Columbia Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 4)

jsselle - 2010-05-23 3:16 PM Good luck: No injury.
Bad luck: DNF. Hit something at 22+ MPH, busted spoke, wheel slightly taco'd. Checked it out ... rideable... pulled the bad spoke out then tried to ride a little while and the wobble-wobble-rub-rub got worse. Little devil on my shoulder said "HTFU boy-o, and finish". Little angel said "If keep riding in this rain on that wheel , when people are signing your cast and you tell them this story, they're gonna think you are an idiot". Called for the SAG right around the elementary school. Rode around with the SAG for well over an hour watching people who did not know how to take a wheel off their fork/frame try to change a tire (with guidance from SAG mechanic, but not actual help). Then ...

... finally, cold, wet, and bummed, heading in for one more rider pickup ("... gal on a red bike" says the SAG radio-director)  and you'll never believe who crashed (no injury, thankfully, but skinned up...) , and then double-flatted.....

jsselle - 2010-05-23 3:16 PM Good luck: No injury.
Bad luck: DNF. Hit something at 22+ MPH, busted spoke, wheel slightly taco'd. Checked it out ... rideable... pulled the bad spoke out then tried to ride a little while and the wobble-wobble-rub-rub got worse. Little devil on my shoulder said "HTFU boy-o, and finish". Little angel said "If keep riding in this rain on that wheel , when people are signing your cast and you tell them this story, they're gonna think you are an idiot". Called for the SAG right around the elementary school. Rode around with the SAG for well over an hour watching people who did not know how to take a wheel off their fork/frame try to change a tire (with guidance from SAG mechanic, but not actual help). Then ...

... finally, cold, wet, and bummed, heading in for one more rider pickup ("... gal on a red bike" says the SAG radio-director)  and you'll never believe who crashed (no injury, thankfully, but skinned up...) , and then double-flatted.....

dolelicious - 2010-05-23 6:16 PM

.. and got stung by a wasp while innocently sitting in the back of an ambulance attempting to get warm while waiting for AN HOUR AND FOURTY MINUTES for the SAG vehicle at the folly quarter circle!!!

Karma was totally against me today but it was a pleasant surprise when the SAG vehicle finally arrive, they opened the back, and there was Scott! Although I was bummed to see that you were getting a big DNF too...

Crash was coming off 108 turning right onto homewood.  I stayed down in aero, took the turn just fine, but I guess was going to fast because before I knew it, both wheels were out to the left and I was palms, shoulder, hip down to the right.  No skidding, no wobble, just smooth as ice down onto the pavement.  I got up brushed off, assessed the damage [legs were shaking cause I was a little scared having just crashed at 20ish mph but it just looked like I'd be a dirty, slightly bloody finisher] and kept going... the rest is in my RR...

Hips hurt like hell now.  It's more so the left one not the right one that I landed on with a huge 5" round bruise on it.  I feel like someone grabbed me by my hips and jostled me around well beyond the point where I was screaming bloody murder.. pretty sure it's just soreness and will go away in a few days.

dolelicious - 2010-05-23 6:16 PM

.. and got stung by a wasp while innocently sitting in the back of an ambulance attempting to get warm while waiting for AN HOUR AND FOURTY MINUTES for the SAG vehicle at the folly quarter circle!!!

Karma was totally against me today but it was a pleasant surprise when the SAG vehicle finally arrive, they opened the back, and there was Scott! Although I was bummed to see that you were getting a big DNF too...

Crash was coming off 108 turning right onto homewood.  I stayed down in aero, took the turn just fine, but I guess was going to fast because before I knew it, both wheels were out to the left and I was palms, shoulder, hip down to the right.  No skidding, no wobble, just smooth as ice down onto the pavement.  I got up brushed off, assessed the damage [legs were shaking cause I was a little scared having just crashed at 20ish mph but it just looked like I'd be a dirty, slightly bloody finisher] and kept going... the rest is in my RR...

Hips hurt like hell now.  It's more so the left one not the right one that I landed on with a huge 5" round bruise on it.  I feel like someone grabbed me by my hips and jostled me around well beyond the point where I was screaming bloody murder.. pretty sure it's just soreness and will go away in a few days.

econway - 2010-05-24 6:06 PM Did anybody else think the crowds were larger this year than in the past? Not just in the park, but along the bike route, I thought so. How about the lone drummer on hill #1 of the run. Was that a beat to march into battle, or a death march?

nhunter344 - 2010-05-25 9:46 AM Well my first Oly is under my belt. I was slower than a turtle once out of the water and I got my first race flat out of the way so Im pretty happy about everything.

The damp weather allowed me to freeze my valve in the open position along with my fingers with the CO2 cartridge.

Overall I am pretty pumped about just finishing. Everyone I know who does tris kept asking me why I chose Columbia (which they say is one of the tougher Oly courses) as my first so just finishing, and not finishing DFL has me excited.

Am I the only one who thought of William Hung of the percussion world when they got to the first hill on the run?

Dlaxman31 - 2010-05-25 8:16 AM

I have no idea.  that guy wasn't really on any kinda beat.  More just slapping the stick on the snare?!

dalessit - 2010-05-25 6:18 PM

LOL, yeah but he seemed to be having a lot of fun doing it.

SCamp07 - 2010-05-26 2:32 PM Just got the link for my pics.

#1: I never take a good bike on the bike. It finally clicked that with my lazy eye I always seem to be riding with my head turned sideways. Actually pretty funny.

#2: There's a pic coming out of the water where I'm unzipping my suit but it looks like I'm picking a giant neoprene wedgie.

For your entertainment:

http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=59923&BIB=957&S=230&PWD=

SCamp07 - 2010-05-26 2:32 PM Just got the link for my pics.

#1: I never take a good bike on the bike. It finally clicked that with my lazy eye I always seem to be riding with my head turned sideways. Actually pretty funny.

#2: There's a pic coming out of the water where I'm unzipping my suit but it looks like I'm picking a giant neoprene wedgie.

For your entertainment:

http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=59923&BIB=957&S=230&PWD=