Sunday, August 3, 2008

I'm a winner!

Yay!! Today I took 1st Place in my Age Group in a triathlon for the first time--1st out of 62 racers and most of those were from the competitive Austin/San Antonio crew! So, needless to say, I'm pretty thrilled. The details of my race report are on BT, click here if you'd like to read the nitty gritty: Race Report. I'll give you the nutshell version-

It was a 500m swim, 13.8 mile bike, 3 mile run.

62 in age group, 799 total finishers, I was 1/62 for AG and 67/799 overall.
Swim: 9:27 (1:53/100m pace)--that fit my goal of a 1:50-1:55 pace; 10th in AG
T1: 1:30 (major improvement for me, top 3 in AG)

Bike: 39:41 (20.9 mph avg)--my goal was 20mph+, TOTALLY ACCOMPLISHED, 1st in AG. This was a passing fest for me. I passed countless riders and was passed by NO ONE. And I LOVE my new wheels!
Run: 22:22 (7:27 min/mile)-- my goal was 7:15-7:30, so accomplished. I can run this faster...need to slim down back to where I was marathon. Still very happy. (4th in AG)


So, podiumed for my AG, 7th woman overall, and 5 of those women were the "elites" in the open wave, and the other was about 10-15 secs ahead of me and in the 20-24 AG.
This was a "C" race for me, and I was going to go all out hard, cause that's what you do in a sprint, and I was coming off a 40 mile bike ride on Saturday (but I'm very comfortable with that distance now). So, couldn't be happier--learned more about racing, which happens every time. Also got a medal for 1st and a sweet organic coffee set: 2 mugs and 3 lbs of coffee! Jack and Adam's put on a great race, and I'm excited about the Austin Olympic Tri that they put on come Labor Day! So, that completes my 3 tri's (HIM, Olympic, Sprint) in approx a month time frame...no more tri's till Labor day, but LOTS of training--big volume month for me!

8 comments:

Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...

congrats...maybe some of your speed will rub off on me:)

see you at the Austin Tri in less than a month!

ShirleyPerly said...

CONGRATULATIONS!! Great work out there. I think you've done more tris in a month than I have in a year!

JT said...

Wow, that's great!!! You are so ready for Longhorn!

melissa said...

Look at them skinny legs! HOTNESS! Congrats, Britt!

:) said...

Fast, fast, fast!!! Congrats....

Stef0115 said...

BRITT!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Wow what a great race -- of course those are some smokin' times! So so happy for you and I covet your first place prize (love coffee so much).

Be proud girl you are rocking the tri world!!!!

April Drolet said...

Brittany.....
Happy, happy 28th birthday to you. my friend! I miss you and love you!
April

Unknown said...

WOW! Fantastic! Congrats and what a great prize... coffee and a medal!!!