Bob the runner

When I signed up for this Triathlon I knew it would be tough. Then again I said to myself "how tough can a 525 yard swin, 10 mile bike ride and 5K run be"?  I said this without considering the elevation being over 7000 feet.  Needless to say it was really tough! Dig Deep Sports ran the event and did a great job. The communication before the race was great and packet pickup was easy. Packet Pickup was held at Runners High running store in Golden. The owner of the store was my dental hygienist before she became store owner. It was great to see Deb and catch up with her.  The packet was kinda light as it pretty much contained the race shirt, race number tags, and a couple discount coupons. It also showed our start time. My start time was 810am.  Hanging our with Jeff and his daughter after the race. On Saturday, we arrived at the Mount Vernon Country Club around 630am and there was plenty of parking close to transition.  We pulled in next to my buddy Jeff Neilsen so

Last Thursday I participated in my first multi-sport event of the season.  The event is called the Boulder Stroke and Stride and is put on by Without Limits Productions.  The event is scheduled pretty much weekly between June 2 and August 4th and provides swimming and 5K running options.  The swim is in Boulder Reservoir and the run is an out and back course along the Dam.  I chose to do the short course which is a 750 meter (1/2 mile) swim followed by a 5K run.  My goals for this event were: Get back into my wetsuit in an organized event Test out my Garmin 910XT in multisport mode Get some open water swim time with other people kicking and splashing around me Work on transition from wetsuit to running gear See how I do running after swimming  I decided to not register until last minute so arrived at the event at 430pm when registration opened.  Bottom line I arrived way too early since the swim didn't start until about 605pm.  The registration process was simple and