TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220

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Gobi Mar 2023 9:39am, 29 Mar 2023 79,574 posts	0 Gobi I did my first half ironman with no idea if I could swim far enough or ride far enough, I was not very bright but ironically for a few years it sucked me in. MTB ride was a mudbath today but my legs were much better than expected after Orange Tuesday
GimmeMedals Mar 2023 10:32am, 29 Mar 2023 24,714 posts	0 GimmeMedals We have a proud hotel tradition of doing the Times crossword in T1. What a shame that I gave up being intellectual when I retired.
GregP Mar 2023 10:48am, 29 Mar 2023 144,449 posts	0 GregP Sudoku in T2 is also traditional, if that helps?
fraggle Mar 2023 10:54am, 29 Mar 2023 3,579 posts	0 fraggle I often did my hair and had a good sit down 😳🤣🤣
Gobi Mar 2023 11:21am, 29 Mar 2023 79,576 posts	0 Gobi I outrageously defied tradition and tried to escape from transition before the paper was issued.
GlennR Mar 2023 11:42am, 29 Mar 2023 69,228 posts	0 GlennR Certainly my middle distance was the only time I've ever swum that far. Morning. IBRWVS.
TROSaracen Mar 2023 12:11pm, 29 Mar 2023 26,483 posts	0 TROSaracen My first ever TRiathlon transition was an epic clusterfuck. After running across a frosty field I ran to exit T1 with my bike, the marshall said 'your sunglasses are upside down'. I've no idea why but I thought I had to go back to my bike racking position to sort this, so I ran back to my racking and re-racked my bike. I then removed my helmet (no idea why - and this took ages as I had to remove my gloves to undo the strap), put my sunnies on properly then replaced helmet and exited transition in the usual way. I could have saved minutes by just stopping, sliding the sunnies out, sliding them back the right way up and continuing. I was magnificently shit for swim and T1, and after 14 years can only claim marginal improvement Just don't ask about the Harwich death swim....
LindsD Mar 2023 12:26pm, 29 Mar 2023 60,817 posts	0 LindsD Or you could have left them on upside down. IBS in the actual outdoors. And I'm about to GS again. In a pool.
GlennR Mar 2023 12:38pm, 29 Mar 2023 69,231 posts	0 GlennR Good lass.
fraggle Mar 2023 12:53pm, 29 Mar 2023 3,581 posts	0 fraggle Lost track of the times I’ve run out of T2 with my bike gloves still on 🙄🤣

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