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 2004-08-17 2:50 PM |
Member  531   New Hampshire |  Subject: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled itScrewed up the training. Loads of visitors to my house – business trips, trips to New York, Toronto, too many friends, too many beers, too much bad food. Got my first tri this weekend and I’m not ready. The only thing I’ve done in the last 3 weeks is swim the course and a few other open water swims. Running – HA. Biking – no time. Thursday night for sleep – not a hope – got more friends arriving that I have to get from the airport. I have done everything possible to sabotage the efforts I put in earlier. Even the all clear from the Doc on my foot ( cartilage growth that is scarily called a tumor!) didn’t cheer me up. Yet – I know I can do the swim – its only a sprint – I may not be fast but I can do it – I could do breast stoke for a while if I had to. I can bike – probably – 15 miles? Sure. Run – I could walk. DNF is better than DNS isn’t it? DFL better still….. I might manage that! Sigh – anyone else doing the sprint at the Timberman on Saturday in NH? I’m gonna hurt Sunday ain’t I??? |
| 2004-08-17 3:12 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Pro 4228  Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it You go Mike! Of course you can do it.......consider the past 3 weeks a taper. If you can do the swim, then you can do the rest. |
| 2004-08-17 3:14 PM in reply to: #49323 |
| Expert 786 Princeton, MN | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it DNS is better than RIP  If you can drag yourself through the water then the rest of the way is easy. Ian |
| 2004-08-17 3:17 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Member 26 Arizona | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it Go Mike! Go Mike! Go Mike! Go Mike! Go Mike! Go Mike! You Can Do It!!!!! |
| 2004-08-17 3:42 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Elite 2468 Racine, WI | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it mikenhe - 2004-08-17 2:50 PM DNF is better than DNS isn’t it? DFL better still….. I might manage that! You said it, not me....so GO! You'll be great. And maybe sore on Sunday...but you would have been sore anyway. Edited by CindyK 2004-08-17 3:44 PM |
| 2004-08-17 3:44 PM in reply to: #49323 |
| Online or Offline | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it MIKE!! MIKE!!! MIKE!!! ***EndorFun puts on THE BEST races!*** (I did Mooseman and will do Granite Ledges) How can you miss out? Will you have to entertain on Saturday? You can't NOT go! Didn't you get a new bike?? I'm not going to do Timberman.......want to see if you can do a relay? I'll run for you??!! And pay the difference of course if they say it's ok? Golly, what am I talking about??? Go to the T-man! Go! Go! Go!!!!! Don't bottle. Don't bag. Yes you will feel bad Sunday if you do not go. |
| 2004-08-17 3:47 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Master 2233 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it GO MIKE! Just think, there's always at least someone that doesn't show up on race day. If you at least finish (I think crawling is allowed), then you've come in ahead of everyone who didn't show up! There's no such thing as last place if you finish. Remember, in a race against yourself, you always come in first place  -Frank Edited by scuba-punk 2004-08-17 3:48 PM |
| 2004-08-17 3:58 PM in reply to: #49323 |
| Member 17 Washington, DC | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it You should definitely do it. You'll kick yourself if you don't and I bet you are in better shape than you think. |
| 2004-08-17 4:01 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Frugal Gear Geek 2199 having fun with the kids | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it Glad to see you out there again Mike. Just carry an apple with you the whole time...You know what Newton said about bodies in motion right? |
| 2004-08-17 4:20 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Veteran 172 Memphis, TN | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it go mike!!! |
| 2004-08-17 4:30 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Member 531 New Hampshire | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it OK OK OK I’m going. Who else is gonna be there??? Anyone doing the ½ on the Sunday can watch me stagger across the finish line from the day before :D |
| 2004-08-17 4:33 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Elite Veteran 617 Roscoe, IL. | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it go mike, just go. |
| 2004-08-17 6:26 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Extreme Veteran 410 The Great Pacific Northwest | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it You are going to be so glad you did it! I was pretty sure I wasn't going to do Danskin this weekend either because I'd been so sick all week. I didn't actually decide TO do it until about 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. I'm so glad I did! My times weren't great, but I had a great time. That's all that matters, anyhow! If you don't do it, you'll be kicking yourself. If you do you'll be able to say, "I wasn't as ready as I could have been, but I still did it! Yay me!" Be sure to give us a report! |
| 2004-08-17 6:46 PM in reply to: #49323 |
| Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it Mike, Go and do it at your pace. Enjoy the experience. Then go home, sit back in a chair and let everyone take care of you! |
| 2004-08-17 7:26 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Master 1946  Bronze member | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it Mike- Ypu have not wimped- life got in the way- and better UNDERtrained than over is the mantra- DO IT and LOVE IT !! If I could come watch I would be there- my tri is this saturday also a few towns over in Wolfeboro- - I have had a forced taper due to knee issues since the Danskin (my 1st)8/1- so I am feeling ill prepared also- trying to just keep reminding myself-just do it and finish - (sometime in 24hrs !!) actually I have a wedding later in the day to go to- so I do have to fit some kind of time frame !! I'll be thinkng of you while I'm drowning in Winnepasaukee, struggling up the killerhills on my bike , and crawling across the finish line- GO MIKE!!!! |
| 2004-08-17 7:33 PM in reply to: #49498 |
| Expert 671 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it |
| 2004-08-17 7:37 PM in reply to: #49323 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it mike - you can do it!i was in chicago for a wedding the week before, up late every evening with family, up with a teething baby every night, only managed a few workouts the week prior. i had a cold come on two days before the race. i still finished. of course, if your anything like me, what you need to hear from someone is 'just don't go.' my mother told me i didn't have to race, that i should just not show up if i was so nervous. um, that was the best thing she could have said to get me to race. all anyone has to say is 'don't do it', or worse 'you won't do it' to make me follow through with something. |
| 2004-08-17 7:49 PM in reply to: #49323 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it I'll be in Sunday's race, so I won't see you unless its to scrape your body off the pavement. Please tell me I won't have to do that! You can do it Mike! |
| 2004-08-17 9:39 PM in reply to: #49323 |
Expert 1164 New Port Richey | Subject: RE: I’ve wimped. I’ve bottled it Mike, Not only do I think you can do it but I think you will beat at least 20 people. Have a great time. Kevin |
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