Zurich Triathlon 2007
More triathlon...Zuri Triathlon 2007. An improvement on last year, but I failed to get under the hour, which was the "stretch goal" set by the missus (AKA "Official Drunken Roadie" after her Friday night). And I don't even have life insurance...
In the immortal words of Team America, what we need is a montage.
Monty Python eat your heart out
Definitely a sky that bodes. Possibly even portentious.
It was a cool 21. Not too bad, but a little bracing without a wet suit
And we're off. I took an early dive (you can just see me falling...I mean diving)
Poetry in motion
End of first bike lap. Bars made a big difference.
Last year, this peleton overtook me before T2. This year, I held them off and they all concertina'd up behind me at the dismount line.
Apparently, I looked annoyed while running. I thought I was smiling
Now, I am sprinting like crazy at this point, even though it looks like I'm standing still and have just smelt something bad
Need a haircut again
The official mascot. And the lovely coloured finisher T-shirt
Full Gallery from 2007 (amusingly, with many of the same poses as from 2006)
In summary:
Swim: Awful. Can do 10:16 in the pool for 500m, did 12:44, which is 0:44 slower than last year. Start caught me by surprise, dived *cough*fell too early, hyperventilation, nearly burnt out by first buoy.
Bike: Hello??!? Have we heard of drafting oder Windschatel? And still no disqualifications. And after all that bike training and with tri bars, a measly 1 minute faster than last year.
Run: Eat my sweaty tri shorts. No idea how, but 4 minutes faster than last year.
Punctures: Only 1, luckily on the tram on the way back. Time to change those tyres..
Times:
2006
Overall: 48, 1:06.14,5,
Age Group Pos: 18.
¦ Swim ¦ Bike ¦ Run Lap 1 ¦ Run Lap 2 ¦ Run Total ¦
¦ 12.01 39.¦ 33.31 72.¦ 10.36 40.¦ 10.05 36.¦ 20.42 38.¦
Cumulative
¦ ¦ 45.32 62.¦ 56.08 53.¦ 1:06.14 48.¦ 1:06.14 48.¦
2007
Overall: 37, 1:02.05,4
Age Group Pos:12.
¦ Swim ¦ Bike ¦ Run Lap 1 ¦ Run Lap 2 ¦ Run Total ¦
¦ 12.44 54.¦ 32.34 43.¦ 8.44 33.¦ 8.02 23.¦ 16.46 27.¦
Cumulative
¦ ¦ 45.18 44.¦ 54.03 40.¦ 1:02.05 37.¦ 1:02.05 37.¦
Results:
Results homepage
In the immortal words of Team America, what we need is a montage.
Monty Python eat your heart out
Definitely a sky that bodes. Possibly even portentious.
It was a cool 21. Not too bad, but a little bracing without a wet suit
And we're off. I took an early dive (you can just see me falling...I mean diving)
Poetry in motion
End of first bike lap. Bars made a big difference.
Last year, this peleton overtook me before T2. This year, I held them off and they all concertina'd up behind me at the dismount line.
Apparently, I looked annoyed while running. I thought I was smiling
Now, I am sprinting like crazy at this point, even though it looks like I'm standing still and have just smelt something bad
Need a haircut again
The official mascot. And the lovely coloured finisher T-shirt
Full Gallery from 2007 (amusingly, with many of the same poses as from 2006)
In summary:
Swim: Awful. Can do 10:16 in the pool for 500m, did 12:44, which is 0:44 slower than last year. Start caught me by surprise, dived *cough*fell too early, hyperventilation, nearly burnt out by first buoy.
Bike: Hello??!? Have we heard of drafting oder Windschatel? And still no disqualifications. And after all that bike training and with tri bars, a measly 1 minute faster than last year.
Run: Eat my sweaty tri shorts. No idea how, but 4 minutes faster than last year.
Punctures: Only 1, luckily on the tram on the way back. Time to change those tyres..
Times:
2006
Overall: 48, 1:06.14,5,
Age Group Pos: 18.
¦ Swim ¦ Bike ¦ Run Lap 1 ¦ Run Lap 2 ¦ Run Total ¦
¦ 12.01 39.¦ 33.31 72.¦ 10.36 40.¦ 10.05 36.¦ 20.42 38.¦
Cumulative
¦ ¦ 45.32 62.¦ 56.08 53.¦ 1:06.14 48.¦ 1:06.14 48.¦
2007
Overall: 37, 1:02.05,4
Age Group Pos:12.
¦ Swim ¦ Bike ¦ Run Lap 1 ¦ Run Lap 2 ¦ Run Total ¦
¦ 12.44 54.¦ 32.34 43.¦ 8.44 33.¦ 8.02 23.¦ 16.46 27.¦
Cumulative
¦ ¦ 45.18 44.¦ 54.03 40.¦ 1:02.05 37.¦ 1:02.05 37.¦
Results:
Results homepage