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20 Replies Last post: Aug 15, 2007 7:38 AM by BethR042   1 2 Previous Next
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Aug 12, 2007 2:30 PM

Ackworth RR...HARDWARE!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo! My first tri trophy!

Injured foot! Had a relay with Green Eggs and Ham to run!

I'm not sure of EXACT times as I haven't looked them up and glanced at the sheets at the race site.

Short Story:
Swim-400y. Shallow water for a long time. I started swimming when it made sense to swim. Others kept wading. I got stuck. I did a lot of a$$ grabbing, kicking and punching. Run off the beach-I thought I was gonna puke...I always feel that way in transition.
There was a bit of a run...the timing mat was at transition...so beach run, sidewalk run timing mat=7:51.

t1=1:27 I think. I hate when people walk their bikes...I again got stuck.

Bike: 13 miles. It was more like 13.75, but who's counting?
Took a mile or 2 to catch my breath. The 13 mile sign was WAY before the end.
A few hills. LOTS of passing folks...got passed by only a handful. 42 Minutes and Change.

T2= Heather and I practiced chip handoff pre-race...she stripped it off me, put it on and ran! (don't know time!)

Run: Hehe. Heather took off like a Rockstar! Heather put her chip on wrong. We had an odd orange strap. It was wet when she took it from me. She got to mile 2. Volunteer told her she was missing her chip. She ran back a HALF mile, picked it up, put it on, ran to the finish. She woulda gotten 27 minutes, but it turned into 31. No biggie.

Race results up! We got THIRD! YAY!

Then Mr. Tithers pointed out if we didn't lose the strap on the run, we would've won the relay. Teehee. Next time! (We woulda won by at least 2 minutes).
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1. Aug 12, 2007 2:40 PM in response to: tithers
Re: Ackworth RR...HARDWARE!!!!!!!!!!
woohoo!! You guys rock!
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2. Aug 12, 2007 3:07 PM in response to: tithers
Re: Ackworth RR...HARDWARE!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome! Bummer about the strap, though...

Great job!
jen
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3. Aug 12, 2007 3:16 PM in response to: tithers
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4. Aug 12, 2007 3:27 PM in response to: tithers
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Excellent (despite the hardware malfunction)!
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5. Aug 12, 2007 4:04 PM in response to: tithers
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Hardware and you didn't run. Awesome!

S
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6. Aug 12, 2007 4:55 PM in response to: tithers
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Woot! Imagine if how you would've done if you were feeling 100% healthy! You would've blown the field away even WITH the time lost to chip retrieval. Great job!
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7. Aug 12, 2007 5:03 PM in response to: tithers
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Way to go!! That's pretty cool!!
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8. Aug 12, 2007 6:02 PM in response to: tithers
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Very freakin nice! Those super secret Sheldon workouts are paying off! And W2GO GEAH!!
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9. Aug 12, 2007 7:05 PM in response to: tithers
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Wow, nice job!!!
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10. Aug 13, 2007 8:08 AM in response to: tithers
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Tithers is a ROCKSTAR Bad A$$ Tri chick!

Great job, sounds like you had a really fun day
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11. Aug 13, 2007 8:23 AM in response to: tithers
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Weeee! Yay tithers! Great race and report! Sounds like a tonne of fun, Rockstar!

Meg

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12. Aug 13, 2007 9:10 AM in response to: tithers
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If I grab a lot of *** in the swim, does that mean I can take home hardware, too?

Great job, T-Girl.

The best part for me is looking back to when you first joined this happy little family known as CR Multisport. You now talk about this stuff as if it is lifestyle, and fun, and that is the real awesome part.
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13. Aug 13, 2007 1:32 PM in response to: tithers
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Congrats girl...Nice job.

Did you forget us back in the CH? I bet your friends over there would like to know.

BTW, pics with the hardware would be great.
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14. Aug 13, 2007 2:07 PM in response to: tithers
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Terrific job tithers and friend! Congratulations on the hardware!