Club members in action, great results!!!
On the weekend of June 14-15, several club members were in action in SoCal and Utah as well. Let's begin with the DANSKIN All womens triathlon held inside Disneyland in sunny Anaheim, CA. This is an unusual event as it was held in its entirety inside the park. As I understand, the swim was a bit sketchy due to the size of the lake, the "washing machine" was clearly in action due to the narrow channel they provided, the bike course was slightly better, at least there was no traffic to deal with. The run course was smooth and flat, with little trouble from the unexpected.
On the weekend of June 14-15, several club members were in action in SoCal and Utah as well. Let's begin with the DANSKIN All womens triathlon held inside Disneyland in sunny Anaheim, CA. This is an unusual event as it was held in its entirety inside the park. As I understand, the swim was a bit sketchy due to the size of the lake, the "washing machine" was clearly in action due to the narrow channel they provided, the bike course was slightly better, at least there was no traffic to deal with. The run course was smooth and flat, with little trouble from the unexpected.
The park was closed to spectators, there were no fans cheering on the athletes, however, some local characters made their way into the park, they rooted, cheered, and screamed encouragements to the brave women. I believe their names were: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and those seven little guys, you know what I mean. The three lovely ladies that ventured to this event were: Annette Powell, Lisa Job and, Coco Salah. This was Lisa's second tri of the year as she participated in the Iron Girl held in Lake Las Vegas on April 5th. Annette and Coco signed up for Iron Girl, unfortunately, both were injured and had to withdraw. Both first timers, they were eager to compete and I must say, they did a lot of training in preparation for this event. Lisa, having a bit more experience, trained just as hard and the three headed out to SoCal in search of results. That they did, and I'm proud to report that Lisa finished 22nd out of 179 in her age group, (35-39), 107th of 1332 overall, her final time was, 1:06:43. Annette claimed 12th out of 132 in her age group, (40-44), 90th of 1332 overall for a final time of, 1:06:01. Coco placed 45th out of 179 in her age group, (35-39), 227 of 1332 overall for a final time of 1:10:09. Coco's rig happened to be a mtn bike retrofitted with slick tires, hardly a speedster to say the least. She still placed high overall despite the disadvantage and I wonder how much better she could have done with a TT bike.......Stay tuned, she's getting a new rig in August for her B-Day!!!...........
The other club members ventured out to St. George for the Utah Summer Games tri. The players were: John Harrington, yours truly and a few others. We debated about doing this event because it's geared towards Utah residents but, we decided to participate just for fun and experience.
There were no other worthy events on the calendar and the proximity was clearly a plus, only a two hour drive, couldn't pass it up. John signed up for the sprint distance to round up his points for the trifecta, and by virtue of high placings on the previous tri's, he has locked up first place, way to go!!! John was inspired by a new toy he picked up two weeks ago, a slick new Cervelo P3C. The new rig carried John to a new PR for the course, a scant minute and a half faster not to mention that he also had a PR on the run, what brand of shoes did you run with? John claimed 2nd in his age group, (45-49), out-of-state, 9th overall. I had a decent day, everything went well and the end result was better than I expected. I finished on top in my age group, (50-54), out-of-state, first with the Utah residents and 3rd overall in the Olympic group. I had the top bike time in the age group and the 4th best overall. I'd like to thank my training partners for pushing me to the limit, John, Lisa, Annette, Coco, and Lawrence Rossetti, I owe you guys.....
Other Las Vegas notables in motion that day were: Karen Lasko, 1st in age group, olympic (45-49), 7th overall. Hans Devouassoux, the "FISH", smoked the competition coming out of the water in first place. Hans was a member of the french swim team in 1988, swimming for his native land, New Caledonia, a french colony. Hans clawed his way to 3rd in his age group, olympic (35-39), 15th overall. Jessica Fasulo, a new member of the tri club, sizzled her age group, olympic (25-29) to a top spot on the podium, 8th overall. Jon Burkhardt took second in the olympic (50-54), 20th overall. Jon is a member of the tri club as well...........It was a good weekend for the club and its members, we all brought back some hardware and countless stories, had tons of fun, no mishaps, learned a bit about ourselves and the other competitors, made friends, laughed and carried on, that's a full day!!! Hope to see you all at the mini-tri this coming Sunday, June 22nd, it will be a great event and we want to thank our sponsors for putting it together for us.
The San Diego International tri will take place on Sunday, June 29th. This is one of the biggest tri's on the west coast topping out at 3000 athletes, hope to see you there...........Thank you for reading.................Victor Rodriguez
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