Yvonne Bedell

Age: 31

Personal: I was born and raised in Atlanta. Yes, I'm one of the few native Georgia peaches. At the age of 5, I began swimming competitively and continued all throughout college. After graduating from Georgia Tech, I began running and competing in local 5's and 10k's to stay in shape. In 2004, a friend got me into biking and it was at that point that I realized how much I liked all of those sports. The next week, I bought my own bike, read up on the art of triathlons, and signed up for my first sprint triathlon. During the race, I had more fun that I ever imagined and even ended up with a third place trophy! Ever since then, I have been hooked on triathlons. I have always loved friendly competition and with triathlons, there are so many aspects to the sport, I am continuously challenged and I never get bored. I have a wonderful, supportive husband who trains with me and cheers me on at every race. When I'm not training, racing, or spending time with my friends and family, I work as a Sales Engineer for Rockwell Automation. I guess that should be written the other way around. Wink wink :) My main goals for this year are to have fun, win my age group at each race, and beat my previous time in the USAT National Championship race. I'd like to try a half-ironman this year, but the one I want to do is a week after Nationals. So, we will see what Coach Russ recommends.

Competitive History: 2007 (F30-35)
ING Georgia Marathon - 3:58:39 - 25th AG
Tri the Parks John Tanner Sprint - 2nd AG
Tri the Parks Fort Yargo Sprint - 1st AG, 4th OA
Tri the Parks Richard B Russell - 1st AG
Tri the Parks Indian Springs Sprint - 1st AG
USAT Nationals - 41st AG
Peachtree Road Race 10k - 26th AG
Tri the Parks Mistletoe Sprint Duathlon - 1st AG
Hansgrohe Acworth Sprint - 1st AG
Tri the Parks High Falls Sprint- 2nd AG
WestPoint Lake Olympic - 3rd AG
Tugaloo Olympic - 2nd AG
Thanksgiving Day Atlanta Half Marathon - 1:40:25, 10th AG
USAT Honorable Mention

2006 (F30-34)
Tri the Parks Mistletoe Sprint - 2nd AG
Tri the Parks Richard B. Russell - 2nd AG
Tri the Parks High Falls Sprint - 1st AG
Tri the Parks Series - 2nd AG
Buckhead Sizzler 10k - 1st AG, 6th OA
Emerald Point Sprint - 1st AG, 3rd OA
Hansgrohe Acworth Sprint - 1st AG, 6th OA
Stars and Stripes Duluth 5k Run - 1st AG, 4th OA

2005 (F25-29)
Acworth Sprint Triathlon - 4th AG
Charles Harris Run for Leukemia 10k - 3rd AG

2004(F25-29)
Raymond James Acworth Sprint Triathln - 3rd AG

2008 Goals: My Main goal in 2008 is to place first or second in my age group at every triathlon. I'd also like to compete in a half-ironman.

2008 Tentative Races:
ING Georgia Half Marathon
Tri the Parks Race Series: John Tanner, Fort Yargo, Mistletoe, Indian Springs, High Falls
USAT National Championships
Hansgrohe Acworth Sprint Triathlon
Westpoint Lake Triathlon
Tugaloo Triathlon
Emerald Pointe Triathlon
Peachtree Road Race
South Carolina Half-Ironman

I log my workouts and enter race reports at www.beginnertriathlete.com. If you're a member (it's free) and want to read my race reports, feel free to add me as a friend (ybedell).

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