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I'll be running my first triathlon this weekend, the Lifetime Fittness Tri here in the Twin Cities. I'm doing the sprint version. Did a trial run last Friday with my brother and that calmed some of my concerns.

Anyone have any advice who has done one?

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best of luck to ya...I would love to do one someday.

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Open, Chug and Crush are the only triathletics I have accomplished in the recent past. I wish you all the best!

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Smoke, drink, eat... Good luck to you though! :tu

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I have started with the belch, scratch and fart events. Best of luck.:tu

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Last one I entered was the Wildflower Triathlon.....back in 1989...:D

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Fixed it for ya :tu

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keeping this on topic. I would say just trust your training and try to keep your composure when you hit the water. It'll look crazy but just find your place behind another swimmer and glide in their slip stream. I suppose since this will be your first, just worry about finishing :tu

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More comforting words have never been spoken Bao.

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Triathelete ... eating, smoking and drinking?

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Best advice so far.

He will finish, it's a sprint triathlon not an Ironman.

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That's what I thought, too! Great minds think alike, I guess!

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I'll actually be helping out up there Thursday and Friday, though I won't be competing.

Anyways good luck!

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Cool. Get my info packet with my exact start time on Friday.

Good advice to trust my training. I've been working towards this since January, and feel I'm right where I need to be physically. The key will be getting through the swim. Since it won't be a mass start, it'll be a bit less chaotic. I'm getting pretty stoked about it since the trial run my bro and I did last Friday.

And for the record, I won't be wearing the mankini. :p

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Good luck! I was supposed to do one next weekend but work the last few months has hosed my training so instead of doing two or three this year I'll end up with one in September.

It's been said, trust your training. Do the race at the pace you know you can and don't go out too fast and end up walking the run. Get there early and lay out your stuff so you don't have to think in T1 and T2. Make sure your helmet is fastened on your head before you touch your bike. Make sure you don't get busted drafting.

Most importantly that makes a pleasant race for me - thank the volunteers pointing the way as well as the cop stopping traffic for you as you blow past them at warp speed. I think they appreciate it. Remember to smile and offer support to your fellow racers. Oh yeah, have fun!

Good luck! You'll be more than fine.

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good point...just start the swim slow then..and try not to get caught up in the energy of the competition...you'll burn out to fast..but I'm sure you'll do fine..pics will be required please.

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I know that Erin will be there with the camera. Hopefully my dad will get a few as well, from a different vantage point, and then one of the other supervisors here at work lives on the bike route, so I know there will be some to post. :D

I'm getting so stoked for this as it gets closer. :D

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BOOOOOOO!!!! :r

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:tpd:That was my first real Tri but not my last! Great course, what a butt kicker.
If you can do the training you can do the event:tu

Rob

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Got all signed in today and I'd ready to go. :) My start time will be in the vicinity of 8:50 AM CST tomorrow, and I anticipate on finishing in 1:45 or less. :)

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My unofficial time was 1hr 39min 35sec. The wife forgot the camera, but there are a few pics I'll post at some point in the near future! Damn that was great, but the swim SUCKED!

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It's cus you weren't wearing the 'kini!

:D


Congrats my friend! Hell of an accomplishment!

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shoot slowtriathlete a pm

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Great job!

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It'm Monday and I'm a little sore, but not too bad. Still debating on whether or not I will do the Chisago Lakes sprint tri on July 26th. I loved finishing this race.

The swim sucked. I gulped more water than I had hoped to, so I had to make a few pit stops there, adn then it didn't help that my goggles kept fogging up, even with anti-fog on them. :( But I got through it, and that was the main thing. 17 minutes in the water for .04 miles. Could have done better, but I'll take it.

Transition 1 was simple recovery from the water. Get the wetsuit off (helped for buoyancy) and get to the bike. It was a bit difficult to get the shoes on, but I eventually did it and got moving on the bike. The bike was fairly clear sailing. I passed more people than I got passed by, so I was pretty comfortable with that. 50 minutes on the bike for 15 miles (I'm no Lance Armstrong!).

Transition 2 was easier. Rack the bike, drop the helmet and get to the running route. That was a quick change and went well. I was able to recover some strength while on the bike after the swim. On the run, I went at a pace that was working for me. 26:19 sec for the 3 mile run. As I got closer to the finish line, the crowd was thickening up a bit, and the cheers for everyone finishing was great. It helped to urge me on, and as I knew I was getting closer, my pace picked up. When I saw the timer at the finish line, I gave it everything had left. It wasn't until later when we went to get our times at the results booth that I knew how well I did. Official time 1hr 39min 35.1sec. I'm pleased with the result. Now to only improve my swim and run next year. :D

Here's the only pic I have so far. My brother an I (both finishers). I'm on the left in the pic.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/...e78d3dec_o.jpg

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Congrats!!!

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Great job on the Triathlon. When I used to swim I never found the anti-fog to work well. I ended up just using a little bit of J&J baby shampoo on the goggles or even just spit into them. Congrats again on the great race.

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Bringing back a post from the dead....

Just finished my first tri of the season.... The bike portion is MTB and it kicked my tail. I was not prepared like I should have been, but I didn't die.... The climbing really took it out of my legs, I have only been on the MTB 1 time since the Fall and my legs felt it.(have been doing some road riding, mostly work commute)

Anyway.... Tis the season for triathlons....
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9...clinictri1.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5...clinictri2.jpg



Now it is time to start drinking beer and pick myself out a nice "finished" cigar....

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Triathletes? Yeah, I tried athletics once, and didn't like it.

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Does Drinking - Cussing & Smoking count? If so I am one too and all signed in for the day.

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Nice! :tu

Now that you've done the dirt tri, you'll have to take a look at the Xterra events! Plus, depending where you are, there are probably tons of other dirt tris... for example in Tempe there is the Pabst Blue Ribbon Off-Road Tri.

Xterra is the way to go - I have yet to do a road tri... dirt is just too much fun!

(also, CBS recently played the 2010 Xterra USA Championships... maybe they'll roll it again so keep an eye on mid-day weekend programming)

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XTERRA USA Championships here in September.

Maybe I'll go ride the Sport route in June and see if it is worth getting signed up....

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Booya! That sounds like it would be a blast!

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I've got 2 online for this year, and maybe a 3rd and 4th. :D All road ones. Might start with a sprint in June, with an Olympic race in July and a Half Ironman following that, and end the season with a nice easy sprint race.

I REALLY got hooked last year. :p Looking for bike shoes that are a decent price that actually fit my clown feet without having to take out a second mortgage. Will be putting aero bars on the bike at least. Gotta have them for longer distances. I'm also planning on joinging a local tri team too. Yet another addiction. :(

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Nice Wanger! That's a good season you've got planned.

My schedule this year will be a bit different than most, so my season is going to be a bit different.

Flagstaff Barn Burner 107 (Mtn bike race) June
Xterra Deuces Wild July
Tour of the White Mountains (Mtn bike race, 36) Sept
PBR Off-Road Sprint Tri Sept/Oct (depends on what weekend)
24 Hours of Moab (Mtn bike race) Oct

That will probably do it for me this year. That first race is coming up really really quickly - need to start the training cycle up again...

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WOW....Half Ironman is business.... GOOD ON YOU!

As far as shoes, that is a tough one.... Kinda like cigars, what some love....others are not fans of. I have BIG feet, wear Sidi 49 MEGA's on both bikes. Dominator 5's and Zephyr's...

I personally perfer road....which is odd. I would probably rather MTB than just hit the road for a ride. But when putting all three together, the road bike seems to be a nice way for me to relax.....which I cannot do on the swim or run....

I end up having to think too much on the MTN bike....picking lines, cannot seem to get into a groove due to single track and people in the way, which going down is not a HUGE deal....but going up....


Doing a 100 mile MTN ride here in a few weeks. We broke it up A LOT, 4 days of riding, 3 camp stops.... It is vehicle supported and there will be MANY cigars and adult beverages.... Looking forward to it.

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nice!

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Finished 2nd triathlon(Sprint) of the year yesterday. Michelle(wife) completed her first....very proud of her.

Waiting for times to be posted.... Hoping to have improved on last years, even though conditions were MUCH worse.

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My buddy and I were training for Triathalons. We wanted to do a half Ironman, the Alcatraz race, and then eventually a full Ironman. But in 2008 I had knee surgery and started back up training for them and it litterally kills my knee to run anything over a mile. He contiuned on and I just go for support to his races.

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Just finished my first race of the year yesterday. The Manitou Sprint Triathlon. My time was 1:34:06. I was hoping for 1:30 or under, but I just couldn't do it yesterday. Next year!

Bad news for my other tris this year...some pain in my knee for the last ~3/4 mile...puts the Half Iron I'm planning into some doubt. :( We'll see how things shape up for the rest of the week, though.

...oh, and I DID find bike shoes to fit my clown feet...got a pair of new to me SIDIs on eBay. Love the move to clipless...I feel like it has made a huge difference in my power and efficiency on the bike. :)

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Nice...and CONGRATS!

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Knee is feeling great, but I've only been in the pool this week. The dream of doing a half iron this year isn't dead yet. We'll see how it feels after running tomorrow. :)

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you are my hero...someday I wanna grow up to be just like you and do a triathlon...

Make sure you ice and stretch always. :tu

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:tpd:

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Good luck. We can talk the cycling part, but that is about it for me.

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Aldrin (s0leful0ne), David (mexi-can), Patrick (pfm721) and myself will be doing our first sprint triathlon this September at Lake Eola in Orlando...well hopefully that is. We've started training back in I want to say April but I could be wrong.

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Kevin, if you guys keep doing them, we will have to plan for me to come down there and all run one together. At some point, maybe I'll do the Clermont tri, since that's where all the in-laws are.

I started off last year just wanting to do it, as a challenge from my brother. My first one got me hooked, and I love it. I'm not the fastest out there, but just being part of it and being able to say "I did this." is what is the lure to me. I love the training and the feeling on race day makes it all worthwhile. I have found it to be an amazing endorphin rush and I can see myself continuing to do this for several years. I don't really have an ultimate goal, but I think it would be truly cool to be able to go and do "THE" Ironman in Hawaii some day. If I really wanted to compete for titles in my age group, I'd have to seriously upgrade my bike and change my training plan. But I'm fine where I'm at right now. :)

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I'll be waiting to see the post "I'm going to compete in Kona!" :tu

I can do the run part but combine that with the other 2 ??? :td I've run the Boston Marathon as a bandit off and on for about 10yrs with my now 50 yr old uncle and his friends, now they are getting into the 50milers and I'm lazy :D

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WOW! Ultras! DAMN!

You know D A M N sure that I will post something if and when that happens (Kona). :D

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8 days to the next race...the one that started me off last year. Instead of the sprint like last year, it'll be the Olympic distance. :) I feel I'm ready for it. A good ride tomorrow a rest day, then a couple more workouts and a few days of rest before the race.

I am not likely going to be doing the half iron that I had hoped to, but I will at least run the sprint (which I also did last year, so I'll be ab le to see just how much improvement I've made).