I got a Complete Stranger to help me zip up my wetsuit on the boat (we jump off a paddleboat... very cool, actually).
The Swim was uneventful...until I tried to get my wetsuit off. The zipper...would...not...budge. I got a volunteer to help me... maybe 3-4 folks run past me... and it still won't budge. Run up the stairs... I am 20 feet from my bike now, and wetsuit is still completely zipped. I am starting to panic. Thankfully, a second volunteer finally was able to get it started, and after losing maybe a minute (felt like thirty) and 7-8 positions in T1, I was off on my bike.
So, I end up getting 16OA and 2AG and finished in 1:07:05, which I was very pleased with, considering I haven't biked or run much this year at all. We go up to the podium to accept our awards, and I make a point to congratulate the dude who beat me. Drumroll, please: the winner of our AG is the Complete Stranger who zipped up my wetsuit, lol.
Well played, my man, well played :-)
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“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A.W. Tozer
"The best things in life make you sweaty." -Barbara W.
"I was never great at math, so I had to learn to run faster." -Robbie Sandlin
“Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” Charles Schultz
The Swim was uneventful...until I tried to get my wetsuit off. The zipper...would...not...budge. I got a volunteer to help me... maybe 3-4 folks run past me... and it still won't budge. Run up the stairs... I am 20 feet from my bike now, and wetsuit is still completely zipped. I am starting to panic. Thankfully, a second volunteer finally was able to get it started, and after losing maybe a minute (felt like thirty) and 7-8 positions in T1, I was off on my bike.
So, I end up getting 16OA and 2AG and finished in 1:07:05, which I was very pleased with, considering I haven't biked or run much this year at all. We go up to the podium to accept our awards, and I make a point to congratulate the dude who beat me. Drumroll, please: the winner of our AG is the Complete Stranger who zipped up my wetsuit, lol.
Well played, my man, well played :-)
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“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A.W. Tozer
"The best things in life make you sweaty." -Barbara W.
"I was never great at math, so I had to learn to run faster." -Robbie Sandlin
“Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” Charles Schultz