SWBKRUN- Miles and Miles ahead!!!! CLOSED (Page 121)

You might want to rethink that, I have a history of bad OW navigation....  apparently I am continually drawn into some giant swirling vortex tha pulls me to the right

You might want to go ahead and send an apology note to your quads now....  Those stand and explode things look painful!

Did my swim workout this morning and worked on flip turns for the first time during the cool down.  Have some work to do, but I did get over the fear of water up my nose and of looking weird working on them while others are swimming around me, including a water aerobics class in the next two lanes.  

One lesson learned is that a flip turn is not a full somersault....I kept flipping and coming up facing the wrong direction. Hand/arm position seem to be key, keeping them down my side as I start the turn.  I didn't bump my head on the bottom this time around, but I am sure that will happen at some point..... 

Anyway, a minor milestone, but a milestone for sure.  

No racing for me.  I'll be stuck inside on a two hour trainer tomorrow while Trina's ice blows my way.   Just need to figure out what movie I want to download.

Good Luck on the adventure race! I've always wanted to do one but I can barely find my way out of a paperbag.    Good Luck!

Carry them the same as you do with your wet suit. We had strippers at the Muskoka HIM last Sept. They just rip the suit off and give it back to you.

I was trying to get sent home for brining the cold air into Toronto. I was more than willing to take it back to Guelph with me. Boss didn't buy it. 

At least WE are not full of hot air.

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fattyfatfat - 2010-01-28 7:30 AM wetsuit legal race with strippers.   do you take your cap and goggles off before or after strippers?  why? if after what do you do with your goggles?

fwiw, i've done both.

Up here(at least the ones i did this year), we had to pull the suit down to our waist(ish)....So really irrelevant what we did with goggles on head or in hand. But I imagine if it was a full strip, I'd keep the goggles on the head, let them pull the suit off, and then run to T1 with the suit and goggles in hand.

yeah for the fastest time i think you always want to do this.  but again, does goggles and cap in hand hamper this.   i know it sounds stupid right now sitting at a desk, but afer a nice 1.2 mile swim and adrenaline ramped up,  things are different.  lots of time to be wasted here.  

you mean after 1.9 km swim?  I don't know how far the run/walk is from the bay to T1 is... but I imagine I'll get out of the water and thank Andy for his toes, high five him, pull up the goggles to run to the strippers, Undo the zipper and see what I can do before getting to the strippers. If I can't pull the zipper/sleeves off, then I'll let the strippers have their way with me, keeping the goggles on the head.

an aside....Am I the only immature one that giggles to himself when he types about 'strippers having their way with me?'

Not at all, I giggle every time we talk about strippers...

I guess I dont' put that much thought into it, get out of water, blindly reach back and try to find the string and pull zipper down, pull wetsuit down to waist and when I get to strippers flop down on my back and hold my feet up. 

Also make sure I pick one of the big guys, make eye contact or point at him so he knows I need him to pull the suit off.

OK  We're still talking about triathlons here right ( giggle giggle)

OK I pulled the trigger and signed up for four races this morning. An almost Olympic June 8, an Olympic June 20 a long sprint in July and a sprint in Sept. I'm going to have to find something for Aug. now.  There doesn't seemd to be a whole lot of Olympic races around this part of the country.