Racing Manatees - Better Together in 2022 (Page 36)

Originally posted by jmkizer

Woot!

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk

I'll be stuck in an airport for 3 hours later and promise to write something up!

Spoiler alert: I swam 22 minutes.

Originally posted by alaskatri



Lightning quick!!!

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk



I typed the whole damn thing up at the airport and then the wifi cut out. I just retyped it.

Enjoy!

Originally posted by alaskatri



I read your review. That swim sounds crazy. It read like a story you read in the paper where someone falls out of their boat on a fast river, and usually it doesn't end well. I wonder if anyone hit any rocks? Or was it not quite that shallow? Great job getting through.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

July 17
Marysia - Blackhawk Trail half marathon

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

July 17
Marysia - Blackhawk Trail half marathon

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk



I know 1 person that broke her toe on a rock....but I'll let her tell you about that......

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

July 17
Marysia - Blackhawk Trail half marathon

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by fortissimoYeah, that person would be me.You can read all about it in the race report I actually put up!

Originally posted by alaskatri I haven't checked in here in a bit. We just spent the week catching and processing about 60 salmon to put in the freezer for the year with nets. Now apparently the fish numbers are even higher - they've been pretty insane this year - so we are going to spend the next bit of time out with rod and reel. Hope everyone's summer is going well!!!

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

July 23-24
Anne - Dust Bowl 100
Robin P - NYC Triathlon

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by Hot Runner Tri at the Grove Oly tomorrow (local race).

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

July 23-24
Anne - Dust Bowl 100
Robin P - NYC Triathlon

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Race was pretty crazy! Usually this race has 200-300 people but only 59 showed up (at least for the Oly, not many more for the sprint). I rode the first 20 minutes of the bike leg (after being passed by one very fast guy right out of transition) entirely by myself! I passed no one, and no one passed me. Like the "I am a Rock" song, triathlon version. There weren't any volunteers on the course either, and only 2 or 3 people cheering. Only a few small course markers, so kept wondering if I'd missed a turn or something. It was like a ride through the triathlon twilight zone, like everyone else had died of the latest plague or been abducted by aliens, but there I was, unnoticed somehow, out riding my bike like a nut through the cloudy Oregon morning thinking I was racing a tri.

Long story but I ended up 6th woman (out of 20--bunch of college kids up there) and 1st age group (out of 2, LOL). My bike split wasn't my fastest there (the course seemed a bit different so not sure how to compare) but I was 3rd overall woman for the bike, which is definitely a first for me. (My bike is ALWAYS much worse than my overall placing.) Maybe those college kids need to get better bikes or practice technique more. (It was windy, and there was some serious lack of aero-ness going on with the younger set.)

Originally posted by Hot Runner Race was pretty crazy! Usually this race has 200-300 people but only 59 showed up (at least for the Oly, not many more for the sprint). I rode the first 20 minutes of the bike leg (after being passed by one very fast guy right out of transition) entirely by myself! I passed no one, and no one passed me. Like the "I am a Rock" song, triathlon version. There weren't any volunteers on the course either, and only 2 or 3 people cheering. Only a few small course markers, so kept wondering if I'd missed a turn or something. It was like a ride through the triathlon twilight zone, like everyone else had died of the latest plague or been abducted by aliens, but there I was, unnoticed somehow, out riding my bike like a nut through the cloudy Oregon morning thinking I was racing a tri. Long story but I ended up 6th woman (out of 20--bunch of college kids up there) and 1st age group (out of 2, LOL). My bike split wasn't my fastest there (the course seemed a bit different so not sure how to compare) but I was 3rd overall woman for the bike, which is definitely a first for me. (My bike is ALWAYS much worse than my overall placing.) Maybe those college kids need to get better bikes or practice technique more. (It was windy, and there was some serious lack of aero-ness going on with the younger set.)

Originally posted by Hot Runner Race was pretty crazy! Usually this race has 200-300 people but only 59 showed up (at least for the Oly, not many more for the sprint). I rode the first 20 minutes of the bike leg (after being passed by one very fast guy right out of transition) entirely by myself! I passed no one, and no one passed me. Like the "I am a Rock" song, triathlon version. There weren't any volunteers on the course either, and only 2 or 3 people cheering. Only a few small course markers, so kept wondering if I'd missed a turn or something. It was like a ride through the triathlon twilight zone, like everyone else had died of the latest plague or been abducted by aliens, but there I was, unnoticed somehow, out riding my bike like a nut through the cloudy Oregon morning thinking I was racing a tri. Long story but I ended up 6th woman (out of 20--bunch of college kids up there) and 1st age group (out of 2, LOL). My bike split wasn't my fastest there (the course seemed a bit different so not sure how to compare) but I was 3rd overall woman for the bike, which is definitely a first for me. (My bike is ALWAYS much worse than my overall placing.) Maybe those college kids need to get better bikes or practice technique more. (It was windy, and there was some serious lack of aero-ness going on with the younger set.)