This weekend is the Toyota US Open Triathlon. It is an Olympic Distance Triathlon (1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run) and the culmination of the Lifetime Triathlon Series which includes race in Minneapolis, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and finally Dallas. Patrick, Kati, Fred and I have been training for months including Sprint to Olympic distance races from the DFW metroplex to Boerne, Tx (NW San Antonio). This is the first Olympic Distance Triathlon we competed in last year and we all hope to better our previous year's times. I finished last year with a time of 3:08 and hope to finish this year in 3:00 even or under.
Some of the most notable pro level athletes include:
Greg Bennett - current leader who stands to make over 100K if he finishes in the top 3 and wins the series as a whole and last year's triathlete of the year.
Hunter Kemper - 2008 Bejing Olympic USA Team member who finished with his and the USA's best Olympic placing of 9th.
Aaron Scheidies - First blind triathlete to break the 2:00hr mark in an Olympic Distance Triathlon (which occurred at last year's Toyota US Open Triathlon in Dallas). He is considered the best visually impaired triathlete in the world finishing only minutes behind the other pro athletes.
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