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Have you ever done a triathlon, or do you desire ever doing one? If so to either, what distance?
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Yapp, sprint, olympic and half Ironman - distances. Perhaps when I am done with swimming, I might go back to triathlon... I just have to learn running ;) |
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never done one, would like to, maybe, one day but it would have to be a short distance. i have a bad ankle and a bad back, so i can't run for more than 10k (my chiropracter told me i shouldn't run at all but whatever...). but for now i'm sticking to swimming in pools. i started doing meets last winter and i love it! |
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I want to do a triathlon but an old back injury keeps me from running... even a short 5k type of run is totally out of the question unfortunately. Luckily I'd rather be swimming anyways. |
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Personally... I'd really like to do one, mainly because there are NO expectations for how I'd perform. I'd actually just like to take part to take part, not to necessarily "race". I was in NYC during a marathon weekend, and was very inspired by all the people doing that. Really got me thinking. Then I realized how bad my feet hurt walking out of my way to get to where I needed to go because they had roads roped off for the marathon... kinda made me think again. :) |
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I know what you mean Glenn, about marathoners...my uncle ran Montreal last year(54 years of age, finished in 4hrs and 6minutes!!), and i ran alongside him for the last 5k, it was really cool to hear everybody on the side encouraging the runners, i can see it being very motivating. but 42.2k is waaaaaayyyyyy too long...ouch...my hats off to all them and the Ironmen and women out there! |
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You must be joking.....I'll sitck with swimming for now...... |
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No expectations Glenn? Of course we have expectations; you must be as FIRST out of the water, be in the middle field after cycling and don't finish last after running :D ;) |
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Never, never, never... man (me) was never meant to get on a bike! |
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I have done 2 sprints and 1 Olympic in the past year. I am planning on doing 1/2 Ironman in 2010. My wife who had not done a tri watched my first sprint last year and started doing them. She qualified for 3 world championships this year (after seeing me!) 70.3 Worlds, Duathlon Worlds, and ITU Long Course Triathlon Worlds. My career has not been as impressive! I started my endurance/swimming career as Open water participant 3 years ago and am moving from 2K to 5K distance for first in open water race tonight. |
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I would love to do one some day! |
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LOL. Sprinter. If/when I do one... I'm NOT going to tell you. :) I wanna be 10th out of the water, not get a flat on the bike, and do my best NOT to use a walker on the run. THAT'S my goal! |
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yes I did , some class A. I don't like transitions. |
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Haha. I wouldn't be a good coach hm? ;)
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I raced triathlons seriously in the early 90's. I was trying to go pro before a bad crash messed up nerves in my hips. I did everything from sprints to halfs with the halfs being my best. All I can say is that the tri community (minus being a bit obsessive about spending money on their sport) are some of the best people I have ever spent time with (much like master's swimmers.) I saw an Olympic race where the 5th and 6th place Pro men were battling the last mile of the run when they both realized they were coming up on a woman who started the race 5 hours before they did. Both men stopped racing to walk the woman across the finish. You don't get people like that in many sports. |
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This is my third full season doing tris. Swimming is actually my weakest part, though I'm slowly getting better. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy the swim too as I've always enjoyed the water and joined the "Go Swim" group while looking for ways to improve. I've done a good number of sprints (which vary in distance, medaling in some of them), 4 Olympic/International distances, and 3 Half Ironman distances. I hope to do a full Ironman in 2011 or 2012. I've also done two marathons, one ultra marathon fast hike, a good number of century (100-mile) bike rides, and one duathlon. So, I really cover a fair amount of ground in the multisport arena. I hope I can continue for years to come. BTW, I concur with Eric. Tri folks are really a great group and always willing to help. |
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I swim , bike and run separately at present, but I think my New Years resolution will be do a triathlon next summer. Just need to find one with the rigth distances for me. Individually I can do a 1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run easily so I guess combining them would be acheivble without too much extra training. Any opinions?
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