Old Triathlon Results

This isn't really about being cheap but I wanted to share:

I found my results from the 80's! Not in any publication - they were in a file folder here at home.

I did these when I was younger than I thought.

1st at age 16 in 1984 - 2nd at age 16 in 1984 - 3rd at age 17 in 1985.

they were longer than sprints and shorter than olympic distance.

I had been swimming competitively since age 12. I would get out of the water in the first few people.

I rode my considerably taller brother's steel Schwinn Varsity with basket clips. I got past by a lot of people.

The first year I was sucking wind in the run. I had only started running that year. The second one in the first year I got massive cramps on the run - it was HOT and I was under hydrated.

the distances and times are :

Canton Bud Light Jun 9, 1984 2:06:00 <---This was the best I would do until I was 40 years old.

(splits are approximate)

1000m (.6 mile) ows 16:00 includes T1 ~1:15/100yds

33k (20.5mile) bike 1:05:00 includes T2 ~19.5mph

10k (6.2 mile) run 45:00 ~7:15/mile

Shenango Triathlon Aug 18, 1984 2:06:07

1000m (.6 mile) ows 15:56 (includes T1) ~1:15/100yds

25k (15.5mile) bike 1:00:05 ~ 14.3 mph Really SLOWWW

10k (6.2 mile) run 50:06 (includes T2) dehydrated /cramps ~7:53/mile even Slowererer

Canton Bud Light Jun 8, 1985 2:18:13

1000m (.6 mile) ows 13:25 ~1:22/100yds

34k (21.1mile) bike 1:25:30 (bike include both transitions) ~15.75 mph SLOWWWWW

10k (6.2 mile) run 40:18 ~6:29/mile

My bike time was MUCH slower than the previous year - it includes both transitions and an extra .6 miles. I also probably pushed too hard on the swim.

My transitions for these involved wrapping a towel around me, taking off my swim suit, drying, putting on my biking shorts, putting on a shirt, rinsing and drying my feet, putting on socks and shoes I tied, putting on sunglasses and just puttsing too long. I would guess I spent 4 minutes in T1 and a full minute in T2 even though I didn't change shoes.

My next Tri was somewhere around 1999. I met a guy who said he was doing Wendy's at Alum Creek. I figured - Why Not (even though it had been 10 years since I had done any training.)

I haven't found the results for it but they are fairly irrelevant.

I did the Sprint.

I got kicked in the face HARD on the swim. I still got out toward the beginning of the pack.

I used my old 4 minute routine at T1

I jumped on a nice newish Raleigh road bike (nice for a guy 4 inches taller than me.) I it bought from a friend. I got a flat tire with about 5 or 6 miles to go. -No repair kit, CO2 -nothin.

I ran pushing the bike to T2. I was past by some kids, seniors, Huffy's and Murrays. My wife encouraged me to see how many people I could pass on the 5k. I didn't worry about getting out of T2 fast. i took a good drink and set out to pass 50 peopl.

It was actually very easy to pass 50 people because by the time I started the run even the casual tri enthusiasts had past me on the bike.

When I got home and went to eat some fresh baked peanut butter cookies I was reminded of the kick to the face.

I do have to say that a nicer bike would cost more but certainly would help.