Santa Barbara 8/26/23
05-11-23, 01:07 AM
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Santa Barbara 8/26/23
Just signed up for the long course tonight. I did this last year and it was brutal. Their long course is this odd duck quasi 1/4 Ironman kind of thing. Longer than an Olympic, but shorter than a 70.3. Starts with a 1 mile swim, then a 34 mile ride (through a lot of mountains) and finishes with a 10 mile run. I'm doing this as a test to see if I'm up for a 70.3. I did it last year and I finished, but there were extenuating circumstances (as in I damn near killed myself the day before with heat stroke [long story] so I started off massively dehydrated). Not like I'm ever more than a back-of-the-pack finisher, but hoping I can improve on last year's bottom-five finish.
05-15-23, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by VegasJen
Just signed up for the long course tonight. I did this last year and it was brutal. Their long course is this odd duck quasi 1/4 Ironman kind of thing. Longer than an Olympic, but shorter than a 70.3. Starts with a 1 mile swim, then a 34 mile ride (through a lot of mountains) and finishes with a 10 mile run.I'm doing this as a test to see if I'm up for a 70.3. I did it last year and I finished, but there were extenuating circumstances (as in I damn near killed myself the day before with heat stroke [long story] so I started off massively dehydrated). Not like I'm ever more than a back-of-the-pack finisher, but hoping I can improve on last year's bottom-five finish.
My tri progression was FIRST a July 2012 Sprint the week before my 62nd birthday, then a Sept. tri where the swim was cancelled due to an almost hurricane passing the coast so we had a Run - Ride - Run and then in April the next year was Ironman 70.3 Florida and then in November 2013 at 63yo+ my first Ironman Florida.
Finnish Line picture I looked like I was 100 years old and felt it also.
Just do it.
Last edited by OldTryGuy; 05-15-23 at 05:17 AM.
05-21-23, 05:05 PM
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I'm looking for a tri out by Miami or Jacksonville. I want to be able to say I've done tris "coast to coast". I've done Sarasota twice now, but that just doesn't feel legit since it's on the gulf side and in a fresh water lake.
