Triathlon

Dally said:

My first triathlon is this week-end.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

Quoted message said:

I think I might be scared [censored].

I'm going to be back of pack.

I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
it anyway.

All those other folks in the race have the same talent as well you
know. It's better to suffer in groups.

- bc

In article <[email hidden]>, Dally <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

My first triathlon is this week-end.

I think I might be scared [censored].

I'm going to be back of pack.

I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
it anyway.

Dally

Good luck, Dally. We'll want a full report...

Amy

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

My first triathlon is this week-end.

Good for you. Give 'em hell.

Quoted message said:

I think I might be scared [censored].

Yeah, so?

Quoted message said:

I'm going to be back of pack.

That's negative thinking.

Quoted message said:

I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
it anyway.

That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

"John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

My first triathlon is this week-end.

Good for you. Give 'em hell.

Quoted message said:

I think I might be scared [censored].

Yeah, so?

Quoted message said:

I'm going to be back of pack.

That's negative thinking.

Quoted message said:

I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
it anyway.

That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win the
category of lard-assed middleaged housewives

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:40:15 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

My first triathlon is this week-end.

Good for you. Give 'em hell.

Quoted message said:

I think I might be scared [censored].

Yeah, so?

Quoted message said:

I'm going to be back of pack.

That's negative thinking.

Quoted message said:

I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
it anyway.

That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win the
category of lard-assed middleaged housewives

be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.
i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.
one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
....thehick

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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:40:15 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:
>My first triathlon is this week-end.
Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>I think I might be scared [censored].
Yeah, so?
>I'm going to be back of pack.
That's negative thinking.
>I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not

in

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and

doing

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>it anyway.
That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win the
category of lard-assed middleaged housewives

be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.
i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.
one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Frank, you seem like a very nice person. (I realize of course that you are
Canadian)

David said:

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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:40:15 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote
> in misc.fitness.weights:
>> My first triathlon is this week-end.
> Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>> I think I might be scared [censored].
> Yeah, so?
>> I'm going to be back of pack.
> That's negative thinking.
>> I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies:
>> not in running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after
>> day and doing it anyway.
> That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.
Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win the
category of lard-assed middleaged housewives

be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.
i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.
one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Frank, you seem like a very nice person. (I realize of course that
you are Canadian)

Keith is the only worthwhile Canadian. Didn't you get the memo?
--
-Larry

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:47:52 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>

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"frank-in-toronto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Frank, you seem like a very nice person. (I realize of course that you are
Canadian)

i thank you for understanding.
....thehick

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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:40:15 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

>
> "John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote
>> in misc.fitness.weights:
>>> My first triathlon is this week-end.
>> Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>>> I think I might be scared [censored].
>> Yeah, so?
>>> I'm going to be back of pack.
>> That's negative thinking.
>>> I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies:
>>> not in running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after
>>> day and doing it anyway.
>> That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.
> Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win the
> category of lard-assed middleaged housewives
be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.
i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.
one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Frank, you seem like a very nice person. (I realize of course that
you are Canadian)

Keith is the only worthwhile Canadian. Didn't you get the memo?
--
-Larry

Canada is a large country. Could say that Keith is the only worthwhile
Canuck in the west?

David said:

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David said:

"frank-in-toronto" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:40:15 GMT, "David" <[email hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
>> news:[email hidden]...
>>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]>
>>> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:
>>>> My first triathlon is this week-end.
>>> Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>>>> I think I might be scared [censored].
>>> Yeah, so?
>>>> I'm going to be back of pack.
>>> That's negative thinking.
>>>> I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies:
>>>> not in running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after
>>>> day and doing it anyway.
>>> That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.
>> Exactly - sure she may not win overall but certainly she can win
>> the category of lard-assed middleaged housewives
> be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything
> even vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
> competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
> first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.
>
> i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
> is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.
> i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
> humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
> like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.
> one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
> races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
> get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
> people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
> i move back in the pack.
>
> if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
> 5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
> from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.
>
> so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
> success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
> most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
> good luck.
> ...thehick

Frank, you seem like a very nice person. (I realize of course that
you are Canadian)

Keith is the only worthwhile Canadian. Didn't you get the memo?
--
-Larry

Canada is a large country. Could say that Keith is the only worthwhile
Canuck in the west?

ok
--
-Larry

frank-in-toronto said:

Quoted message said:

"John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

>My first triathlon is this week-end.

Good for you. Give 'em hell.

>I think I might be scared [censored].

Yeah, so?

My thoughts exactly. Being scared is part of the fun.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>I'm going to be back of pack.

That's negative thinking.

>I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
>running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
>it anyway.

That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Thanks, I did work on affirmations. I also lay in bed last night
visualizing the entire course, imagining everything going well.

And it did, all except for one problem. I've been nursing a sore hip
and it really just failed today. Every footfall hurt on the run and the
run was already a problem because I've been laying off the training
hoping the hip would heal. Aside from the a pretty sucky run, I did
fantastic.

There were 2100 women registered for this race. I beat all the ones who
didn't show and didn't finish. Overall of the timed people I came in
860/1740.

Quoted message said:

be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

Thank you. I ended up pleased with my standing. I just didn't want to
be back of pack. Anything in top two thirds (middle of pack) would have
been okay with me. I don't aspire to front of pack. Even when the run
was hurting I was smiling because I was out there being a triathlete and
a bad day running is still a good day having a functional body.

I was pleased with my swim, came in at the 44% mark. Good enough. Then
I really put in a good bike, smoking in at the 24% mark. That helped my
standing a lot because I practically keeled over and died on the run.
Oh, I ran the whole way, I just did it at an 11 minute mile pace. That
got me the 74%. Hey, more than a quarter did worse than me... but it
was still pitiful.

Overall I came in at the 49 percentile. I was better than more than
half the field. I can live with that.

Quoted message said:

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.

I decided to get aggressive on the swim and started near the front. I
caught people, few people in my wave caught me.

Quoted message said:

i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.

I spent the entire bike ride passing people - it was one continuous
stream of "on your left on your left on your left". I mostly kept in
the big chain ring. There's a mountain in the middle and I made it up
standing on my pedals (murmering 'what would Lance do'😉 and was in good
enough shape at the top (not even in granny gear) so that I could make
some time on the downhill while others were gasping and recovering.
Wuhoo, I dug into it and hit 35 mph!

Sadly, the long line of people I passed on the bike all passed me on the
run.

Quoted message said:

one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

I keep showing up at ambitious races. I'm quite frequently at the back
of pack on 5K's. I hear about these fun-runs with joggers in them, but
then I show up at the hard core winter road races and the mountainous
men's runs and whatever. I really need to get a line into what the
fat-lady joggers are doing, because I'm bringing up the rear in any race
I do. Oh well, someone's gotta do it. I never claimed to be a GOOD
runner. But I do show up and run a lot.

Quoted message said:

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

I'd say my goal is to keep moving my body over and over again with the
aid of some fun training goals. I'm planning on taking this decrepit
body into old age and I'm working on gaining a skillset so that I can
always find SOMETHING to do.

For example, maybe climbing hills while standing on my pedals isn't the
best choice for my hip right now. I think it's time I spent some time
kayaking.

Quoted message said:

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Thanks, Hick. I was thinking about powerlifting this morning,
remembering how I don't really need to worry about knowing what to do...
all you've got to do is put me in a gym really close to heavy things and
I'll pick them up. Showing up at this race was like that. Put me near
water and I'll swim. Put me on a bike and I'll bomb through as fast as
I can. Point me out on a run and I'll keep moving until I cross a
finish line. I've put in the time and the training and now I can trust
my body to do what it's supposed to do.

I'm signed up for one more triathlon this season, (and three more 5Ks)
but I've really got to evaluate what to do about this hip. I think it's
the tensor fascii latae and I think it's strained or pulled or whatever
by the severe hill climbing I've been doing on the bike. I injured it
for the first time two months ago after a big hill climbing session and
every time I do hills it gets a bit worse. It puts me in the awkward
position of having to stop training hills on bikes (I live in a hilly
region) and take a rest from running, too. Uh, that leaves swimming.
Not quite enough of a training program for a triathlete.

Dally... the triathlete

"Dally" wrote

<snip great report>

Two remarks Dally.

1) Good goin". You did good.

2) Find somebody who is good to take a look at that hip. Make sure you
rehab it. Don't let it get worse. Even if you have to give up some some
events and rehab it for awhile. Consider your long term health.

And don't just think conventional medical either. Look around.

Dally said:

I was pleased with my swim, came in at the 44% mark. Good enough. Then
I really put in a good bike, smoking in at the 24% mark. That helped my
standing a lot because I practically keeled over and died on the run.
Oh, I ran the whole way, I just did it at an 11 minute mile pace. That
got me the 74%. Hey, more than a quarter did worse than me... but it
was still pitiful.

That's not too bad, less than a year ago you did 10 minutes/mile for a
standalone 5k. I know a number of runners who have competed in triathlons.
Not all of them do very well in the run, because they're out of gas by the
time they're done with the bike and swim. So if you struggle through the run,
that's already good enough. It wouldn't surprise me if there were people
stopping and walking (or taking stretching breaks between painful bouts of
jogging) during the run, but most of them were probably behind you.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:35:39 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

frank-in-toronto said:

Quoted message said:

"John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

>On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
>misc.fitness.weights:
>
>>My first triathlon is this week-end.
>
>Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>
>>I think I might be scared [censored].
>
>Yeah, so?

My thoughts exactly. Being scared is part of the fun.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>I'm going to be back of pack.
>
>That's negative thinking.
>
>>I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
>>running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
>>it anyway.
>
>That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Thanks, I did work on affirmations. I also lay in bed last night
visualizing the entire course, imagining everything going well.

And it did, all except for one problem. I've been nursing a sore hip
and it really just failed today. Every footfall hurt on the run and the
run was already a problem because I've been laying off the training
hoping the hip would heal. Aside from the a pretty sucky run, I did
fantastic.

There were 2100 women registered for this race. I beat all the ones who
didn't show and didn't finish. Overall of the timed people I came in
860/1740.

Quoted message said:

be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

Thank you. I ended up pleased with my standing. I just didn't want to
be back of pack. Anything in top two thirds (middle of pack) would have
been okay with me. I don't aspire to front of pack. Even when the run
was hurting I was smiling because I was out there being a triathlete and
a bad day running is still a good day having a functional body.

I was pleased with my swim, came in at the 44% mark. Good enough. Then
I really put in a good bike, smoking in at the 24% mark. That helped my
standing a lot because I practically keeled over and died on the run.
Oh, I ran the whole way, I just did it at an 11 minute mile pace. That
got me the 74%. Hey, more than a quarter did worse than me... but it
was still pitiful.

Overall I came in at the 49 percentile. I was better than more than
half the field. I can live with that.

Quoted message said:

i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.

I decided to get aggressive on the swim and started near the front. I
caught people, few people in my wave caught me.

Quoted message said:

i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.

I spent the entire bike ride passing people - it was one continuous
stream of "on your left on your left on your left". I mostly kept in
the big chain ring. There's a mountain in the middle and I made it up
standing on my pedals (murmering 'what would Lance do'😉 and was in good
enough shape at the top (not even in granny gear) so that I could make
some time on the downhill while others were gasping and recovering.
Wuhoo, I dug into it and hit 35 mph!

Sadly, the long line of people I passed on the bike all passed me on the
run.

Quoted message said:

one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

I keep showing up at ambitious races. I'm quite frequently at the back
of pack on 5K's. I hear about these fun-runs with joggers in them, but
then I show up at the hard core winter road races and the mountainous
men's runs and whatever. I really need to get a line into what the
fat-lady joggers are doing, because I'm bringing up the rear in any race
I do. Oh well, someone's gotta do it. I never claimed to be a GOOD
runner. But I do show up and run a lot.

Quoted message said:

if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

I'd say my goal is to keep moving my body over and over again with the
aid of some fun training goals. I'm planning on taking this decrepit
body into old age and I'm working on gaining a skillset so that I can
always find SOMETHING to do.

For example, maybe climbing hills while standing on my pedals isn't the
best choice for my hip right now. I think it's time I spent some time
kayaking.

Quoted message said:

so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Thanks, Hick. I was thinking about powerlifting this morning,
remembering how I don't really need to worry about knowing what to do...
all you've got to do is put me in a gym really close to heavy things and
I'll pick them up. Showing up at this race was like that. Put me near
water and I'll swim. Put me on a bike and I'll bomb through as fast as
I can. Point me out on a run and I'll keep moving until I cross a
finish line. I've put in the time and the training and now I can trust
my body to do what it's supposed to do.

I'm signed up for one more triathlon this season, (and three more 5Ks)
but I've really got to evaluate what to do about this hip. I think it's
the tensor fascii latae and I think it's strained or pulled or whatever
by the severe hill climbing I've been doing on the bike. I injured it
for the first time two months ago after a big hill climbing session and
every time I do hills it gets a bit worse. It puts me in the awkward
position of having to stop training hills on bikes (I live in a hilly
region) and take a rest from running, too. Uh, that leaves swimming.
Not quite enough of a training program for a triathlete.

Dally... the triathlete

Congratulations! You did good.

John Hanson said:

Congratulations! You did good.

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TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
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but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

Dally said:

frank-in-toronto said:

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"John Hanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:33:11 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
>misc.fitness.weights:
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>>My first triathlon is this week-end.
>
>Good for you. Give 'em hell.
>
>>I think I might be scared [censored].
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>Yeah, so?

My thoughts exactly. Being scared is part of the fun.

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>>I'm going to be back of pack.
>
>That's negative thinking.
>
>>I'll show up anyway. I've realized that's where my talent lies: not in
>>running, cycling or swimming, but in showing up day after day and doing
>>it anyway.
>
>That's a defeatist attitude. Get rid of it.

Thanks, I did work on affirmations. I also lay in bed last night
visualizing the entire course, imagining everything going well.

And it did, all except for one problem. I've been nursing a sore hip
and it really just failed today. Every footfall hurt on the run and the
run was already a problem because I've been laying off the training
hoping the hip would heal. Aside from the a pretty sucky run, I did
fantastic.

There were 2100 women registered for this race. I beat all the ones who
didn't show and didn't finish. Overall of the timed people I came in
860/1740.

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be happy to be in it. how many people have never done anything even
vaguely challenging? last is fine. who cares? you're not
competing with anyone else. just your own PR and if this is your
first triathlon, well, then you're setting a new PR.

Thank you. I ended up pleased with my standing. I just didn't want to
be back of pack. Anything in top two thirds (middle of pack) would have
been okay with me. I don't aspire to front of pack. Even when the run
was hurting I was smiling because I was out there being a triathlete and
a bad day running is still a good day having a functional body.

I was pleased with my swim, came in at the 44% mark. Good enough. Then
I really put in a good bike, smoking in at the 24% mark. That helped my
standing a lot because I practically keeled over and died on the run.
Oh, I ran the whole way, I just did it at an 11 minute mile pace. That
got me the 74%. Hey, more than a quarter did worse than me... but it
was still pitiful.

Overall I came in at the 49 percentile. I was better than more than
half the field. I can live with that.

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i always start out at the back. i eventually pass whomever
is slower. and i end up where i should be. it's lots-o-fun.

I decided to get aggressive on the swim and started near the front. I
caught people, few people in my wave caught me.

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i try to make a comment to all the folks i pass. sometimes
humourous. sometimes encouraging. and i always
like it when the jackrabbits come back to me at the end.

I spent the entire bike ride passing people - it was one continuous
stream of "on your left on your left on your left". I mostly kept in
the big chain ring. There's a mountain in the middle and I made it up
standing on my pedals (murmering 'what would Lance do'😉 and was in good
enough shape at the top (not even in granny gear) so that I could make
some time on the downhill while others were gasping and recovering.
Wuhoo, I dug into it and hit 35 mph!

Sadly, the long line of people I passed on the bike all passed me on the
run.

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one thing i have noticed in trail running, is that the 5K
races get mostly beginners (and slow people), the 10 to 15
get a better class of runner, and the longer runs get only
people who are better than me. so as i move up in length,
i move back in the pack.

I keep showing up at ambitious races. I'm quite frequently at the back
of pack on 5K's. I hear about these fun-runs with joggers in them, but
then I show up at the hard core winter road races and the mountainous
men's runs and whatever. I really need to get a line into what the
fat-lady joggers are doing, because I'm bringing up the rear in any race
I do. Oh well, someone's gotta do it. I never claimed to be a GOOD
runner. But I do show up and run a lot.

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if my goal was to get on the podium, entering the 5 Peaks
5K races would have done it. however, that's not my goal.
from reading, dally, i doubt if it's yours either.

I'd say my goal is to keep moving my body over and over again with the
aid of some fun training goals. I'm planning on taking this decrepit
body into old age and I'm working on gaining a skillset so that I can
always find SOMETHING to do.

For example, maybe climbing hills while standing on my pedals isn't the
best choice for my hip right now. I think it's time I spent some time
kayaking.

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so do your best. some famous movie star said 90% of
success is just showing up. that applies to atheletics too.
most people can't even do that. you're doing great.
good luck.
...thehick

Thanks, Hick. I was thinking about powerlifting this morning,
remembering how I don't really need to worry about knowing what to do...
all you've got to do is put me in a gym really close to heavy things and
I'll pick them up. Showing up at this race was like that. Put me near
water and I'll swim. Put me on a bike and I'll bomb through as fast as
I can. Point me out on a run and I'll keep moving until I cross a
finish line. I've put in the time and the training and now I can trust
my body to do what it's supposed to do.

I'm signed up for one more triathlon this season, (and three more 5Ks)
but I've really got to evaluate what to do about this hip. I think it's
the tensor fascii latae and I think it's strained or pulled or whatever
by the severe hill climbing I've been doing on the bike. I injured it
for the first time two months ago after a big hill climbing session and
every time I do hills it gets a bit worse. It puts me in the awkward
position of having to stop training hills on bikes (I live in a hilly
region) and take a rest from running, too. Uh, that leaves swimming.
Not quite enough of a training program for a triathlete.

Dally... the triathlete

Well done, you achieved that which you set out to do against
considerable odds, not the least of which was my own cynicism. I hope
that gave you a little more impetus! ;o)

Triathlon you did, "triathlete" you are not, but if *you* are
satisfied and feel you have achieved something, that really is all
that matters.

Ugh! It's Monday!! ;o(

Charles said:

Triathlon you did, "triathlete" you are not, but if *you* are
satisfied and feel you have achieved something, that really is all
that matters.

Just curious, in your peculiar world-view, which people completing a
triathlon are triathletes?

Dally

Dally said:

Charles said:

Triathlon you did, "triathlete" you are not, but if *you* are
satisfied and feel you have achieved something, that really is all
that matters.

Just curious, in your peculiar world-view, which people completing a
triathlon are triathletes?

Dally

All of them.

Maybe only the top half of the field.

No, wait...

We get that in juggling, too; you're not a juggler unless you can do X, X being
the hardest trick the poster can do. Or powerlifting: you're only a real
powerlifter if you've done at least X comps; X being however many... you know
how this ends, don't you? BJJ: you're not a bjjer unless you're at least an X
belt....

*I* say you're a juggler if you can run a 2-ball fountain or a 3-ball cascade;
more balls than hands.

I say you're a triathlete, though there is an expiration date on that. ;-)
Finishing in the top half even means you're pretty good. Fix your hip and
you'll be even better. Way to go, Dally.

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Dally said:

Charles said:

Triathlon you did, "triathlete" you are not, but if *you* are
satisfied and feel you have achieved something, that really is all
that matters.

Just curious, in your peculiar world-view, which people completing a
triathlon are triathletes?

Dally

All of them.

Maybe only the top half of the field.

No, wait...

We get that in juggling, too; you're not a juggler unless you can do X, X

being

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the hardest trick the poster can do. Or powerlifting: you're only a real
powerlifter if you've done at least X comps; X being however many... you

know

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how this ends, don't you? BJJ: you're not a bjjer unless you're at least

an X

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belt....

*I* say you're a juggler if you can run a 2-ball fountain or a 3-ball

cascade;

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more balls than hands.

I say you're a triathlete, though there is an expiration date on that.

;-)

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Finishing in the top half even means you're pretty good. Fix your hip and
you'll be even better. Way to go, Dally.

I've always wanted to be a juggler.