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2012-09-10 11:04 AM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
This year:
1 Sprint Tri
1 Oly Tri
1 5k
1 10k
1 Half-Mary

Before this year it has been 10+ years sine I did a race. I am looking at maybe 6-10 races next year, 1 being a HIM and maybe a IM. It all depends on schedule at my new duty station. I am even think of doing some races as I drive from AK to TN, just to spice it up. A new goal for me is do a race in all 50 states.

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2012-09-10 11:32 AM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

Started Tri's in 2009, here's what I've done so far:

11  Sprints

 3  OLY’s

 1  HIM

 6  5K’s

 1  15K

 3  HM’s

 1  Marathon

 1  HIM Relay (Bike Leg)

 2  100 x 100 Swim Events (10,000 yards total on the 1:40)

About a Half Dozen Swim Meets

2012-09-10 11:42 AM
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I started "tri-ing" in August 2011.  Thus far:

2 sprints

2 Olys

1 Duathlon

1 10K run

2012-09-10 12:33 PM
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Since Oct 2011 I have done

1 HIM

1 Marathon

1 IM

Prior to that it has been at elast 10 years where I did more XC races than I can count

2012-09-10 1:28 PM
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I lost count of triathlons somewhere around 200-250. Running races- no telling. I once did approximately 5 marathons in 7 days (at the Marathon des Sables in Morocco, an ultra-distance stage running race). Bike races? Impossible to count. In Belgium we raced 3 times a week, sometimes 4. In the U.S. we raced most times in the summer. In 1988 and 1989 I did a lot of bike racing, not so much triathlons. I had an accident outside the sport and it took a long time to recover so I could run again. 

My life has been a blur of races of some sort since I was 19. I'm 51. In 1986 I did 23 triathlons including Ironman Hawaii.

I moved to Arizona about three years ago and haven't done much racing at all since then. That's disappointing. We have no water here- no triathlons every weekend. In Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan we had racing every weekend. It was a blur. You left on Friday, came home Sunday night. Tons of racing. As a result you got super fast ( at least for me- I was never really that fast).

I miss racing every weekend. This past weekend I worked three races as an announcer at a race series in Show Low, Arizona. The heck of it is as an event announcer, I can make some money, but as a participant, I have to pay...

2012-09-10 2:22 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

This is my rookie year so easy enough for me to track since March:

4 sprint Tris

2 half marathons

1 almost half marathon (race was listed as HM but course was actually 12.25)

3 10K's

Left on the agenda for the year are a 10K, 2 HM's, and a Marathon...



2012-09-10 2:27 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
Started in 2006, and had never done any race of any kind before.
2HIM’s
6 Oly’s
11 Sprints
4 duathlons
4 Indoor tris
2 Half-Mary’s.
2 1.3-mile OWS races
10 4-mile races
2 10-k’s
4 Centuries, 3 Metric Centuries.
2012-09-10 2:42 PM
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Let's see, my first "race" was in May of 2011.  Since then:

6 Sprints

2 Olympics

1 HIM

1 Half Marathon

7 5 Ks

17 total so far.   

Still yet this year:  2 10Ks, and a Century Ride (Race for me).

2012-09-10 3:22 PM
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There are some seriously impressive numbers out there people, but in my book anybody who has got off that couch and done 1, or 1+ is a star

I caught this highly-expensive/addictive/fun tri-bug in October 2010, doing my first sprint in the cold and pouring rain, and loved every second of it!

I'm restricted by a lack of car, so I normally take part in local races about 5 miles from where I live.  In the last year I've been a bit restricted by cash too, so I tend to be a bit more race-selective now, but I've done:

Sprints = 5

Oly = 0 but hopefully 1 in <2 weeks (if (1) the weather gods are kind and it doesn't rain the day before thereby cancelling the swim, and (2) my body actually listens to me for once and obeys...)!

4k swim = 1

5k runs = sort of lost count, but about 5-7?

Splash and dash events (various distances 0.75/1.0/1.5/2k swim, 3-4 mile runs) = I've lost count, but about 8.

I have no goal, I aim to just keep going until I drop, or it stops being fun Laughing

 

2012-09-10 3:40 PM
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My whole racing history happened since I started with BT, so I have a perfect history with details:

  • Sprint: 17 (some relays)
  • Oly 9 (1 relay)
  • HIM 1
  • Triathlon other (some of those sprints should go in this cat, like a 5 and 10 hour triathlon which is many sprints in a row): 4
  • Duathlon: 12 (some relays)
  • 5K: 4
  • 8k: 2
  • 5mi: 1
  • 10k: 6
  • 15K: 1
  • 10mi: 6
  • 13.1: 6
  • Other: 8 (including 2 1milers, 1 7k, 3 Ragnars, 2 Cross-country 7 mile)

I think my goal should now be to run a race in every category in the "Run" menu here on BT. I am pretty close!  I am scared of marathon (training) though.

2012-09-10 9:29 PM
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Hmm, that was an interesting exercise -- I had never gone back and added them up before. I'd separate into 3 "phases"

1979-1996

-- Marathon:  4 (1st at age 12; last in Boston '96)
-- HM/25k:  4 (PR at age 14 stood for 28 years)
-- shorter runs:  100s
-- bike, swim: 0

1996-2009

-- most years just 1 5k event, a couple of dreadful 10ks, getting slower every year, and 50lbs heavier; low point was going over 50 mins for a 10k. Good for some, I know, but not so good when you had once been at 34:xx.

2009-2012 - the mid-life crisis

-- Duathlon: 2 
-- Sprint: 3
-- Oly: 3
-- HIM: 1 (1 more coming up)
-- HM: 2
-- Marathon: 0 (... but first in 16 years coming in Oct)
-- Ragnar Relay: 1 (1 more coming up)
-- 3k-11k runs: 17
-- Centuries, etc.: 11 

No intention to stop racing, if I can help it. I enjoy the training a lot, and the races help to keep the training focused. I just hope to keep finding new challenges to make things interesting. 



Edited by colinphillips 2012-09-10 9:30 PM


2012-09-10 9:33 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
this is my first year of ''racing'' i have done 2 sprint tri's, 1- 10 mile run, and 1 half marathon i hope to do a few more next year. 
2012-09-10 9:49 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

Sprints: 9

Olympics: 2

duathlon: 1

aquathlon: 1

bike race: 2

charity rides: many

half-marathons: 3

10-miler: 1

10ks: 3

5 ks: a dozen or so?

2012-09-10 9:55 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

Including my first 5k in May of 2011 I have done:

5 - 2 mile runs

1 - 3 mile run

2 - 5k runs

8 - various length run races in a winter points series (ranging from 4k to 5 miles)

1 - 6 mile run

1 - 12k run

1 - super sprint Tri

4  - sprint tris

I don't have a target number, just target races I'd like to do. A 1/2 marathon and an Olympic tri or two next year. Maybe a 1/2 iron next year too.

2012-09-10 9:58 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

I used to make a point of doing the 5 tri's that were in my region each year... but that was 1989.

Now, since coming off active duty, and getting back to working out in May, I've done 2 5k's, but will be doing in 2012:

at least one more 5k

One Tri

One Obstacle Run

The Ride2Recovery Honor Ride 70 mile bike (for Wounded Warriors)

I sort-of shoot for one thing a month.

2012-09-10 10:00 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
lisac957 - 2012-09-09 9:38 PM

57 - that was fun to add up!

8 sprints
6 olympics
8 half ironmans
2 ironmans
1 aquathon
3 5Ks
5 10Ks
11 half marathons
2 marathons
1 ultra marathon
10 odd distance races (2-mile, 10-mile, relay, etc.

And a partridge in a pear treeeeeeeeeeeee!


2012-09-10 10:08 PM
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In 10 days I'll do my 78th race since 2004.  Sprints to IM, aquathon, swims, centuries, half marys, 10Ks, 5s, etc.
2012-09-10 10:08 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
Since 1978, waaaaaaaaaay too many running races.Of most recent times (the past 7 years): 40 mile bike ride for the "fun of it" to celebrate my 40th b-day, 100K bike ride (Horribly Hilly Hundred, which is VERY hilly), 2 5ks, 4 or 5 half-marathons, 3 or 4 marathons, 2 sprint TRIs, 3 HIMs, 2 IMs (signed up for my 3rd next year). Working full time, being a Dad to 3 GREAT sons, and husband.

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2012-09-10 10:10 PM
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3 - Sprints

3 - 5k's (only one of them running - the others walking before I was in shape at all)

1 - 10k

1 - Half Marathon

2012-09-11 12:02 AM
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I've done 1 HIM distance race.  I plan on doing 4 more races, with my 5th overall race being in Kona in 2016.  I'm all in.

I will consider tackling badwater in 2017 if I can make the above happen.

2012-09-11 1:00 AM
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Somewhere near, or over, or less than 100 triathlons since 1985.....almost all sprints.  I have no idea how many run races I've done, when I was young it seems like I did one every weekend.....in fact, I suppose I don't really know how many triathlons I've done either. If EVERY race counts, and I have to go back to high school and college running XC and track, geez, who knows?

I know one year I did 11 sprint triathlons....but then I had years when I only did 3 or 4 (like this year)....and two years when I did no traditional triathlons but did some kayak endurance events that included a run or a bike....and 2 that were just really long paddling experiences.

I'm going to do Lake Tahoe IM next year...and then I think I'm headed back to the kayak for awhile...or maybe I'll just watch my kids race and workout because I can while I wait to join the 55-59 age group....that group looks ripe for the picking. Laughing



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2012-09-11 2:45 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?
10 tris (7 Olys, 2 Internationals and 1 sprint)
2 duathlons
3 marathons
11 halves
2 10 milers
2 12ks
3 7 milers
6 10Ks
6 5ks

+ 2 relays (Lake Tahoe and Cascade Lake Relays)

and paced a 3:17 marathon (4th place) for 18 miles and a 3:35 50k (1st place) for 4 miles (on Sunday)

But my main sport is tennis and I've probably played over 1000 competitive tennis matches since I was 14... 35 now.


2012-09-11 5:25 PM
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Subject: RE: How many races have you done?

Too many to count.  My first marathon was in 1977 and first tri was around 1982.  I did a lot of races during that period and than just a couple each year until about 5 years ago when I really got back into things with about 20 races per year.  Besides the countless shorter races I've done 8 marathons, 4 HIM's and 2 IM's.

There is nothing I love more than participating in events.  I recently strained my hip and was unable to run a local 15k this weekend that is a pretty big race for the area.  I can see parts of the course from my backyard.  Got up in the morning, made a cup of coffee, and sat out back watching the race go by.  At that moment, I knew in my heart what my greatest gift has been. 

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