Finish line video and cool results August 27, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a commentI did it:
(The time on the clock is the total time elapsed since the first wave of the day, not my actual time. I was wave 19, so subtract 1 hour and 33 minutes!)
There’s another cool results page here where you can view maps for each leg, my detailed splits, how I rank against the rest of the field, and the finish line movie in WMV format.
Basic results August 27, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a commentBROOK, DUNCAN | Bib #3024 | M | INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUALS | M25-29 | ARLINGTON, VA 22201
| Overall Rank | Class Rank | Swim | Swim Rank | Trans1 | Bike | Bike Rank | MPH | Trans2 | Run | Run Rank | Pace | Sex Rank | Final |
| 2029 of 3722 | 359 of 514 | 00:47:00 | 3229 | 00:04:50 | 01:12:57 | 812 | 20.8 | 00:03:56 | 00:55:43 | 1726 | 00:08:59 | 1651 | 03:04:28 |
Chicago: finished the race August 27, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , 1 comment so farHello this is an automated message from the Accenture Triathlon Alerting System. Your athlete DUNCAN BROOK has finished the race at 3 hours 4 minutes 28 seconds
Chicago: finished the bike August 27, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a commentHello this is an automated message from the Accenture Triathlon Alerting System. Your athlete DUNCAN BROOK has finished the bike leg at 2 hours 4 minutes 48 seconds
Chicago: finished the swim August 27, 2006
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Race day schedule August 26, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a comment(ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
We’ll head to transition at 4 a.m. to set up our transition area — bikes, running shoes, towels, etc. Transition closes at 6 a.m. with the beginning of the 16 sprint-distance waves, which are followed by two waves of disabled Olympic-distance racers.
These guys are incredibly inspiring. I saw a news story last night on two disabled Iraq veterans who are racing in the Chicago Triathlon — one with one arm, the other with one leg. Less than two years after their amputations, they’re living strong if ever anybody was.
I’ll be standing with goosebumps on the stairs into the water right behind them: my wave (#19, starting at 7:33 a.m.) is the very next one. If they can do it, then I can too.
My wave, the first of many, many, is one of several for men ages 25-29. I’ve decided that I’m lucky that I got the very first possible wave (many of my teammates are in waves an hour or more later). I’ll have less time to kill (= less time to fight my nerves) after setting up my transition area, I should be done before it starts to get hot, and the water should be nice and cool for wetsuit-wearing.
Barring disaster, fingers crossed, knock on wood, please please please, I expect to cross the finish line around 11. Check back here to see how I do.
I cannot believe am going to do this in just a few hours now.
The race expo August 26, 2006
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Sleep August 25, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a commentTonight is our only real shot at good rest: tomorrow night’s sleep will be over before it’s begun — we (along with 7,500 people) have to take our bikes and equipment to transition at four a.m.
I’m skipping the gentle run scheduled for first thing in the morning: we’ve been training for months, so an extra hour of sleep is likely to do more for me than a 20-minute jog when we’re less than 24 hours away from the race.
Letterman is on an hour earlier here! Central time is AWESOME.
Resurrecting my bike August 25, 2006
Posted by Duncan Brook in : Fight cancer , add a commentIt arrived in Chicago in a gray coffin:
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After I finished working on it, my bike, hot and whole again … praise the lord:
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Team bike build August 25, 2006
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