June Events

Hello again,

We did the annual Resident Welcome ceremony and the boss decided to celebrate a couple of promotions at the same time. B finally came along and joined the picture. G is in the water behind H. Somebody must have made fun of L to deserve that look.

We always take a nice group shot with all the gang. It was and is always a good time.

Took a little time out for myslef this morning and did my first Team Triathlon, The Firecracker Sprint Triathlon. The held it at Barber's Point right next to the Coast Guard Air Station. The race involved a 500m swim (in open surf), a 20k bike and a 5k run. For Team Triathlons, 1 person does each leg ... I did the swim. Here is the team (anybody recognize my shirt - about 20 yrs old).

Here is a view of the lane we used after the swim when transitioning to the bike ...

The pre-race prep is kind of crazy ... this is at about 0545. I was pretty impressed at how many were there.

They assign everybody numbers, mainly so they can assess penalties if you do something wrong, there were quite a few rules. Here I am showing off my 'guns' (more like pistols ... reminiscent of Bugs Bunny when the arm dangles down instead of bulgin up, huh!)

The transition is a little tough as you have to switch off the chip, which is attached to a velcro band. You have to wear it around an ankle because the sensors are inside mats that you run over and they only work at a distance of about 18-24 inches. Here are my partners switching between the run and the bike.

It was an absolutely beautiful morning, and best of all not too hot. Our runner was by far the best of the team ... he rand 5:10/mile for the whole 3.2 miles and almost caught the 2nd place team. Here he is finishing up ...

The 1st place team was probably about semi-pro ranking, their swimmer is in on the UH team and yesterday he finished 1st in a 1 mile race in open ocean on the North Shore. He smoked my by about 4 minutes. I finished only 17 seconds behind the 2nd place team's swimmer. Not bad for a newbie. We finished 3rd for the men's team category (out of 4, but hey, we still got a plaque).

AND ... we got the T-Shirt!

As always, hope you are all well.

Until next time.

Aloha