Congratulations To Everyone Who Competed in the Memphis in May Mountain Triathlon this Weekend!!!
Midest Multisport and Lexington had a great showing this weekend in Millington, TN. There was a Mountain Bike Triathlon on Saturday, followed by an Olympic distance triathlon on Sunday. Jeff, Eric, Tony White and myself decided to compete in the amateur challenge, which consisted of competing in both races and taking the combined total time. During the mountain bike triathlon, Tony’s chain broke and he was not able to finish the race. That was a bummer because up to that point of the race, Tony was having a great showing. Eric, Jeff and I had good races. Eric finished 4th in the very tough 30-34 age group, Jeff finished 7th in the 25-29 age group and I finished 1st in the 25-29 age group. We all had fun and it was a great “warm-up” for Sunday. That was my first off-road triathlon, and it was very fun and I have to say I really enjoyed competing in the race!
After a couple of naps and a refueling party on Saturday, we were ready to go for Sunday’s race. It was a perfect day! It was clear, hardly any wind, and the temperature was perfect. We had several others from Mideast Multisport competing and a ton of people from Lexington! Susan Cox and Rosie Hillmeyer from Mideast were also competing. To sum up the day, Mideast Multisport had a great day of racing! Tony White not only finished second in his age group (20-24), he also had the fastest amateur bike split at the Memphis is May Triathlon. He averaged 27.4 mph on the bike!!! He had an amazing race, finishing in 1:53:12!!! Our very own Eric Atnip also had an amazing race, finishing with his best time ever of 2:05:41, and placing 13th in the very hard 30-34 age group. Great race Eric!!! Jeff Buhr had an awesome race, finishing with a 2:12:11. Jeff had a great race considering his bike seat became extremely loose during the ride. Jeff had a really fast swim!!! Great job Jeff! Susan Cox won her age group and averaged 20.1 mph on the bike at the age of 70! Susan you are super women!!! And Rosie, who also had an amazing race, beat her personal best on the bike by over 2 mph!!! Congratulations Rosie!!! And finally, I had a pretty good race. I finished 1st in the Athena division and had a good swim! In the amateur challenge, Eric finished 12th and I finished 6th. I was happy for everyone!!!
There were so many great races from our group from Lexington!!! I want to again congratulate everyone who competed this weekend!!! My next big race will be a half iron distance race in Morgantown, WV. Jeff, Eric, Gary, Nikki, Rodney Wesley and myself will be competing in this race. The race will be on July 1st and I heard it is a hilly one! So I will have to start training hills once again!
On a final note, I wanted to also congratulate Marcus Hammond for finishing his first ever marathon. Marcus competed in the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH. And finally, congratulations to Rodney Wesley for finishing 2nd overall at the Falling Springs Heart and Sole Triathlon! Congratulations to you both on a job well done!
Until next time,
Beth Atnip
