uh oh im in trouble.
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Iron Dan posted 45 weeks ago.
Don't worry about it. Everyone has days where things don't go as planned. Dust yourself off and go back out there and train. Let this be a motivation to really push yourself to the max in training so it doesn't happen again. Don't give up just because of how you did in a race. If you enjoy doing triathlons, then keep at it. Also, how did you do agains what your goal was? If you come in last but you exceeded your goal then it was just really tough competition.
Also if there were alot of hills and you have not trained on any, that is probably the hardest thing to do without practicing. Biking up hills requires alot of training in order for them to not have them take it completely out of you. Keep up the training and your day will come.
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IHAVETO posted 45 weeks ago.
I totally understand how you feel. I've been in your shoes a couple of times. You need to make the decision to press on. **** happens much like shitty races happen. Chaulk that race up as a learning experience and keep getting faster. No point on dwelling on it. That race is over and done with. Now it's time to do your best to stop that from happening again. Remember just finishing that race is something the majority of the population can't and won't do. You're already ahead of 98% of the people. You got this. Keep going...
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cayman posted 45 weeks ago.
My first tri, I came in next to last in my age group for the swim. The only reason I wasn't last-- I got up and ran the last 50 yds. I was really bummed for about 5 minutes before I let it go. It was history, old news, I stunk, I moved on.
One thing for certain, if you don't train you won't get better. Learn from your experiences, bad experiences are great training tools. What happened happened and can't be changed, but you can begin improving for you next race today, just open the door and do it.
It's time to get out of your funk. if you drop the k what do you get? F-U-N! Pick an HIM and sign up for it, that's a great motivator.
john
I don't need to get faster, I just need to get older!
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Tamara posted 45 weeks ago.
Hang in there. Last year when I did my first Oly I was almost the last one to finish. Attaching the link to the race report I posted then. Don't let one bad race get you down. What did you do well? You finished, first of all, on the toughest course you've ever been on. Did you cramp or anything -- if not, you did your nutrition right. How about those transitions - did you learn anything? Walk away from this race tougher than you were when you started it.
http://www.trifuel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6335
"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." ~George Sheehan
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Anton posted 45 weeks ago.
We have all been there...I've had a mediocure (sp ) season and I'm struggling to get out the door right now....This funk has happened to me ,oh...a bizillion times...learn and move on...
I don't mean to be flippant,and it's not my intent...sounds like the only place to go is ...UP! You will.
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
My Blog: http://anton.trifuel.net
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rcortesi posted 45 weeks ago.
That happened to me in a mountain bike race earlier this summer. Finished dead last in my category. On the upside it made my goal for the next race really easy... don't finish last.
It will just make your comeback that much sweeter.
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Inside a dog it is too dark to read."
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beads1985 posted 45 weeks ago.
This seems to be a reoccuring theme with a lot of people.
Me included!
Last year I in jured my knee not once but twice, and I had to defer my IM race, but I went on to do a PR marathon in November.
This season has been dragging. I scheduled a lot fewer events this year, so I could concentrate on my A event -The Chesapeakeman, and to save some money.
In May I was going to do my first triathlon of the season,and I couldn't get out of bed, because I had a stomach virus and I could barely get out of the fetal position.
My second tri I actually got sick just as the swim started and continued to blow chow in the swim, on the bike and the run
(see my blog for the gory details)
Last Sunday I did a sprint tri I love to do every year, but I had a head cold, and it was a struggle to complete.
I am hardly motivated but I keep going. You just got to keep your head in the game.
If you need a break take one and get re-charged.:D
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Nutty posted 45 weeks ago.
My best advice is to take the section of the race you like the most, and go out the door and do it. Don't think about training, heart rates, distances, times, or anything. Just focusing on enjoying your run/bike/swim and remind yourself why you do this. If youve got some mates who do the same sport, have them help you out. I got dead last in the men in my last tri and the only thing that got me going again was some old friends from high school cross country getting my butt back in my running shoes (which is very uncomfortable).
-alan
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RV posted 45 weeks ago.
We have all had bad - really bad races.
I had one of my worst in a HIM last year - and that was the last race before my first IM. I got destroyed in the swim. For a week I had absolutely no confidence that I could do the IM. But I calmed down - remembered that this is something that I enjoy and just got back to it. I went on and did the IM and actually enjoyed the swim even though it was in rough conditions. So, just evaluate why you are doing this lifestyle. Your place in the standings is not that important. Most of us are not on the podium. You finished the race. That in itself is a big accomplishment. Every race exposes things that we need to work on inorder to improve. Pick an area to focus on something specific and work on that. Don't try to fix too many things at once. Sign up for your HIM and try to just have fun and enjoy it. Even if finishing last - you still beat all those who would never even dare to sign up!
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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TryScott posted 45 weeks ago.
My first Tri was last weekend, and of the 98 people that finished the bike, I was 87th. This was depressing to me because I'm 29 years old, and I thought I was in good shape. I'm not talking about doing poor in my AG, I'm a male that's 29 years old, getting blown away by high schoolers and grandparents! I'm depressed about it, but I'm doing everything I can to help it motivate me to train more.
Don't let one race get you down. From what I've seen, triathletes appear to be a confident group of people, and rightly so. It's not easy to discipline yourself to train for this type of sport.
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TriOnLife posted 45 weeks ago.
what do you do when your moral is down,
You remind yourself you are awesome for even trying and you keep trying - tri-ing. Get out the door and train! 99% of the population won't even consider taking on a triathlon - you showed up and saw it through in spite of it being really, really hard.
I had a really bad Oly so I am sticking with Olys for now. HIM can come next year. You might want to do the same. There's no race to get in the most and longest events faster than someone else. These are your races - own them!
No shame - no defeat. This race was yet another opportunity to grow and get stronger.
- A 21st Century Mom who is tri-ing to get better instead of just getting older
www.breakingthetape.com/21stcenturymom
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tri-ac posted 45 weeks ago.
go do something else that makes you happy
and add your workouts back in JUST AS MAINTENANCE
keep them short and positive
when you're ready to fully engage again, go balls to the wall with your training plan
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hateloveschool posted 45 weeks ago.
You know what's good from where you are standing, though it doesn't seem good. You would think this is bad thing, to finish last, but if you look at it from a different perspective, you can use it as a motivation. Something important about triathlons is that you have to learn from you experiences to improve. Figure out what you did wrong, change your training a little, give it a fresh look. Because you're starting from the bottom, all you can do is improve, that is a good thing, I think.
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TriOnLife posted 45 weeks ago.
creep-a-leep;77229 wrote:
does this ever happen to anybody else.
I forgot to mention that although my first Olympic distance event was really bad I PR'd on my next Olympic distance event - by 62 minutes.
The second course was flatter but not flat, the swim seemed way harder, I got an horrendous, debilitating cramp coming out of the water and it was hot - and I still PR'd by over an hour.
Shake it off and get back out there! You just don't know what can happen if you step up the training a bit.
- A 21st Century Mom who is tri-ing to get better instead of just getting older
www.breakingthetape.com/21stcenturymom
what do you do when your moral is down, 2 weeks ago i competed in a race and i finished last in my age group.it was a really tough race for me.it was the most challenging course of the tri series.where im at its flat.we dont have any rollers or climbs.this race had some serious climbs.i didnt pass up one person in the race.but it seemed like i got passed by everybody,my confindence dropped.i was going to try and complete my first HIM but i just stopped training.in my head i said im done.does this ever happen to anybody else.