On August 3rd was the 22nd annual Brewhouse Triathlon was held at Pike Lake in Duluth. I did this race two years ago with Cadesdad and mom and couple of highschool friends. Cadesdad and I had a friendly bet on who would win between the two of us. I must mention that Cadesdad is a professional tri-athlete and his wife is even better. Needles to say Cadesdad won the race two years ago.
Last year I was not able to compete because we were in the cities. So this summer the battle was back on with Cadesdad. My worst part of the triathlon is swimming by far. This year I thought I was better prepared but when I did a practice swim on the Wednesday before the race at my parents place at a local lake and my performance was abysmal to say the least. I was forced to admit that during the swim I expected to see every kind of stroke. My goal was to have a little more of the crawl stroke then two years ago which did not exist. The other downer is that Brian is able to crawl the whole way in the water. I knew that would be behind from the beginning.
The swim went as expected. I used every stroke I could think of, yes even the side stroke. When I got out of the water the race really began for me. My transition to the bike went well for me. The bike portions was about 10.5 miles, by the way the swim was a 1/3 of a mile. The biking went well. As I pulled into the transition area I saw Cadesdad heading out on the run. I yelled "you better run fast" or something obnoxious. During the transition from bike to run I had trouble finding my slot with my shoes. I finally found the shoes and hit the pavement. The run was 2.5 miles. As I was getting close to the turnaround I saw Cadesdad and was able to pass him right after the turn. The picture below is one that was in the Duluth News Tribune. The caption under the photo has me from Eagan. You can see Cadesdad in the back ground in the blue and white stripe shirt. When it was over I was able to sneak out a victory by about 20 seconds, but afterwords I found out that Cadesdad had issues with his biking shoes in transition as well as not be able to find his slot for the running segment. In the end his wife beat both of us hands down.
The neat thing is the three of us will join forces on September 6th for the Burrito Union 10 hour triathlon. It should be a great day with great friends.
Last year I was not able to compete because we were in the cities. So this summer the battle was back on with Cadesdad. My worst part of the triathlon is swimming by far. This year I thought I was better prepared but when I did a practice swim on the Wednesday before the race at my parents place at a local lake and my performance was abysmal to say the least. I was forced to admit that during the swim I expected to see every kind of stroke. My goal was to have a little more of the crawl stroke then two years ago which did not exist. The other downer is that Brian is able to crawl the whole way in the water. I knew that would be behind from the beginning.
The swim went as expected. I used every stroke I could think of, yes even the side stroke. When I got out of the water the race really began for me. My transition to the bike went well for me. The bike portions was about 10.5 miles, by the way the swim was a 1/3 of a mile. The biking went well. As I pulled into the transition area I saw Cadesdad heading out on the run. I yelled "you better run fast" or something obnoxious. During the transition from bike to run I had trouble finding my slot with my shoes. I finally found the shoes and hit the pavement. The run was 2.5 miles. As I was getting close to the turnaround I saw Cadesdad and was able to pass him right after the turn. The picture below is one that was in the Duluth News Tribune. The caption under the photo has me from Eagan. You can see Cadesdad in the back ground in the blue and white stripe shirt. When it was over I was able to sneak out a victory by about 20 seconds, but afterwords I found out that Cadesdad had issues with his biking shoes in transition as well as not be able to find his slot for the running segment. In the end his wife beat both of us hands down.
The neat thing is the three of us will join forces on September 6th for the Burrito Union 10 hour triathlon. It should be a great day with great friends.
3 comments:
Hi Kyle. You're definitely the winner. You won this battle. Look out for next year. You'll see a leaner... well, probably not, Meaner... possibly Cadesdad.
Kyle are your some kind of News Tribune magnet? I remember a dinner column and now they're highlighting your athletic prowess. Fame in the northland.
Thats true. your are a news tribune magnet. Perhaps the next story in the Duluth News Tribune will be the headline, "Local man abandons blog and his 2-3 blog fans".
Karl, when are we going to get an update?
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