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I thought the duathlon would be "easier" without the swim leg at the beginning.  I was sure wrong there...this thing was 3x harder for me than the mini sprint i did.  The two runs ended up without about half being trail run...through the trees...through the mud...up and down from the lake.  I knew after the first run that I was in trouble as I haven't done much hill work and I was fried getting on the bike.  That too was way hillier then I've ever trained on.  Whole different caliber of athletes at that...I ended up 292 out of 500...I guess the positive is that I finished...I didn't walk...and I didn't throw up....both of which I strongly considered at various times.

Good luck tomorrow!  You will probably forget all about those problems with the adrenaline of the race.  Have fun!

Go Leticia!! I'm excited for you. You'll do great. ice for the knee? Take good care and let us know how it went.

-- Alan -- That bike run thing sounds brutal. Yikes. What's up next for you. I miss our TriOK group. ;-) 

I was supposed to be in a tri on 6/1 which was to be my first OWS.  Bought a wetsuit last weekend...went down to the lake to try it out last night....wind was blowing 20mph and the water temp was 56....no thanks....so unless something major changes in the next day or two i'm going to pull out of that.  After that I have a 1/2 marathon on 6/8 in the Black Hills which I understand is a beautiful run.

 My training hasn't been as good lately... I blame it on this group falling apart...I liked hearing other peoples struggles with motivation, etc as it kept me going and picked me back up when i was a little off.

 What does everyone else (that's still around) have coming up?

Leticia -- Way to go!! Sounds like an excellent outing and showing for a first triathlon. You ARE a triathlete now! Any pics to post? The swim is a little freaky. I"ve done two OWS and they were each very weird feeling. The jelly legs are understandable, too. How are you feeling today, physically? I had an emotional letdown after both my tris. You may not have the same experience, but just wanted to give you a heads up. :-)

 Alan -- Any luck with that wetsuit? I miss this group, too. Glad we're staying in touch though.

I agree with the others that have said they have an emotional downer after an event... I seem to go through that where my training is awful.  I maybe need a bigger gap between events so i can get through the low and then have 3 good weeks of training. 

Welcome back! I think many of us realized how this mentor thing works and the Jan. groups ended officially in April and new ones started. Maybe the current mentor groups will "officially" end in July and new ones will start then??

Anyway -- Jogo -- Did you do a tri? How was it?

Alan, I agree, you should give this weekend a try -- or is it tri? Why not? Just see how the wetsuit works and get a training day in, IMHO.

I hope we're all able to keep tabs on each other over time. I'm still having fun. Dream about triathlons though. Anyone else dream about this stuff?

Lynn 

Great job Jo! Congratulations!!!!

 As of yesterday I was bailing out of mine...after a small dizzy spell, couldn't catch my breath, panic attack thing earlier in the week I decided not to.

 Late last night I realized I was just plain scared to do it and decided for that reason I had to.  I realized I the the one I did earlier in the pool was not going to count for me.  Got up at 3 am and drove to it.  Told myself the whole 3 hours there that if I could just get through this I'd probably just run the rest of the summer as I don't have as much time to train lately.

The swim was kind of like everyone said it would be.  Because I'm not a great swimmer I put myself in the back...BIG mistake.  I actually can swim decent speed for the first 200 or so....spent the first 150-200 try to pick my way through the group....mostly doing side stroke or anything else I could do to keep my head up and see.....kicked in the head a couple times.   Overall I think I would have been fine if I could have gotten some space and didn't want to go WAY outside for that.

 Anyways I'll spare you the rest of the details....ended up 432 out of about 800 that finished so I was happy with that.  

...oh yeah...and now I'm looking for the next one....i guess i'm not done

Thanks again to the group (or what's left of it) for pushing me into it! 

A woman spoke before the race.  She never wore a helmet to train because she hated them.   2 weeks ago she put one on just to get used to it for todays race.  Someone hit her going about 60...never saw her...never even touched the breaks.  Amazing she's alive....even more amazing that she competed today only 2 weeks later!