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Wow Chris thanks for the pictures!!!! Way to go!!! Glad you got a good bike run in!

Under 12mins is great! good for you. Keep up that interval training!

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I ran the best 5K yet today at the Pioneer Day 5K in Provo, Utah. I ran it in 35:25. I had a goal to do it in 36 mins. Crushed that goal!!!! It really did feel good. The course was awesome. There was one hill that kicked my butt. I did walk a few times. I know that I can improve on this time as well.

Last night, my brother and I went up to the site of the next Triathlon on 8/23. We drove around the bike course and surveyed the run course. I am very excited for this one!!

This whole journey I am on is a BLAST!!!!

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My first tri is this Sunday - NJ State Triathlon: 500m Swim, 11.8M Bike, 5k run. My goal is less than 1:50. Some sick dude won it in 58 minutes last year. That's just crazy. :)

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Are you sure you want to do it this Kagoscuba? There is an inherent risk you are taking. The risk is that you will now become completely addicted to TRI-ing. Perhaps the training you've already put in has caused this sickness to come upon you.

If you choose to do it, GOOD LUCK!!!!! Then you'll join us in our sickness. It is the best sickness I've ever had. I wish I had an event scheduled for tomorrow!!!! Remember, if at first you don't have speed... Tri, Tri again!!!!

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Here is something else cool!

MY 8 yr old daughter wants to do one of my Triathlons! There is a kids sections. She is already fine swiming 4 laps and the bikeing is fine (she biked 7 miles with me last week!) So last night i helped her with running. We ran just around our block and she loved it. Didnt complain. She has to run 1k for the kids triathlon. Is that awesome or what! I actually inspired her.

She has seen me run in a 5k race and was just SOO PROUD.

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That's cool, Jon! As I said in an earlier post, we really can inspire people to do things that they hadn't ever contemplated. I'm no longer doing this just for myself. I'm doing for all my friends who still think they can't. Whether you believe you can do something or that you can't do it, you are correct!!! The first thing you need to change is your mind. The physical change comes afterwards.

I am writing a book. It is in it's rough draft stage. It is called, "Problem? No Problem!" I will have it done and hopefully published by the end of the year. It deals with alot of the things we have discussed on this site. It won't be long, but will be full of easy, rewarding self-help. Each of us has the answers to whatever questions that manifest themselves as "Problems". I'll let you know when it's published.

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Well, I'm hopelessly hooked now. :teeth_smile: I finished in 1:30:55, and I FELT GREAT!!!! Time to work some more on the run and some on the bike. I did not train at all for the swim, as I feel really comfortable in the Water, and I did 500m in 11:12, so the times I need to focus on still are the run first and bike second. I was in awe of the elite athletes. The winner finished in 53:38...amazing.

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Way to go Kagoscuba!!!! I told you so! It is addicting!!!!!!! What did you think of the other triathletes? This is the most inclusive bunch of folks that I've ever met. They all understand exactly what you're feeling - they're feeling it too!!!!

Was your swim in a pool or the open Water? There is definitely a difference. Congrats on your time. What were the distances of each leg?

When is your next one? I promise, now things will be measured by "Before or after my first triathlon".

"Hi, my name is Chris and I'm addicted to triathlons!!! I'm never giving this addiction up!"

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I thought the other athletes were awesome. Everyone I met seemed to be having a great time, and they were very friendly.

It was an open-water swim of 500m, bike 11.8 miles, and a 5k run. My next tri (Sept 27th...one year to the day band anniversary) is also a sprint, but the distances are 800m open-water swim, 18 mile bike, and 5k run.

My joy was a bit tempered this morning, when I found out we lost a competitor yesterday. One of the male swimmers never made it to shore, and they had not found him as of yesterday afternoon.

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This is the third person I've heard of this summer drowning at a Tri. I have to keep telling my husband that they were open Water and guys. I'm going to be fine cause Im swimming in a pool and Im a girl.(lol)

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ajoneen, you and I join the tri ranks this coming Saturday. You getting as excited as I am? I just can't wait until I get this done. Got nerves going as well. I keep imaging what each leg is going to be like.

Only drawback is that DW and DD are going out of town this Thursday and won't be around for it.:lol: They've been there for all of my firsts on this journey. But, I knew it before I signed up. A friend of mine is doing his first tri this weekend as well. Hopefully, his wife will be there to take some pics of us for posterity purposes.

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Yep I'm psyched. I've been having some mind games lately. Thinking I am not ready or will crap out without finishing. But I have a good support system and they are keeping me focused.

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Another guy from Utah passed away this weekend while swimming in an Oly Tri up in Burley Idaho. He is the 3rd from UT this year. It was in the Snake River. Conditions were reported to be very smooth Water with a slight downstream current. They were swimming downstream. Not sure what happened. He crossed his arms and cried out but when the boat got to the area he had gone down already. I certainly don't tell you all this to put fear into you. I do believe though that we all need to think about panic and learn what not to do, just in case. As for me, I will not do an open water swim again without a wet suit. My swimmer still drowned with one on, but he would have sunk if he didn't have it on. Also, when practicing in the pool, we all need to think about our breathing and make certain we don't breathe any water, EVER!!! Coughing up water is much different when you have the bottom of the pool to create resistance. In the open water you are just bobbing with no resistance against your cough.

Deal with the mind games before you compete. Then you will have resistance to panic. Panic kills!!!!

All that being said, I'm getting back in the open water on 8/23!!! I can't wait. It truly is a blast.

Good luck Cerada and Ajoneen!!! You'll do great!!! And be addicted!

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