John Harbeck Memorial Triathlon: Women's results

          Competitor           5-K Run     Transition     4 1/2 mile Kayak      15 mile bike         Total

1. Suzie Walsh             23.22*           .53                   57.04*                       56.08*         2:17.21
2. Holly Hall                24.23            .64                   1:18.06                    1:07.11           2:50.44
3. Karen Broadbeck     26.22            .51*                1:15 20                    1:10.12           2:52.55
4. Ginny Phillips          30.58            2.45                 1:32.47                    1:04.07           3:10.41
5.  Liz Reynolds           30.04            4.13                 1:26.13                    1:15.08           3:15.38
6. Sarah Mustered        36.52              .59                 1:28.31                    1:25.31           3:31.55

These are some amazing times, especially since both the kayak and bicycling events required a great deal of endurance and physical strength. Suzie Walsh, using my boat and with only one kayak lesson from me, beat my personal record on this course by a minute and my record on the bicycle section by two minutes. There is probably a good reason why she is nationally ranked as a triathlete and her overall time was faster than all the men competitors but one. Karen Broadbeck had only kayaked once earlier using the same route and knocked 30 minutes off her time helping her to place 3rd overall in the event. 

John Harbeck Memorial Triathlon: Mens Results

          Competitor       Run       Transition       Kayak        Mountain Bike        Total

1. Alex Marsh      20.31          .47*             1:04.22        49.39*                   2:14:39
2. Joe Heart          21.20          .55               1:01.04        59.38                     2:22.49
3. Daryl Condon   23.51          1.00             1:02.56       1:05:45                   2:32.52
4. James Lippold  30.37          1.08              58.19*        1:05.09                  2:34.33
5. Rich Mangold  22:03          .54                1:10:36       1:03.37                   2:37.13
6. Matt Skelly      25.33          1.36              1:10.25        1:02.16                  2:39.50
7. Brian Donahue 30.50          1.05              1.08:32        59.49                     2:39.06
8. J. Mahoney       28.48          1.14               1:16:50        1:14.49                 3:01:41
9. Jake Lambert    19:25*        2.09               1:45.37        55.59                    3:03.37
10. T. Rustenburg   28.45          1.08               1:14.55        1:22.32                 3:06.40
11. Pat Campbell    22.46          11.00             1:07:08        1:14.09                 3:14.21

These are some excellent times on a course that demanded speed, power, endurance and in reference to kayaking, technique. Alex Marsh came in second in the run, 4th in the kayak but then had a blistering time on the mountain bike section to catapult himself to victory. Alex had a cross-bike with barely legal size tires (but they were!) but he better be looking for a mountain bike next year because the requirements will change. Jake asked if he could just keep running instead of kayaking since he was the first in the water following a sub 20 minute 5-K but then was last out of the water. Regardless of athletic ability, there is a knack to kayaking but all the competitors caught on since there was plenty of time to on the 4 1/2 mile course. The bicycle times on this route were excellent because although there are no hills, the constant friction of the gravel surface soon gets to your legs, especially as the time approaches an hour. Joe Heart, at age 59, had an excellent run as did Brian Donahue.