Oriolepwr and QuincyF's Magical Mys-tri Tour "The Sequel" -On Tour!! (Page 26)

Hi Q, we finished right next to each other.  I finished the Tri at 1:33:35...

Hi Magical MysTRIppers ... pardon me, sorry to interrupt ... this is only about six months overdue ... but a long time ago your fabulous own Quincy asked me to write a word or two about open-water swimming for her mentor group. I may have gone a bit overboard with it, but she is definitely the reason this ever got written, since I started writing it for her ... and by proxy, you.

Wishing all of you well with your various sports endeavors!

Open Water Swimming: MAPS to Get Ready

Hi Q, we finished right next to each other.  I finished the Tri at 1:33:35...

Absolutely!!  capitalize on your success  do that Indy tri!  :-)         Oh yea and flipping the switch like that is so BadA$$ 

Now in my next tri  when the whole "I wanna die or quit"  thoughts start circling through my head (and they will)   I'll just go ahead and think.   Well Dave,   Jax flipped that switch  so can you!    

SUCCESS!!!   I'm so happy.  I swam without a major panic attack and feel like I swam strong...especially the 2nd 1/2 of the swim.  I'll put more details in my report, which I'll post after I see official results.  It was a very small, manually timed event, so I suppose they will e-mail the results.  But, I think the swim was about 15 or 20 minutes...bike was 38 minutes and run was 28 minutes. 

Few details about the swim...the first 75 yards I was fine, felt good, steady, rhythmic.  Then, the panic started to rise a bit and before I knew it I had that "my chest is going to explode" feeling and didn't want my face in the water.  So I breast stroked with my head out, flipped over and back stroked for a bit, and generally struggled.  But, at about the half way point, it's like I flipped a switch in my head and thought, ok, I'm half way, I'm just going to do this and stop freaking out.  And at that point I started freestyle and got very rhymthic and felt good!  You know what I was thinking every breath?  Shelly...breathe...Sarah...breathe...Alicia....breathe...Tom...breathe... and before I knew it, I was getting out of the water! 

Soooooo...I am super stoked!!  Swim was very slow, but I SO don't care!!  I just wanted to get through it without panicking and I did!!!  Yay!!  So...now I really really want to race again and keep with the momentum.  There's a tri in Indy on 6/24 I may do!  My family participates in Relay For Life the day before, so the timing's not great, but I think I want to take advantage of the confidence I gained today and do it again!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUCCESS!!!   I'm so happy.  I swam without a major panic attack and feel like I swam strong...especially the 2nd 1/2 of the swim.  I'll put more details in my report, which I'll post after I see official results.  It was a very small, manually timed event, so I suppose they will e-mail the results.  But, I think the swim was about 15 or 20 minutes...bike was 38 minutes and run was 28 minutes. 

Few details about the swim...the first 75 yards I was fine, felt good, steady, rhythmic.  Then, the panic started to rise a bit and before I knew it I had that "my chest is going to explode" feeling and didn't want my face in the water.  So I breast stroked with my head out, flipped over and back stroked for a bit, and generally struggled.  But, at about the half way point, it's like I flipped a switch in my head and thought, ok, I'm half way, I'm just going to do this and stop freaking out.  And at that point I started freestyle and got very rhymthic and felt good!  You know what I was thinking every breath?  Shelly...breathe...Sarah...breathe...Alicia....breathe...Tom...breathe... and before I knew it, I was getting out of the water! 

Soooooo...I am super stoked!!  Swim was very slow, but I SO don't care!!  I just wanted to get through it without panicking and I did!!!  Yay!!  So...now I really really want to race again and keep with the momentum.  There's a tri in Indy on 6/24 I may do!  My family participates in Relay For Life the day before, so the timing's not great, but I think I want to take advantage of the confidence I gained today and do it again!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finished my first triathlon today.  It was awesome.  The race report is up;  need some help in transition if any one has any insight. 

Congratulations Jacki on conquering the panic!!

Well, It zipped up! I put it on 2 different times yesterday. Once as soon as I got home (i'm a kid at heart) and once again when Lesley got home. I'm really gonna have to practice the removal though. It took forever. Tate, my 7 year old, said " Wow dad, you look ridiculous." Bode then replied, "No dad, you look fast." On second thought he might have said fat, but i'm gonna go with fast.  

Hi gang, Sorry to be so late.  My race report is up for my DU.  I finished, and didn't come in last, LOL.  I had a good time and plan on doing well in my next TRI in July.

So happy to hear about Jacki.

Shelly, glad you listened to your chest pain.  You may want to check out topographical maps next time you go to Georgia.  It is the end of the Apalachian mountains in that area.  And I agree, one hill should not equal many.  In NJ we have flat lands all the way upto the Apalachian trail.  Hence, I've been concentrating on races from the central part of my state on south.

Tom

TJ   you look fast!    SO how long could you have it one before sweating to death!    Yes practice it!   One trick is to really rub body glide around your ankles before putting it on.   It then  Helps it to slide off a lil easier.  

Well, It zipped up! I put it on 2 different times yesterday. Once as soon as I got home (i'm a kid at heart) and once again when Lesley got home. I'm really gonna have to practice the removal though. It took forever. Tate, my 7 year old, said " Wow dad, you look ridiculous." Bode then replied, "No dad, you look fast." On second thought he might have said fat, but i'm gonna go with fast.  

I'm thinking of using this towel setup in transition to remind me to go faster!

I love the look on this guys face.  (I pretty much have the same look right now)  Despite being ready for nearly every contingency,  stuff will happen.    Ya just gotta "deal with it when it comes"    Good thing to keep in mind.   

I have a big work project that I "Thought" would be completed before my Half Iron (Door County)   now my event (and a mini vaca for my fam) is in serious Jeopardy and we may not be able to go.      This year its par for the course for me.      My plan is to ride it out to the last minute and plan as if the race is going to happen for me.    If not, I will have to abort, and will drop in to Branson 70.3  should it come down to it.        But I will soldier on.  I'm good at that.  one way or another, one foot in front of the other.      That's why I love this pic.  And hey the guy even looks like me pretty much

The work thing is after this:

I love the look on this guys face.  (I pretty much have the same look right now)  Despite being ready for nearly every contingency,  stuff will happen.    Ya just gotta "deal with it when it comes"    Good thing to keep in mind.   

I have a big work project that I "Thought" would be completed before my Half Iron (Door County)   now my event (and a mini vaca for my fam) is in serious Jeopardy and we may not be able to go.      This year its par for the course for me.      My plan is to ride it out to the last minute and plan as if the race is going to happen for me.    If not, I will have to abort, and will drop in to Branson 70.3  should it come down to it.        But I will soldier on.  I'm good at that.  one way or another, one foot in front of the other.      That's why I love this pic.  And hey the guy even looks like me pretty much

The work thing is after this:

I love the look on this guys face.  (I pretty much have the same look right now)  Despite being ready for nearly every contingency,  stuff will happen.    Ya just gotta "deal with it when it comes"    Good thing to keep in mind.   

I have a big work project that I "Thought" would be completed before my Half Iron (Door County)   now my event (and a mini vaca for my fam) is in serious Jeopardy and we may not be able to go.      This year its par for the course for me.      My plan is to ride it out to the last minute and plan as if the race is going to happen for me.    If not, I will have to abort, and will drop in to Branson 70.3  should it come down to it.        But I will soldier on.  I'm good at that.  one way or another, one foot in front of the other.      That's why I love this pic.  And hey the guy even looks like me pretty much

The work thing is after this: