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Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

Boggsmsg — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:08:00 GMT

Way to Go, Mobius!!! Congratulations on an awesome HIM.

I saw you come out of the water, in fact you stopped to take off your wetsuit right in front of me. I recognized your tri top, so I yelled "Way to go, Mobius". But right at that time someone (perhaps your DH) started talking to you. You looked awesome coming out of the water.

You have had such a fantastic FIRST season! Kinda reminds me of a certain "God of Thunder" that we all know and love.

Congratulations again!!

Edited to add--It sounds like you came prepared with your own Gatorade since you don't use Cytomax, but was it your understanding that they were going to have it on the bike course? My sister had planned for getting Cytomax at the bottle exchange, so she was unpleasantly suprised to find they only had water out on the bike course. Luckily she had plenty of salt tabs, but her caloric intake was definitely below what she had planned on.

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Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

Dougie Fresh037 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:29:00 GMT

Wow. A HIM in your first season. That's really impressive. You should be proud of what you've accomplished and so quickly. Congratulations!

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

ussoccer — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:04:00 GMT

Nice job on a LOOONNNNG course. Wow.

It can be frustrating when you're in the swim following the people in front of you when suddenly you realize every single one of you was off course. That happened to me in Ironman Coeur d'Alene this year. It sucked. But what can you do. No mucho.

You know, I totally agree with you about how you talk about knowing the bike course. In my experience, it ALWAYS is better to know the course. It not only makes the mile fly by more quickly -- it really does when you know the course -- but it also prepares you for what's ahead.

Where you wondered if this was "a smart thing" for you to do because you felt your training was off, you may not have realized that you had one training aid in particular that can aid all other deficiencies in fitness, and that is the will to succeed. You obviously wanted this very badly, so bad to overcome all esle. And you did it.

Be proud.

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

ksurp — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:50:00 GMT

Great job! What an impressive first season. Way to go.

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

RocketPack078 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:28:00 GMT

Wow, nice job Mobius, and extra miles suck!

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

CCRaces — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:10:00 GMT

Congratulations Mobious! You had a fantastic first season. I can't even believe it is just your first season. I second what Boggs said, when she made reference to a "certain god of thunder." Yep. There seems to be a similarity here and there. Great season finale, and congrats on a great opening season.

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

chrisuletz — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:00 GMT

Mobius, congratulations, you achieved so much this summer! I remember you were doing your first Tri about the same time with me, in June, and here you are now, a 70.3 Ironman!

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

juliemboyle — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:27:00 GMT

Congrats to you, Half Iron Man! WOOT!!!!!!!

What a great race you had and a spectacular first season.......yes you are crazy, but like Hobey siaid, you fit right in with us!!!! !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!

ps.....it was sweet that you got all choked up, it's an emotional thing, doing an HIM is a HUGE accomplishment....savor the feeling!

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

COcarrie — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:42:00 GMT

Congratulations on a great race and a fantastic report. Very impressive accomplishment in your first tri season. Way to go! Thanks for sharing.
Carrie

Re: RR - Patriots Half (as in Half-Iron). LONG!

regiolanthe — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:23:00 GMT

Nice race Mobius - esp. strong on the bike considering your relative lack of miles. 18 mph over 58 miles is awesome ...

Amazing accomplishment to cap off your first season ... as you obviously realized at the end ...

Way to go.

Reg.