schoey 24 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 So how did we go??? fattriman?? anyone else in it?? I PBed so I'm pretty happy with myself, I'll just keep quiet about it being my first crack at olympic distance. Results are up here for anyone interested Grant Link to post Share on other sites
TurboSimon 9 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Very windy day up at Newcastle - my first race for 14 months. Not a day for fast times - I came in at 2:25 & would normally expect to do OD in 2:09 - 2:12. Overall a good challenging day out - a reminder that not every race should be about powering out fast times - this was about careful pacing and good bike skills to get up the up the hills and with very gusty cross winds on the descents. The run course should have been a fast, flat out and back seafront run - but the tough bike and high winds knocked most back by 2 mins just on the run. T-Simon Link to post Share on other sites
Oncewas 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Isn't their something about not saying "something seems easy" before you do it, it's bad luck or something right.... Try two flats on the first lap of the bike, the second flat inexplicably caused by some sort of fault in the valve on the tube. It waited until i pumped it up and then let go & deflated. Lucky i carry plenty of spares and stick on patches. Never mind when i work out the time it seems i would have been happy with what i might have done. My swim time was good by my standards, although i did swim a little wide. I was trying out a new zig zag technique i read about. I don't think it works, although the view is nice from the stockton side of the harbour. I really enjoyed the run, with a really strong cool breeze, and i mean really strong, atleast it kept me cool. I finished feeling good and thats what counts in my books. Even if the time is embarrassing. Thats why i'm the fattriman. Link to post Share on other sites
Rocket 6 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 fattriman, I did notice some poor guy out there that copped two flats. Must have been you - but I also did notice you finishing - that is a gutsy effort - two flats on a short course and you persevered to finish it. Great work. TurboSimon, yeah, fast descending into tight corners with the cross-winds made it exciting alright. Definitely a race I would do again. Awesome location. For the record 2:48:17 - pretty happy with that given recent training record. And thanks to the Trannie supporter out on the run course. Link to post Share on other sites
Oncewas 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Yes more than likely me, i was sitting on the grass just into KE Park on the right, Rocket, did you have a white cap with a trannie logo on it during the run? Link to post Share on other sites
schoey 24 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Thats a huge effort, I passed you 2 maybe 3 times there at king eddy thinking I would've pulled the pin. Well done Grant Link to post Share on other sites
rosie 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 There is always tonnes of glass on the roads around there unfortunately, mostly in from of Queens Warf, fantastic effort to persist with 2 flats! My day= ok swim, pretty good ride, SHAMEFUL run, but it was only my 3rd race this year, and I've done nothing but easy stuff since IM, so I was just happy to be having a go and supporting a local event. Will definitely be back next year. Best part of the day was watching Nathan Stewart annihilate the ride!! Link to post Share on other sites
cheerleader 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 ahh, fattriman - i think i may have shouted to you while you were resting on the grass - "enjoy the view, and the break" - that first hill in KE park was fun, against the breeze! good on you for perservering though.. Link to post Share on other sites
schoey 24 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Pics are up Link to post Share on other sites
Kitesurfa 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I should have entered the elite female category..... Link to post Share on other sites
Rocket 6 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Yeah fattriman, that was me. Yip, heaps of glass along the foreshore road. Must be a very busy part of town on a Saturday night. Good location for a quiet beer or two. Link to post Share on other sites
spaghettihead 9 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 So how did we go??? fattriman?? anyone else in it?? I PBed so I'm pretty happy with myself, I'll just keep quiet about it being my first crack at olympic distance. Results are up here for anyone interested Grant 239287[/snapback] That was a beauty: a bit challenging, safe and well organised and best of all: NO DRAFTING PROBLEMS However, I dont think it was the run responsible for the slow times. I google mapped the course and I got an extra 300m Link to post Share on other sites
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