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  1. #1
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    Federal Way is a great race. The bike course has a few hills but it's not bad at all. Last year I actually passed someone on a hill and she was riding a Cervelo! I think it's my favorite bike course so far. The run is two loops and you go through the park (the start and finish) for the second loop so it's good for spectators.

    You will have SO much fun. I'm going to be at the Iron Girl 10K on that day or else I'd join you either as a participant or spectator.

    This is exciting And congrats, Salsa!

    There's an easy sprint tri the week after Danskin too. 400M swim, flat bike course, I haven't signed up but would gleefully allow myself to be enabled.

    mmmm....Garmin. Speaking of. One of these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teigyr View Post
    There's an easy sprint tri the week after Danskin too. 400M swim, flat bike course, I haven't signed up but would gleefully allow myself to be enabled.
    Enabling here: you can do it! you know you want to.

    I'm so glad others are signing up for the Federal Way race! I know I won't get lost on the bike leg because I'll be chasing salsa and dex.

  3. #3
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    Just a bit of randomness...

    Yesterday, while rummaging through my sock bag (I have a huge mesh bag where mismatched socks go to die), I managed to find my cycling socks with skulls on the bands. I thought I'd lost them last year during the post-STP shower/change rush.

    This means that I'll have skulls on my face (um, goggles) during the swim and skulls on my feet during the bike and run. Yay! I <3 skulls.

    (It's the silly stuff that excites me most, clearly.)

    And, yes, I'm still planning on doing the Danskin. At the very least, I'll show up and start then just see what happens from there. The mushiness and instability I've been feeling in my knee for the last couple of weeks has faded by about half, so if I continue to be careful with it, I'm guessing it'll be pretty normal (or as close to "normal" as it gets for me) on Sunday. I'm sure the swim will be fine--slow, but fine. I don't anticipate huge issues with the bike, so the question mark is really around the run (walk) after getting off the bike. *shrug* I won't know until I try, so try I will.

    (Ok, I suppose I should get back to work now...*sigh*)

  4. #4
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    Yay! How cool! Skulls AND your presence, both.


    In which case, we will also PM or email you re the Saturday night pre-race dinner---you, me, Teigyr, Jes, and Jes' friend. Anyone else we missed for this, please let us know...
    "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

  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by salsabike View Post
    Yay! How cool! Skulls AND your presence, both.


    In which case, we will also PM or email you re the Saturday night pre-race dinner---you, me, Teigyr, Jes, and Jes' friend. Anyone else we missed for this, please let us know...
    Didn't Knot sign up for the Danskin Tri??
    It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Elliot


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  6. #6
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    Yay Dex!!!

    I think Knotted did sign up but she decided not to do it after all.
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  7. #7
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    Nope, not doing it.

    I've signed up 3 times, only done it once. (the first time) I don't think I'll sign up again. But I am interested in the Subaru one for next year.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

 

 

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