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2008 Jay Benson Tri

red — Tue, 12 May 2008 17:37:20 MDT

This is my third time doing the Jay Benson Triathlon and I was able to improve my time by about 1 minute and I moved up 20 places from year. I was hoping to have a better time this year but I slacked off on my training preparation for the Benson and I still need to train more for the run. It was pretty windy this year and it seemed like there was always a head wind. I'm happy that my bike time was about the same from last year so I felt like I would have had a better bike time if it was not as windy. Overall, I had a good time competing in the Jay Benson and I'm sure I will be doing it again next year.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Run	T1	Bike	T2	Swim	Total
Ryan Painter	49	307	21:41	1:10	34:38	1:46	8:26	1:07:39.20

2007 Record Challenge Time Trial

red — Tue, 03 Sep 2007 16:39:48 MDT

On Sunday, September 2, I raced in the Paula Higgins Memorial Record Challenge Time Trial in Moriarty, NM. The time trial race is 40K and is an out and back course. This year's weather was much better than last years. The skies were clear and there was a slight breeze. I felt a lot better on the bike this time around and was able to beat my time by almost 4 minutes. I hope to get under the 1 hour mark next year. Final results listed below.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Total
Ryan Painter	4	224	01:04:10

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Socorro Chile Harvest Triathlon

red — Mon, 12 Aug 2007 10:19:15 MDT

I finally got around to doing my second triathlon this year. Unfortunately, I did not work on my running at all until last week. One of these years, I will actually work on my running so that I can consistently run around 7 minute miles. I guess I can work on that this off-season. This was my first time doing the Socorro Chile Harvest Triathlon. The swim portion of the race was only 300 yards so this was a very quick swim. I did very well but my timing chip did not record my swim time or my first transitions time which kind of sucks. I was surprised that the bike portion of the race had a decent amount of climbing involved, which through me off since I was expecting the ride to be more flat. I totally spaced to put my bike computer on so I did not get the course profile or vertical profile. The run section was my downfall. I just did not have the strength in my legs to go at a faster pace. This is the one thing I really need to focus on next year. Hopefully, I will commit more training time to this discipline. The race was very well organized and I had a great time.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
Ryan Painter	19	99	-	-	37:21	1:11	27:47	1:12:06

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TP to TA Road Race

red — Mon, 17 Jun 2007 17:23:19 MDT

The TP to TA Road Race takes place across from Hopewell Lake on US 64 in the Brazos Mountains of Northern New Mexico. The C course is a single out-and-back of 28 miles that includes ~2800ft of climbing. This was a pretty fast race and I was able to stay with the main group until we got to mile 24 of the race. The last 3-4 miles was the major climb of the race and the main group got broken up quickly due to the grade of the hill. I was able to hold a solid pace up the hill and finished in 12th place.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Total
Ryan Painter	12	461	1:21:56

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2007 Iron Horse Classic

red — Tue, 28 May 2007 20:20:11 MDT

On May 26th, I rode in the 36th annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. The race is from Durango to Silverton and is a little over 47 miles long where you scale two almost 11,000 foot mountain passes (Coal Bank Summit 10650ft & Molas Summit 10900ft) and you climb about 5700 vertical feet. I was hoping that I could improve upon my time from last year but I ended up about 1 minute slower than last year and did not make it under the 3 hour mark. Maybe next year. I did however finish a lot higher than I did last year so I feel like I did better overall.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Total
Ryan Painter	52	308	03:13:06

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2007 Jay Benson Tri

red — Mon, 13 May 2007 22:20:57 MDT

This was the 30th anniversary for the Jay Benson Triathlon and this year I wanted to improve on my official time that I got last year. Since I have been mainly focusing on my bike riding this year, I spent very little time running this year and never got a chance to prepare for the swim. Maybe next year I will be more prepared for the run and the swim portions of the race. Overall, I improved my run time and my bike time. I was hoping to have a faster bike time, but my legs were pretty tired from the run and it took me awhile to catch my breath. My swim time stayed about the same and I was able to lower my overall time by 4 minutes from last year. I'm pretty excited about my time and look forward to doing the Jay Benson next year.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Run	T1	Bike	T2	Swim	Total
Ryan Painter	69	261	22:06	1:09	34:35	1:48	8:55	1:08:31

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Galisteo Road Race

red — Mon, 22 Apr 2007 21:12:28 MDT

The Galisteo Road Race is a rolling course south of Santa Fe on NM 41 that starts and ends in the village of Galisteo. The course is an out-and-back (23.5 miles south, then back). There was a pretty big headwing while heading south and I was able to stay with the main group for about 15 mile into the race. Once I got dropped from the group, I was able to join a group of 2 other riders and take turns pulling till we got to the turn around point. Once I turned around, I was able to fly back to the finish. It was nice to have the wind at my back and I was able to complete the last 23.5 miles very easily. Unfortuately, they did not post all of the racers official times so I'm not sure where I placed and what my exact time was. My unofficial results are listed below.

Ryan Painter	Place	Bib	Total
Ryan Painter	n/a	536	2:22:05

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