Pleasant Prairie OLY Challenge (Page 6)

Mark and I are planning to be at the expo between 2 and 3, hopefully closer to 2, and hang out until it's time to head over to the chancery for dinner.

 Can't wait

Sorry we didn't stick around after the awards - I was starting to not feel all that well and my drugs were in my truck, so we headed out.

Scott - you said you needed, what, 10 minutes off my goal time?  Well, just for you - 3:06:24 ... about 13.5 minutes better than my goal time.  Everyone else did awesome!  I was pulling up the rear, but even still, pretty pleased with my time.

Fun meeting everyone!  Cindy - I'm looking forward to the pictures you'll be posting!

This was by FAR the most FUN I've ever had at a race.  I think I see an annual war friendly competition....check us out next year:

2nd Annual P³ vs WEINERS Pleasant Prairie Challenge

Results are up!
Let's leave it to one of our fearless leaders to tabulate the official results... 

http://www.chicagoaa.com/results/searchable.html

That was fun, wasn't it? Who is going to post the "professional photo???" Is that on your camera Cindy?

Scott's better at numbers than me and I don't have the sheet with me with bib numbers or know the last names to look up everyone's times.  Maybe everyone could post their numbers to help make it a little easier?  I'll start.

Post them like they are in the results.  Swim/T1/Bike/T2/Run  Overall.

32:51 / 1:26 / 1:19:30 / 1:05 / 51:47 / 2:46:38

What a great weekend.  Thanks to everyone.  And I wouldn't go to far with the "P3 did better" thinking.  I tip my cap to Schmize for taking it in our mano y mano challenge but there seems to be some accusations of widespread sandbagging that need to be investigated.   Results will not be official until these investigation is complete and the results of the B Sample are back!

(look at those rockin' transitions times!  And that includes sitting to put on socks in T2.  Now all I have to do is work on the other 3 parts of the tri!)

Very nice times, John!  And really, if there were a race made up of just transitions, you'd totally rock it. 

My times:

37:51 / 2:29 / 1:26:59 / 1:47 / 57:20 for a grand total of 3:06:24 

Nice job Eric!  Yeah, I should have called you to see if you wanted to meet up with us at the coffee shop but, like I said, I was out of it.  But at least this time we talked on the phone.  Another race or two and we may actually meet! 

Yay!  Results are up!  Not bad for my first OLY, but I have a lot of work to do in the year ahead.  Makes me want to go train right now (of course I'm sure that feeling will go away in a day or two!).  Here's the official times:

33:15/3:17/1:24:22/1:56/1:00:22 = 3:03:11

Sheesh.  What's up with that first transition time?!

28:43/2:40/1:18:39/2:11/1:06:43/TOTAL TIME = 2:58:53.

Under 3 hours. Phew! That's been my goal since 2004.

Terrible transition times. I sometimes just wander around in the transition area. I need to focus. (!!)

Bite me.  And I mean that in the nicest way.

First of all, you're a bunch of sandbaggers.  And I mean that in the nicest way.  Second, if the point of the challenge was to actually win or lose, MAYBE you could make a case for it.  However, the point of the challenge was motivation and I think everyone was helped by that and had more fun because of it.  If you want to claim some kind of made up victory (waving hands in air) by some rules you pulled out of thin air AFTER you had a chance to review the times then feel free.  As I recall, you picked the teams based on times from a bunch of sandbaggers, so how do we know you didn't rig the teams in the first place?  And I mean that in the nicest way. 

Seriously though, if you guys beat us by about 8-9 minutes, considering that I lost to you by about 12-13 then I shoulder this loss completely on my own.  The rest of my team was outstanding!  The Wieners stood tall and proud yesterday with our heads held high!

Photo album is up.  Thanks to Whizz and Holly for providing the pics.

Witty commentary compliments of yours truly.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?albumid=3194&Page=1&sortdir=asc

still struggling with uploading the pics....

My times:

Bib # 571/ Swim 30:49/T1 2:24/Bike 1:15:01/T2 1:57/Run 56:57/ Overall 2:47:05

Which is an overall time of only 5 seconds off my original prediction.  Which shows who's sandbagging and who isn't

Maybe next year the Posse could be the Pleasant Prairie Sandbaggers?

Like our team leader, I mean that in the nicest way.  Of course.