2009 Honolulu Triathlon

2009 HONOLULU TRIATHLON

Its official. I have completed the 2009 Honolulu Triathlon.

I came in 25th place over all and 5th in my age division (M25-29).

I can't wait for next year's event.

Here are the results (CLICK ME)

There is definitely a lot of room for improvement.

Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.

Practice Triathlon

PRACTICE TRIATHLON

This past Sunday we had our practice triathlon. Yes, we come in all ages, shapes and sizes. If we can do it... Seriously, you can to!

Ever wonder what goes into a practice triathlon?









1) SETUP - BRIEFING
Setup is important. You have to arrange your things for a quick transition from one event to another. There is also a quick briefing about the conditions and the route.




2. SWIM
The first event of the triathlon is swim. Normally we start on land and run into the water, this time around we decided to start in the water. Our swim route was to the windsock and back. About 500m swim.



3. BIKE
After swimming, you run to your transition area, put on your socks, shoes, helmet, sunglasses, grab your bike and go! This time out, we rode from Kaimana Beach park, over Diamond head through Kalaha and to the Aloha gas station, and back (TWICE!)


4. RUN
The last event of the triathlon. Normally a quick 3 mile run in itself, but after swimming and going over Diamond Head 4 times sometimes your legs and calves don't like to work as they normally do. Just breathe and push hard until you feel your kick come on!



5. AFTER PARTY
Yes! Its time to celebrate! High 5's, hugs, and food are in order! This is Team Jet Hawaii training group and yes, I wouldn't have it any other way!

Go Team!
You're all rockstars!

Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.

My New Bike!

NEW ROAD BIKE

Did I mention I was excited about my new Bike?

Also shown here are 2 very awesome people who not only put my bike together but the same 2 people who have helped me grow leaps and bound (is that the saying?) from day 1! [yeah yeah... see previous posts]

Mahalo Mike & Julie!



Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.

Triathlete

TRIATHLETE

That particular word is something I thought I'd never be able to use to describe myself.

This past weekend, we had our practice triathlon. Swim, bike and run. Granted the lengths weren't very long, but its a starting off point.

From ima wo ikiru

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2009 Honolulu Triathlon

2009 HONOLULU TRIATHLON

Are you kidding me? Seriously?

My goal this year was to do a triathlon, you know just one of those things to remove from my bucket list.

I will be doing a triathlon in the future, but it will not be the 2009 Honolulu Triathlon.

We received news yesterday that the organizers have scheduled the event on a day when there are jellyfish.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SERIOUSLY? This isn't the 1st Annual Honolulu Triathlon.

This is seriously just a shame. There are people who travel from all points of the Earth to pour their heart and soul only to be informed that there will not be a swimming portion in the event this year.

Instead of the usual triathlon: swim, bike, run. This year's event will be a run, bike, run.

Consider me peeved.



Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.

Beyond Exhausted

BEYOND EXHAUSTED

I am just tired and sore and tired and sore and tired and sore.

Yesterday, our training group broke into two: ones that are running first and the other cycling first. I volunteered to run 1st since I like to run.

I am doing the 2009 Honolulu Triathlon Sprint (which is a shorter version of the full triathlon), with that said, everyone agreed since I just did the Honolulu Marathon that I should run with the group running the longer distance (the running group was further broken down into 2 groups - one training for the full triathlon and the other training for the Sprint Tri).

My running group took off quite quickly, I stayed behind (about 20 ft. behind), as I liked to run at my own pace (and start off slowly). 6.5 miles later (felt like 13.1 - but that's just me)... Time for cycling...

Cycling was grooling. I took all of my energy to keep up. Granted we were on trainers and basically like spinning class, but I didn't want to spin way slower than others.

Around 2000 training was completed, I was SOOOO happy I stopped by L&L and got a BBQ Chicken Musubi, which I inhaled before leaving the parking lot.

As soon as I got home, Epsom salt bath was started, and I started rolling my calves on the foam circle thing that I have and fortunately, I woke up this morning, just tired, not as sore as I expected to be...

Going to run my bike again tonight... arrgghh!



Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.

Triathlon Training

TRIATHLON TRAINING

Hmmm... I thought I was in decent shape... but not even close. The people I train with are just 2 extremes, the triathletes and us...

At least I like my new Triathlon jersey!

Hopefully, I can finish training and finish the 2009 Honolulu Triathlon



Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.