More Early October Results

Patti and Jenni were not the only RMEC members in action this weekend. We have three people compete in a Triathlon, and another person decide to run a surprise trail marathon as well.

Pinehurst Triathlon: Tim, Cliff, and Dave all competed in the Pinehurst Triathlon on Saturday. This event had a 1500m swim, 40k bike, and a 10k run. This was a pretty challenging distance, especially if you consider the heat. Dave continued his streak of Novice Master wins, finishing in first place by more than 12 minutes. His time of 2:33:55 was actually good enough to place third out of all Novices.

Tim was next to finish with a time of 2:39:03, followed by Cliff with 3:08:09. Tim had a strong race. His extra running showed through when he ran an impressive 50:45 in the 10k portion.

• Dave - Swim 30:44, Bike 1:11:55, Run 48:06
• Tim - Swim 32:12, Bike 1:31:31, Run 50:45
• Cliff - Swim 42:29, Bike 1:24:26, Run 56:31

Even more RMEC teammates are racing Lake Royale next weekend.

Triple Lakes Marathon: Brent decided to run the Triple Lakes Tail race in Greensboro on Saturday. He almost backed out multiple times and waffled until Monday to sign up. Up to this point, Brent's training had only been about 15- 20 miles a week for the last few weeks. Sounds like a perfect recipe for someone's first trail marathon!

There were about 90 finishers of the full marathon and Brent was 28th in 4:38:08. This was good enough for eighth place in his age group. The race comes highly recommended by Brent. There are several cool features (nice tech shirt for one), it has a 40 mile option for masochists and a 10 mile option (good intro to trail racing). Also, you can do the 26.2 or 40 miler as a relay team. Might be something for our group to consider in 2008. Here is a link to some great race photos.