event went on yesterday.  After a week of rain, the weather actually cleared up just in time for the race.  However, the wind never let up, so drafting as a team was key.  The task for the race was to get from Pearlridge Shopping Center to the fountain in Waikiki the fastest as a team.  The only rule was the entire team of 3 needed to complete the race in order for their finish to count.  I rode with Sau and Seth who I have always looked up to for building up my strength to keep up with them during sprints and distance riding.  I guess this was my ultimate test to see if I could accomplish what I set out for myself back when I first started riding almost a year ago.

The ride was awesome, we finished 1st at 40:15 on a 14.0 mile course, averaging 20.9mph.  I was able to film the course using a GoPro HD camera; however, I didn’t realize the sealed housing was prone to fogging under climate changed..  The lens fogged up halfway through the race.  I tried to make the best of the footage, people that haven’t been to Hawaii probably won’t recognize anything in the second half of the video though.  I was pretty upset after loading up the video.  I know the video says 13.2mi route, but it was really 14.0 miles, I didn’t realize my calculation was off until after I edited the clips.  Other than that, it was great to have a friendly competition with a bunch of friends.  This is something that needs to be thrown more often.

pearlridgeXwaikiki Team Sprints from dresearch on vimeo.com