Unfortunately I won't be able to make it down :-(

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Good luck!!

Thanks! I'm going to need it - I did something to my back late Sunday and spent Monday and half of Tuesday laying on the floor. It's feeling a lot better now, enough so that I'm going to go for a powerwalk at lunch (too early to run I think - don't want to risk it). Plus I had to get my wetsuit repaired after I stupidly put my nails almost entirely thru the thigh last weekend. Just waiting for the chain on my bike to snap or something ;-)

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I'm out as well. Have an awesome race!

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I usually just lurk around here, but thought I'd pipe in to say I'll be doing the half on Saturday and the try-it tri with my youngest son on Sunday. This is my first time at this distance and I'm excited/nervous, and this is my son's first tri. I was going to do the oly, but I really wanted to race with my son so that left the half. I figured, "Why not?" I think it's going to be a fun weekend.

So, if you see a 12-year old kid/mom combo walking around, that's probably us!! I'd love to meet you! I hope your back is feeling better and have a great race!!

CinDee

hey andy - unfortunately, i'm not going to make it this weekend. have a great time and look after your back!! hopefully we'll catch up one of these days.

cindee - good luck on saturday and have FUN with your son on sunday. that's so cool!

hallie

Hey Andy..

Good luck this weekend! Is P racing too?

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Me! I heard that it's been pretty hot down there. Forecast in the 26ºC range for the weekend. I'm doing the olympic on Sunday and staying with relatives in the area. Hopefully I'll finally be able to put a face to a name. I'm number 187 in a Blue 2XU kit.

Good luck!

We'll be out cheering on Saturday, I'll likely be wearing my Xantusia team gear (Orange shirt with a lizard on it LOL), and have crazy blonde curly hair, P has no hair except on his face! ;-)

GOOD LUCK!!!

AP

PS: What's your ride?

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Yeppers, both of us doing the OLY on Sunday. Should be good times. AP

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Hey! Hopefully we'll see you! I'm riding a Cervelo Soloist and Phil rides a black Cannondale. If I get my Xantusia race kit in time, I'll be wearing it. Otherwise a blue-green top. and I'm stoked about the weather!

Wheee!

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I'm on a Merlin with 404s. To acheive my full poseur status, I've got a maple leaf and my name on the top tube. :)

You rock. We have shark tattoos on our calves so we stick out like dorks. ;-)

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I'll be riding a black Felt, red tape on the bars. It's an older model that my hubby found on ebay. It's been a great bike and I've been practicing all week on it...we did a lot of road stuff this summer so I had to get used to aero. Plus I had to practice eating and drinking without weaving too much!! I'm not on any team. I'll just be in my black shorts, orange tank, and promotion wetsuit.

This has been a year of firsts for me. I did a run series at the beginning of the year (never did pure running races before), my husband and I did RAMROD (I highly recommend...it was a great experience), I'm trying my hand (legs?) at cyclocross this fall, and now I'm trying out a half iron distance. It's less "fear of the unkown" as it is "ignorance is bliss"!!

I'll look for you on Saturday.

CinDee

I'll be there. I'm doing the sprint (my excuse is that i'm 3 weeks off of an IM), my sister is doing the oly (her first!), and my mom is doing the olympic duathlon. You can pick me out by my giant tattoo on my arm and the fact that I'll be probably the only dork in the sprint with a disc and an aero helmet.

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OMG! I want to be there just to see that! :P

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Good luck at Black Diamond. It looks like a great race. Do a race report next week so i can live vicariously through you. I'll be here in hot as heck South Texas waiting to see what happens with Hurricane Ike. Although it's now a cat 4 storm, I think we will only get the South edge of it. Good luck to P. as well.

I bet! I see the latest track is not too far from y'all in C.C.... hope it veers away or loses strength (somehow).

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Hey I raced in an Elma race with a disc and an aero helmet... but I guess they were Jess' disc and helmet that I borrowed. And I won so it was ok :) And as Jess said, I'll be there doing my first oly.

And p.s. Jess will also be noticeable because of the "outfit" she'll be wearing tomorrow. You'll understand when you see it.

There better be pictures for those of us who can't make it down! :-D Good luck on your first oly, I'm sure you'll do great.

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You're sister just outed you on you "outfit". I want to hear more about it... and there better be pics!

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I'll be looking for you and your sister, Jess!

AP, I looked for you but I was in too much of a stupor to notice much. The swim and the bike went great for me, but the run was terrible. My choices were to run/walk or quit. Seriously, I couldn't run more than 40-80 steps at a time without a walk break. I chose the former and was able to squeak in under 6. For whatever reason my head just started swimming and getting fuzzy around mile 3 of the run. I drank at each aide station, but CLEARLY I need to figure out some nutritional details. I probably could have used some gu, but the thought of sweet just turned my stomach and I couldn't bring myself to take another Cliffshot. My legs actually felt pretty good...it was my dang head. I'm still really happy about the race, though.

Hope to see you all tomorrow. My son came for the end of the tri today and I think he's really excited to give it a go. It's gonna be a hoot to race with him!

CinDee

OH man, I hear ya. I had a so-so swim, a decent enough bike (felt OK that is) and a horrible run. I had to hit the portapotties twice and the bushes once on that run! and again right after the finish. Apparently soy and I do NOT get a long well. Lessons learned.

Phil had a great race - I had told him to take 5min off his Apple OLY time, and he did exactly that!

AP

Oh yeah, we watched the 1/2 on Sat, and while watching T1 we saw one woman spend almost 10min dicking around witha shirt and armwarmers and a jacket and toque and aerohelmet and putting on shades and taking off shades and putting on shades and dropping the lenses out of the shades and putting them back in and putting the shades on and taking them off and putting them on and taking them off and taking off the aerohelmet (while bike was unracked I noted) and taking off the toque and putting on the aerohelmet and putting on the shades and taking them off and putting them on... It was so painful to watch.

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oof, sorry about your GI issues. I had the same thing happen at the BD half last year. I made friends with all the bushes around Enumclaw and it resulted in about a 2 hour run.

My race went pretty well considering I'm only three weeks off of IMC. I was out of the water towards the front and was leading the race by the turn-around on the bike. I got caught around mile 1 of the run by a girl who I knew could out-run me by about :40/mile but managed to hold on for second place. Results aren't up yet but I think my splits were something like

1/2 mile swim: 12:44
11.5 mile bike: 30:06
2.9(?) mile run: 20:45
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Nice work! Those are some nice splits! :-)

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Pics please :D

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I am at school now but I will pull the pics off of the camera and put them up on my flickr page tonight. My buddy Blake told me I get the "not taking yourself too seriously award."

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Jess...nice work! I was looking for you, the aero helmet, and the notorious outfit but there were just too many people! Plus I had to help my son so I was pretty occupied. Your run last year sounds like mine this year.

AP...I looked for you again, but no go. Too bad about the icky GI. Coke or ginger ale or pretzels would sure be nice at the aid stations.

It was a fun weekend and racing with my son was a thrill. I loved sharing the experience of tri with him. He had a really strong swim and bike and good run. He needed a few walk breaks, but despite that he said he'd do it again next year. He wore his finishers medal all day yesterday and he wore shorts to school today...I'm sure it was to show off the body marks!

CinDee

Sorry that I missed you all.

I'm the loser who tried to exit T1 via the "bike in" mat. Lucky that I didn't get DQed. Some combination of being sea-sick on the swim and having poor vision got my all confused in T1. I had it in my head that the sprint/try-a-tri folks were using a completely different transition area.

Other than that, my results were consistent with my current fitness level and training. I loved the last couple of miles of the run course. The loop around the lake was great!

Thx, yeah I dropped from 3rd to 9th in my AG on that "shitty" run (pun completely intended). But that's ok. I can get over that ;-)

I can't wait til K is old enough to do a race... a few more years to go on that one...

AP

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booyah!

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Oh my god. I love you! Is that a splish? I'm gonna need one STAT!

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ha ha yeah it is. It was surprisingly comfy to race in. I want to order the men's version for B but I know he would never wear it.

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I've got waaaaay too much boobage to be running in a Splish, but I foresee myself wearing it at the pool. All those old folks I swim with at lunch time will have even more reason to give me nasty looks muwahahaha :)

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ha ha yeah, I don't really have the boobage problem although sometimes I wish I did. I can't wait to see what my masters team has to say about this one.

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Love it! That is wickedly funny!

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That rocks - I didn't know they made that pattern for the womens as well.

I've only seen Mike Lovato in it...


<edited 'cause I lubs da womens...>

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