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Ledges to The Lake Adventure Triathlon

Hinckley Ohio

7th overall and 2nd in 45-54 age division

Finish time: 1:19:00

Race Review

This was the 5th year that the Cleveland Metroparks hosted the Ledges To The Lake Adventure Triathlon At Hinckley Lake Park. The race consists of a 3.5 mile run, 2 mile kayak, and 9 mile bike. This year’s race conditions were not ideal. Heavy rains made this short but challenging course even harder. Temperatures were in the high 60’s at race start with mild winds. The run course is a combination of dirt trails and paved trails starting at the spillway and ending at the boathouse. The course is challenging and technical especially this year as the heavy rains made the rolling hills of the dirt trails very muddy and slippery. The kayak leg of the race is 1 1/2 laps around the lake. I was challenged this year as I had a rudder issue and found it very difficult to steer my boat and stay on a straight line with the winds and rain pushing off course. The bike course is 3 laps around the park on the paved roads. This bike course is hilly on the front side with several faster downhill sections on the back side. The rains finally stopped as most of the participants started the bike leg making it much safer and more enjoyable. Cleveland Metroparks did a nice job organizing the race. They still have a few quirks and bugs to workout. They only give first place overall awards and I would recommend awarding 1st – 3rd place overall winners and then age groups. They did extend age group awards this year to 3rd place and awarded participants that have raced in all 5 years of the event. The age groups are a bit funky as well and I would recommend the standard 10 years per age group. I competed in a 45-54 year age group which is a little bit out of the normal for these types of races. Other than the weather this was a great race that I look forward to competing in again next year.

PAUL LENZ……Ironman 70.3 OHIO

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Ironman 70.3 Ohio
Delaware, OH
08/21/16

Time: 05:14:52
Place: 26 AG, 197 OA

Our bikes stayed intact in T1 despite tornados the night before the race with the weather breaking nicely on race day-temps in the mid to high 70’s, dry with some wind. I started the triangle shaped swim course in Delaware Lake (water temp 79 degrees) 48min after the sound of the cannon in wave 13 with expected congestion throughout. The bike course was flat and fast despite many turns with some rollers in the last 10-15 miles on country roads, single lane at times, with the last 1 mile being on a paved bike trail into T2. T2 was on the field in Selby Stadium at Ohio Wesleyan University with the run taking us out on rural streets outside of town, a 2 loop course with rolling hills and some shade along the Olentangy River. A stadium finish on the track back in the stadium made for a great end to my 2nd 70.3 race! As expected for an Ironman event, this was a large race (selling out in the first 48hrs last fall) that was well organized, participant friendly with great support throughout.

There was a strong showing of many in and out of state triathlon teams at this race. Chris Schmauder and I represented Team ER at this inaugural Ironman 70.3 event.