Calleva TRIs something new!

Wanting to show off some mad swimming skills, but not wanting to complete the entire course a day after returning from Rome, Karen convinced Dima to sign up for the Brierman Half Ironman Lite relay.  Karen swam the .85 mile leg in Greenbrier lake.  Even with a wetsuit, her fingers, toes and face were numb in the cold water.  Karen came out of the water in 3rd place 30 seconds behind the 2 leaders.  First out of transition, Dima's took the extra long 45 mile bike leg next.  Dima's first road race went great, with just over 2 1/2 hours on the extremely hilly course.  In true adventure racer style Dima freaked out all the turn volunteers with his speedy descents and turns.  They kept shouting "slow down" as he careened by them! Dima held his own on Karen's cyclocross bike, especially compared to all the $5,000 bikes on the course.  Only 7 super fast triathletes were able to pass him.  For the run, Karen recruited George Corbi from Middleton.  George has blown through several triathlons this year and is running in the Marine Corp Marathon in a few weeks.  George scored the fastest 7 mile run leg of the race making up 2 places and securing a 1st place in the relay teams and 5th overall!  Awesome race for everyone!  Karen hopes that the team can do more races that have swims, Dima wants a road bike, and hopefully we can keep speedy George in the loop!

Official finishing was 3:51.54 only 20 minutes behind the leader.



The race was sponsored and supported by Calleva Outdoor Adventure.