Some cool little details
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ChuckyFinster posted 2 years ago.
Dude, I feel ya. All except for #1, I'd put that in the "Things I don't like" section.
#13, I love busting out my swim caps at Masters. +1 macho points
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VTIRON posted 2 years ago.
A small detail I enjoy is passing a far younger man who has a body sculpted like a Greek god and secretly wanting to tell him that I'm older than his dad.
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RV posted 2 years ago.
Ya, and catching and passing a pack of roadies is always fun.
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jmruns430 posted 2 years ago.
"3. race tshirts"
My favorite - except when the race neglects to order shirts in appropriate sizes! california 70.3 I was left with a finishers shirt that comes down to my knees! (sorry I just got done ranting in my post-race survey)
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kuhar posted 2 years ago.
here's one I like:
The smell of neoprene.
smelling my wetsuit in the dead of winter makes me feel all warm and toasty inside.
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bluebirdbiker posted 2 years ago.
The heart pounding as you grind up a hill out of the seat, labouring, drooling swaying back and forth passing everyone on the bike, then the coast down as the endorphines kick in and you lie on the aerobars and suck up some fluids.
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dr_rios_ec posted 2 years ago.
I do enjoy so much passing.....makes me feeling so good!!!
What I really don´t like....seeing people hurt on the race course....
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Matt Hill posted 2 years ago.
Good: The smell of bakeries opening in the morning when ride / run past... and stopping! :p
Bad: Running down to the swimming pool only to find it closed because of some corporate event :mad:
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tcrunner07 posted 2 years ago.
never ever ever been passed on the run on a triathlon
If you get a flat, and don't have a tube, Suck it up and run it in!!!
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Iron Man posted 2 years ago.
things i like:
1. being up early enough to see the sun rise
2. the warmth of the sun as i swim bike and run
3.the finishing chute
4.the final kilometer/mile
5.race/triathlon T-shirts
6.carbon fiber
7.fast bikes and faster women
8.Keeping my race numbers in a folder with the split times written on the back.
Things i dont like:
1.Rain
2.Swiming over people
3.People who draft me
4.people who run off my pace
5.Not beating my PB.
6.traithlons with no finishers T-shirts
Speed Kills. Strength Punishes
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Iron Man posted 2 years ago.
tcrunner07 wrote:
never ever ever been passed on the run on a triathlon
Wait till you race me!
Speed Kills. Strength Punishes
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Anton posted 2 years ago.
Things I Like:
1. Seeing deer,beaver and fox on my morning run.
2. Eating whatever I want.
3.Racing somewhere new.
4.Humble age groupers.
5. Being 52 and still moving like I'm 30.
Things I don't like:
1.Another damn race t-shirt.
2.carbon fiber
3.Gear freaks
4. Age groupers who think they are god.
5. Being 52 and feeling 70 when I get out of bed in the morning!
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"
- Vincent Van Gogh
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catwood posted 2 years ago.
Things I like:
Biking on roads without potholes or stoplights
Biking into town at the end of my morning rides during rush hour - somehow it just gives me a rush to be going faster than the cars
Analyzing race results
Good race photos
Other triathletes
Making training plans
Things I don't like
Swimming in between two big guys who both veer into me
Huge race t-shirts (if they gave out youth large or even regular smalls that would make me happy - as is, i just get quilts made out of them)
The last mile or so of tri's - once I go anaerobic at the end of hard races, my stomach always just rebels - the good stuff makes it worth it to keep going hard, but I don't have to like that part
Cleaning water bottles
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tcrunner07 posted 2 years ago.
Iron Man wrote:
Wait till you race me!
when will you be in the orlando area??
If you get a flat, and don't have a tube, Suck it up and run it in!!!
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vmarwin posted 2 years ago.
tcrunner07 wrote:
never ever ever been passed on the run on a triathlon
That means you need to swim and ride faster so you'll be running with the elites instead of the newbies/rec racers
If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
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Iron Man posted 2 years ago.
tcrunner07 wrote:
when will you be in the orlando area??
Currently live and race in australia but mabye i could come over for IM Florida and we can have a show down!
TCrunner Vs. The Thunder From Down Under :eek:
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tcrunner07 posted 2 years ago.
vmarwin wrote:
That means you need to swim and ride faster so you'll be running with the elites instead of the newbies/rec racers
i have to go with my wave for age group rankings. ...everyone n my age group though...15-19...where i live...i race against sum of the junior national team and about 5 collegiate teams
If you get a flat, and don't have a tube, Suck it up and run it in!!!
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tcrunner07 posted 2 years ago.
Iron Man wrote:
Currently live and race in australia but mabye i could come over for IM Florida and we can have a show down!TCrunner Vs. The Thunder From Down Under :eek:
lets race a sprint or oly...im not don an ironman or half till after college.....im still a junior n high school
If you get a flat, and don't have a tube, Suck it up and run it in!!!
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Iron Man posted 2 years ago.
tcrunner07 wrote:
lets race a sprint or oly...im not don an ironman or half till after college.....im still a junior n high school
suck it up princess!.....we can race oly dist (not too many fast twich fibers in the ol' body) if your not up for an iron man. whats your oly PB (just so i know what im getting myself into)
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tcrunner07 posted 2 years ago.
Iron Man wrote:
suck it up princess!.....we can race oly dist (not too many fast twich fibers in the ol' body) if your not up for an iron man. whats your oly PB (just so i know what im getting myself into)
2:12 i did it n on saturday, n clermont, fl. ..i gotta nasty blister from the last 5k on the run
http://www.sommersports.com/results/displayresults2006.asp?event=taclermont2006&file=imale
check out #17 n male
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
deepbluex wrote:
These small details I enjoy:1. The smell and taste of ocean water in your mouth while riding your bike.
2. The free fruit at the end of a race
3. race tshirts
4. goodie bags
5. no flat tires
6. a good number mark job on the arm
7. meeting some nice people at the race
8. watching old people being strong
9. watching young people being strong
10. applause
11. applauding for others
12. aid stations that have gatorade
13. a cool color swim cap
14. getting a good action pic from brightroom
15. finishing in one pieceThings I don't like:
1. getting grabbed during the swim
2. flat tires
3. falling clipped-in
4. leaking goggles
5. getting handed a drinking a sugar-free diet health drink at the finish line, and drinking it
6. seeing people hurt on the course
7. asthma attacks
Right after the race it is easy to remember the things I don't like, but as time goes by it becomes part of the things I do enjoy. I love the whole thing.
I don't like training or racing alone. I love to yap, so training with someone, or doing an event with someone is fun. I think that is why the bike is difficult for me. I am not allowed to hang out and talk. I even got a penalty for blocking during a 1/2 IM because I was chatting. (nobody around for a mile or so either)
These small details I enjoy:
1. The smell and taste of ocean water in your mouth while riding your bike.
2. The free fruit at the end of a race
3. race tshirts
4. goodie bags
5. no flat tires
6. a good number mark job on the arm
7. meeting some nice people at the race
8. watching old people being strong
9. watching young people being strong
10. applause
11. applauding for others
12. aid stations that have gatorade
13. a cool color swim cap
14. getting a good action pic from brightroom
15. finishing in one piece
Things I don't like:
1. getting grabbed during the swim
2. flat tires
3. falling clipped-in
4. leaking goggles
5. getting handed a drinking a sugar-free diet health drink at the finish line, and drinking it
6. seeing people hurt on the course
7. asthma attacks