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Tri

My second triathlon.

by Runner Susan on August 3, 2010

in Bike,Race Reports,Running,Swimming,The Dark Side,Tri

If you remember last year, my Martini Twin and I did our first tri together – it was great, except for the part where I didn’t know how to swim and freaked out. Totally and completely freaked out. Which, having never really swam before, was a completely understandable thing to do. But I was determined [...]

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Since the 105 bit the dust . . .

by Runner Susan on August 27, 2009

in Technology,Tri

Meet my other new friend. I’m so excited to try her out! I got a great deal from psimet.com.

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Lighthouse Sprint Tri. Without the Sprinting.

by Runner Susan on August 3, 2009

in Race Reports,Running,The Dark Side,Tri

Give me a marathon any day, I say. Hey, give me back-to-back marathons everyday for the rest of my life and then let me come home and clean dog poop off my sofa. Let me do all those things and then rip off my arms and beat me with them, because that would be better [...]

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Undertrained, Unprepared and Underpacked.

by Runner Susan on July 31, 2009

in Bike,Cherry Berry,Running,Swimming,The Dark Side,Tri

I’m almost certain I will forget something even though I have three bags of things needed for the sprint tri: wine, shoes and other stuff – so I should be all set – and yet there is just so much to take it’s bordering the ridiculous. A new bike would not be bordering ridiculous though, [...]

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Because I like air.

by Runner Susan on July 20, 2009

in Just for Fun,One Martini Too Many,Running,Shake It Photos,Swimming,The Dark Side,Tri

This weekend the Martini Twins did a mock tri. We’ve never done anything like this before and we had no clue what to expect. We survived and finished in 2:10 and that included our 30 minute swim. And that is when I decided that air is my best friend. Air is good. Air never fails [...]

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