop helmets; for a 13 mile race some of the roadies really went all out. Christina and Natalie both finished strong in the middle of the pack.
The guys at the Pinnacle put on a really great event, pre-registration got us free syrup, and a wicking (not cotton) t-shirt that I will actually wear. Not to mention the excellent BBQ lunch after the race. Our 2nd place finished got us enough maple syrup to last the team until we can do it again next year.
Check out the photos, looks like the photographer missed Kevin:
Christina (bib # 217) on the right side of the photo
Me on one of the climbs
Me just a few hundred yards from the finish line/staging area
Natalie finishing strong
Me collecting my prize $ for having the fastest mountain bike time of the day
Team Blue Zoo collecting our awards:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmo/1515504706/in/set-72157602320116851/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmo/1515508942/in/set-72157602320116851/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmo/1514655695/in/set-72157602320116851/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmo/1514659739/in/set-72157602320116851/
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2 comments:
you wanna know why the photog missed me??
cause im FAAAAAAAST
You need the teardrop helmet and booties to match your aerodynamic haircut.
Matching track suits will definitely make us faster too
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