To start us off, Joey Church took on the notorious St. Croix IM 70.3 on Saturday and boy did the course live up to its name. Despite a few minor glitches for Joey including head-butting a turtle mid-swim, nearly "endo-ing" over his aero bars 3 miles into the bike course resulting in a long road side repair, and a blazing hot and humid run course, Joey completed the 70.3 and still completed it well! Joey knocked out a 5:24:43 for a solid 17th age group place despite a very challenging day on the course. Congratulations Joey and way to hang tough!!
Secondly, Greg Shore completed the Huntersville Sprint (500m pool swim, 12 mile bike, 5k run) in just over 1:03 for a 10th place overall finish and a 1st place age group! Greg also posted the 3rd fastest run split of the day.
Two of our resident runners participated triathlon and duathlon style this weekend! Tom Patch completed both the University City Duathlon (5k run, 19k bike, 3k run) and, along with Mo Campbell, the Buck Hurley Triathlon Challenge (300 pool swim, 10 mile bike, 5k run). Tom took a 2st place age group spot (and missed 1st by 12/100ths of a second!) at the duathlon with a total time of 1:17:53 and also took a 3rd place age group position at Buck Hurley with a 1:09:38. Mo Campbell, in her first triathlon, went 1:12:57 for a 1st place age group and posted the course record run split (male and female included) with a 19:13! Future competetive triathletes in the making? Yes!!
Lastly, our well-known elite runners, Chad and Danielle Crockford, participated in the CPCC Skyline 5k. Danielle took a 2nd place overall finish with a 18:48 (6:03/mile pace) and Chad turned in a 16:49 (5:25/mile pace) for an 8th place overall (musta been a pretty stacked mens field if a sub 17 minute 5k gets you 8th) and a 1st place age group!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who posted pretty amazing results this weekend! Check back to see what next week has in store as May race season heats up.
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