colby's danskin

[colby]

Pictures of me... http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_...36770&BIB=3150

Not very exciting. No bike pictures (those are my favorite and I didn't get any ). I look like I'm bored (or annoyed?) crossing the finish line. Oops... next time remember that the people taking pictures are AFTER the timing chip mats.

My mother in law had some great pictures. I guess the trick is to go by the camera slowly by yourself and look extremely victorious. Note to self

Here's one of the two of us.
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_...photos&BIB=459

[Urlea]

Looks like a fun race!!! To bad there isn't one like it closer to me.

Great job Colby, you really hammered it on the bike. 20.8 mph WOW!


Your pics look just fine, better than mine did from last weekend (Yikes, looks like I was giving birth to a porcupine during the run.) Anywho, You don't look bored to me. Just like you're still thinking about the race and haven't enjoyed that you just kicked butt yet.

[teigyr]

You did great with the improvisation I like the race belt.

I never look happy or victorious in pictures. I've seen pictures where people are practically leaping over the finish line with their hands in the air. That isn't me. The way I am isn't good for pictures.

That I-90 bit was a pita. I was fortunate in that I could stay on my bike and in my pedals for the way up (though it was slow) but coming back down, someone had a freak-out incident right before me so I had to unclip both feet and half ride half walk down.

I'm not a fan of the body marking the day before. I got ink on my tri suit (I think it came off though?) and a shirt. The amazing thing was this. We got home and I was going to change the sheets and then got lazy and thought I wouldn't. The bottom sheet looked really dirty from a distance and I couldn't figure out what was up. With cats around I always change the sheets because of cat hair and other unpleasantness.

I got closer to the bed and discovered what had been happening as I slept

[alpinerabbit]

This body marking thing- they don't do that anymore here since you get a chip.

Sounds like a rite of passage to me more than a necessity?

And btw - congrats on not letting such a blunder get you down

[Urlea]

LOL! Noticed the same thing when I changed the sheets yesterday. I kept seeing the number 6 and couldn't figure it out until it finally dawned on me. Our number marks were from after the race though as there was no body marking the day before.

[salsabike]

The sheet pictures are a riot! And, Colby, nice to see you in person, so to speak.

Chris had a bunch of pictures of me breathing like a fish, and I don't mean IN the water. Yikes. I breathe through my mouth a LOT. I need bigger nostrils, or something.

The person among us who WAS pretty photogenic was Dex. The girl just looks good in photos, is all. Funny how that happens with some folks but not others.

[Tri Girl]

Great job, Colby! I love the picture of you and your mom! I think you look really good in your pictures.
I, however, never look good in my pictures. I think they always get me when I'm looking the most tired and slow. But I guess when I'm racing that's just how I look.

Dumb that they body marked you the day before. Why not race morning? Silly.
We body mark at all of our races for the officials. When giving penalties on the bike (especially), they need the numbers to identify you. I guess it would be equally sensible to just put numbers on the bike instead of body marking. Less messy, too.

[dex]

The person among us who WAS pretty photogenic was Dex. The girl just looks good in photos, is all. Funny how that happens with some folks but not others.

Heh. I think at least half of why that worked that way was because by the time the majority of the pictures of me were taken I had long given up on speed. All of the bike pics were snapped once I'd entered "I'm just going to prop myself up and coast along enjoying this nice leisurely ride by the lake" mode. There are a few of them where you can see riders in the background who were still actually trying. (I cheered them on as they rode by me.)

My wetsuit pic...now that one was special. I've named it, "How many chins can one girl have, anyway?" I think I may frame it and send it to my mom.

(Edited: Oops...don't want to take over Colby's thread. I'm moving my pic link over the PNW Tri Novices thread.)

[dex]

Ack...posted too quickly.

I was also going to say that if you have a lot of time on your hands (and a fair amount of patience), you can look through the Lost and Found section for other pics of yourself. I stumbled across another of myself exiting the water while I was poking around there, and a pretty cool one of Salsabike looking totally focused before her swim.

[colby]

Heh. I think at least half of why that worked that way was because by the time the majority of the pictures of me were taken I had long given up on speed. All of the bike pics were snapped once I'd entered "I'm just going to prop myself up and coast along enjoying this nice leisurely ride by the lake" mode. There are a few of them where you can see riders in the background who were still actually trying. (I cheered them on as they rode by me.)

My wetsuit pic...now that one was special. I've named it, "How many chins can one girl have, anyway?" I think I may frame it and send it to my mom.

(Edited: Oops...don't want to take over Colby's thread. I'm moving my pic link over the PNW Tri Novices thread.)

By all means... I don't mind sharing, and TE isn't exactly known for staying on topic in every thread.

When the weather is right, it really is a pretty ride (except maybe the express lanes bit... I think that's boring). The run isn't bad either (except maybe the hill... I hate that hill... ).

I also like that the swim is pretty well protected. Not a lot of current, easy (relatively) to swim in a straight line (that or I'm getting better at swimming a line, but it was much less stressful than the drifting in my IM swim).