While a handful of Battling Bloggers convened at the Lampson Ranch on Sunday in Huntsville for the Seven Hills Running Club monthly club run, three (3) team members added to the list of quality performances that got kicked off on Saturday with Cassie's sprint triathlon debut.
Katy Lampson, 32, ratcheted down her 10K PR with a superb 55:12 showing at the ever-popular Tyler Azalea 10K on Saturday while Ken Johnson, 66, took home a second-place age group award with his 1:12:25 finish.
Then under great racing conditions in Galveston on Sunday, Sarah Graybeal, a newly minted 30-year-old, was just 15 seconds from the Athena Division podium stand at the Lone Star Triathlon Festival in the quarter iron distance, which included a 965-meter swim, 28-mile bike ride and 6.55-mile run.
Graybeal posted a 3:10:42 effort that was just 14 seconds behind League City's Cathy Modero, 42, and Houston's Jennifer Klein, 41.
She was seventh in her division in the swim with a time of 22:19, which put her behind Modero and Klein; however, she used a fourth-best division bike ride of 1:32:39 to draw within striking distance of the bronze medal during the run.
Despite pushing as much as she could with a quality 6.55-mile run of 1:11:30, she kicked off her near 10-race triathlon season with an excellent performance to build upon.
Captain Jon Walk, 41, ran the Austin American Statesman Capital 10K for the first time in four years, but was only able to turn in a 1:05:59 performance on the hilly course.
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Dang, the more I look at it, the more irked I am that I couldn't find another freaking 15 seconds somewhere on the course!! Next time for sure... :)
Thanks Jon, PIM has helped me become a faster runner.
I had a 5k this weekend and I managed to run this one 2 minutes less than my previous 5k.
yay sarah!!! woot woot!
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