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I finished the triathlon last week, but it was a disappointing race for me on several levels. A couple of those levels involved vomiting and dead fish.
That’s right.
I won’t tell the whole sordid tale here (you can read it in-depth here). But I will post the inevitably embarrassing Half-Naked Jim Palmer (TM) photo of me in a swim cap and a tiny swimsuit, just because isn’t that what we do here?
(If you look closely, you’ll notice I appear to have one ear (my left one) tucked into the cap and the other ear flopping out of the cap. Not sure why. Perhaps it was an attempt to look cool in a swim cap. If so, it was seriously misguided.)
September 12th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Jason, I read your tale with a cringe the whole way through. Congrats on finishing in spite of the obstacles. I bet Jimmy P is proud of ya!
(And the day that my half-naked spandex picture goes up on this site is the day the FCC shuts us down.)
September 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
You finished… that a reason to be proud!!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
jason, great job! i’ve got one this coming sunday. was it your first one? if so, feel good about the accomplishment of finishing regardless of how you got there. i bet if you did the same triathlon tomorrow, it would feel so much easier. it’s the unknown that’s half the battle. once you do 2 or 3 of them, the mental stuff will be largely over, and it will mostly come down to issues of physical race readiness.
the triathlon site (http://triathlons.thefuntimesguide.com/) i do is often geared for the relative newcomer. if you decide to keep doing them, i hope the information on the site helps.
way to go!!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
@Jim:
It was actually my second one (my first was a flat, easy, get-your-feet-wet sprint in July). Most of my training was in preparation for this one, though. So I was proud to have finished, but hoped to do better…thanks for the congrats. Best of luck on Sunday!
BTW: I’ve been reading your funtimesguide site, and enjoying it. Good work.
September 12th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Dude, you did it. That’s better than my fat butt.