Since I’m off to CA tomorrow AM and won’t be doing the big “race”, I decided to branch out a little this weekend.

Last night I did the Sandy Beach Triathlon in Litchfield (on Bantam Lake, near the infamous Rowland summer home) on a team. A former student, now PE teacher did the 1/2 mile swim, his friend the 5k run, and I did the 10 mile TT. Our swimmer came out of the water in 28th, I passed 27 people on the bike, and our runner cruised home in first with a sub-18 5k. My TT time (no major hills) was just a hair under 25 minutes, and based on last year’s times, it may actually have been the fastest bike split. Go figure. Me. Mister Time Trial.

This morning I rode for an easy spin out to Pleasant Valley and did the People’s Forest 7-Mile Trail Run. This was my first trail race ever and I’ll have to say that my trail running descending skills are probably about the level my mountain bike descending skills would be, if I ever rode an MTB. That is to say, poor. I cruised on the uphills, only to get washed away on every downhill. Still, it was a blast and I managed sub-10 minute miles for a finish time around 1:07. Scott was there too (and Deb and Shep were on the course a couple places to cheer us on!) and he turned in an enviable 55-minute time. The winner was some ridiculous time like 43-44 minutes. That’s crazy fast. The guy must have no respect for his ankles.