First Outdoor Pool Triathlon Yields Two Personal Bests in Northern Reston Sprint Triathlon
The Reston Sprint Triathlon has always been a good early season barometer of fitness for Northern Virginia triathletes. This popular Reston race sells out months in advance. This year over 800- athletes signed up for the ¼ Mile swim in a 50 meter pool, 12 Mile bike ride (3 laps on the hilly Baron Cameron, Reston Parkway & Weihle Road course) and then 3 Miles of hills running on the secuitous Reston Trail System. The race is actually a very spectator friendly event, with an excellent venue for staging over a thousand racers, volunteers and spectators.
The proceeds from the event are always donated to one of Reston’s oldest, and Northern Virginia’s most successful, non-profit organizations, Cornerstones (formerly Reston Interfaith). Cornerstones promotes self-sufficiency through support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other services.
While Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau has won awards in his prior 3 Reston Sprint Races, he was curious to see how he would fare in his first outdoor triathlon of the year. Lawyer Landau set two personal bests: he broke 8 minutes in the swim despite not participating in any organized Masters swim practices in years and he broke 22 minutes in the run, despite hitting a pothole on the bike that caused his front wheel to go off kilter & rub his frame the last half mile. “It was like trying to ride thru quicksand,” noted the Herndon lawyer, “but I was passing people in the pool, on the roads and then on the trails the entire time, so it was a good day.” Landau finished 13th overall, in under 65 minutes, and he looks forward to this weekend’s much longer Virginia Triathlon Series Olympic Distance Race in Jamestown. For full results of the Reston Sprint Triathlon, click here.
Heads up – the 2015 race will be held Sunday, May 31st, 2015. Registration for the 2015 race will be open at 7:30PM on January 7th, 2015. As always, this race always fills up fast, so please mark your calendars now!