Curious minds want to know, have you participated in a triathlon, and if so, what is the longest tri you've ever completed?
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View Poll Results: What Is Your Longest Triathlon?
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None - triathletes are crazy!
13 8.97% -
None - but I'm going to do one this year.
15 10.34% -
Sprint
41 28.28% -
Olympic
17 11.72% -
ITU Long Distance ("double Olympic")
0 0% -
Half-Ironman
24 16.55% -
Ironman
35 24.14%
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Thread: What Is Your Longest Triathlon?
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02-10-2010, 04:17 PM #1
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What Is Your Longest Triathlon?
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02-10-2010, 04:42 PM #2
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The longest I've completed is a long IronGirl sprint (1000m swim/17.5mi bike/3.4mi run). I did a planned DNF in my first Oly because I couldn't run (swim, bike, quit).
I voted sprint because that's all I've completed. Since running is still an issue, this season I'm planning on doing some Oly length Aquabike events and sprint trisLast edited by HillSlugger; 02-10-2010 at 05:48 PM.
I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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02-10-2010, 05:24 PM #3
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I participated as part of a relay team with MDHillSlug.
So, none of the choices really apply. I guess "none" - but I don't plan to do one this year (other than again as part of a relay) and I don't particularly think they're crazy....just not for me.
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02-10-2010, 05:32 PM #4
What's next? A half iron?
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I voted as sprint but I'm training for a Half Iron. Keep your fingers crossed....
It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Elliot
My podcast about being a rookie triathlete:Kelownagurl Tris Podcast
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02-10-2010, 06:01 PM #5
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Me, too. 3 team events. The first was back when tread-less bike tires had just been introduced and I had to race in the rain during tomato harvest season, so think of riding through patches of oily spaghetti sauce. The 3rd was in record high temperatures. I took this as a sign.
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02-10-2010, 06:36 PM #6
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I love this. I have visions of SadieKate riding through the Italian tomato-throwing fete. Originally Posted by SadieKate
Have done four sprints, heading for two more sprints and two Olympics this season."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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02-11-2010, 05:43 AM #7
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In deepest winter, a girl's thoughts turn to triathlon...TE lured me back in with an email about tri suits and a poll!
I've done 4 Olympic and 5 sprint tris. I'm home recovering from another foot surgery, and dreaming about biking this summer. I'm a pretty bad swimmer, and not highly motivated to do the work to get better, so I don't know if I'll ever do another tri. But I love the feeling of a tri - the group of people, the mental challenges, the feeling as I cross the finish line, breakfast afterwards...
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06-27-2011, 08:00 AM #8
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I think Triathlon is a very hard sport. I admire all persons finishing one
. Maybe I will trie it too.
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07-04-2011, 07:48 AM #9
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Watch, cheer, smile? Sounds like 3 of something... Originally Posted by Muirenn
Uh, I watched a superlong triathalon on television a few weeks ago. Think it was the world championships.
It looked brutal. Florida humidity...
Does that count
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