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Bucket List Sprint Tri

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Race: Bucket List Sprint Tri (1 Miles) 00:10:00
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Today was the Bucket List Triathlon right here in Lake Havasu City, so my buddy and I decided to do it.  There was an option for a sprint (800 m swim, 20 k bike, 5 k run) or a super sprint (200 m swim, 4 mile bike, 1 mile run).  Blake and signed up for the sprint.  Cade, my 9 year old son, decided he wanted to do the super sprint at the last moment also. 

It was fun to watch Cade start his race and complete his swim.  200 m was farther than I think he thought it was going to be, but he finished and started off on his bike right before our race started. Blake and I got in the water and our race began.  The swim was rather uneventful, but it was definitely farther than 800 m, I'm thinking about 1200m.  I transitioned to the bike with a small struggle to get off my wet suit.  Blake was coming in right as I was heading out on the bike.  It was a loope race so I was passing people, but couldn't tell if they were ahead of me or behind me.  No one passed me on the bike though.  I made a quick transition to the run.Blake was right there as I was heading out. I began the run and my right calf felt tight.  I figured it would loosen up, but as I got less than half mile away my calf muscle did that thing it was doing at the end of the year.  It is a sudden pain and stops me in my tracks.  I stopped and decided to walk back.  :(

So anyways I had to take a DNF.  Blake eneded up finishing 6th overall and 2nd in his AG.  I figure I would have been 3rd or 4th overall if not for the injury.

Cade finished, got 2nd in his AG, and had a blast.

Comments
From DaleG on Wed, May 14, 2014 at 22:08:58 from 152.216.11.5

Dang, that's bad news. Nice effort, though. how is your calf doing now?

Congrats to Blake and Cade.

From Burt on Wed, May 14, 2014 at 23:07:32 from 174.17.93.68

So, this is why you didn't tell me about it. Sorry about the injury. No fun.

From Smooth on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 00:01:29 from 63.230.16.227

So sorry to hear about the calf injury! Hopefully you did the smart thing by not running on it! Congrats to Cade and Blake!!! Sounds like a fun time for you guys!!! ;)

From Tom Slick on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 16:07:27 from 168.179.157.44

So sad you had calf trouble.....couldn't you have just walked in to the finish rather than take a DNF?

From Rhett on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 20:49:31 from 199.117.154.54

Dale, it is still sore. I Wii be biking and swimming the next couple weeks. Hopefully it will heal quickly.

Burt, yep it's no fun to report an injury.

Smooth, yep even with the injue it was a lot of fun, especially watching Cade. Best wishes to you and Larry.

Slick, I thought a bout walking the rest, but I was only a half mile into a 5k and I could barely walk. Im glad I just did the smart thing and took the DNF.

From timp on Tue, May 20, 2014 at 17:56:45 from 99.110.188.230

sorry to hear that - sounds like the race was going well.

How's the calf today?

From Rhett on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:09:00 from 24.121.0.8

Tim, it was lame to happen during a race. I think that is only my second ever DNF. My calf feels pretty good now, but I have not tried to run on it since the race. I've been doing a lot of biking and some swimming. I won't try and run on it till next week.

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