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The bike was uneventful, totally flat along the coast. By the time the run started the sun was breaking through, the tempature
was in the high 70's and getting very humid. Did I put on sun screen, nope, I'll pay that price later. Our run was 4 loops. Good
and bad. I got to see Ashley, Tyler and Becca on every lap. The bad...it was a 4 loop course. Good for spectators but not my
idea of an ideal run. 4 hours after I started the event the wind had really picked up. I'm mean really picked up. Of couse it
never seemed to be at our backs but it sure was our my face during certain parts of the run course. They even had to take the
Beer tent down but the beer kept flowing.

It was a good race, the Loncar racers left our mark. Tiffany earned a 4th in her age group with a 2:40.33 in the Quarter. Ashley
finished in the 2nd female overall slot in the Elite division with a blazing 4:43 & Tyler finished 1st in his age group with a 4:21.
Rebecca got 3rd in her age group with a 5:24 and I was 2nd in the older man division with a 4:46. Remember the guy with the
other Cervelo P3, he got first...Old men with old bikes rock! I think all 4 of us that did the Half qualified for a slot to represent
USA at the Long Course Triathlon World Championship in Perth, Australia. For race results click here.

Lael

Just like New Orleans, Galveston is about
as flat as you can get for a triathlon which
makes for fast times. It was cool and
humid in the morning with dew
everywhere. We got there early in the
morning, parking was good, no lines, lots
of room in the bike rack, always a good
thing. While racking my bike the guy next
to me says, "nice bike", I said thanks and
checked out his ride.....his ride was my
ride....we both had the older Cervelo P3.
The tempature was about 70 degrees and
the water was a nice 68 degrees and
smooth. No sun, no waves, no wind at all,
but the Sybil effect would soon change
that. Tiffany McGinn was our
representative in the Quarter distance
race. Her event started at 7:00 and went
off without a hitch. Wave after wave hit
the water. The half iron distance was
suppose to start at 8:00 but I guess Tiffany
swam so hard that she moved the bouy's
and they had to go reset them. We started
about 45 minutes late.
At the start of the bike the wind had just
started to become a breeze, just a good
friend letting us know it was there.
Sometimes helping, other times just a
little annoying.