05-22-2013, 10:41 AM | #90 |
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Anyone doing the Copper Triangle this year? I think I'll go up this year, I'll miss the Iron Horse this weekend so would love to get some CO mountains in later.
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05-22-2013, 11:22 AM | #91 | |
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It is hit or miss on getting the bug. I did my first Sprint having never done an long open water swim, the 19 mile bike section was in Blue Ridge, GA and was on a MTB and 2/3 of the run was uphill (leaving the marina and finish in downtown Blue Ridge). It was brutal as my first but I loved it and immediately bought a road bike. While others I know did one and enjoyed it but it was not their cup of tea. Now, one of my 9 year old twin daughters is interested and entering a race with me. She will do one of the kids Tri's soon but first, she is beginning with an adult race. It will be my first relay with me doing the swim and bike and her doing the run. She is already talking smack about me not riding or swimming enough and I had better not let her down. Granted, she is running 5k's in the 22's now (might break into the 21’s by then as it is the tail end of track season), so can back it up. Our goal is to demolish all other relay teams. |
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05-22-2013, 11:57 AM | #92 | ||
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The relay sounds like it's going to be a blast. Better get swimming and riding!
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05-22-2013, 12:04 PM | #93 | |
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I opted out of that one this year. I just can't get enough mileage in, or desire, for a full IM. Doubt my old knees would be too happy about that either... |
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05-22-2013, 01:19 PM | #94 | |
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I was only saying because we've known several people who have signed up for Miamiman thinking that it was going to be a beautiful setting. It's not. The course was not near the water and not in a particularly nice part of town. The swim (when we were there, not sure if it's changed) was 2 loops in a retention pond that they called a lake and the bike course is straight roads with several 90 degree turns through some crappy neighborhoods and farm land. My wife said people were driving by them yelling obscenities at the racers because of the traffic back ups. The run was the best part because it goes through the zoo and is a nice setting. However, the run offered little to no shade and you have to watch out for the zoo patrons walking around. It's not a bad race, but there are several more that are better. I did win a bike pump from one of the vendors for guessing the correct weight of a bowl of coffee beans. Score! I think our Miami man experience would have been better if we expected all of that rather than thinking it was going to be through South beach or something. We know better now and scope all race courses prior to signing up with google earth. The first race she signed up for was IM Coeur d'Alene cause her brother talked her into it. (he ended up not doing it after all) Miami man was held at the right time in her training program to do a half which is how that became her first Tri. She likes the half distance best and so do i. (It's tough spectating for 11 hours!) She does a full every other year and sprints and oly's on the off years. I think she does 2 or 3 halfs each year regardless. Last year it was IM Brazil and next year it'll likely be IM Austria because it's not hot, flat and fast.... I'm trying to talk her in to IM Nice though!
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05-22-2013, 08:48 PM | #97 | |
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I have heard the swim is fast as it is with the current. When I did the Beach to Battleship half IM in Wilmington, NC, the tide was coming in so the times were fast. I swam the 1.2 miles in 24 minutes. There was also a full IM and the lead swimmer finished the 2.4 miles in 38 minutes. |
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