Hi, I'm Sully!
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Iron Dan posted 34 weeks ago.
Welcome and I look forward to hearing from you in the future.
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gfd posted 34 weeks ago.
Welcome. I have done quite a few training rides up the through the beautiful Lehigh Campus. There are 3 nice tris planned for next summer in the Lehigh Valley. You will be amazed at how much you will learn on this site.
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RV posted 34 weeks ago.
Tri's are addicting - glad you are getting caught up in it!
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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Tikal Dog posted 34 weeks ago.
hiiiiiiiiii Sullyyyyy (with a school class sound) jeje
Welcome to the site hope we hear more from you.
Hyperactive Trifueler!!!! (I refuse to let the status go :p)
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Socket posted 34 weeks ago.
Welcome Sully!
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There are 3 nice tris planned for next summer in the Lehigh Valley.
Sweet! Where might one find information about these? Its within driving distance for me and info about races in the area for next year are a bit light at the moment.
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
Welcome to the site! I was also a runner first and found I really like the combo, too :)
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JRH posted 34 weeks ago.
and beat lafayette!
I used to run up your way in HS and there were some great hills out that way. what are you planning on for next year?
proud and high or low and humble - many miles before I go
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Sully800 posted 34 weeks ago.
gfd;80221 wrote:
Welcome. I have done quite a few training rides up the through the beautiful Lehigh Campus. There are 3 nice tris planned for next summer in the Lehigh Valley. You will be amazed at how much you will learn on this site.
Cool, maybe I'll even find some people to ride with from here!
3 races: Steelman I know is supposed to be awesome. I've done Catfish out in Harrisburg the past two years which falls on the same date, but I would like to give Steelman a try because I've heard good things.
I looked into the EnduraSport Mini for this year but I opted to do that Lancaster Family YMCA since it was standard Oly distances and I had never done one of them before.
What's the third? I think there's one in Bath still to go this summer actually which I thought about, so maybe that's what you're referring to.
gfd;80221 wrote:
and beat lafayette!I used to run up your way in HS and there were some great hills out that way. what are you planning on for next year?
Now that's the spirit! And yeah, living on the side of a small mountain gives you pretty easy access to all the hill training you could desire. As for next year I'm not sure. I would like to eventually do an IM so I thought about trying a HIM in the middle of the season and then tapering down to sprints at my peak. I will probably wait a season or two to try the HIM though....maybe see how good I can get while I still qualify as U23 and then move up for the challenge.
Anyway, thanks for the welcome everyone! It's interesting to see so many quick replies to a newbie in the forums...a very friendly community I can tell.
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gfd posted 34 weeks ago.
The first two are correct. Steelman is really well done. Endurosport has less entrants but offers a half as well as a mini. The Black Bear (half and sprint) is in Palmerton (above Whitehall). There is one in the Bath/Northhampton area, but I don't know of anyone who has done it. Not advertised well in the area.
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Anton posted 34 weeks ago.
Tikal Dog;80236 wrote:
hiiiiiiiiii Sullyyyyy (with a school class sound) jejeWelcome to the site hope we hear more from you.
I was thinking more of..."Hi I'm Sully"
and a room full of people at THA (Tri Heads Anonymous)
replying "Hi Sully!"
"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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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
Anton;80286 wrote:
I was thinking more of..."Hi I'm Sully"
and a room full of people at THA (Tri Heads Anonymous)
replying "Hi Sully!"
I was more picturing the Monster's Inc sully :)
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
awww well that's still what I pictured :) That's not a bad thing... I like that movie!
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JRH posted 34 weeks ago.
gfd;80273 wrote:
The first two are correct. Steelman is really well done. Endurosport has less entrants but offers a half as well as a mini. The Black Bear (half and sprint) is in Palmerton (above Whitehall). There is one in the Bath/Northhampton area, but I don't know of anyone who has done it. Not advertised well in the area.
I used to volunteer at the Bath one. if it is the same it has a shallow pond swim - very short swim, hilly technical ride and out and back 5k with long gradual return.
proud and high or low and humble - many miles before I go
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JRH posted 34 weeks ago.
http://www.piranha-sports.com/EventDetail.asp?ACTION=ShowEvent&EventID=234#Directions
think it may be a campground for RV's and such
proud and high or low and humble - many miles before I go
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blavelle posted 33 weeks ago.
JRH;80372 wrote:
http://www.piranha-sports.com/EventDetail.asp?ACTION=ShowEvent&EventID=234#Directions
think it may be a campground for RV's and such
this is actually tomorrow! (sept 23rd) its going to be my first tri.:)
"now I only have good days and great days."
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Sully800 posted 33 weeks ago.
blavelle;80496 wrote:
this is actually tomorrow! (sept 23rd) its going to be my first tri.:)
I think you're the 4th Lehigh Valley triathletes in this thread. :)
Good luck tomorrow!
autoload wrote:
Get your ass back to Conquer Club!
Autoload is here also?? Man, it seems like I know everyone on this site already
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gfd posted 33 weeks ago.
blavelle,
Good luck in your first tri.
We need to have a LV triathlete group ride in the future.
Hello everyone! I'm Sully and I have a feeling I'll be on these forums quite a bit now that I've found them :)
I'm a student from Lehigh University in PA, and just completed my second triathlon season (sprints and olys, unlike all the IM all stars here!) I come from a track and cross country background, though I ran shorter stuff (400/800) and was never very successful at xc. Now that I've begun swimming and biking I discover that I like them more and more....and I'm probably much better suited to be a bike TT guy than a distance runner.
Anyway, its safe to say that I've caught the bug. I spend hours reading about tris, looking at equipment, analyzing race data...sometimes I even get outside and train!