Sean "Butcher" Stucke's Triathlon (with commentary from Rachel)

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Great Floridian Triathlon XI
October 20, 2001, Clearmont, FL - USA
2.4 Mile Swim - 112 Mile Bike - 26.2 Mile Run

This is Sean walking to the starting line. The race started at 7:30 AM with approximately 900 participants.

 

This is Sean after the swim heading to his bike. The swim was 2.4 miles in a lake. Sean was 5th after the swim (overall 52 minutes).

 

This is the bike transition area. Sean is by the red flag in a blue jersey and silver helmet. Once he gets on his bike, he rides for 112 miles. When he came in on the bike he was at about 6 hours and 53 minutes. His place went down but he was still happy with how he was doing.

After the bike they run a marathon (26.2 miles). The temperature was about 86 degrees with 90% humidity by this time. During the run, Sean had an upset stomach because he ate pretzels with a bunch of peanut butter after the bike.
This is Sean coming into the finish line. His finishing time was 11 hours 52 minutes. It gets dark pretty early so all participants have to wear "glow necklaces" so they can be seen. He finished 74th overall (he's happy that only 4 or 5 women beat him).

This is Daddy with Sienna after crossing the finish line. It had been a long day for everyone. They turned the clocks off at 1 am, luckily Sean finished well before then. The next day his body felt fine except for his stomach (again, probably thanks to his peanut butter/pretzel snack).

He wants to know who's ready for the next one or even Grandma's Marathon (Craig? Steph?)?