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2005-05-25 8:53 AM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression

Judging by the times and placement in my AG, my first tri sucked too. Judging by the fact that I had never done one and was coming from a relatively low level of fitness, it was a success.

It wasn't you against the other people there (breast seeking elbows not withstanding). It was you vs. the person you were the day before you started training and you whooped her ass but good. The disappointment will fade. The fact that you finished your first tri won't.

The best thing you can do now is train for your next tri. At my second race, I shaved around 20 minutes off my first. My bet is that your second race will be very different also.

2005-05-25 11:00 AM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression

Renee,

I was just looking at your logs....did you check back to see how far you've come?  It wasn't that long ago that you were doing 20 minute miles.  Yeah, I look at the race results and I think, "how do all these people run so fast?"  I've been working at this for a year and I'm thrilled to have my pace down to 11 something a mile- but when I compare that with others, almost nobody runs slower than 10 minute miles.

I personally think we should work on recruiting seriously slow people to the sport!

2005-05-25 11:27 AM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression
this is weird, but after my tri, I felt a little like I did after my wedding- months of planning, fanatsizing, practicing, ironing out details, making reservations and buying stuff.... It was so wonderful! I was so exhilerated! But then.... it was over. Kind of a let down.

In my marriage I am constantly amazed at how wonderful and strange each new milestone is, and how I am learning to adapt my expectations of what it means to be married. I am finidng myself using similar strategies when I feel "off " in my approach to training. Renee, I think you are exceptionally hard on yourself. Since you asked....

(PS- the bruise is so totally foxy!)
2005-05-25 12:27 PM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression
i had a similar feeling, and what snapped me out of it was signing up for another race
2005-05-25 12:28 PM
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woo hoo on the bruise! right up there with skinned knees and good scar stories. very cool!
2005-05-25 12:44 PM
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Do you have another maybe bigger pic of the bruise... maybe it is my monitor but I just can't see it very well 


2005-05-25 12:58 PM
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How'd that lunch date go?!?! Did you show the bruise? I would have-proudly!
Just like my skinned knee on my first fall on my bike...or the time I hit a tree because of a stupid kid who proceeded to move to the left when I said "on your left! move!"...or...wait thats enough.
2005-05-25 1:04 PM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression
Boy, I know just how you feel. I was totally depressed at my dismal performance this past weekend. My brain tells me that I just started swimming (in the pool) in January and that I struggled with it so I shouldn't have had too many expectations. But my heart says I am a failure! The open water swimming was so much harder than I had anticipated. I could not swim a straight line and I panicked on the first day's swim (mountain bike on Saturday- Oly on Sunday) and choked (literally). I think I lowered the lake level by the amount of water I took in. However, I did manage to finish both days (.5m Sat. and .9 on Sunday). I was kicked, swam over, dunked, etc. on the swim. I wanted to quit soooooo bad, but I didn't. During the 2nd day's swim I got vertigo from the long swim and looking up all of the time to see where I was so I ended up taking over 6 mins in T#1 until I could walk without wobbling. Oh well, this just tells me that I really need to do so open water swim training. I'm not ready to quit yet! I'm happy to know that there is someone that feels the same way I do. If you keep on I will too!
2005-05-25 2:37 PM
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Subject: RE: Conflicting emotions/post-triathlum depression

OMG! I thought the tri-biking group had been waiting for me!!! It was you all along... well I feel better...

(hey, at least we're out there with 'em! you've got to start someplace.)

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