It's been a crazy few days with some non-weekend-day racing. The first PFT Challenge went well, with Rusty in 1st, Mike C. in 2nd, and Brad in 3rd. I also heard the first race of the Old School Aquathon series was a ton of fun, with Kari (10th overall, 4th female) edging out Tim (11th overall, 7th male) (results). As for the weekend, Oyler is competing in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on Sunday. This is a crazy event... 1.5-mile swim through icy water, a hilly 18-mile bike, and a grueling 8-mile run... and crazy fast... GOOD LUCK! Back on the east coast, the Run for the Quay 5K is on Saturday, and I think some of our teammates who didn't feel like swimming with the sharks were planning on it. I'm not sure if anyone has any other races planned, but HAVE FUN and let us know how it turns out!
In the spirit of all of this swimming/running, the fastest 100m hurdle time completed while wearing swim fins (female) is 18.523sec. Veronica Torr of New Zealand set this record back in 2010. I'm not sure if there is a male record... a 400m hurdle record... or why on earth you would wear swim fins to hurdle! In any event, in case you haven't heard, the "thing to do" in world record running is to get 99 of your closest friends together and run a 500K relay-style (aka 100 x 5K). And, these can't just be any friends, they have to be fast friends! Luckily, there are a lot of fast people that run at Raleigh Running Outfitters, so sign-up!
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