Disco Triathlon Recap

Fortunately the triathlon mishaps for the day occurred only before the race not during but a big mishap it was. My front wheel flew off it's rack while driving to the race at 5:30am. Too dark to look for it but tried with no success. Thankfully Patrick was able to drive up and put his front tire on my bike as the swim start began. Milina's parents came to town Sat to visit the twins and see the race but mostly visit the twins. This is the first race the twins have come to and I was able to carry them across the finish line, this highlight of the race.

Swim -500yd (450m) 9:25min 11th place out of 44. Lake open water swim with a mass beach start. I was a little worried after seeing the number of people in my division Males 30-39, which is typically a large division. I will often hold back a few seconds to allow the main group to start to avoid any needless kicks to the head but didn't this time. I only suffered a few small kicks to the arm. This was a relatively fast swim as the water was not all that choppy and the sandy beach made exiting more comfortable than concrete boat ramps.

Transition 1 - 3:20min Average time in T1, boy was it nice to see a tire on the front of the bike. I was imaging completing the bike portion like a unicycle. It was a long run from the beach exit to the transition area though which added a little time.

Bike - 17.6mi avg 19.2mph 55:02min 22nd place out of 44. Great road condition with mostly flat smooth road. There were a few hills and some of the descent or as bad as North Texas gets. The weather was near perfect for the bike ride. After 9 or so days of triple digit temperatures I was dreading the heat during the race even with a 7am start. It was low 90's with a slight breeze.

Transition 2 - 1:04min Probably my fastest T2 ever partially because it was only a spring distance race I didn't need to bring any gels or anything like that on the run and I knew the run was mostly shaded so no extra water either.

Run - 5K 3.2mi, 27:34min with a 8:54/mi pace 27th place out of the same 44. It only took about 1 mi to break into a good pace and get my legs used to running instead of cycling. From there it was actually a nice comfortable run, mostly shaded on paved running trails. Definitely felt like I could have repeated the run portion of the race a second time without difficulty.

Final Time - 1:36:23 placing 26th out of 44 in my age group and 155th place out of 420 participants

Leaps and Bounds

Sorry for another long drought of information on the twins and their progress. They are so much fun to watch as they learn new things. So here we go
They discovered their feet a few weeks ago which aided greatly in Mia learning to roll onto her stomach from her back. Adam took a little longer than Mia to learn the rolling from back to stomach trick I say because he has about 3lbs on her it takes more oomph to get than weight shifted over enough to roll. They are really just now deciding that lying on their stomach is really not that bad and will stay there for several minutes before the crying starts. Last week they started rolling back over onto their back but have not really mastered that enough to do so at will.
They make the most interesting and funny noises which is a personal favorite of mine. Mia has mastered the girly, squeally laugh that when coupled with a big smile and sparkling eyes would brighten anybodies day. Adam has perfected the art of the raspberry and especially mimicking raspberries. If you make a raspberry noise at him he raspberry right back at you just with a little more slobber and spit bubbles involved.
They are starting to put some weight on their toes and try to stand but still need someone holding them up.
We are going to Milina's family reunion this weekend and will have lots of new pictures to add to the gallery.