Mooseman Triathlon Festival

Tim Bock and I traveled to Newfound Lake in NH to take part in an International distance event (.92 swim/27 bike/6.2 run) on June 4.  Chas was in our thoughts as we enjoyed a tremendous 24 hours at Mooseman.  Will share more about our history at Mooseman; it was my fourth visit and a memorable event for me and Chas as it was our first triathlon- a half-Iron in 2007.

Previous visits saw us camping out at a local summer camp but we went with the upgrade this year and rented a little cottage about 1.5 miles form the event.

36 Belmore Court

We arrived late afternoon on Friday and checked in at the event.  It was beautiful, but cool and windy with decent chop on Newfound Lake and we hoped for calm morning conditions.

Beautiful but windy on Newfound Lake

After carbo-loading on pasta  and a couple of Long Trails we watched the Sox and hit the hay.

We were up at 5am on Saturday.  The thermometer read 39 degrees.  On June 4.  Not overly concerned as the forecast predicted sunny skies and a high of 70, we still had to deal with the cool am temps.  The wind had subsided and it was a glorious morning on Newfound Lake.

Newfound Lake on Saturday am

We biked the short distance to the race and were on site at 6:30 (for a 7:30 start) and got situated.  Water temp for the swim was 61, but it wouldn't be too bad in the comfort(?) of our wet suits. 

Tim in transition area

Haven't told you much about Tim Bock but he's a tremendous athlete and it showed in his first triathlon- follow along below and you'll see why:

114 M45-49 224 Tim Bock Scarsdal NY 35:55 2:24 308 4:33 1:24:32 19.3 103 1:57 45:04 7:17 65 16/42 2:51:59

He came in 114th out of 436 entrants.  Although his swim may be considered his weak link, it's actually his greatest accomplishment.  Tim fought through every pool session to put himself in a position to get through the swim and he did just that.  It may have been the 308th swim time of the 436, but that makes his finish all the more amazing.  After exiting the water, he proceeded to have the 103rd fastest bike time and the 65th fastest run, averaging 7:17 miles.  About 2 miles into the run, I got  a big slap on the back from Tim as he said "howya doing, buddy!" and continued cruising past me.  I finished a couple minutes behind Tim, in 128th overall with the 101st swim, 152nd bike and 120th run.

Tim and Brooks at the finish

A great day at Mooseman