8/23 ILRA - O'callaghans role call

I will be there!!!! This will be my first one too. I am planning on going out on saturday during setup to kind of get a lay of the land and hopefully set my mind at ease a little bit.

I am soooooo excited!!!!!

We went and watched the one in June.  Seeing 800 meters laaid out is a bit intimidating.  I'm getting more scared the excited at this point.  I'm not sure I'm going to have what it takes to do the run after swimming and biking.

I'll be there! I'm excited to do this course again. I need to work on my bike. 

I am hoping that seeing the swim course will not have that effect on me.

Just keep your eyes on the finish and I think that will get you through!

I have a race in Port Huron that day, otherwise I'd come to cheer you guys on.

Fact:  if this is your first tri, you WILL look at that swim course and gulp hard and possibly start to hyperventilate.  It looks like a super long distance!  However, remind yourself that you have done this yardage in training.  You can do this.  You will be fine.

I tend to have the opposite reaction... Look at it and say "that ain't so bad" then about half way through start thinking "wow this is a lot farther that it looked when I started"

I swam a little over 900 meters this morning, 25 minutes.  I should be good to go for the swim.

Since I have not met with anyone to train this summer I thought I would post a pic of my mug... If you see me on Sunday say hi.










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You don't look familiar but I know the street you're on and I think I've seen the guy behind you, LOL

We need to do a mini group ride sometime!

WOW, did I have fun today!!!!!!!!!!!! JC5066 it was really nice to meet you, great job today. We are now triathletes. I will post some pics later along with a full race report.

Kim,
How was your race today? The bike pic was from the MS150 a few years ago. It was some small town in rural Illinois out by Dekalb.

I would like to thank everyone here for keeping me on track for this race. I know I don't post here a lot and I have not met a lot of you in person but just reading the posts and information on this site helped me stay on track. You guys have definitely motivated me when I didn't want to train.

Thanks!!!!

I finished my first triathlon today!!! I never thought something that hurt that bad could be so fun! An amazing experience - I will definitely be doing more of these

I was looking forward to meeting some of you! But I looked and looked for the face on the pic, and couldn't find it. I hope to meet some of you soon!