On Jan 23, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations on the race, and thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the scenery > and the chance to relive a time about 30 years ago when my wife did a short > tri event: 1km swim, 40km bike, 10km run. I was her training partner and > served as her official support/photographer/etc on the day. I learned that it > takes a tremendous amount of preparation over a long period to do one of > these events, and a great deal of determination on the day of the race. Well > done! Thanks, Stan. Your wife's event is close to the standard Olympic distance of today, the only difference being the swim which is 1.5km. I wouldn't exactly call that short either, it's 2-3 hours of hard work. I was lucky that I've been doing a lot of aimless training the past few years so my short buildup after injury was still enough to see me through. It was helped by a good dose of stubborn determination and a few cups of concrete* at the aid stations on the run course. Gina Crawford (womens winner) said in her blog that that was the toughest swim she'd ever had in all her years of racing internationally. So I know it can only get easier ;) Cheers, Dave * have a cup of concrete and HARDEN THE F--K UP! :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
