Buffman & Squeaky

It was 48 degrees outside when we arrived at 7 am.  Ben stretching to warm up.

Cleat inspection

Photo Ops are not his thing.

   Around start time the temperature eked up to the low 50s, yet the water

 temperature hovered at 64 degrees.  

Not surprisingly, Ben was one of the only ones

 without a wetsuit. 

  

Ben, with hands on head, is centered between their legs.

And they're off.  Now swim a mile.

With some insane hills and wind, Ben clocked an average of 25.7 miles per hour
for his 40k bike.  Muy impressive.

After turbo pedaling for nearly an hour, he still had his 10k to run.

Ben's first olympic length triathlon wrapped up with his incredible run,
averaging 7:21 per mile.

His run rank was 8th out of 38.

Overall, Ben ranked 3rd in his age bracket.