Lonestar Triathlon Festival Galveston, Tx. April 24-55 2010

Saturday was the Lonestar Sprint and Olympic races. Scott, Bridge , Tom, Eric, Taylor, Tiffany, Grace and Stephanie arrived at the start wetsuits in tow, only to be told “The Swim is Cancelled” due to high winds and high waves. That somewhat took the wind out of our sails and we reluctantly settled for the Bike-Run duathlon. Eric took third in 25-29, Steph raced half speed with out her chip, and the rest of the bunch had a grand ole time. Sunday was serious business with the Ironman branded “70.3” drawing participants from all over the world and of course, Clearwater sports on the line. Who would be next to Join Stephanie (who qualified last week in New Orleans) as a World Championship Qualifier? The short answer is Lael did it! In his first try in his new age group, Lael parlayed all that experience and a new dose of Coach Whitten into a 50-54 first place finish in 4:49. Ashley J also won her AG in a time of 4:48, turning down the Clearwater spot, and besting her nearest competitor by 5 minutes 30. Tyler had a great race, slowed a bit in the last 3 miles to still finished 5th with a 4:21 (less than 2 minutes out of 2nd place).

Mikey had a fine race with a 4:44, inspired by his 23 plus mph bike split. Travis finished in 5:00, also with a 23 plus bike split. Korey, protecting a bad foot aqua -biked. April racing 70.3 for the first time was impressive, calm and well paced in 5 hours 32. Special thanks to the Nicole and the entire Sessions Family for their support and great photos both days. For race results click here.