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Your first triathlon: Where & When?

trigolt

Mar 5, 12 12:38

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1988 Mountain Lakes Triathlon - Olympic distance. Guntersville, Ala.

Hot and humid and no idea what I was getting myself in to.

brider

Mar 5, 12 12:59

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1984, Seattle SEAFAIR Triathlon. I was in the second to last wave. Put bike shorts over my speedo in T1, then did a full change in T2. The changing tent flaps had been ripped off, so I just said "oh well" and dropped trou.
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beanmj

Mar 5, 12 13:24

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IM CdA, 2011. The water was pretty cold.

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techknowgn

Mar 5, 12 13:26

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2009 Miami University Student Foundation Tri, Miami Ohio. Get through the pool swim fine, get on the bike and realize OH CRAP, this place has hills unlike most of Columbus area. Was screwed. Finished. Was not last. was happy
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TriAya

Mar 5, 12 13:28

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The inaugural IronBruin Triathlon, March 2005. A reverse tri.

I had no idea what a triathlon entailed. I thought if I put my feet down on the road during the bike and got caught, I'd be DQed.

obi-one

Mar 5, 12 13:29

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June 1990 Youth Unlimited tri----High Point,NC---DNF

July 1990 Smith Mtn Lake VA---first one finished

WIAlan

Mar 5, 12 13:35

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Wausau Wisconsin, 1982. Sorta Oly dist. with approx 1 mile swim, I think 40 miles on the bike and a 10K run. Tried to drive home alone afterwards about 1.75 hours and had to stop at a friend's cottage to sleep after 30 minutes of driving.
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Aust1227

Mar 5, 12 13:37

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1995 West Kennebunk (Maine) Triathlon -

Bought a speedo the night before the race. Had never open water swam, the water was 61 degrees, ocean swim. I did most of it on my back!!

20 Mile ride on a Univega Road bike with downtube shifters.

10K Run was great (I was an XC runner at the time, and running fast).

I finished mid pack, but I was 15 and cocky as could be. I thought I was pretty tough for doing it.

Great memories.

vtlars

Mar 5, 12 13:45

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Lake Dunmore tri in Vt in 1995. Terrible swim,(panic attack)fast bike and a fast run.

gregn

Mar 5, 12 13:56

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1994 Lancaster (PA) Family YMCA (Sprint distance)

Would love to have the results from that race as I'm pretty sure the .25 mile swim took me ~15 minutes or so.

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NAB777

Mar 5, 12 14:04

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1989, an AFL football club triathlon. I can't even remember the distances - something like 300/14/4. I think I came 3rd or 4th - mainly because most of them couldn't swim very well :)

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Mar 5, 12 14:08

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June, 2005. Heart of Texas Sprint Triathlon.

Nearly drowned on the swim but pulled it back together to rock the bike & the run. Since, I've been totally hooked.

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marcia

Mar 5, 12 14:16

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NEW YORK TRI/BI-ATHLON SERIES @ Harriman State Park in 2006. I did it because a friend told me it would be a good triathlon for newbies. Little did I know the climbing required to go around the Harriman State Park loop.
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Mar 5, 12 14:20

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This thread should include then and now photos. I have some good ones from the 1994 Dannon Sprinklins Kids Tri in Chicago. I also still have what is left of the t-shirt.

DieTryin'

Mar 5, 12 14:38

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The Guardian

Mar 5, 12 15:18

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1986 Milton Ontario. 16 years old. 1km, 40ish km, 10km. Swam in a speedo, pulled bike shorts over top with a tshirt in T2. Steel road bike, 10 speed, no aero anything. Tennis shoes and toe clips, then changed into runners and running shorts. Didn't bring a water bottle or any food. Not sure why I kept changing outfits.

Finished in the top 30 OA. The next year I was faster and finished only top 100 OA. The sport really exploded in my area about then.

TravisT

Mar 5, 12 15:52

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First race was Four State Triathlon spring followed closely by Buffalo Springs 70.3. That was brilliant.

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jkahan

Mar 5, 12 15:55

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1978 northern minnesotta - on the boundary waters
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GreatScott

Mar 5, 12 16:10

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1989: Olympic

link5485

Mar 5, 12 16:13

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2010 Boulder 70.3 Probably should have tried a sprint or olympic first.

AndrewPhx

Mar 5, 12 16:21

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Singapore 1986 - 1.2 mile swim 69K bike, 18k run. Started at 12 noon (who starts a race at noon?). The heat and humidity were brutal. No helmets in those days. The photo shows me getting weighed between the bike and run to see if it was "safe for me to continue with the race." I guess I passed.

trackie clm

Mar 5, 12 16:38

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Rinconada Tri on the Stanford University campus in 1987.

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fmacdonald850

Mar 5, 12 17:33

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Hyannis Sprint I in June 2001 out on Cape Cod, MA. Great memories but unfortunately (correction: FORTUNATELY) I don't have any pictures!

Billabong

Mar 5, 12 17:33

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Bud Light USTS San Diego 1989

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fdronald

Mar 5, 12 17:37

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1986 USTS San Diego. Ocean swim...just about drowned. Was in the Marine Corps and thought that I was in decent shape. Not true.
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LazyEP

Mar 5, 12 17:54

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Youngsters...
September 1982
Northwest Community College (Powell, WY) intramural triathlon.
1/4 mile swim, 15 mile bike & 3 mile run
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greenmtnman

Mar 5, 12 18:29

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greenmtnman

Mar 5, 12 18:31

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2001 Craftsbury Off road Triathlon. Craftsbury, VT (doesn't exist anymore). Finished 3rd to last in the swim, 57 degree water, side stroked the whole thing, swam in bike shorts. Rode my schwinn 18 speed mountain bike and ran my way to bottom 10% finish. Most fun race I've ever done. Period.
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mck414

Mar 5, 12 19:13

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IM Kansas 70.3 2009. Up to that point i had done two short duathlons and had just started swimming two months earlier. A couple fo club buddies sent an email to me that slots were still available and i should think about it. Well my wife saw the email and called out my manhood so I went for it. Been in love with this sport ever since.
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realAlbertan

Mar 5, 12 19:22

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11 years old, 2nd in ag ... Grande Prairie, Alberta 1988

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Mike Plumb

Mar 5, 12 19:24

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haha, I think I won your first race, the 88 Mountain Lakes Tri.
My first race was the Calloway Gardens Triathlon in August 1984, a 2km swim, 40km bike and 15km run. I had learned to swim that June and just figured out how to bilateral breath the day before the race swimming at the race venue. Think I finished 15th overall. Second race was the Sandman Triathlon in Gulf Shores AL a couple of weeks later and won that overall, the first of 12 times winning that event.

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crosen

Mar 5, 12 19:29

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1986 -Baltimore USTS

victor selenow

Mar 5, 12 19:50

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1981 Steve Lynn tinman savannah Georgia.1.25 mi.swim 53.5 mi.bike 13.5 mile run.we were bussed up the river got on a tugboat and jumped in.it was still dark and we sighted on a bridge which was lit up.many competitors did not get there eyeglasses as the bus did not return on time.no place to change, no bike racks or assigned spots.we had to cross two bridges five times each that had railroad ties with large cracks between them and they were wet.several people wiped out.I was tenth/67 racers in 5:10.no aerobars aerowheels no wetsuits about thirty bucks.the good old days.

Devlin

Mar 5, 12 19:56

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1983 - Monument Hill triathlon, Monument Colorado. Sprint distance.

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mgalanter

Mar 5, 12 20:06

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1990. A 'Kids of Steel' event in Toronto as a 17 year old. My high school best friend was on the Nat'l junior development team and got me interested in Tris. Did a few other events but a year later I was a undergrad and into the whole 'grunge' thing - i.e. Nirvana, chain smoking, etc. It wasn't until until 2006 that I got back to doing another Tri. Haven't looked back since.

Rick in the D

Mar 5, 12 20:22

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Heh.

1983 Bud Light Clearwater Beach Sprint series, one was a du, one was a tri.

Du: Swim, run (on the beach), swim. I might have completed the first swim, jumped out of the water and run and possibly puked on my girlfriend's feet. She still went to the prom with me, tho.

Tri: Knew better...didn't swallow the saltwater, and finished in top 10. Girlfriend was pumped. I was just glad I didn't hurl.

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Karl

Mar 5, 12 20:48

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Lake Castaic '81

javelinguy

Mar 5, 12 20:53

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1988 Flag City Triathlon, Findlay, Ohio.

crolson24

Mar 5, 12 21:00

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2005 Camp Hansen Triathlon while in Okinawa Japan in the Marines. It was a reverse triathlon...run, bike, swim. Went out too fast on the run. Rode a bike that I ordered from Cali, and put together (incorrectly) the night before the race. I swam the 300m swim with a side stroke. I thought I was in shape until I did this race!

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Mar 5, 12 21:18

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2002 or 2003 try the tri in connecticut. Was training pretty seriously for rowing at the time so I was pretty fit but not specific to tri...still placed pretty well, like top ten AG or something. Not too remarkable except I remember thinking afterward why didn't I do one of these things back in the early 90s when I was cycling ~ 200 mpw in between cross-country workouts.

Insidious

Mar 5, 12 21:18

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Also: some of you are pretty old.

GhiaGirl

Mar 5, 12 21:29

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Las Vegas 2001 or 2002. If it was 2001 it was fall, if it was 2002, it was spring. A hot guy at the pool suggested I do the race. I immediately signed up for the Olympic distance (thinking it wouldn't be that hard-I never even considered the Sprint option...which would have been much better). After borrowing a bike that was way too big for me and walking a good portion of the run, I swore I'd never do another. Then I moved to Hawaii and all my friends were doing them. I'd love to find the results of that race.

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kaolelo

Mar 5, 12 21:43

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1998 tinman triathlon, honolulu, hawai'i. i can't remember how i did, pretty sure i was wearing a speedo, raleigh aluminum (bonded) frame, aero bars, downtube shifters. i think that my pedals were samsons, and the bike shop that i used to go to doesn't exist any more . . .

slug

Mar 5, 12 21:46

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American Steamship ... Buffalo, NY 1985

1 K swim, 40 K bike, 10 K run

Speedo, Schwin Varsity (yellow), and some model of Brooks shoes.

Swam in Lake Erie ... Loads of fun ... Decided to train for the next one.

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Play2Win

Mar 6, 12 4:53

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1993 Wool Capital of Texas Tri in San Angelo.

Knocked it out on my C'dale 2.8 and white TriSpoke wheels.

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trimichael

Mar 6, 12 6:02

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1987 Tyndall Tynman Triathlon in Panama City, FL. Crashed on the bike and had to walk part of the run....and I was hooked!

The_Mickstar

Mar 6, 12 6:10

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2006 St. Peters (Missouri) Rec Plex Triathlon, June (Father's Day)

500m (LC) pool swim
21-mile bike
7K run

Raced on an early '90s Raleigh Technium Olympian with 7sp downtube shifters!

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Mac

Mar 6, 12 6:22

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1984 - Cedar Falls, IA. It was a Swim-Run-Bike (in that order). I "think" distances were: Swim 500 yd - Run 8 miles - Bike 18 miles. First time I ad ever attempted to run that far. I say attempted - because I can clearly remember walking up some hills and thinking "this sucks!".
I had a blast and was hooked!

determination

Mar 6, 12 6:25

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1998 Mission Bay Triathlon, San Diego. It was a sprint. I did the whole swim breast stroke, water was 63 degrees, no wetsuit. I pulled on bike shorts with no pad over my swim suit and rode a friend's borrowed bike that was too big for me. Had a blast!
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JT_Dennen

Mar 6, 12 6:26

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No that's a look! Why that's not standard anymore I don't know!

Blue Rider

Mar 6, 12 6:35

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2006 Door County Triathlon, Olympic distance (with a shortened swim b/c the water was 62 and no wetsuit requirement). Finishing that first race was one the best things I have ever done.
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Mar 6, 12 6:40

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2011 independence tri
westerville, ohio
300m swim, 13m bike, 3.1m run

it was my first and only tri of 2011, but im hooked. signed up for 4 more this year

robb1414

Mar 6, 12 6:48

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2009 New Jersey State Sprint

Longboarder

Mar 6, 12 6:54

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Camp Pendleton International distance, July 2004. My wife and I both raced. I was 52 and she was 46.

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jager66

Mar 6, 12 6:54

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First tri...1991 Triple Falls Triathlon - 1st OA

But, my first multisport race was the Mayday Biathlon in 86 I think...I led the 5k run in the low 15s and the 30k bike took me for f@cking ever...I think I got passed by granny on her tricycle headed to the market.

Carl

Mar 6, 12 7:04

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1987, Waukesha South HS sprint tri, only open to high schoolers. Went in as biker for a coed relay team from RiversideHS in Milwaukee and we won it...which, given the state of Milwaukee public schools athletics vs the burbs and private schools was something of a miracle. Went back the next year as a senior for my first solo shot and came off the bike in 3rd after riding a flat front for the last 2mi...faded badly on the run due to zero experience/training running off the bike and finished 7th.

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gholmes

Mar 6, 12 7:22

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Memphis in May 1986..Herb Parsons Lake finish shelby farms in Memphis,TN Done it every year since this year number 27.

gholmes

Mar 6, 12 7:24

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AndrewPhx wrote:

Hmm back in 1991 I did a race on sentosa island in singapore and it started 2 in the afternoon... That is strange... it was late september though

GreatScott

Mar 6, 12 7:49

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Mar 6, 12 7:55

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JustinD wrote:

No that's a look! Why that's not standard anymore I don't know!

Yep, just rock the speedo from start to finish. Throw on a helmet at T1 and a Bud Light visor at T2 and you are good to go. Maybe I'll go retro this summer.

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donttri2hard

Mar 6, 12 8:05

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Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. 200yd pool swim, 6mile bike, 2mile run. I didn't really know the course so I figured I would just follow the people in front of me... I was first out of the water. Then I crashed on the bike (someone came on the "back" part of a curve in an "out and back" course). I got passed at that point and then re-passed to be 1st into T2 and then gained a couple minutes on 2nd in the run.

thatsethguy

Mar 6, 12 8:09

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New England Triathlon Series, Sharon, Mass.
June, 1987
17 y.o. (maybe 18)

TriTrav

Mar 6, 12 8:09

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2010 Collegiate Nationals. Lubbock Texas. Freezing Cold, windy, swim was ridiculously short. Froze my nuts off the bike, then flew on the pancake flat run course.
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brokenspoke

Mar 6, 12 8:18

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1986? Sons of Italy sprint triathlon, Hopewell Junction, NY

I laid out my bike clothes and running clothes in the bath house and did a complete outfit change after each segment...

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Broken Leg Guy

Mar 6, 12 8:36

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Pequannock, NJ, 1985. 1/2 mile, 25 mile, 10k

I was 15. Man I've been doing this stuff for a long time!!

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King of Pain

Mar 6, 12 8:43

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1982? UCI Sprint Triathlon at Irvine Ca. I think it was around 1982 or 1983

Not my first but this is from Bud Light USTS San Diego 1989. Can you spot all the retro gear?

My come back race after a long absence. Long Beach Sprint Triathlon, September 2011. Finished 10th AG

randymar

Mar 6, 12 8:48

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Brigantine Island [NJ] Sprint, 1996

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Mar 6, 12 8:58

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1984 Bud Light Yuma Triathlon (Yuma, AZ) - Luckily the water was only waist deep and I could walk most of the swim, rode a 30 lbs rusted steel clunker, and cramped like nobodies business on the 10K run...best time of my life!!!

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Mar 6, 12 9:05

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1988. Either Lake Lewisville near Dallas. I think that LA raced that one. Or it was 1988 in LaPorte, TX. Don't really remember.

riltri

Mar 6, 12 9:22

Post #70 of 114 (1123 views)

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Oly in 1985 at Lake Norman, NC. Can't remember the name. Rode my old Schwinn Varsity.

Garc

Mar 6, 12 9:34

Post #71 of 114 (1118 views)

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1988 Bud Lite Series - Olympic Distance, Columbus, OH. Had never done a swim-bike transition or a bike-run transtion prior to the race.
Gary Clendenin (aka, "The Kid" or "G-man")

marmentrout

Mar 6, 12 9:40

Post #72 of 114 (1116 views)

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Tinman Triathlon
July 2000
Shreveport, LA

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ngrabow

Mar 6, 12 10:52

Post #73 of 114 (1092 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

NJ Devilman sprint in May of 2005. Had just learned to swim 8 months prior so floated on my back and did some other strange strokes during the swim. Place 1 out of 1 in my age group :) Learned a lot that day! (placed 3rd in my age group at Kona the next year)

IVcoops

Mar 6, 12 10:54

Post #74 of 114 (1091 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [fdronald] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

2002 - West Point Sprint. The addiction started!

Attila

Mar 6, 12 11:15

Post #75 of 114 (1070 views)

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1997 Ironman Europe (now Challenge Roth)

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csquare

Mar 6, 12 11:17

Post #76 of 114 (1155 views)

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2011 Buffalo Springs HIM. Didn't even know how "to" properly swim; I must have looked like a drunken duck dragging an anchor. Luckily the wetsuit kept me from drowning. Then 3 1/2 months later was in Kona. I'm hooked now......

I do not regret a day I spent in uniform�I�m immensely proud of my service. If I�ve learned anything, I�ve learned what a truly remarkable thing it is to be a combat veteran. Now I want to live an exceptional life for those who never made it home.

B.McMaster

Mar 6, 12 11:18

Post #77 of 114 (1155 views)

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98 Nautica Malibu - thought I swam by a shark in a practice swim, but it turned out to be a porpoise. Scared the sh_t out of me.

triscooteremu

Mar 6, 12 11:25

Post #78 of 114 (1143 views)

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2009 - River City Triathlon - Logansport, IN

Came out third in the swim and realized that I would have to be superman to maintain my place the rest of the race. Absolutely hammered on the bike. What a learning experience.
Scooter
Long Beach, IN

I've gone crazy, couldn't you tell.

tigerpaws

Mar 6, 12 11:27

Post #79 of 114 (1142 views)

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I was thinking it was '87, but come to find out it was the '86 Eagle Creek Tri Indianapolis. My dad did the entire race right next to me what a memory.

(This post was edited by tigerpaws on Mar 6, 12 11:27)

kjtri

Mar 6, 12 11:31

Post #80 of 114 (1137 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [tigerpaws] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1988 Griskus Triathlon (14 years old)
0.5m swim, 10.5m bike, 3m run.

Done all but 2 (years my kids were born) since then.

Panabax

Mar 6, 12 11:41

Post #81 of 114 (1137 views)

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Dallas Metroplex Sprint Triathlon 2011
400m/11mi/2mi
finished third in the Clydesdale Category (barely still a Clydesdale - down 115 lbs at race time)
I broke my collar bone a couple weeks after this race and missed the rest of my first season
#2 is Texas 70.3 on April 1
Sorry, there are no photos of me in my spandex.

Panabax

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Mr. Cleetus

Mar 6, 12 11:58

Post #82 of 114 (1129 views)

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1985 Topeka Tinman Triathlon. 1100 yd / 19.X miles /7.1 miles. The last I heard, the race is still happening.

Brian in MA

Mar 6, 12 13:27

Post #83 of 114 (1103 views)

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2000 Falmouth Sprint, Falmouth MA. Ocean swim with a decent cross current and chop, I learned the hard way how important sighting is as I kept going way off course. Bike course was open to traffic and got bogged down as it went through Woods Hole just after a ferry from the Vineyard had come in. Run finished on the beach. Fun race on a very hot day.

"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

chris_mac

Mar 6, 12 13:44

Post #84 of 114 (1083 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [The Guardian] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

The Guardian wrote:

I did that one too! Boy those were the days, I remember I wore my hockey helmet because I wasn't sure if I'd ever do another one.
No one cared, rules just said you needed a helmet. Rode my Dad's 10 speed, no clue what I was doing, no spare anything!
I remember swimming beside a guy that was wearing Ray Ban Aviator sunglasses, the ones that held on over the ears!
I almost drowned laughing! Good times!

TriBeer

Mar 6, 12 13:47

Post #85 of 114 (1076 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1991 Continental United States Ultra Triathlon (ironman distance), Cambridge, MD, October, 1991.

mtschnur

Mar 6, 12 16:11

Post #86 of 114 (1050 views)

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1987 Terra Haute Tri in Indiana. Olympic Distance. Crashed early on railroad tracks and limped through the run with major road rash. The race was televised and some guy dropped trou in transistion and it was broadcast on TV that night.

Grungir

Mar 6, 12 16:20

Post #87 of 114 (1048 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [mtschnur] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

2010 Millenium Park Triathlon, Grand Rapids, MI
Sprint... on 4 weeks notice, did it on my hybrid (Gary Fisher Utopia) and almost brought my waterskiing wetsuit!

gave me the bug.. have done 5 since, including a HIM and a Du
Ended up being the most expensive decision I have made (disposable income-wise) and couldnt be happier :)

Docmartin

Mar 6, 12 16:51

Post #88 of 114 (1039 views)

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1986 Bud Light Boston, Olympic. 18 years old then.

2nd was 22 years later.

JollyRogers

Mar 6, 12 17:15

Post #89 of 114 (1036 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [Docmartin] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

'91 Mission Bay Tri in San Diego. First du (then called biathlon) was a year earlier somewhere on the Gulf coast of Florida.

runitaly

Mar 6, 12 19:08

Post #90 of 114 (1011 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1981 heart of Dixie Tri Louisville ms
Have not missed a year since
.5 sm 27.5 k 7rn

Back in the day they allowed drafting, fun times

Darryl

Mike Plumb

Mar 6, 12 19:21

Post #91 of 114 (1006 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [runitaly] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Heart of Dixie is still my all time favorite race. Won that 6 out of the 9 times I raced it.

Mike Plumb, TriPower MultiSports
Professional Running, Cycling and Multisport Coaching
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Titanflexr

Mar 6, 12 22:59

Post #92 of 114 (980 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1985 Nautilus Triathlon, Emerald loop Cleveland, OH

Non standard distances, ending with a five mile run. It had one water stop at the turn around with those 4oz. dixie cups. About a mile from the finish there was a drinking fountain, I wanted to stop there sooo bad. I push through to the finish and immediately ask the RD where the water is and he says, "We don't have any here, but about a mile back up the run course......"

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tricyclist

Mar 7, 12 5:17

Post #93 of 114 (948 views)

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Cane Creek Park Sprint Tri near Waxhaw (just outside Charlotte, NC) in July 1991.

A couple of triathletes who occasionally joined our lunch run group at work talked me into it in June. I borrowed a bike from one them and spent a month going to the pool a couple of times a week with the other until I was able to survive a 1/2 mile of continuous swimming.

Three wave on-the-beach start = my first taste of open water MMA. Very unprepared for that. Survived the swim. Casually cruised the bike. Passed tons of people on the run. I was hooked! :)
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scottydoubleewe

Mar 7, 12 5:37

Post #94 of 114 (942 views)

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Inaugural Milwaukee Lakefront Triathlon (2009), Olympic Distance

Water was 43 degrees - I was wearing a 25 year old women's farmer john wetsuit and got hypothermia so bad that I couldn't talk or walk for more than a few steps. Got detained by paramedics for 40 minutes but finished the race! Ignoring my time spent in a blanket and my T1 time, the rest of the race went fine.

A bunch of people got severe hypothermia that day - I don't think the triathlon ever came back

dirtydan

Mar 7, 12 8:03

Post #95 of 114 (927 views)

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2001 Jay Benson Triathlon Albuquerque, NM

Did the bike on my beater mountain bike, ran and biked in basketball shorts and a cotton t-shirt.

Rocky M

Mar 7, 12 8:13

Post #96 of 114 (921 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1988 Bud Light Hubbard Lake in Hubbard Lake, Michigan. 1K/38K/10K

Ogz

Mar 7, 12 8:40

Post #97 of 114 (909 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [Rocky M] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1996 Hickory Hills sprint. Saw it in the newspaper on Wednesday, called to make sure they took reace day registrations, threw the mountain bike in the truck and took off Saturday morning.

matto

Mar 7, 12 12:11

Post #98 of 114 (893 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

The where and when is less fun than the "How".

I hadn't trained AT ALL, but I knew the swimming was my best so I used the impossible-to-fail strategy of "be so far ahead after the swim that no one can catch me!"

By the time I started the run I was cramping from my knees to my nipples and trying my hardest to not throw up while I walked.

And this was for a sprint tri. Hahahaha.

tomziebart

Mar 7, 12 14:31

Post #99 of 114 (878 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

1981 - Penrod's Tinman Triathlon in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!

JenSw

Mar 7, 12 14:33

Post #100 of 114 (877 views)

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2002 Danskin in Seattle
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Trihumor

Mar 7, 12 14:48

Post #101 of 114 (939 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [vtlars] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Also a Lake Dunmore Vt (Vermont Sun Series) newbie back in 1995. Borrowed a friends wetsuit the night before and the style of wetsuit was more for surfing (ski bib style)......and was not conducive for swimming as neckline was loose and would fill with water and create monster drag. Of course, I found that out during the race because I was a big dummy....as opposed to testing it out ten minutes prior to the start. Good times!

Mark M

Mar 7, 12 16:35

Post #102 of 114 (933 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

West Bend, WI June, 1985...did the elementary backstroke on an M-shaped swim course.

sevans

Mar 7, 12 18:36

Post #103 of 114 (920 views)

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1997 Do the Tri, Try the Du in NJ. Was particularly sweet after DNFing my first attempt the year before.

chrisnwh

Mar 8, 12 4:07

Post #104 of 114 (902 views)

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2011 - Hoosierman Sprint Triathlon, Bloomington IN
Hyperventilated during the first 100m of the swim and almost caved then...too bad i slowed down and get going :)

onethinmint

Mar 8, 12 4:33

Post #105 of 114 (895 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [trigolt] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Aurora New York, 1985. Quarter mile swim, 2 mile run, 7 mile bike. Yes, the bike was last. I had to walk my bike on the hills.

Newtons1st

Mar 8, 12 7:10

Post #106 of 114 (879 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [onethinmint] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

2009 Texas Motor Speedway Du 2mi / 16 mi ./ 2 mi. Over did the first 2 mi and got to the bike mount line with my running shoes still on and bike shoes already clipped in.

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trigolt

Mar 8, 12 8:32

Post #107 of 114 (872 views)

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Mike Plumb wrote:

haha, I think I won your first race, the 88 Mountain Lakes Tri...

I'm sure you were drinking beer by the time I found the finish line.

The Guardian

Mar 8, 12 9:31

Post #108 of 114 (855 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [chris_mac] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Yeah the next year I still didn't know what I was doing (my second triathlon) so I swam in a surfing wetsuit which of course just retained water and slowed me down. On the bike the bearings in one of my pedals seized (because I was riding a poorly maintained ten speed) and I could only pedal forward about ten rotations at a time before I had to back pedal to rethread the pedal so it would not fall out. Made for a long day on the bike.

mopdahl

Mar 8, 12 9:37

Post #109 of 114 (854 views)

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1984 Bud Light Indy Triathlon. Distances were about 1k/30k/8k. 15 y.o. 1st OA out of water. Got passed by about 20 people in transition as I tied my leather soled Vittoria lace-up cycling shoes. Somehow the lead group got sent off course by quite a bit, and the rest of the field went a different (right?) way. 3rd or 4th back into 2nd transition (was not part of lead group). Think I finished about 30th after a VERY slow run. I think Brian Boggs won it.
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mopdahl

Mar 8, 12 9:45

Post #110 of 114 (846 views)

Re: Your first triathlon: Where & When? [mtschnur] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I think I came in 3rd or 4th that year there (but it could have been 86). Horrible course--bad roads & the run was thru the worst industrial sections of town.....with the infamous Terre Haute smell. Ugh. They still put on that race every year---has the smell gotten any better?
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�There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.� John Rogers

innohurry

Mar 8, 12 10:13

Post #111 of 114 (834 views)

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2008 Jarden Westchester Olympic Tri.
In a borrowed wetsuit from a good friend 30lbs lighter than I was. Needless to say, the swim was a challenge.

What a glorious day. What a wonderful sport.

triguy1956

Mar 8, 12 10:28

Post #112 of 114 (831 views)

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1984 Raleigh Mini Triathlon
Held in Raleigh, NC it consisted of a 1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike and 3.5 mile run. The bike course went straight through part of the city and NC State campus. It was marshlled by only volunteers no police and 1984 that was not a problem. Hardly saw a car. The race site now is townhome community. My best memory of the race was finishing the run and being greeted by a cocktail waitress in heels offering me a Bloody Mary.

j-hud

Mar 8, 12 12:43

Post #113 of 114 (816 views)

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70.3 Boise. June 2008.

Decided to change into regular bike bibs in T1. Had smeared the chamois with chamois creme before so that I would be assured of a comfortable, chafe free ride. Ran up the ramp with wet feet and got them covered in sand and grit. Wobbled as I tried to put the bibs on and stepped right into the center of the chamois. Looked in horror at the massive amount of sand now stuck in the chamois creme. Shrugged, said "screw it" and put them on anyway. Proceeded to wet sand my taint for 56 miles. Have never chafed to horribly in all my life.

Will never attempt to change shorts in T1 again. Lesson learned.

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gonzobob

Mar 8, 12 12:44

Post #114 of 114 (816 views)

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1985 Lake Kampeska Mini-Triathlon in Watertown, SD. 1/4-mile swim, 10-mile bike, 4-mile run