Oly...done-HIM here I come!

Same thing for me, except my first HIM is this weekend!

Congrats...I felt the same way.  WHich I translated into I should have gone harder.

Now I am trying to decide on whether to jump to HIM or get faster on the shorter races.  I think the HIM has a certain attraction to it...plus it would involve a shorter race or to while building for it...so I will probably do that. I am thinking IMCA 70.3 and will decide in the next 3 or 4 weeks.  From what I read here it sounds like longer distances make you faster at the shorter stuff anyway.

Congrats on the Oly, sweet finish!

Of course its not as hard, your not at LT the whole way!

I've done 1 HIM, the difference in training is a big jump so make sure you have the time dedicated.  I actually did another long course event ~ 6 mo after the HIM that I really liked, all the distances were ~1.5x an oly (2k swim, 60k ride, 15k run).  I wished there were more races of that distance.

 I'm thinking either Musselman in Geneva, NY or Tinman in Tupper Lake, NY.  Any thoughts?

I'm thinking about the Musselman as on Sat we can watch the ITU race & con my wife into doing the sprint too.  I can do the HIM on Sunday AM and the kids can do the kiddie tri on Sunday afternoon.  Sounds like fun to me!

kelly, i think the jump from intl to HIM is a big step, but if you have trained accordingly then you will do fine. personally I recently completed the nations intl distance in DC and then the following weekend completed Savageman. yeah, yeah, i know that going back to back like that is foolish, especially since these were my first two triathlons. my training was geared towards the HIM and was bike-heavy with lots of hill training, the intl was just a warmup.  you'll need to have had experiment with nutrition and hydration substantially before your HIM.

I too felt that the HIM suited me much better (6/25 in AG) as opposed to 38/215 in AG for int'l. I think it may just work that way for some people!