bohnster,

Do you know what a sprint tri is? An IM and a sprint is as different as I don't know a Marathon and a 5K.

dojojenn,

Good luck the race and the little bandit participant

Bohnster would be way out of line except for the fact that we all know ? and he does too ? that he?s speaking from a platform of stubbornness and self-congratulatory stupidity.  He fabricated the part about the doctor lacking credentials in triathlons and the nonsense about a "20mph crash" ? purely made it up. He invented a groundless, factless argument and then won it. Brilliant work,  Einstein. In doing so, he also takes a stab at the competency of the original poster, a woman who commands  more respect with her savvy and intelligence and experience  than this foolishness that I seem to be wasting my time on.

To dodojenn: So what bohnster is saying, little missy, is you just run along and let the XY chromosomes take care of those tough decisions.  He doesn?t ?expect you stay a recluse for nine months?, but he knows more than you or your doctor, so don?t you worry your pretty little head anymore.

Make the check out to dodojenn. You lost.

One more thing: Better polish up your burqa.

She said her goal in this race is not for a personal best. If she's done these races before, she probably knows enough to hang back and not tangle with the serious racers.

I agree, joe. That's one reason I have held back from doing a triathlon. I've had a few bike accidents- in the most serious one I was knocked unconscious even though I was wearing a helmet. That's not an experience I would repeat for anything.

what can i say? men are dumb. don't think his advice was totally off base just said wrong.

just speaking for myself here but there are some people in our sport that don't know when to quit not saying that it is the original poster but when they are injured keep training and racing.  sometimes it's good to have a devil's advocate to keep you honest

I agree with you about Joe-h1's posts.

I think it will be an uphill battle to get society to accept exercising moms-to-be. There will always be some who look on pregnancy as an "illness," and pregnant women as frail creatures who need to be kept at home. All we can do is support each other and keep doing what we know is right.

Of course, there are women who have complicated pregnancies and DO need to take it easy. Something tells me, dojojenn, that you are not one of those women. 

Best of luck to you. Please let us know how everything goes.

helen82