Congratulations!!

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clm
Nashville, TN
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the way I see it, if I keep doing this stuff long enough, I'm bound to start winning my age group

Good on you! I keep hoping the same thing will happen to me. I'll outlive them all :-)

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Jen

"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

Ha! I had the same thing happen this weekend, though it was third place, not first.

Isn't there a famous quote "99% of life is just showing up"? I think it's going to be my new training/race motto... ;-P

Congrats on the age group win and your great attitude!

M

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Congrats!

My first ironman, approximately 20 years ago, I was the only woman in the race, so I got first place overall. :)


Again, congrats!

Way to go...2 Slowtwitch Womens in the top 3.

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Congrats!! That's why I still race in the 60-64 group - always the only one!! Keep going . . . .

Awesome! Congrats!

Ahh! The beauty of getting older. I was in Iceland in the spring for IGLA and I placed in four of five events. I placed second in three and third in one because we were only three women in the same age group. Not caring about my time, I believe I placed third in the 200 IM even though I finished over a minute after the other women. Fortunately I scored the most points for my team and was the only woman to attend.

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Old ladies rock! Congrats!

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No coasting in running and no crying in baseball

Congrats! It happened to me once too, a few years back. Long term effect was to inspire me to achieve more...I think it worked.

WAY TO GO!

Same here, 2nd place. I just AGed up too. :-)

AP

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I still plan to rule the 70-74 AG! There's LOTS of time ;-)

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DFL > DNF > DNS

Congrats to you in IGLA! I swim with TNYA in NYC.

Were you there too? I am with Long Beach Grunions.

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I wasn't there. I would like to go to Seattle, though.

I know that your team scored a lot of points because there were so many swimmers, and fast. I won't be in Seattle next year because it is not an international destination for me. Good luck if you are able to go.

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CONGRATS! You can only race against those who show up at that race, so a win is a win in my books!

That is way cool! Did you get a prize or prize money?

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Me, too !
I won my age group at an aquathlon last week with 4 in it and came in second in a swim a few weeks ago with 5 in it.
Nice to feel what it is like on the "other side" for a change.

That's how I plan to get to Kona! Well... about 25 years from now.......

I thought I'd podium more when I hit the 50-54 age group, but there are two ladies who are new to triathlon (or one may be new to the area - I haven't met her) who are former runners who are still running sub-7:00/mile in sprint tris and low 7's in Olympic. One is also usually 1st in the swim and bike as well - there was one Olympic race where 2nd place was 30 min behind her. Unfortunately, she's very nice so I can't even dislike her ;-)

Actually that's one of the reasons I retired from racing tris at that end of season last year. Entered the 60-65 AG last year and I was on the podium every time at all the local tris. Not hard to do when there's usually only about four guys in your AG.

Not sure it is the same for women as it is for men. In my neck of the woods, women disappear during their early child-caring years and come roaring back in the 45-49 age group. I'm in 55-59, and there are a number of local women who can whoop me. I'm sticking it out until 80-84.