San Dimas Turkey Tri (Page 2)

Just remember will be there cheering for you. 

Thanks! I'll be there cheering for ya too! Good luck on your first. Remember to have fun and every so often look around and take in everything going on around you. The first one is always memorable!

Hey Liz, just have fun you'll do fine. I'm sure the swim distance won't change since they can adjust the the turn around point. As far as the rest of the course they obviously didn't measure it out. By the way it will be my first Tri also so you won't be alone. Here's to finishing your first tri.  

Liz, I too was alarmed by the distance changes as I'm not much of a runner. You will NOT be the only one out there who is not a strong runner. There will be lots of us and we'll have a good time! Despite the distances, I've heard it is a fun, beautiful course, so I think we're all in for a great day tomorrow.

So, everyone rest up today, stay off your legs, pack your bag and think happy, speedy thoughts! See ya tomorrow!

Yes, happy and speedy thoughts only, no negative thoughts.  

Hey everyone it was a great day today. I am a Triathlete! I posted some pics under the challenge team section. here's the link.

 http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=96609&posts=1377#M1067446

Pretty cool! 

Hey everybody! Glad to hear you all had fun today. It was great to meet you Verna and Hector. Hector, thanks so much for the picture. That was very cool of you!

I had my worst race yet. I feel bad saying that amid the happiness of everyone else. I won't go into the details here, but I have a LONG race report for anyone who wants to read. It had more to do with my illness and injuries than the couse itself. I'm super disappointed, but am glad I finished. I am in a lot of pain, so I dread tomorrow! Yikes!

Can't wait to read all of your race reports!

Well, today is a new day and I feel better about yesterday. I'm surprisingly less sore than last night and don't really feel sick. I'm mostly just stiff. Writing race reports helps me get my head around an event, and after having done so I feel like there were good things about this race, and I was focusing too much on the negative.

Good Things about the Turkey Tri

• beautiful venue
• cool long sleeve t-shirt
• convenient for my family
• better run from swim to T1 than usual
• best transition spot ever
• did well in clipless pedals (first race in them) even having to clip in and out several times
• hit highest bike speed ever at 38 mph
• climbed hills I didn't think I could climb
• fastest T2 ever
• beautiful run course

So, sorry if I was negative yesterday. I really thought this race would go down differently for me than it did, but it is what it is.

Modie - I'm sorry to hear you also had a tough race.

mixie - I hope we get to race together again soon! Great job!

Hector - I wish I had been in a better mood when we were talking. I was having a tough time. I'm glad you found me and introduced yourself. I proud of you for having a great race and becoming a triathlete! Woo hoo!