Triathon

Did you do one today?

:D

triathlon/whatever who needs to know how to spell/type anyway?

No. But you did. Tell us about it.

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I did it :D I are alive :) I managed not to go for a second swim in the icy river that was at the bottom of the steep hill at the start of the bike bit. Oh, and I did it. And i wasn't last. quite..... still waiting for official results. I have a medal and everything. Did I mention that i did a tri this morning?

Well done. :)

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thank you :)

Well done that monster!

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You go girl!

:D :D :D

Well done Monster!

ty. Even the sprogs are proud of me :)

I don't know why anyone would want to do that. But you did, so congratulations on accomplishing your goal. :thumb:

Yeah monster!!!

xoxoxoBruce;861904 wrote:

I don't know why anyone would want to do that. But you did, so congratulations on accomplishing your goal. :thumb:

Because they were fit and healthy and yet had a stroke aged 42 and needed a goal to give them a reason to keep trying to be alive and fit and healthy?

w00t Monster!

monster;861906 wrote:

Because they were fit and healthy and yet had a stroke aged 42 and needed a goal to give them a reason to keep trying to be alive and fit and healthy?

I don't know, sounds to me like a way to add a heart attack to the list. :lol:
Certainly there are people who maintain a healthy lifestyle without going to such extremes, or in fact any competitions.

But for people such as yourself who decide they want the challenge, then meet that goal, there must be a lot of personal satisfaction. If it's to prove to the world they're not over the hill, or any other personal reason, then that works too.

Like I said, you certainly earned congratulations on achieving your goal.

Holy shit, monster. That's awesome!

Results are in (ish) I was 100th overall (not sure out of how many -approx 150 ...there were 7 in my age/gender group and i was 6th but I was 1st in th transition from bike to run. I so rock. (secret is in putting bike down and start running ;) )

Congratulations!

I SO ROCK is your new user title, babe.

You fucken ROCK !!!!!!!

Wow. Go head monster

Good for you monster. :). I could never do a tri. Well done!

monster;861899 wrote:

ty. Even the sprogs are proud of me :)

Hell, I'm proud of ya.

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Hey! Good on you Monster!

she did the tri

yet somehow *I* feel tired, now how does that work

Really awesome! I am of the awe!

why thank you. Up at 5 this morning for morning practice taxi. I'm knackered. i can still move but it feels like it might not be the case later on..... :eek: :lol:

It was a sprint/mini tri, by the way -400y pool swim, 12.4 miles (20K) bike and 3.1 miles (5K) run. My first, and probably my last.

Now, shall I go to the gym today? Or back to bed :)

monster;861974 wrote:

It was a sprint/mini tri, by the way -400y pool swim, 12.4 miles (20K) bike and 3.1 miles (5K) run. My first, and probably my last.

That is still more than I can do.

Gurl, you are Ms Ambition. Let your body rest a bit. ;)

(In other words, ease my guilt!)

Sorry, I didn't read the question carefully. I did do a triathlon, once, 30 years ago. Not today.

monster;861974 wrote:

why thank you. Up at 5 this morning for morning practice taxi. I'm knackered. i can still move but it feels like it might not be the case later on..... :eek: :lol:

It was a sprint/mini tri, by the way -400y pool swim, 12.4 miles (20K) bike and 3.1 miles (5K) run. My first, and probably my last.

Now, shall I go to the gym today? Or back to bed :)

Go swimming, not hard laps just easy loosening up, it does a body good.

I had a PT appt first, she made me stretch. When i got to the gym, I walked/jogged a little (mile and a half), did 10 minutes gently on an exercise bike, did a little strength training (been neglecting that) and my remaining PT exercises (they are not hard work but must be done..), swam a sedate 400 then hit the hot tub :) the idea was to try and lightly use everything that got used yesterday to minimise stiffness. so far so good :) I'm just a little saddle sore ans there are remnants of my body marking that i can't scrub off.

IT sounds like you are exercising everything. What does the PT hit?

monster;862050 wrote:

...there are remnants of my body marking that i can't scrub off.

Leave it on, that's like a campaign ribbon. ;)

Good for you!

monster;861974 wrote:

why thank you. Up at 5 this morning for morning practice taxi. I'm knackered. i can still move but it feels like it might not be the case later on..... :eek: :lol:

It was a sprint/mini tri, by the way -400y pool swim, 12.4 miles (20K) bike and 3.1 miles (5K) run. My first, and probably my last.

Now, shall I go to the gym today? Or back to bed :)

what in the hell was chasing you?

Old Age

footfootfoot;861980 wrote:

Sorry, I didn't read the question carefully. I did do a triathlon, once, 30 years ago. Not today.

How old are you?

monster;862905 wrote:

How old are you?

Speak into his good ear!

monster;862905 wrote:

How old are you?

That boy was high mileage before he ran the triathlon. We've started to walk and trail run after our Sunday morning mountain biking. All in all its just under 3 hours of good cardio and I finally felt pretty good today. The sneaker time does remind me why I dropped serious running after wrestling in the winter of 1982. I am not a runner, but my hips are starting to loosen up.