Dewey Beach Triathlon - Recap and Pics

Damn, I thought I had secured victory over Pat by giving him my heavy-ass mountain bike to ride.

The rain and wind kept us all awake the entire night (except for Susan, I think). When the alarm went off at 5am and the rain was still pounding down, I was saying we should forget the triathlon and go back to bed. Pat laid down the gauntlet, saying he was heading to the start no matter what, so we had to follow his lead. Cold and shivering when we got there, the people marking you for the race couldn't get the markers to even work since everyone was so wet.

Luckily, about this time the rain began to stop. We got our transition areas setup and I headed to the beach first, as I was in the second swim wave. Things got off to a bit of a late start. The water was a bit rough, but apparently much better than last year.

Getting out past the breakers and around the first buoy was tiring. I took it pretty slow. Once out in the water, though, I felt pretty good.

[Binni] I did not feel good during the swim...and for me, a bad swim=bad triathlon. Also, I lost my goggles at the start of swim as I was trying to get past the breakers to the buoys. That's a bad sign of things to come, don't ya think?

Pat hangs with Susan while waiting for his swim wave (thanks, Susan, for taking pictures!):

The bike was shortened to only seven miles due to road construction. Easy going, with only a light wind. I was pretty exhausted on the run, though. My legs just wouldn't go. The only thing that kept me moving was the thought of Dogfish Head beer at the end. Nothing like beer at 10am!

[Binni] No beer for me. I don't know how Pat and Chris can drink beer after a triathlon.

Drunk by 10:15am apparently...