Little Pepper Sprint

NORSA's Grand Ayatollah Steve successfully completed the Little Pepper Sprint in Culpeper, VA, on May 18th. The race was well organized and the weather was just fine as 400 or so competitors gathered in Mountain Run Lake Park. Steeper-than-would-be-expected Appalachian mountains provided a scenic backdrop for the event. In stage 1, Steven was one of a few competitors who opted to not wear a wetsuit; however, he found the 70F lake water to be nonetheless tolerable. The cycling stage was quite hilly as evidenced by racing speeds between 5 and 36 miles an hour. Utilizing his nifty cycling computer (and confirming with another competitor), Steven discovered that the race was in fact 16 miles in length, or 1 mile longer than was listed on the race website. In stage 3, runners ran across the Mountain Lake Dam and finished to an enthusiastic crowd. Steven finished 16th of 28 in his age group and 146th of 237 in the overall male competition. His finish time was 1:40:10 (a testament to the hills). Of note is his T2 time of 52 seconds - the 9th fastest of the 237 male competitors. See Complete Results.











An identical race is held on August 3rd for those interested.

See also: Competition Photos by TriDuo




On this same day, Tom ran the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary's 5K in Wheaton Regional Park, MD. He completed the race in 32 minutes and 14 seconds.