My wife and I have been doing spint/oly tris for three years now. She has beaten me in every single tri that we've done together. The pattern is always the same. Our swim times are always near identical, I'm always two to four minutes faster on the bike, but her running is always about a minute per Km faster than is mine, so she catches and passes me on the run.
I've used the big excuse that she's 16 yrs younger than me (hey, it's my second time around in the marriage game, so why not!), but it's really because that she has a competitive college level running background while I don't. Running is her sport of the three while mine is cycling.
I don't expect to see this pattern changing in the near future unless I can build up even a bigger advantage on the bike and/or improve my running considerably.
Just wondering if I'm alone or if there is anyone else out there who is getting whupped by their other half.
I've used the big excuse that she's 16 yrs younger than me (hey, it's my second time around in the marriage game, so why not!), but it's really because that she has a competitive college level running background while I don't. Running is her sport of the three while mine is cycling.
I don't expect to see this pattern changing in the near future unless I can build up even a bigger advantage on the bike and/or improve my running considerably.
Just wondering if I'm alone or if there is anyone else out there who is getting whupped by their other half.