RESULTS: White Lake Half

Last weekend the RMEC sent five men to take part in the White Lake Half Ironman. This race is a favorite of triathletes all around the east coast because of the crystal clear waters of White Lake. Swimmers can see clearly to the bottom of the lake almost the entire time of their swim.

This year plans were changed. A heavy fog rolled in over night, and it made conditions unsafe for the volunteers working the swim portion of the relay. The event sent home all of their swim safety team. . . and minutes before the start, the fog lifted. It was too late, so they instead had a half iron distance duathalon.

Fresh off of the Boston Marathon, and the American Odyssey Relay, Dave still had the power to take 97th among men, and 6th in his age group. Most impressive was his 1:35:54 half marathon time.

Eric Seale has trained his ass off (literally) preparing for this race. Needless to say Eric was disappointed with the swim cancelation. It is still a challenging event, but he wanted to complete his first Half Iron distance event. His training paid off and he finished 187th among men, and posted a very impressive 2:10:43 half marathon time.

The final three finishers from the RMEC are already Ironmen. Cliff came closely behind Eric is the results with a 4:48:02 overall time. This trailed Eric by two minutes and placed Cliff 195th overall. Jason was next finishing 242nd, and Winslow finished 288th.

Congrats everyone on great races!

• 97th Dave Lavely 4:31:58
• 187th Eric Seale 4:56:01
• 195th Cliff Amos 4:58:02
• 242nd Jason Irvin 5:12:49
• 288th Winslow Rogers 5:32:02