Time flies

I hadn't realized how long it's been since I last logged on and posted an entry! Here's the short of what's been going on.....

1. Jonnene got second in her age group at the triathlon in Jefferson, Texas. Her run was slower than usual, which cost her first place, but I was impressed with the gaps she put on a number of the ladies after the swim and bike stages. The lake had flooded over the beach and some of the land areas so the transistion area had to be moved further inland on the parking lot. It was wierd seeing boats moored up to the picnic tables!

2. We had a time trial on the Fant Parkway over a week ago and it went off well. We had 42 finishers for the 4.91 mile distance that we matched up with the Prologue stage of the Tour de France happening that same day. The only hitch was the hour's delay we had to endure when the city's streets and parks department thought the event had been canceled (we never told anyone that) and didn't show up to block the parkway for the race. However, the police had shown up and nobody told them that the race had been canceled. The officers contacted the right people and we had barricades in place pretty quick. I think everyone had a good time and there were some nice results. However, the difference between the pro riders and our little group was evident...our fastest rider was still 16 seconds slower than the slowest rider at le Tour!

3. I finished up another month of ads for Blackwell. JC designed new aerobars called the Blackwell Base Wing Bar....all carbon and designed specifically for clip-on aerobars to have a nice aerodynamic combo. It really looks sweet. Look for the ad in the September issues of Triathlete and Inside Triathlon magazines. I still need to get that catalog finished up for them in a few weeks.