PumpkinMan Club Championship with my Dad

On October 15th, my (60-64) year old age group Father and I participated in the 2006 Land Rover PumpkinMan Olympic Distance Triathlon. This race was also slated to be the 2006 Club National Championship venue. My TRI Club made a GREAT showing by producing nearly 180 participants from L.A., but we came up a little short to a TRI Club out of Missouri called COLUMBIA MULTISPORT.

After the race, the L.A. TriClub had a party at the Hard Rock Casino's Pink Taco restaurant.




This was the view from my 7th floor room at the Hard Rock Hotel.




This is My Dad and I just after he finished. He was 4th in his age group.






Doesn't the sky look heavenly. This is Lake Mead at 6:45am. One hour prior to our mass swim start. How often does a guy get to do such a challenging event with his father? What a treat for me!



This race was all about my Dad. I raced while having a 3 week old lingering cold and completely sucked ass. One the other hand, my Dad kicked ass! He had a consistent swim, a solid bike ride and a predicted run. The clock doesn't tell the story... he finished with a time of 4:48. Way to go POP!



Now that this Race and season is over, my NEW FOCUS will now be on Ironman CDA. My official Base level training period starts on November 1st. The game is on.....!