Good luck Tom and Susan!! - Triathlon Week

11-01-2004, 05:52 AM

Good luck at IM Florida this Saturday.

Relax, stay within yourself, be patient, and let the course come to
you.

Oh, yeah. And have fun!

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

11-01-2004, 06:17 PM

Mike Tennent <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
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> Good luck at IM Florida this Saturday.
>
> Relax, stay within yourself, be patient, and let the course come to
> you.
>
> Oh, yeah. And have fun!
>
> Mike Tennent
> "IronPenguin"
>
>

Thanks Mike,

Looking forward to it! I'm not n-n-nervous at all! ;-)

Tom

11-01-2004, 07:48 PM

Mike Tennent <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..
> Good luck at IM Florida this Saturday.
>
> Relax, stay within yourself, be patient, and let the course come to
> you.
>
> Oh, yeah. And have fun!
>
> Mike Tennent
> "IronPenguin"

I'll try!

Thanks Mike!

Susan

11-07-2004, 04:49 PM

Mike Tennent <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:

> Good luck at IM Florida this Saturday.
>
> Relax, stay within yourself, be patient, and let the course come to
> you.
>
> Oh, yeah. And have fun!
>
> Mike Tennent
> "IronPenguin"
>

Had a great swim, a pretty good bike, and felt good run/walking the first
13 of the marathon. Then I crashed big time. Spent the next 13 miles
doing math at every mile marker, and just barely squeaked it in at 16:48.

Things didn't go according to plan, but what the heck, I'm an IronMan!

Susan, how was your race?

11-08-2004, 05:10 AM

Tom Henderson <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>>
>
>Had a great swim, a pretty good bike, and felt good run/walking the first
>13 of the marathon. Then I crashed big time. Spent the next 13 miles
>doing math at every mile marker, and just barely squeaked it in at 16:48.
>
>Things didn't go according to plan, but what the heck, I'm an IronMan!
>

Whoo! Hoo! Welcome to the ranks.

Man, that's even closer than I usually get. <g> But your medal looks
the same as Tom Evans', Ironman.

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

11-10-2004, 01:06 AM

"Tom Henderson" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Mike Tennent <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:
>
>> Good luck at IM Florida this Saturday.
>>
>> Relax, stay within yourself, be patient, and let the course come to
>> you.
>>
>> Oh, yeah. And have fun!
>>
>> Mike Tennent
>> "IronPenguin"
>>
>
> Had a great swim, a pretty good bike, and felt good run/walking the first
> 13 of the marathon. Then I crashed big time. Spent the next 13 miles
> doing math at every mile marker, and just barely squeaked it in at 16:48.
>
> Things didn't go according to plan, but what the heck, I'm an IronMan!
>
> Susan, how was your race?

It was great! Great swim, great bike, great half-marathon, a suffer-fest for
the second half-marathon due to not ingesting enough calories but I still
managed 12:13. Sorry I didn't see you....we probably crossed paths on the
run course though!

Susan

11-10-2004, 05:34 AM

"Susan in LA" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>> Susan, how was your race?
>
>It was great! Great swim, great bike, great half-marathon, a suffer-fest for
>the second half-marathon due to not ingesting enough calories but I still
>managed 12:13.
>

"Managed" 12:13 ?!?!? <g>

Awesome race, lady. Way to go.

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

11-10-2004, 10:33 PM

"Mike Tennent" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> "Susan in LA" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>> Susan, how was your race?
>>
>>It was great! Great swim, great bike, great half-marathon, a suffer-fest
>>for
>>the second half-marathon due to not ingesting enough calories but I still
>>managed 12:13.
>>
>
> "Managed" 12:13 ?!?!? <g>
>
> Awesome race, lady. Way to go.

Thank you! I'm thrilled.....and not a little shocked. That doesn't stop me
from musing on things I could have done differently/faster but my goals
going in were to beat 13 hours, run the marathon except for aid stations,
and finish unhurt. I did have the luxury of a *lot* of preparation this
year. Also, I completed my first triathlon 16 years ago, so you can surmise
it took me a LONG time to work up the courage for this!

Cheers,

Susan