[linux_author]

- it will be fun to watch, especially considering that i'll be able to see a two-mile stretch of the 56mi bike ride from the front of my house!

- so if you're headed down Belcher Rd (71st) and you hear a cowbell and see a 50+ BF forum member jumping up and down and screaming, it will be me!

- last year was fun, too... interesting to see several amputees in the lead riders (nearly an hour ahead of the main pack!)

- the only bad part is watching the insipid snowbirds and locals in cars panicking at not being able to use a blocked off lane and not understanding that you're not supposed to make left turns in front of 25mph+ cyclists... (idiot drivers!)... last year, a senior citizen driver took out one rider on Park Blvd. around the corner from me, despite police waving traffic off the center turn lanes...

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[^*^BATMAN^*^]

Nice, I take it that you watched the Ironman. I raced it. Cranked out a 4:53 bike split.

[chrisesposito]

Nice, I take it that you watched the Ironman. I raced it. Cranked out a 4:53 bike split.

Nice bike split. How did the rest of the race go? Is Florida wetsuit legal for age groupers?

[^*^BATMAN^*^]

Florida is wetsuit legal. Pretty awesome because of it.

Swim-1:03
T1-7
Bike- 4:53
T2- 7
Run- 5:17

Obviously my run is my problem. I was onto the run course at 6:20ish into the race. If I coulda ran my goal time of 4:30, I woulda been sub 10, but ce la vie. I had some bad feet problems, so I had to walk alot. I am signed up for next year, and am going to be training my run like crazy. Hope to get in a marathon or two this year, I want to be under 4 hours atleast, more like 330 for just a marathon. That should allow me to race a 4 hour or less in the IM.

Oh, and final time of 11:29:27

[fetad]

My car was in the shop today so I rode my bike from the dealership around Clearwater. Got 50 miles just toolin around. I saw a lot of triathletes training and was hoping to follow one or two just to see if I could keep up. I soon realized these guys/gals don't push it this close to the race. I felt odd blowing past a guy with calves as big as my thighs and thighs as big as my waist as we climbed the huge bridge that connects Clearwater beach to Bellair.