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05-22-16, 12:20 PM
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I survived the tri. Olympic length. Here are the basics (I don't have split times yet).
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
05-22-16, 12:34 PM
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I survived the tri. Olympic length. Here are the basics (I don't have split times yet).
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
05-22-16, 01:25 PM
#3228
So it is
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I survived the tri. Olympic length. Here are the basics (I don't have split times yet).
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
05-22-16, 01:27 PM
#3229
So it is
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05-22-16, 01:29 PM
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Clown 2 results were even better. She won her female age group and placed 13 of 30 for all females.
Part of her loot is that she won a beer glass.
Part of her loot is that she won a beer glass.
05-22-16, 01:36 PM
#3231
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05-22-16, 01:48 PM
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The P3 is, for all intents and purposes, the same bike as the P2, only the P3 is a little lighter. Which makes even less difference to TT bikes than road bikes. So, if you like the P3 color scheme (enough to cover the difference) plunk down the money. If you're trying to go fast for cheap, the P2 is going to be as fast for hundreds less.
05-22-16, 01:50 PM
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I survived the tri. Olympic length. Here are the basics (I don't have split times yet).
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
1. I finished
2. Only a little rain. Bike course had wet roads which slowed me down a smudge.
3. Swim was fine. I am only mediocre so I think my time was around 32-33 minutes. No broken bones like last time.
4. Bike was very hilly with some climbs as long as 2.5 miles. It was fantastic. I passed so many tri geeks on TT bikes.
5. Run was very hilly which destroyed me. I am an ok runner but have been running on a flat MUP. The hills were pretty long and really slowed me down.
I had a goal of finishing in under 3 hours which would be easy on a flat course but very tough on this one. I believe my final time was 3:07:xx, which I suppose is ok. My tri friend who does ironmans and is decent in all 3 disciplines barely broke 3 hours.
I am bushed.
05-22-16, 01:51 PM
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05-22-16, 01:56 PM
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The Trek Speed Concept and the Specialized Shiv are actually expensive bikes. I talked in a post up thread as to why @thin_concrete should avoid a Shiv IMO.
The Felt and the Cervelo are actually substantially more expensive than the Fuji- the Felt is about 2x and the Cervelo about 1.5x.
Again, not saying the Fuji is the right solution for OP, just trying to convey the facts correctly. I just happens to be much less expensive than the other options.
The Felt and the Cervelo are actually substantially more expensive than the Fuji- the Felt is about 2x and the Cervelo about 1.5x.
Again, not saying the Fuji is the right solution for OP, just trying to convey the facts correctly. I just happens to be much less expensive than the other options.
And yes, the Fuji is crazy cheap. My point was to more expand that the "cheap" tri bikes available now are actually faster than the P4, which was fantastically fast not that long ago, and the P2/P3, specifically, are nearly as fast as the P5.
05-22-16, 01:56 PM
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If I lean a crabon fibre bike up against an aluminum ladder will there be an asplosion?
05-22-16, 01:56 PM
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05-22-16, 02:16 PM
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Thanks for all the congrats. The site had not posted official times/splits. Will post once available. If I do an event like that again, I will need to practice hill runs. I think it will be easier to find a tri with a flat run.
05-22-16, 02:20 PM
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05-22-16, 02:29 PM
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Stupid Omniums. The only way I was going to win the Morgul omnium was if I won the Morgul road race.
Today hurt.
Today hurt.
05-22-16, 02:54 PM
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05-22-16, 02:56 PM
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A few tris do go the other way and sell on being as hard and hilly as possible.
05-22-16, 02:59 PM
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05-22-16, 03:16 PM
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Triathletes are wusses, so the selling point for most tri courses is to be as flat as possible to set a fast PR for the distance. Slowtwitch constantly has newbies asking which IM is easiest (meaning flattest) and Florida and Arizona sell out the quickest (and are the flattest courses).
A few tris do go the other way and sell on being as hard and hilly as possible.
A few tris do go the other way and sell on being as hard and hilly as possible.
05-22-16, 03:16 PM
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Triathletes are wusses, so the selling point for most tri courses is to be as flat as possible to set a fast PR for the distance. Slowtwitch constantly has newbies asking which IM is easiest (meaning flattest) and Florida and Arizona sell out the quickest (and are the flattest courses).
A few tris do go the other way and sell on being as hard and hilly as possible.
A few tris do go the other way and sell on being as hard and hilly as possible.
05-22-16, 03:38 PM
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05-22-16, 03:43 PM
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There was a course in a town west of here and north of SA that had a hill called "heartbreak hill" at mile six (of either the sprint or Oly) and I have both passed people walking their bikes up it during the race and (once) saw someone fall over after stalling out in his 39/23 bottom gear (guy from Houston). They couldn't get the permits for this year, though, so the course got changed.
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