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Re: Great Job!

PeteC75 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:25:33 GMT

Those are really good times! This was my second International Tri, both in Chicago, and I must say that your times are really good considering the number of entrants. With approximately 8700 sprint and International distance participants the water and bike courses get mighty crowded. Good luck on moving up to Ironman and I hope to race against you again next year!

Re: Great Job!

dnavarro82 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:47:57 GMT

1.5K Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun. One step closer to my Ironman goal...that is definitely way down the road, but i'll get there.

Great Job!

Joe_h1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:40:15 GMT

don't know the distances for chicago but hear it a great and tough race. hope u had fun

1st International Distance Tri Complete!

dnavarro82 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:39:03 GMT

Yesterday morning, I completed my 1st International distance tri. I did the Chicago Tri, anybody else do this one too?

Here are my stats:

Swim: 30.06 - Very surprising considering my fastest in training has been 32+ so I am very happy about this time. I just wish I was 7 seconds faster to break that 30 minute mark.

T1: 2.02 - Not a clue about transition times. Is this good, bad, average?

Bike: 1.19.05 - I was a bit dissappointe about this, I was hoping for a 1.15.00. So I don't know if I just wasn't pushing hard enough, or the head wind there was. It was definitely strong enough to feel myself slwo down, but nothing crazy.

T2: 2.25 - Not a clue about transition times. Is this good, bad, average?

Run: 52.36 - I was dissappointed about this too, I was hoping to average, tops, an 8 minute mile. I don't think I trained enough in the running, and could have done a few more bricks. Not making excuses, but I hurt my knee about a week and a half ago, so I was somewhat consciuous about that and wanted to make sure I was able to make the full 6 miles without walking...and I did!

Total Time: 2.46.17

Overall, I'm happy with my results. My main goal was to come in the top half for my age group, which I did...198th of 519

What do you guys think of the times?