Ohio State Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 3)

Oh no no no, at the OSU Tri, swimmers willl start every 2 seconds, in most if not all open water swims, it is a mass start and its pure choatic madness.  The indoor swim will be much more tame, and like David said, figure out your 400 time and swim in that wave, which will be other swimmers in that time range. 

No kidding.  I was just blogging about the difference between an OWS and pool swim a couple days ago.  I'm really not trying to promote myself (this time ), but you should check it out at http://theironmountaineer.blogspot.com/2009/01/perspective-cracks-me-up.html.  You're not alone...

Count me in, it will be nice meet everyone and unwind and relax.  Anybody have a suggestion on where?  I heard there is a good pizzeria (dont remember the name of it) on campus.

Tautery, 

Earlier in this thread I posted the top 10 times for this race, Here are the times of the last 2 finishers:

First of all, good for these last two for finishing. They toed the line, the did the miles, they are triathletes. My point being, you'll be fine. I think one of these two did the race on a beach cruiser , an OSU squad car following them opening the course up to traffic. I have a feeling they will keep the run course open as long as they need to to get the runners off the course.

A quality 12 week program should be fine as long as you follow it and don't take too many unscheduled days off. FWIW, when I started training for triathlons I was an overweight, beer guzzling, cheeto-eating couch potato. I trained for about 18 weeks before my first tri and finished mid-pack. Since you quit in March last year you know the negative thoughts you had and hopefully this year you've come up with a plan on how to avoid those negative thoughts. You'll do just fine. Plan you workouts and workout to your plan.

Whoa! 8 feet!! Better get in some good hill training everyone.

(For those new to this site the this is the font that indicates sarcasiam.)

At the race they call the athletes out to the start in groups of 50 based on the swim times you put down. the fastest swimmers go first. If you get faster between now and then or put down a faster time than you can actually swim just move yourself up or down a group or two.

Ok that makes me feel a little better. I figured we would all be in the pool at once. Now that I know it is 50 or so. It makes it better. I have been in the pool this week and I am getting stronger as the days go by. 

 SO slowly but surely I will be ready for the big day!