We Don't Just Tri - We Do Group - Closed (Page 20)

Originally posted by Bull

However my wife and biggest supporter bought me a new Tri- bike for father's day. Went Hawley's (LBS) today and got it all set up and brought it home. Didn't get a chance to ride it except up and down the street a few time, but compared to my old bike it's a rocket. Can't wait till tomorrow morning to give it a ride. I've got a tri that literally starts in my front yard in two weeks coming up. I can see the start/ finish line from my front Porsche, and I'm going to run ride the bike course in the morn.

Originally posted by tukutuku

I finished! Last morning I saw frost on the ground and seriously thought about backing out, but somehow drove to the park and got to the start line. There was approx 10 of us without wetsuits. The swim was cold, but not to the bone, what slowed me down was poor sighting. Approximately every 20 strokes I had to switch to breaststroke and look where I am going. I meant to watch you tube videos and practice in the pool, but oh well... Transition mistake was putting on long pants (imagine the dance I did) and leaving the hoodie. My arms were freezing on the ride. Now when I think back I should have pushed harder on the bike, instead I was just enjoying that I was done with the swim. At least I did not slam on brakes going downhills like I did last year. On my run I became more focused, sped up on the second loop, even passed couple people. My total time was 1:31, nothing special, but I still got medal for the first place in my age group. Overall that was a good race, I'm glad that I did it. Next week we are going to Boston, to our daughter's graduation, so I will have to improvise with the training. I hope the hotel will have fitness room and the pool.
Thanks for all encouraging words, it meant so much to me.
Bull congrats on your new bike! Just in time for the race.

Jurga

Originally posted by Bluewrx

Well, I finally got my first race under my belt even though I had a massive chest cold. I had been looking forward to it for such a long time that I just couldn't pass it up.

Swim - This was a pool swim with four to a lane which was unique to say the least. I swam a decent pace for 500M and finished it in just under 12 minutes which included the run to T1 since that was where the mat was.

T1 - The parking lost had a bunch of small gravel in it so I needed to spend extra time washing my feet before I put the socks on. I still haven't tried biking without socks. Overall it took about 1:38 to get out on and onto the bike.

Bike - I was able to pass 30 or so riders on the bike and only got passed once. It was a 2 lap course and on the second lap the wind really picked up and seemed to be either a headwind or crosswind most of the time. Finished in 42:06 which was 59th out of 178. Top 33% so I'm happy with that.

T2 - Think it went pretty well but had to go back for sunscreen which probably added 20 sec or so. Finished in 1:32

Run - I ran the pace I expected, it was windy and finished it in 30:07. I need to work harder on getting faster on the run. I ranked 118 on this part.

Overall all I had a great time and finished in 1:26:56. In my age group (45-49) I finished 14th out of 27 and overall 82 out of 178.

I'll take that!

Originally posted by tukutuku

Great job Bluewrx! Congratulations on finishing your first triathlon! I wish you many tri's in the future. The swim looks really weird: How did you start swim 4 in one lane? All together or one after another? How did you avoid collision with swimmer going in opposite direction?
What are your other races this season?

Originally posted by sundevil87



Congratulations. Those are great transition times - I'd love to post times like those. Great finish as well. Pool swims can be goofy - my first tri we had about 10 or so people in the lane, made for an interesting race.

Looking forward to hearing about your next goal.

Thom

Originally posted by sundevil87

I've been off the net for a while - sorry about that. The last several weeks have been unbelievably crazy as I hosted my family and friends for my retirement ceremony, celebrated my daughter's graduation from high school, went on a cruise to Bermuda and finalized my outprocessesing from active duty. As of 1100 (11 AM) on the 11th of June I am no longer on active duty. Interestingly, I started my first day of basic training on the 11th of June 1982 - exactly 31 years to the day of my last day in the Army. I am now on transition leave until the 31st of July.

I still have an active race schedule on my calendar with several races coming up starting on Sunday with a Sprint race in Boulder. With my schedule I have not been training much - so this will be a walk through if you will. That is assuming I can go.

You might have seen in the news the large Blackforest wild fire in Colorado Springs (over 15,000 acres and over 360 homes destroyed). We are in a pre-evacuation notice. The western edge of the fire is about 3 miles or so from our neighborhood. The winds are pretty bad, and though the fire has remained to the east of us we are not out of threat yet. So, we are packed and ready to transfer to our vehicles to evacuate if given the voluntary notice to do so. Today will be an important day.

Anyway, I look forward to catching up with all you have accomplished and reengaging with the group.

Mr. Thom Salo (has a nice ring to it)
Colonel, United States Army (Retired)

Originally posted by sundevil87

I've been off the net for a while - sorry about that. The last several weeks have been unbelievably crazy as I hosted my family and friends for my retirement ceremony, celebrated my daughter's graduation from high school, went on a cruise to Bermuda and finalized my outprocessesing from active duty. As of 1100 (11 AM) on the 11th of June I am no longer on active duty. Interestingly, I started my first day of basic training on the 11th of June 1982 - exactly 31 years to the day of my last day in the Army. I am now on transition leave until the 31st of July.

I still have an active race schedule on my calendar with several races coming up starting on Sunday with a Sprint race in Boulder. With my schedule I have not been training much - so this will be a walk through if you will. That is assuming I can go.

You might have seen in the news the large Blackforest wild fire in Colorado Springs (over 15,000 acres and over 360 homes destroyed). We are in a pre-evacuation notice. The western edge of the fire is about 3 miles or so from our neighborhood. The winds are pretty bad, and though the fire has remained to the east of us we are not out of threat yet. So, we are packed and ready to transfer to our vehicles to evacuate if given the voluntary notice to do so. Today will be an important day.

Anyway, I look forward to catching up with all you have accomplished and reengaging with the group.

Mr. Thom Salo (has a nice ring to it)
Colonel, United States Army (Retired)

Originally posted by tukutuku

Armando, you must be living in a very tri friendly place were people do triathlons on the way home from work......

Originally posted by tukutuku

Hi,
Jeff, congratulations on completing your first Oly. I read your race report, you finished strong, and your time is really good.
How everyone is doing? It is quiet here lately. Today I did my first OWS . Wow, I did not realize training in the lake could be so different from training in the pool. Just not being able to see where I am going, exhausted me much faster than I expected. In the pool my routine workout is approx 2000 yards but today I felt done after 1000. We will be camping in PA next weekend by the large lake and I'm going to swim swim swim.
Happy 4th of July.
Jurga

Originally posted by Armandova

Jmac,

read your report - you had a great race!!! Wish I could hit some of your numbers, especially the bike. Congrats.

Originally posted by jmac5032

Nice Thom. I saw the Boulder Ironman announcement as well although I dont think it will be in my plans.

I had a good time over at Tri Boulder. Finished my first Oly. My race report is up.

Originally posted by sundevil87

Boulder Oly is done. Not especially happy with the numbers. The ride was not good. Was hoping for a time in the 21 mph category. The ride up Old Stage was to put it in a phrase - a . Luckily that hill is not on the 70.3 course. Race report is up.

70.3 is next. Should, hopefully, get a chance to meet Jeff since he is doing the race too.

I took advantage of a VIP registration for the inaugural Ironman Boulder next that was afforded to those who did the Boulder Tri-series this year. So, looks like there are two more iron distance races on the calendar in the coming year - HITS Palms Springs in December, and now IM Boulder in August next year.

Thom