ITU Madrid Triathlon

My friend Joe Umphenour, who is a professional triathlete, came in 18th overall and the 4th American accross the line at the Madrid triathlon last weekend (use the sidebar on the itu website to see photos and rankings). It is amazing to me to see that even at 18th place he was only 1 minute 40 seconds out of first place! One lousy minute. It just shows how competitive it is on the pro circuit. There are only so many sponsors and so much prize money to go around so these guys give it absolutely their all.

Before I give his times let me lay out the course on a ITU race which is called an Olympic or also called an International distance:

The swim is 1.5 km or .94 miles for us Yankees.
The bike is 40 km or 24 miles.
The run is a 10k or 6.20 miles.

Now here is how Joe did.
Overall: 1:57:09 18th place
Swim: 18:06 (1:12 per 100 meters)
T1: 1:12
Bike: 1:04:19 (23.18 mph)
T2: 0:31
Run: 33:02 (5:18 pace)



Joe is in black over the right shoulder of guy wearing RED BIKE SHORTS. Well its a tri-suit but again why do grown men wear tight red shorts? He's French...I must refrain from typing anything else...That's not right!

Good Job Joe. (Who BTW, crushed R.B.S. French guy in the placings.)