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Way to go TRIATHLETE Becky and Josh!  Pretty cool when you can call yourself a triathlete.

Sorry I didn't get to hook up with you, Steve.  I probably could've planned that a bit.

My race was pretty decent, I think I PRed in all 5 diciplines.  Finish time was 2:40.  The roads were wet, and we got decent rain for the start of the bike course, which prevented me from having enough guts to slam the downhills.  Other than that, the only screwup I had was starting to run out the bike exit instead of the run exit.  Doh!  I'm used to running out the opposite side of the bike.  I think.  If not I'll make that up. :-)

Becky, were we telling you about Matthew, Roger's son?  He thought he got beaten for his age group 1st place, by someone he didn't know was behind him.  Well, when the results came out, Matthew had won by 1 second!  the other guy must not have led with the chip leg, or something is different about the mats than is obvious.

My race report is up if anyone is interested.  It's kind of boring though. :-)

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=159458

Haha, yes that is so easy to do, especially in your first tri.  You aren't really around people in the transition area, so it doesn't seem rushed like a race.  But it is a race.  And lately, I've even talked to people.  Had a good swim?  Yeah?  You?  Wow you did really well for someone who forgot to bring goggles.  Hey, how was your swim?  Good?  Well, have a good bike.  All nice stuff but really, how can you rush a transition when you are having conversations. :-)

Just imagine all that free time you will get at Eagleman now. :-)  It's like taking over 5 minutes off your half marathon time!

I ran the mud/wet hills in my socks.  Until now I thought that might have been a detriment, but maybe I was wrong.  Bike shoes would've been slippery.

Wow that's pretty impressive Dave!!  How did the aerobars work out?  Did you stay aero the whole time?

You've got a lot of time you can still improve on with fine tuning, things are looking really good.

Local folks - we are doing our yearly "Bike to York" on Sunday, on the NCR Trail, from Cockeysville to York, PA, at 8am.  The terrain is easy but the soft ground slow you up a bit.  Decent for a road bike or hybrid bike, but can be done with a mountain bike with effort.  There's short stops every 10 or so miles, with lunch in York.  Round trip is 83 miles.  Easy effort ride; this is not a ride you go hard on, due to terrain and trail walkers. Would love it if any of you could come along.  Let me know if you're interested.

Saturday is the Dreaded Druid Hill 10k.  A local rite of passage.  Didn't really want to do it again but I'm getting sucked into it. :-)  Nasty hilly course.  But fun.  The hills are ridiculous enough to make you laugh about it when you are done.  Highly recommended at least once.

Oh yes there is a race on Sunday isn't there.  Bummer.

Well I will be doing the Bike to York several times before Lake Placid so there will be opportunities.

I haven't been able to check race reports since Sunday.  They are really hard to keep up with!  There must be something other people are doing that I don't do, to make it easier.  Well I should be bumping it up at some point. :-)

I'm assuming you saw Chrissie's blog on "failure" and Columbia, but it's a good read for non-attenders as well:

Learning the Lessons

I'm not very knowledgeable about open water swimming in Cambridge.  When I was there, the open water did not look very inviting for 'just anyone' to swim but I have no idea really.  I bet someone on the Eagleman thread about know.  But lacking course-swimming, you could go to Sandy Point State Park on your way out or way back home.  That is the last exit before you head east over the Bay Bridge.  $3 a car I think.  They have a nice beach, showers, bathrooms, etc.

Maybe we should come to Randolph and do that one with you. ;-)

Hey did you request that "newbie wave" that they have listed?

Doh!  The race is sold out even if we wanted to travel up there.

Hey you have a triathlon to get ready for, stop the party talk. ;-)

I don't see anything obvious on the calendar.  There are a lot of NJ races in Aug-Oct though.  The Black Bear Triathlon is only 80 mins from Randolph.  I would be up for that race but I can't make it to packet pickup in time, unless I got someone to get it for me (if taht's allowed).  I have a friend heading to that race so I have extra incentive there.