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Zoya - sorry, I can't help on explaining how to do a RR. I always seem to just fumble my way around until I do it and definitely couldn't explain it to anyone. You can go to the forum on Training and Nutrition logs and someone can explain it to you. Good luck!

Kendra - AWESOME JOB on your race, so glad to hear you had such a great time. I enjoyed your RR.

Mel - very cute tri suit! I remember the first time I did a tri and I didn't have any of the "gear", I was definitely feeling like a newbie!

My sprint went great this weekend, I really didn't have much time to think about it as I feel like I have so many other things going on right now and I was mostly concerned with my dad doing it. It was his first tri at 76 years old and he did it in under 2 hours! Here is my RR if you want to hear more about it http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=74809&posts=1&start=1

Cathy - hope you had a good trip to SD! 

Go to your log, or to your post above and click on the box for "races"   From there, you click on the race listed and can start typing! 

Congrats on all of your races this weekend! 

Kendra, you can't put a caption on the pics in the RR, only if they are in your "album."  And what do you mean "walking through the water"  Was it very shallow? 

Jill, your dad did the tri?  How awesome is that? 

Zoya, can't wait to read the RR!

I'm back from SD, it was great fun!  I had never been there.  Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse were pretty darn cool.  And we stayed at the home of a BTer!  Even cooler.  Hope everyone is good!

Oh yeah, the other way is to go to the "Race Reports" forum and at the top it says "Create your own race report"....click that and go....BUT Zoya, you already have a draft started since you put the race on your calendar and use the other instructions above

OK, i finally figured it out ;-)

Here it is!

WTG Zoya, Kendra & Jill!!! Woohoo! I am so excited to do my tri in 2 weeks after reading all of your race reports. I learned so much from reading everyone's race reports too. I was joking with one of the gals in my tri group we want to finish before they have the awards ceremony.

What is one piece of advice each of you can give us about doing a race?

Melissa

Good Luck with your race this weekend Christine!  You are going to do great!  I'll be cheering you on virtually!

Thank you Kendra, Jill & Zoya for all the great advice.  I'll definitely keep that in mind next Saturday.

When did you stop training before your race?  Some people say the day before don't do anything and some people say three days before.

I'm going to do an OWS practice tomorrow morning.  I rented a wetsuit and there were a few of us in the store learning how to put them on.  It was pretty comical.  I just checked the water temp and it's 78.6 so it looks like I may not need a wetsuit afterall.

Hope everyone has a good weekend & a Happy Mother's Day on Sunday!

Mel  

Happy Mother's Day everyone!  Hope you are all having a great day!

Kateri, I think 7:00 or 7:20 is good for your race.....you'll improve in the meantime, and then racing with several people in a lane will push you also. 

carbongirlco, feel free to join in......but see below.....

My time has been really limited recently and I expect that to continue.  I have several large school projects due in the next month and my training time is increasing.  And of course, work and home need my attention!  So I already have been "missing" here....I will continue to check in here and answer questions, I just might be a bit slow at it.  Feel free to PM me also.  I think we have all developed a great rapport and this is a great group....you are all so supportive of each other and that is great!  Keep it going with the awesome training!

From Ron:

So my thought is that we can keep this thread here and feel free to ask questions....just give me a little time to answer, or if others in the group have something to say, feel free to chime in!  And if you feel like you need more guidance, watch for the new crop of mentors that are going to appear soon. 

Hope everyone has an awesome week! 

Cathy, Thank you for all of your great advice & wisdom. I really really appreciate it. I've printed out a lot of this thread and highlighted different pieces of it. Hopefully a lot of people in our group will still stick around and post. I really need all of your support the next couple of months. My first tri is this Saturday and my next one is June 17 Sunday. I would also like to support everyone else in their upcoming races.

Mel

You are all absolutely welcome!  I have totally enjoyed watching the progress you all have made!

And Mel, HECK YEAH, I'll be cheering for you this weekend and will be very anxious to hear how it went!