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Chances for Children Triathlon

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Location:

Mesa,AZ,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.

Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)

2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)

5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)

10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)

Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)

1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)

Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a half marathon in under two hours.

Run a marathon in close to 4 hours.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium.

Personal:

I am married and have six kids. 

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Sun, Jul 27, 2008
Race: Chances for Children Triathlon (3.1 Miles) 00:40:53, Place overall: 108, Place in age division: 7
Total Distance
15.30

My first triathlon! It was a lot harder than I thought. First of all, I'm not a strong swimmer. At all. I estimated I could do the 400 yd swim in 9 and a half minutes. It took me 9 minutes and 9 seconds, and I almost drowned. Well, I got half way through my second lap and thought I couldn't go on. I took some time to catch my breath and I managed to finish. I estimated it would take me 48 minutes to cycle 12 miles. It took me about 44. Then I thought I could do the 5k easily enough in 26 minutes, but I was spent. It took a little over 40 minutes! I'm almost too embarrassed to post it, but I was soooo tired. And it was soooo hot. But overall it was a good experience. My wife wants me to do another one, but I think I need to practice a LOT on the swimming. I'm just glad I didn't die. Normally I don't race on Sundays, but I could've swore when I signed up that it was on Saturday. I didn't want to be out 80 bucks so I took a chance on competing without the Lord's blessing. No offense to anyone who thinks the Sabbath is on Saturday. And to those that I just offended because I mentioned God, sue me.

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Comments
From bedoukian on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 22:32:38

great job on your first triathlon! I remember my first one and also feeling like i was going to die on the swim. it's a weird feeling running right after cycling really hard. glad you enjoyed it!

From Camille on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:58:34

Good Job Burt!!! I think it's awesome that you did the triathlon, and that your have so much support from your wife (that helps, doesn't it?). Way to go, I would have drown!

From huans32 on Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:59:29

Awesome job on that Tri. I can only hope that my first attempt would be as good as yours. So have you picked another one to do yet?>?

From Burt on Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 13:29:46

Thanks guys. Huans32, the reason why I picked this one is because the guy that organized this one also organizes one in my hometown of Kingman. I did the 5k in Kingman last year. Now I'm on the mailing list. I recently bought a road bike because of gas prices. Ever since then I've been thinking about doing a tri. When I got the email that they still had some available places, I decided on a whim to do it. So the next one I do will probably be the one in Kingman in November.

From The Howling Commando on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 07:31:33

Alright, Burt! Way to go! Heck you've done more triathlons than me! I'm impressed! Your training has really progressed nicely. :) I have to admit it's nice to see some fellow bloggers riding a bit too :-P.

What type of bike do you have by the way, Burt? I ride a Dawes Lightning 1500.. it's actually a "Sprint Triathlon bike" I guess but it seems to suit me well, and it was the only one available online within my budget of $500 haha.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 12:21:07

I have a GT Series 3. It's nothing fancy, but I got a 20% discount, so it ended up costing me just under $700. It sure beats the bike I bought at Wal-Mart, which lasted 3 days.

From allie on Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 10:27:44 from 172.4.198.186

hi, 2008

From Burt on Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 11:37:08 from 70.176.85.97

Thank you, allie. Happy birthday.

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