In article <[email hidden]>,
(Chris Durkin) said:Overall, it was a good race. I finished feeling strong, and didn't
drown. Triathlons are so much fun, I am now thoroughly addicted. I
can't wait to do another one. I'm not sure if I'll do another sprint
this year, but next year I'm definitely doing the "My Next Triathlon",
which is a follow-up to this one, followed by the Black Hills
Triathlon next fall. That one is olympic distance. Hopefully by then
I'll own a better bike and be somewhat competitive. In the meantime, I
plan to enter every 5K I have time for, plus a couple of 10Ks before
next fall. Hopefully some longer open water swims too, if I can find
any.Thanks to everyone on the newsgroups for all their informative and
inspirational posts, and for taking the time to read this.Wishing you good health and speed,
Chris
aka "Thrashing Slug"
congrats, Chris, on your first tri! loads of fun, eh? reading your
report, i almost felt like i was reading my own first race report. i,
too, am just getting into tri (did my third race this summer), and
started out much the same way you did. i came from a non-swimmer
background and concentrated on that mostly in training. i, too, used a
clunky hybrid bike, but posted a decent time mostly through plain hard
work. i do come from a bit of a running background (4 years of
experience before my first tri last year), so that wasn't a worry for
me.
a tip, in case anyone else didn't mention it: get yourself a race bib
belt. you can attach your race number bib to it pre-race, and in T1,
you'd just clip the belt around your waist (with the number on the
back), then at T2, just turn the belt around with the number on the
front for the run. easy!
yeah, must take it easy on water, etc during the bike. must remember
that the run will slosh around whatever is in your gut at the time. i
made the mistake of eating part of a banana in T1 once (i was
famished!), and by the time i got to the run, my stomach was starting to
cramp.
anyway, great race, and welcome to tri!
Cam