2007 Accenture Triathlon

The last Triathlon on my 2007 race schedule is now in the books. Today, I completed my second Chicago Accenture Triathlon (this year was the 25th annual). The PA announcer called out that this triathlon was officially the largest in the world according to Guinness Book.

Before I get into my own results. Lets talk about Luis. A fella I work with that I passed along the triathlon bug to. This is a fella that only learned how to swim in late spring, on only finished his coaching lessons a short time ago. He has one sprint tri under his belt, and today competed in the Accenture Sprint tri (.47 mile swim, 13.64 mile bike, 3.1 mile run) Luis finished the sprint in 1:54:10. His 37:33 in the swim was awesome. He probably didn't hear them but he had tons of fans cheering him on as I followed along on shore. Congratulations on an awesome race Luis! Only 365 days until next year when you step into the Olympic distance.

As for me, I competed in the International (aka Olympic) distance. (.93 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run) The goal of the race this year was to have fun, and to try to break the 22 MPH barrier on the bike. I was ok with a race time that was not a personal best. Last year I finished the race in 2:42:10. That broke down as 33:42 swim, 3:52 T1, 1:12:18 bike (21.0 MPH), 4:02 T2, and 48:15 (7:46 min/mile) run. 684/3719 overall and 144/538 in my age group.

This year, the break down was 31:35 swim, 2:46 T1, 1:08:06 bike (22.3 MPH), 2:19 T2, 45:53 (7:24 min/mile) run. The total time was 2:30:42. A striking 11 1/2 minutes faster than last year. I finished 297/3928 overall, and 71/521 in my age group.

Needless to I am very pleased with the results. I'm sure that the training for the Racine half ironman and the Chicago marathon training all helped to contribute to this years results. But in the end, its the Lord that deserves all the credit. And I lift up all the joy to him for being able to represent Chicago Team World Vision.

Thanks to all that the prayed and supported me in my Tri's this year. Thanks Mom and Dad for coming downtown today to cheer me on. Its always a boost to see people you know cheering your on. Thanks!

Peace
(p.s. I'll post pictures as they become available)