I got 10th place out of 26 riders in the Smith Dairy Milk Road Race in Orrville, on Sunday. Category 5, first ever licensed race. I was 4th place going into the last corner, I got freight trained by the peleton on the way to the finish! Luckily there were only 12 of them! My Hudson Velo buddy, is 10ish years older than me, got 4th place. He had the lead out of the last corner, he almost held off the sprinters.
2015 AGE GROUP NATIONALS…Megan, Jim
MEGAN….8TH AGE GROUP, TIME 2:12:49
JIM….What a great event! – I never thought I would qualify for National and was honored to be there – If you ever get a chance go and enjoy the event. On Saturday there were 3200 age groupers who had qualified by finishing a prior race in the top 10% of their AG in a prior USAT race. There were really good athlete in each age group that made the race highly competitive.
This year the race was in Milwaukee – really beautiful city (sorry next year it moves to Nebraska) – and for the most part the weather was cool and good for racing. The event took place at the lake front adjacent to the Art Museum. The swim took place in a harbor that it walled off from Lake Michigan – water was deep and COLD! – On Friday there was a practice swim in waters that were 62-63 degrees – the first couple hundred yards were really tough then it was not so bad – The bike course has a couple of climbs – notably up and over one of the major highway bridges in Milwaukee – the climb was long but the grad was reasonable so it was not difficult – the run course was right along the lake and was flat.
On race day there were wave deep water starts with lots of time between waves so swimmers were pretty spread out – my wave went off at 7:55, Megan’s at 8:55 and the last waves were like 9:55 so there was racing on the course all morning. I started in bright sun by the time I got 1/2 way done with the bike the sky had clouded over and the wind had picked up – never did rain but it felt like it could. The good news is the temps were low and there was no sun soak during the bike and run. The bike course was closed to traffic but the bridge was under construction so the road surface was rough in spots – The bridge is elevated well above the city street surface and the wind at the top was considerable – That said it was a good course. The run was all on pavement and flat –
Very enjoyable weekend – great to see how good (and fast) some of the lead age groupers are.
Jim
Paul Dowd
Champ Racing Round-up Twilight Tri….1st age group 1:30:02
GREATER CLEVELAND TRI/DU
August 2nd Mentor Headlands
Craig…sprint Du….4th age group 1:34 Paul Lenz….Olympic Tri 7th age group 2:09 Mike W….. Sprint Tri 1st age group 1:07
Ken…Xterra off road Tri
Appalachia PA….1st age group, 7th overall
STEVE Z…..Lima, Ohio Tri
11th overall, 1st age group
Did a Sprint Tri in Lima Ohio sponsored by the YMCA and Kewpee Hamburgers Awesome sprint course with beautiful swim lake, perfect lightly rolling flats with the smoothest pavement I have been on in a while and truly made for speed (less the wind) + a really nice run course on the paved Ottowa Park bike and hike trail.
MEGAN…Ohio State Tri
Ohio State Tri-Fit Challenge……1st overall women! 2:11 time
SCOTT….Fairport Harbor
Kayak Tri division…3rd age group 8th overall 1:22:55….(see 2015 photo)
SCOTT….JULY 11 KAYAK RACE
July 11th Tuscarawas Canoe & Kayak Race. Leesville Lake South Fork.
I was the 7th overall kayak and 4th in the long kayak division of the 5 mile race. Finish Time 58:58
(see pic photo 2015)
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