The Graniteman Triathlon was yesterday, my fourth of five races scheduled for this summer and the first race for my sister, Lindsey.  I'll spare you the full race report, but if you are interested, you can find it here.  Considering how spotty my season has been, I wasn't sure what to expect with this race.  I've been training regularly again, but not at the volume nor the intensity that I would like.  That said, I knew I was in better shape than I was for the Lake Minnetonka Tri late last month.  So I decided I was going to leave it all out on the course and just see how I would do.

Before I get ahead of myself, though, I want to give a big congratulations to graveylump for completing her first triathlon and beating her goal time by 15 minutes!  It was a real treat to be able to cheer for her in the race.  I was hoping to see and cheer for her out on the bike portion, but I must have just missed her.  I did get to watch her second transition and cheer really loudly (and probably obnoxiously) for her as she finished up.
( Pictures and a race accomplishment inside the cut. )

So another good race in the books.  Sounds like Lindsey is interested in doing more races some time.  Now we'll just have to convince Matt and Molly to join us (if not Sarah and Rick as well).

Simple pleasure - sweaty hugs
Peace