Indoor Triathlon

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orca1946 — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:35:32 GMT

Keep up with working out no matter what you do.

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Sumorunner — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:03:52 GMT

I started and finished one Ironman try. That was all I needed to say never again! Yeah, I'm sticking with the shortest ones out of necessity. I've never run a full marathon and the last half I did was 5 yrs ago. I knew after that one I'd never do another. And I've never been big on cycling either, except for a year or two in the mid-80s when I rode a bike to work every day. At swimming, I'm still a relative newbie, having only 3 years of consistent yardage, about 5-6K/wk. But y'know, it beats about 95% of the population of any age.

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orca1946 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:14:03 GMT

I started and finished one Ironman try. That was all I needed to say never again!

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Former Member — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:09:37 GMT

Good for you, Mr Sumorunner. This fun to beat them at least in swimming.

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Allen Stark — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 08:32:53 GMT

It is my understanding that Triathlons favor bikes pretty much by accident. In Hawaii there was a swim across the bay race-2.4 mi, a bike around the island race-112 mi, and the Hawaii marathon- 26.2 mi. As I heard it, 6 guys drinking beer said" what if we do them all in one day." The rest is history, but that is how they got the ratios.

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Sumorunner — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:04:41 GMT

Good for you! I have tried those indoor tris and found that bikers can spin so fast so as to rack up points/time to discount any swim advantage we have. Triathlons of any length always favor to bike. It's the event you're on the longest, second is the run. You can only hurt yourself with a bad swim, and a good one can be undone by a poor showing in either of the others. It's just the nature of the beast.

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orca1946 — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 03:29:02 GMT

Good for you! I have tried those indoor tris and found that bikers can spin so fast so as to rack up points/time to discount any swim advantage we have.

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FindingMyInnerFish — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:37:06 GMT

Congrats, Jack! Was your tri at Lifetime Fitness? I did one at a location near Philly. I'm only a few years your junior, and I think my result is pretty similar to yours, although I was able to run....just it's harder than it used to be. ;) My main interest was the swim. I wanted to see what I could do in 10 mins. Don't know my place off hand, but I wanted at least 450 yds, and I got to 460. The other stuff was just for the workout. Fun event! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

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rxleakem — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:14:20 GMT

Great job Sumo! Sounds like a fun event :cheerleader:

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Karl_S — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:00:29 GMT

...I have my masters team coaches to thank since age and size did not hamper me as much as poor technique held the rest of them back. Yes, technique is King. That had to feel good. Way to go!

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Former Member — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:15:34 GMT

Congratulations! :weightlifter:Technique rules...

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ForceDJ — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:48:50 GMT

Way to go Sumo. Good job! Dan

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Elaine Krugman — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 06:26:03 GMT

Awesome, Sumo! Congratulations on completing the triathlon AND whipping those youngsters in the pool! :applaud: