Category: Family Events

Priors take 57th and 95th in Ocean Community YMCA Triathlon

Steve and Jack traveled to neutral Rhode Island to face off in the Ocean Community YMCA Triathlon at misquamicut Beach on September 23rd (results, news). The race consisted of a 1/2 mile ocean swim, a 16 mile bike ride, and a 3 mile run. Steve had the 8th fastest swim leg of the 188 person field while Jack was 52nd. Steve’s total time was 1:28:05 for 5th in his age group while Jack came in at 1:33:25. Jack out-biked Steve and trailed by only 1:45 at the end of the bike leg, but Steve’s lightning transition into his low budget boat socks and sub 8min/mi pace in the run put the race away. Jack still wins after the agreed 1 min/year adjustment :-).

Priors 6th in Dave Parcells Madison Sprint Triathlon Relay

Jack and Steve competed as “Team Pain and Suffering” in the Dave Parcells Madison Sprint Triathlon in Madison, CT on Saturday September 8th (relay results, individual results). After getting up at 4am to travel and check in for the 7am start, we learned the ocean swim portion of the triathlon was canceled due to chop, so the race became a 1.25mi run — 13mi bike – 3mi run biathlon.

Jack covered the runs at 7:21/mile and 8:22/mile pace respectively and Steve covered the bike at 20.6 mph pace for a total team time of 1:15:29 and 6th out of 19 teams. We won the “same last name” division, with Jack surging past the “The O’Connor Boys” on in the last mile of the run to win by 23 seconds. We also got 1st in the 2-man relay division although 80 1-man teams did manage to beat us :-). Steve also won awards for oldest bike on the course, oldest helmet, and oldest bike glasses.

Originally Steve was to to do the swim and the bike. Jack was a last minute sub for Steve’s co-worker who had his gall-bladder taken out last week.