Team IE Bikes

Our team philosophy is to encourage the development of our riders and contribute to their enjoyment of the sport of bicycle racing with an emphasis on teamwork and sportsmanship. This is a team that provides developing racers the opportunity to improve their skills, experience the positive aspects of team spirit, and practice team tactics. Our focus is to have a group of riders that want to have fun, enjoy competition, and feel that being part of a team effort increases their enjoyment of the sport.

August 16, 2009: Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon

Thanks Rhonda for a great race report! :)

Seems like every race this year I start off tired – but who doesn’t? I drag myself out of bed and head to Camp Pendleton to race the Sprint Triathlon. Little did I know it was going to be a beach start swim – gosh I hate them. Those waves can be pretty brutal sometimes. Of course the set comes in when my wave goes off. It was a pretty challenging 500 meter swim. Ducking under waves all the way to the first buoy. I check out my time when I came in and wow was it slow. Off I go and tell myself don’t look at your watch. Next is bike leg and I am feeling pretty good. Passing all kinds of athletes and loving it. Then I spot this one lady in my age group who drafted off me in the last race and I decided that I am going to fly by her and make it look so easy – I did and I never saw her. Got off the bike and ran and held everyone off and ended up with a third in my age group out of 25 women that completed the race. I am pretty sure there were a lot of athletes that DNF because of the swim. It was a good morning after all!