Coming out of retirement on Sunday - Results Are In

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 12 Jan 2007, 7:59 pm

#563918

Competing in my first Triathlon in close to 5 years, my last outing was Forster Ironman 2002 & then life got in the road of all the time it took to compete at the level that I was used to.
On sunday morning a sprint distance Triathlon is being held in Taree (also for the first time in 5 years) so I've dusted off the speedo's, bike & running shoes, put together a solid 3 weeks of training & I'm going to have a crack at it.
Wont be setting any records, just want to finish & hopefully get the competitive juices flowing again (Masters Games are on later this year).

Thinking I might be in a whole world of pain in Monday morning.

Race report will follow.

Cheers
Brendan

[ Edited on 15-1-2007 by Special Air Service ]

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 12 Jan 2007, 8:14 pm

#563923

good luck mate hope its not too hard on you

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amazeeer Learner Dubber

17 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 12 Jan 2007, 9:03 pm

#563937

good onya. how far is it?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jan 2007, 7:50 am

#563999

:bounce

Look forward to the report

Have fun

Futue te ipsum!!!

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 13 Jan 2007, 8:14 am

#564004

Good onya Brendan. Just remember, your pain, is our amusement so, keep us updated!

Matt.

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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 13 Jan 2007, 9:25 pm

#564147

Thanks guys, the distances are 500m swim, 20km bike & 5km run which is not really a problem, the hurt will come from racing harder than I should do on the limited amount of training Ive done.

See what happens I spose.

Cheers
Brendan

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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 15 Jan 2007, 9:27 pm

#564615

OK, so the race has now been run & won, & I must say I'm fairly happy with the way I raced & recovered.
I finished in 1hr 7mins (about 8mins behind the leader) & won my age group (35-39yrs) don't know what my splits were as I forgot to hit the lap button on my watch at the end of the swim & bike legs, I'll have to wait for the official results to be sent out.
It was the first time my 3yr old twins had seen me race & it was pretty awesome to have them yelling out "Go Dad" each time I went past them.
I pulled up pretty good no real sore spots, I obviously didnt go hard enough on the day.
So now I'm going to pencil in another race a bit later on this summer & see if I can make any improvements.

Cheers
Brendan

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jan 2007, 9:59 pm

#564624

Congrats, Champ! :bounce

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Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 16 Jan 2007, 7:59 am

#564676

Well done Brendan, we'll have to start calling you the Old Bar Flash!
Have the Kids started their own races around the backyard yet?

Matt.

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 16 Jan 2007, 8:01 am

#564677

good to hear mate

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