RunningAHEAD - Topic: eastman tri pic

deez4boyz

posted: 7/8/2009 at 1:23 AM
modified: 7/8/2009 at 1:24 AM

didn't work - will try again soon

denise

evanflein

posted: 7/8/2009 at 2:41 AM

C'mon Denise, you can do it!

deez4boyz

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:12 PM
modified: 7/9/2009 at 12:15 PM

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1340109009/a=28191142_28191142/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

i cant seem to get it to show up - just the link -- im sorry

denise

dg.

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:19 PM

how did it go??

deez4boyz

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:33 PM

THANK YOU DEB!!!!

It was great!! I was painstakingly slow in all areas, BUT I DID IT!! It was such a great experience. Went up the day before with a friend from my running group who is also a night nurse at the Brigham. We rode the bike route and did the swim which really helped my confidence. Two other friends joined us after the swim so we registered, found our hotel and went out for a nice dinner.

1/3 mile swim in the lake -- those buoys looked so far away!! My wetsuit was perfect and even tho it was hard to catch my breath the first few minutes it was so awesome to be out there!! 13:23 - transition time 3:08

12 mile bike -- nearly did me in!! the hills were brutal and there were times i wondered how i did it the day before -

definitely need more time on the bike and maybe eventually a better bike -- mine is kind of heavy. 1:05:35- transition time 54 seconds since i biked in my running shoes

3.1 mile run -- on trails and a couple of steep hills -- knew this was going to be tough after spending so much time on the bike but i just plugged away and loved every step of being out on the trails -- definitely a different type of running 33:00

so overall i was 14/18 in my age group and 170/184 -- total time 1:55:59

the best part was that feeling of accomplishment coming across the finish line and seeing my fast friends all waiting there cheering me on to the end..............instead of medals at the finish they gave out hats which are great!!

the bbq spread after was soooooooooo delicious -- even had veggie burgers for us non-red meat eaters and I won a new bike helmet in the raffle!!

cant wait to do another!!

denise

breger1

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:34 PM
modified: 7/9/2009 at 12:34 PM

Well Geez DG. Tell her how you got the picture to show.

Bill

"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong

Aamos

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:56 PM

I am so impressed. I've never completed a Tri--I would drown! That is a huge accomplishment.

Congrats--times 3!

grins,

A

Masters 2000 miles

dg.

posted: 7/9/2009 at 12:59 PM

Oh yeah, (well geez Byll, I'm old, remember?? ;-) ) I meant to do that. Ok Denise, pay attention. Copy. Paste. Smile Now you can post the other one!

What a great report! This is so much fun. Armchair tris. Good for you. Congratulations!

wildchild

Carolyn

posted: 7/9/2009 at 1:05 PM

Armchair tris - love it!

Thanks for the RR, Denise, and congrats on your first tri! When's the next one?

_{I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.}

evanflein

posted: 7/9/2009 at 1:14 PM

Awesome! Denise, be sure you're using the button with the picture of the mountain on it to paste the URL for your photo. I think you might've used the hyperlink button, the one with the chain links.

I think you did awesome and I'm so delighted you did this! I'm a big chicken about tri's... just can't get past the "you have to swim" part...

breger1

posted: 7/9/2009 at 1:20 PM

Erika, yeah I imagine it must be hard to swim in all that ice.

Bill

"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong

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