colby's danskin

[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).

[roadie gal]

Congrats on the race! You flew on the bike!

[teigyr]

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... ).

The tunnel part of the express lanes smelled like cars. It was fun though.

You know, the hill irked me. What's worse is I was venting about the hill and we ended up driving down it after DH came to pick me up at the "bike pick up" area. I was thinking we'd drive down this monster hill thing but in all reality, it is very tame. It looks like nothing. So maybe it's because it's the one hill on a flat course that just happens to come toward the end? I kept telling DH "but really, it was difficult!" though I'm not so sure he believed me.

[spindizzy]

Colby-

Good work on your tri. I am also impressed with your bike time.

I am horribly unphotogenic. One of these days, the camera may like me and I'll share. I guess it's just I envision in my mind's eye looking more "athletic" and then when I see the pictures from the race photographer..ugh!

[Wahine]

Argghhhhh!! I just tried to pull up the official photos for my last race and they are still not up! It was 3 weeks ago dammit.