Tri results

I finished 15th overall out of about 360 people. My time was 1:06:42. I came in first in my age group.

Not bad for a first triathlon.

Okay, finally to update this.

In all men, I came in 13th place. There were a total of 18 men in my age group, so coming in first is quite a thrill for me. My swim time was 12:04; my ride time was 33:51 for a mile pace of 2:49; my run was 20:47 for a mile pace of 6:56. Fantastic results for what I was actually expecting!

The biggest pain in the ass was the start. I hadn’t had time to get my goggles situated quite right when they started the race. I ended up swimming it with water in both eyes…half blind! It was a thrilling swim, though.

The ride was great. Some nudnik driver turned out of a neighborhood into the coned off bike lane and drove about a block and a half in front of me for probably a quarter mile. Crazy.

I’m so glad Jacque and Shaina made it, and it was great to see my mom and dad cheering me on with huge smiles!

My dad offered to coach me in running…I’m considering taking him up on the offer. It could be fun.

My pal Cody, who is my mentor in photography and leant me the bike for this event, came out and snapped some fun shots. It was a total surprise to run into him during my first lap running.

Running was great, actually. I maintained a really comfortable, yet intense pace. Everyone I passed got some words of encouragement from me, I know I’d appreciate the same if I got dropped (which I did, and did). One older woman (I know she was older because our ages are written on our calves!) was barely moving along. I told her I knew she had some more left in her and to start kicking it out. She stood up taller, squared her shoulders, and started pumping it out with a big ol’ grin on her face! Made my day.

What a fantastic day! All this on only 2 hours of sleep! Photos of today are in the general photos gallery. 🙂



Tri day

Well, it’s my tri-day.

The Renaissance Faire was a blast yesterday. Jacque seemed to enjoy herself quite a bit and I had a total ball. Lots of fun people, great food, great shows, etc.

I’m warming up for my tri right now, about to take off.

Wish me luck!



First one!

Well, after a long day including triathlon training, my first swim with a swim cap (which was nice!), a fun bachata group lesson, a 21 mile ride (13 of those after a half mile sprint swim), and a 1.7 mile run (undernourished, wanted to do 3.5), I finally got this site up.

I’m really excited to have it up here.

The bachata class was fantastic. I actually went to massage school with the instructor, who is a nationally renowned salsa and bachata teacher. She offered to do trade for either massage or dance lessons. Either one is quite enticing.

Funny thing happened, though, on the ride. I feel in love with the road bike. This has been my first week with not only a road bike, but clipless pedals. I had been apathetic towards the whole thing for my first three rides with it, but today something just clicked and I fell in love with having the bike right on me. I felt like a high speed centaur or something… Oh! It reminded me of those animals in The Amber Spyglass, the last book of the His Dark Materials series (you know, of Golden Compass fame?) Great reads.

Anywho, I’m glad to finally have this up.

I’m going to be slowly transferring my photography from ariessun.com over to alchemyphotography.com over the next…hopefully a week.

Tomorrow is the Renaissance Festival with my wonderful girlfriend, then Sunday is the triathlon and work. Luckily, work has been busy and my paycheck is solid. A couple more solid checks and I should be set for (relative) comfort for the slow season.

I hope to have comments enabled and figured out shortly, plus an RSS feed. Twitter, facebook, and other site links to come soon, as well. And an email specific for this site.

Any suggestions or help, please send an email to edward@ariessun.com!