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Houstonrider

2009-08-24 1:46 PM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

I also have a lot of cuts from my hands to my toes. I'm sure glad I didn't see that gator prior to the swim. Allin all I had a great time.

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JustWood

2009-08-24 1:56 PM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

The race was somewhat disappointing this year. I like the distance, I felt I had a good race, and I enjoyed chattin' it up with the folks in our group! Besides the minor injuries from the swim, it sounds like everyone went through a little HTFU time and came out on top! Congrats to everyone for great efforts on a less than perfect day of racing!

Gators, oyster beds, and sunkin' boats, OH MY! Maybe Greg needs to put that on next year's race shirt ~ Corpus Christi doesn't have the toughest swim in Texas... Clear Lake does!

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wildcat83

2009-08-24 2:37 PM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

I know there will be all sorts of stuff in FL in November, but I just keep telling myself that I am just going for a swim (and ignoring the fact that creatures actually live in the water!).

I was swimming off the beach at Cocoa Beach last month, just behind the breakers, and saw something huge about 10 yards directly in front of me as I sighted. Needless to say, my perfect sense of self-preservation kicked in, I did a neat 90 degree right turn towards the beach without a second thought. Still mentally processing what I'd seen: big, dark, slick, big, not a turtle, no fin (yea!)...MANATEE!

Scared me enough as it was, not sure which bodily functions I would've lost control of had I not sighted when I did, because I would've run right up on his back. Although not harmful in the least, he was still just plain wrong for being where he was when I was trying to get in a swim...:-)

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fattyfatfat

2009-08-26 9:26 AM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

nice day out today. little overcast should make for a nice run.

Edited by fattyfatfat 2009-08-26 9:29 AM

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JustWood

2009-08-26 9:47 AM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

Raceshots are up.... Thanks fattyfatfat... for the heads up and the frickin' laughs this AM! Classic!

An AVATAR if there ever was one!

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KeriKadi

2009-08-26 10:49 AM

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Thanks Justin - I really needed a laugh this morning!

Saw my pics - nothing I need to shell out money for. I am bummed though, I actually made an effort to come out of the water smiling rather than my standard gaping open mouth shot and they missed it!

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Houstonrider

2009-08-26 11:05 AM

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Fatty, thanks for striking that pose......... if you didn't, you would have beat me by 6 minutes.

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wildcat83

2009-08-26 11:11 AM

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Subject: RE: Clear Lake International Triathlon : Official Thread

KeriKadi - 2009-08-26 10:49 AM Thanks Justin - I really needed a laugh this morning!

Saw my pics - nothing I need to shell out money for. I am bummed though, I actually made an effort to come out of the water smiling rather than my standard gaping open mouth shot and they missed it!

And I thought I was the one who had patented the dying-carp-on-the-beach pose for all of my swim exit pictures! I actually had plenty of air as I passed through the crowd gauntlet to T1 to respond to people by name--totally different than in swims past...and of course, the photographers missed that too...

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aggiegrad96

2009-08-26 3:24 PM

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