I'm racing an Olympic Distance in Connecticut, hoping to get my first finish of the year (after two injury-induced DNF's).

Good luck to both of us.

a sprint on Long Island - more of a training race as recovering from unexpected Mooseman race and a medical issue.

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Blue Lake in Portland area...Sunday, Oly distance.

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I am racing in my first triathlon this weekend. The Hyannis Sprint 1 Tri as part of the USAT U19 Northeast Series...as I am still a young lad. Has anyone raced there before/how is the race, course, etc?? Good luck to all who are competing this weekend!

Racing on Olympic distance here in Louisville (well, actually Shelbyville) - ready to cash in my training tickets and see what it will get me.

First tri in St. Louis on Sunday. Rec-Plex sprint(ish) distance. Should be a good start to the season.

I like that, "cash in your training tickets". I've been thinking a similar thing, I feel better/stronger then I have for any race start so I'm wondering what sort of result that's going to net me.

Best of luck to everyone!

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I'll be there, too. Although, I did Race for Sight last month, so this'll be #2 on the season for me.

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"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

I'm at Wasa this weekend too for my first race of the season. If you see a tall, thin guy with a black Titanflex, stop by and say hi.

With all the fuss about IMCDA water temps, I can't help but wonder what the water is like in Wasa lake right now. At least, maybe it's cold enough to hold back the mosquitoes this year. ;)

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F1 style duathlon in Austin - run, bike, run, bike, run. 1st ever(this format) and I'm guessing it's going to be really painful.

Will do, what AG are you in? I'm 35-39 riding a black and yellow Scott Plasma. I've heard that the lake is pretty shallow so it warms up a bit quicker than some of the other lakes around there but with the weather the way it's been I can't imagine it's warmed up at all. I haven't done any open water swiming yet this year so I'm going to jump in on Saturday to feel it out.

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AG 40-44.

I'll be the guy swimming in the black wetsuit, and wearing lycra on the bike. ;)

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Too funny, I'll be wearing the same thing! The only difference is that I'll be really sweaty...pretty much the whole time.

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Oly on Sunday at Blue Lake as well.

1/2 Ironman in Lawrence, Ks. Otherwise I would be in St Louis/St Charles also doing the Rec-Plex Race. Its a great little race that they have in the spring and fall, same course always and a good way to judge your improvments over the summer and winter, I will miss doing that race this spring :(. But I will be back in the Fall before my big race (Ironman Arizona)

Ha!

I agree Rec Plex is a fun race, and the RDs do a good job.

However, I have to comment about it always being the same course... I've done the last four of them (Spring/Fall 2006, Spring/Fall 2007) and I don't think we've had the same run course twice, yet. It's always been just a little different. And, this year, it looks like they're going to be forced into having a different bike course due to flooding out by the turn-around. Crazy.

Steve

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"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

 
I'm heading to the home of the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings for the Motor City Triathlon on Sunday.
Gonna do this Olympic distance race on scenic, historical Belle Isle. Then exchange some text messages with the Mayor.
And then take my mom & dad to the Tigers / Dodgers game at CoPa for Fathers Day.

And I will be listening to Eminem, Kid Rock, Iggy Pop, White Stripes and old Motown collections the whole time.
Maybe I'll mix in some techno.... (okay, probably not).

AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A DETROIT PARTY!

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I've done the Hyannis Sprint 1 twice.

Once in 2002 and once in 2003.

I remember that the Red Wings won a triple overtime game in the Stanley Cup finals the night after the 2002 race and the 2003 race was altered due to rain and dangerous surf conditions.

so... there ya go.

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Nice, sounds like full day. I'd leave out the techno as well. Best of luck at the race.

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Yes, you are correct now that I think of it, the run has changed a few times. I have also raced in this for the last 3 years or so both spring and fall (A nice gettaway for a weekend from the Kansas City area). Its still a nice race and well ran as long as you miss the train (So far I have each time. fingers now crossed). Good luck on the bike if it changes. Oh well see you in the fall!

SandyHooker's tri in Long Branch, NJ. Will count myself lucky if the water temp is >60.

Last weekend it was 57.

Battle of Midway Oly in Midway, Utah. Water 55, snowed yesterday morning. Praying for high pressure system. It's a great race and venue though. Craig Walton and Emma Snowsill won Pro's last year.

I'm doing a sprint race on Long Island too - Gold Coast. First race after a spring with an injury. Can't wait!

that's the one I am supposed to do - but just made the decision to DNS - medical issue that is not worth racing over....
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Me three for Blue Lake Oly. Giving things a final test run before Lake Stevens...

Michelle

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I too, and my girlfriend, are doing the olympic distance race in shelbyville, ky.

5430 sprint in Boulder - though debating the word "race" with IMCdA next week.

I am doing the Quad Cities Sprint here in Iowa...hopefully the weather with cooperate and might also do some Crits after the race on Sunday

Mackenzie Sprint Triathlon, Mackenzie, BC. The field is up to 45 athletes this year :) http://www.mackbc.com/triathlon

'Working' a duathlon in Wilkes- Barre, PA. Injuries...

I have several bags of marbles at the ready for the transition...

Several of us are racing the Wisconsin Triterium olympic distance tri in Verona, WI (triloop.org). A portion of the bike course is IMMoo course.

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OLY race in Zug, Switzerland. First of the season - looks like the weather isn't going to be very nice though.

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Muskoka Chase... first tri of the year for me. Not sure how much I'll actually be racing, as I'm doing Ironman France the following weekend, but once the race starts it will probably be a whole different ball game.

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Sept 14/08 - Muskoka 70.3

Motor City Triathlon, an Olympic Distance race on Belle Isle here in Detroit, Michigan. Looking forward to a fine day.

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I'll be at the RecPlex tri as well. Coming from Cincy and meeting my parents in Louisville along the way. My sister lives in St. Louis and this will be the 4th year consecutive we've (myself, my dad, and my sister) done the spring edition. It's a fun race, although I hope the run is more similar to 2 years ago and not like last year...cutting across the blacktop to go around the school (I think it's a school) and the construction was HOT. Luckily this year my takeoff time is substantially earlier than previously. GL

That's the only time it's gone in front of the school. All the construction is done now, though. So, we should be back to going through the park to start the run. Now, where the bike course is going to go...

Steve

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"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

About the Rec Plex (2nd time)...I went to check in today and the lady that checked me in, when asked, said they were having a meeting about it at that exact moment. If anyone hears anything about it, I'd be grateful for a update! Thanks

Raced and won a local 10k this morning - 4th overall, but first female. 43:37, I am pretty happy :D

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

I tried to do the "big fish, very little barrel" thing this am, and raced a very small, very local "tri", that had kayaking in lieu of swimming. YES!!!!

A very solid paddler/biker was in my wave, so I got a free ride for the paddle, I drafted him the whole way (which is, of course, totally kosher).
I repaid the favor to him on the bike, much to my chagrin. But hey, he's the one who hasta look in the mirror about that, not me.
Dropped him hard in the first 200m of the run, buh-bye.

Anyway, local uber-stud Keith Strudler shows up, he's the dude who won SOS last year. Swell.
He is a bike/run machine; but he can't paddle to save his life, so *maybe* I still have a chance....

Nope.

A 1m kayak isn't nearly long enuff to make enuff ground on a dude who can run a 16:30 5k off the bike.
So I finished 2nd OA. Always a bridesmaid.....

Cool stuff: they had bagpipers at the end of the race. And cold BEER. I had 2 Becks.

Not so cool stuff: very dangerous bike thru the crowded village. If you hit one of the 2 traffic lights, you had to stop. WTF??
Poor timing - nobody is really sure whether the first 2 waves of 10 kayaks went out together, or with a 2 minute interval like they were supposed to.
Run course had a very poorly marked (and totally pointless) short out and back (which wasn't on the maps, nor was it mentioned in the pre-race briefing, such as it was), and I went off course for a while. In an area that I know like the back of my hand. ARRRGH.
Without the out and back, it was probably a legit 3m or 5k - with it (and my wandering) it was 3.3m by my Garmin.

Enough of my whining, call the WAAAAAAMMMMBULANCE for me, I'm done crying like a biatch for now.

Another beer is in order.

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LOL about kayak instead of swim ;-) congrats on your 2nd OV.

No beer at my race! Orange juice and bananas and nectarines. Yummmm.

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PS - PROPS on yer blazing 10k run TC, very nice!!!

With yer swim, and now yer running, we just need to get you and Chatter to spend a bit more quality time together,
and then the sponsorship offers will start rolling in.... ;-)


I had 2 hotdogs, 2 beers, 2 cokes, and a sprite. YUM.


Just rehydrated with some Coors Lite (I know, I know, it's not beer, it's flavored water), and now I *have* to go take a nap w/ the wee one.
Sometimes it's tough being the Daddy.... ;-)

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Tulsa Tri, olympic distance

I need to find one of those in Texas.

Sorry to hear that you had to drop out. I hope you're OK.

I'm doing that one too, also my first race of the season.

I hope they don't cancel the swim because of weather or runoff.

Good luck bobcowin! (unless you're in my age group!) ;-)

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Thanks, ML!

Chatter and I spent three quality hours together this morning. My quads feel torn to shreds, ohhhh hurting on the bike is okay right?!

I want a Speedo sponsorship. Then , since they use athletes for models, I would get to be a swimsuit model too.

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disclaimer: PhD not MD

Thankfully healing up - will be racing in 2 weeks.
Hope you all are having a great race - it is raining here...

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<< My quads feel torn to shreds, ohhhh hurting on the bike is okay right?! >>

Sure, that's a good thing.

To paraphrase Rich Strauss,
It's ok to ride too hard. It's ok to ride too long. It's ok to ride too hard and too long - that's what cell phones are for.


You take the hurt on the bike in training. You dish it out in races.

If you think it's fun to swim VICIOUSLY, just wait until you can bike VICIOUSLY....

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

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cool pic of you from the online local newspaper:
http://www.rep-am.com/...eries/061408/11.html

the lead motorcycle cops were bragging on your riding ability when they got back to the park. nice race, consider coming up for the sprint wed july 9th...

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That was a first, it was nice having those guys in front to key off of. A few times when they rode away on the false flats I tried to push it so they didn't think I was a wuss!

Unfortunately the race didn't end after the bike, but I'll be back. I love that race, you really do put on a great show. I'm doing a write-up for my LBS (Cadence in Manayunk) and I'll send you the link.

Thanks again, and thanks for the pic!
mike

definitely send the link to that write up.. you kept the lead for first half of the run, it was a good race to watch develop.
we do our best, glad you enjoyed.

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Was that you I spoke to right after the race in the bagel area?

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Thanks, the race went off well: no lightning, no rain, the swim happened. Fun race.

Run was a bit short, according to an improbably optimistic split, and Garmin.

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I'm not sure, I spoke to a few people. I was wearing a Terrier Tri uniform. Did you have a good race?

Not bad. It was the first race I have ever done freestyle for the entire swim course: a HUGE breakthrough for me! I think I was 77th overall, 4th in my AG.

If it was you I was thinking it was, I said, "Good race" and you said the same to me.

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Did a sprint yesterday: http://www.lin-mark.com/tgtrioof08.txt got me $100 for top masters male (40+), which paid for the entry fee and gasoline. I got to stay on the feet of the male pro in the race (never saw him after about a mile on the bike, of course). My main competition in 50-54 missed a turn on the bike (he was about 1:00 ahead of me, after staying on my feet in the swim).

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Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty stoked about the swim. All that help from my coach and those meters in the pool are beginning to pay off.

Next up, NYC Triathlon!

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glad your swim meters have helped :D

love
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Did a sprint this weekend for my first race of the season... I was just out there for training/more experience and ended up pulling out 1st in my AG (25-29) and 9th overall! I was pretty stoked! First time I have received hardware (besides a finishers medal) for doing a tri :)

Hey Murph, I found that small pond today. ;-)

Franklins Lakes sprint triathlon, 16th fastest swim split out of 754 finishers. ;-)

I think there is something to that Xantusia Tri Camp, and the instruction/video analysis by Michael Collins. You should get your butt out there next year. Come to think of it, so should I. So far, I've been able to work on the arm entry/pull. Still need to work on the recovery, and the biggy, body position in the water. Who knows where this can go when I get that all worked out? Oh yeah, btw, I've been in the water twice since EpicMan, once at Harriman for the NYTri sprint last weekend, and 2200 yards in the pool on Thursday. Hahaha. (Tigerchik would be proud of my results until she read about my swim workout habits of late.)

Had a very decent bike split for me as well (not really sure why). 32nd fastest bike split (yay me! :-) ). Run kind of sucked, still being in bowling bowl shape. I need to correct that before Tupper. Ended up second in AG (some young 50 yr old whippersnapper took first), and 26th overall.

Time to work on the bike!

See you in a couple of weeks.

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GET OFF THE F*%KING WALL!!!!!!! (Doug Stern)
Brevity is the soul of wit. (William Shakespeare)

I'll check it out. I'm also considering a race in NJ that weekend.

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Your 10k time was awesome!

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Sorry for the slow reply. I don't check ST on the weekends much.

How'd your race go?

I thought they did a pretty decent job with what they had to work with bike course-wise. (Although, all the turnarounds were a bit hokey.)

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Race went pretty well, can't really complain. 8:50 swim, 1:18 bike (w/ a 3 minute train delay), 32:30 run. I think I ended up barely in the top 100, w/o that train i would have been top 50ish. I was pleased for only cycling once prior this year and carrying quite a credit load this summer.

The turn arounds were def sketchy, I saw 2 near falls on them, and I've never done a race w/ dead animals on the course, but whatever...

How did your race turn out?

Adam

That road was pretty narrow for turnarounds, especially with people coming straight through, as well. But, what are you gonna do...?

I almost had a head-on on the last turn before going back into the Rec Plex parking lot. One lane, a 90* blindish turn and people going both ways. Crazy!

I ride that route regularly, so I guess I'm used to the animals (and the headwind that I heard alot of people complaining about).

I was pretty happy with my race. Got a top-10 OA and some AG hardware. Pretty good for me. I'm paying for it a bit today, though.

If you're interested in hooking up for some training some time, shoot me a PM.

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I was pretty pleased with my performance...was not prepared for the turnarounds...nor the 2-3 extra miles on the bike course, but still managed ~1:07 (if you take out transition times)...my CPU had me at 21.0mph avg.

Got 30th OA, but unfortunately only 5th in AG though...I heard a lot of complaints, but thought they did a good job with what they had to work with on the bike course. The recycling center trip was unneccesary since we were already over distance, but oh well. I liked the other transition area location better...it was bigger too

Nice race. I need you to teach me how to run. LOL! (Well, not really laughing... Look for the worst run in the top-10 and you'll find me.)

The long bike only helped me. So, no complaints.

The other transition area was definitely more spectator friendly, too. Not sure what the reason for changing that was.?.

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IM Nice Sunday 22nd

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It's good to see that a lot of people had a great race this weekend, I did too. Had my best time ever for an Oly, 2:14.49, which was good enough for 7th in my AG. I'm pretty stoked on the time because I improved everywhere, including transitions! This was my first race of the year so I'm glad to be off to a good start. Thanks to the race organisers and volunteers at Wasa Lake, the whole event was first class and incredibly well run from my perspective, I'll be back.

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Wasa was awesome. What a perfect day for a race! I ended up with a PR also, though mine was a lot slower than yours -- 16th in my AG. ;)

I never did spot your black and yellow Plasma, but congratulations on a fast race.

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This coming weekend I will be doing Big Fish Oly in Ortonville, MI. It's all of about 5 miles from my house so I am pretty excited.

I will be racing my first Oly of this season : The Bruges Triathlon.
This tri was ellected the most beautiful race of Belgium the last few years !

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