Triple-T is Done…a successful weekend
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by jeremy in Cycling, Races, Running, Swimming, TriathlonI’ll make this post short as this is a busy week for my family. It’s Jeff’s (my brother) wedding weekend.
So Triple-T or more formally, the American Triple-T (America’s Original Triathlon Tour) is a very serious race for serious people. As far as I’m concerned they could rename this race…The hardest, most challenging, potentially hazardous race in America. If you’re inclined to ask why I would say something like this, well…
* There are 4 races you complete in 3 days that total the distance of a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run).
* You complete 2 Olympic distance races in one day, with 3-4 hrs break in between.
* The last day is a Half-Ironman distance race, which is difficult on its own.
* The water temperature for the swim was in the low 50s…think brain freeze for 35min.
* The bike courses were very very challenging for us flat-landers (extended uphill climbing at 4mph and some serious technical descending with switchback turns and speeds approaching 45mph.
* The run course was on a packed dirt/gravel fire trail complete with washout areas. Not only that, but there was really no flat parts there either. The course started out uphill for 2-2.5 miles then crested a hill and down for 1/2 to 1 mile. You then turned around and did it in reverse. The last race (1/2IM) we did the course twice.
We did have fun…maybe the weird painful kind of fun, but it was fun. Going in we wanted to treat this as a training race series for Ironman, and it certainly did that.
If you care to look, race results are here.
Lots of time was spent racing so pictures were at a minimum, but here’s what I have…
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