Lake Las Vegas Triathlon

The Goat was aching to try out the new Cervelo in its debut triathlon. Sure enough his creativity flourished once again as he planned a “weekend” getaway around a race. I couldn’t complain. The accommodations were beautiful. http://www.lakelasvegas.com/accommodations_hyatt.asp

The sprint wasn’t enough for him. He had to sign up for the long course, a 0.96 Mile Swim, 25.25 Mile Bike, 5.9 Mile Run. http://www.sunsetracing.com/events/lake-las-vegas-tri When I got down to the race course the sprint racers were making the transition from swim to bike. The Goat was long gone on the long course. I figured I had some time before he came in on the bike. I was immediately proven wrong. After only about 5-6 long course bikers had come in, the Goat totally caught me off guard. There he was zooming by, and all I had time for was a tail shot. I figured he had to be flying on the new bike to be that far up in the pack. It was really exciting to see him so far ahead.

I hurried down to the ramp by transition, but unfortunately pictures must be taken with the lens cap off. I fired myself as the Goat paparazzi that day. I walked down to the village and waited for the finishers to cross the mat. Cow bells were abundant. I found my place up on a wall next to a tree and snagged a video clip of the finish. Yay!

The Goat was a bit frustrated when he finished. Apparently some of the helpers on the course, mostly kids, directed the first runners out on a golf course instead of in the direction of the true race course. He said he ran around an extra ten minutes in the wrong place before he figured out they sent him in the wrong direction. He still took 3rd place in his age group, but he could have shaved off a good ten minutes if he’d stayed on course.

Overall, the Goat was very satisfied with the "pretty" and "fast" new bike.