Pictures from the Mission Bay Triathlon
update: 10/7 11:13pm:The splits are posted now at Mission Bay Triathlon page.
NAME: CLARKE GRAVES - AGE: 31 - CITY: SAN DIEGO - WAVE: 5
CATEGORY: MALE 30-34 - AGE GROUP PLACE: 47/151
OVERALL RANK: 283/1458
SWIM RANK: 441 - SWIM: 0:09:36
Transition 1: 0:03:50
BIKE RANK: 550 - BIKE: 0:32:51
Transition 2: 0:01:15
RUN RANK: 69 - RUN: 0:20:30
FINISH: 1:08:02
Congrats to Sean Cody, Relay Team “Let’s Beat Sean”, Phil Starkovich who also participated and kicked uber butt!
Pictures from the bike were not taken since it was out of range from spectators and well, I was just too darn fast! I might be getting some more in the next week so I will post them too.
1. Walking the bridge to the race area…contemplating my options… 2. Sunrise on our start. 3. Piranhas in the water!!! 4. Nice hair Clarke! You better have a good excuse.
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5. Clarke on the run with a pack on his tail. 6. Kick!!! 7. Finish. 8. This is Phil. He got me doing this whole thing..Thanks?
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9. And there will be blood. 10. Clarke with da mamma. She never missed a race of mine in high school, and was not going to miss this one! 11. Bike holding Clarke up as he heads back to the car. 12. Recovering Clarke on the couch with phone and remotes to preempt having to get up for the rest of the day.
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Final results are to be posted here, but the individual event splits are not there yet…I will be eagerly awaiting those.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
HORRAY! Way to go buddy! Nice pic selection too. I think they give us readers a good idea of your day. What’s the story behind the blood? Anything gnarly (or embarrassing)?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
The blood is from when I mounted (attempted to I should say) the bike and slipped off of it. Instead of the foot going in the foot pouch, it missed and the metal pedal raked me. The real beauty is the inner loin bruise from the seat.
still walking bull legged!
clarke
October 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Congratulations! I never fail to be impressed… BTW, thought about you this last week… standing in the piazza del campo in Sienna, you were right, it is an incredible place.