What's Your Worst and Favorite Tri?
Worst Tri Experience: Stanford Treeathlon
I'm shaking my head as I'm typing this, b/c I frankly hated it! What suckerooo'd was the Bay water was so freakin' cold I thought my face was going to turn permanently blue. BRRRRR! And it was mainly for college triathletes, so my age group went dead last, about 40 minutes after everyone, so I was coming into T1, as everyone else was starting and finishing the run! (Just look at the pic above). Talk about de-motivating. ugh.
But that race was prep for my first Olympic Distance Tri which I absolutely LOVED...
My Favorite Tri Experience: Lavaman Triathlon in Hawaii.
It was heaven to race in Hawaii. It's my title picture for this here blog, and despite the super winds on half the bike and run, it was a fabulous race venue. And I mean c'mon, it's in Hawaii...
Now, I wanna know YOUR favorite and worst tri's! What event just sorta sucked booty, and which one was a lil' slice of heaven (as much as racing a tri can be)? Please share and give me the 411! (p.s. I'm looking for a race in October/Nov of this year, and it's never too early think about races for 2011)
Comments
Well you are a rock star for even attempting a Tri!! I am a terrible swimmer....most likely no Tri in my future but I wouldn't mind trying a Running/Biking race:)
Thanks for sharing the pictures and I hope that you have a great Wednesday:)
My worst was the Danskin Sprint Tri in denver. This was before I knew you NEEDED a wetsuit to swim outside in CO. When I got in the water my body freaked and I couldn't breathe. I thought I was going to die. I was so scared and shaking so hard. Then the run was SO HOT with no shade. Probably my worst 5K time ever.
I just wanted you to know that I saw that you were already tagged for the sunshine award...I would of tagged you if not:) Just wanted to make sure that you know that you are one of my favorite new blog friends:)
@Marny- wow, that is a fab time for your half! nice. and it always seems the water can make or break a race.
@Julie-see what I mean??? You are just SO nice!;-) thx
I'll post some info on the boxing terminology tonight, I forget that less than a year ago I had no clue what sparring was either!
P.S I'm sending a little sunshine award your way! Hope you're enjoying your day :-)
Tri in July at Highlands Ranch. This was a very small, local tri, which is normally lots of fun. This one sucked though! It started with a pool swim where 5 people had to swim in each lane starting 5 seconds apart. It was mass chaos! People were swimming into each other, grabbing toes, arms, etc.. It just sucked! I was so frazzled from the swim that I never fully recovered from it and the bike and run were horrible. Lesson learned: NEVER do a tri with a pool swim again!
Favorite Tri:
Harvest Moon Half Ironman.
This was my first HIM and I was nervous, but excited about it. I had trained well for it and felt prepared for the distance. My goal was to do it in 6hrs, but I did it in 5:42...woohoo! I felt so good on all 3 legs of the race....it was just amazing! I kept thinking to myself the entire race, "I am actually doing this...I cannot believe I'm going to finish this alive!" Then the finish line came and it was pure joy! My parents, husband, and boys were there waiting for me and it was just awesome!
Way to rock your HIM in 5:45...that's awesome! :)
Cheers,
"XTB" Xavi.
Love your blog and I couldn't follow fast enough!
That Stanford one sounds horrible. I would NOT like to be the last heat. Ugh, I would be miserable the whole time knowing people were finished while I still had two events to go!!
I have only done local races here in San Diego, but my husband's favorite is the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. (Which i actually just mentioned in today's blog. Random.)