I had a wonderful time at the 10th Danskin Austin Triathlon Sunday morning. The weather was perfect for it, and there was even a cool breeze (well, sort of, and only at the beginning). I started out too aggressively on the swim and had to stop to tread water and catch my breath for a bit, but I recovered and did the 750m in about 22 minutes. The bike went well, and the run was reasonable too. My total time was 2 hrs 8 mins (details available on Rita’s blog), which was only 13 minutes slower than Jennifer (my measure of fitness right now) and only about 2 minutes faster than Rita. The atmosphere was very special and all the volunteers really make it a privilege to be there.
I hope I shall be able to continue my training. Monday was a good start—I did a recovery ride on my bike, keeping my heart rate pretty low (zone 2 for those of you in the know), and it loosened up all my stiffness and just felt great. It’s so nice to feel reasonably fit!
It made my heart feel like bursting with love and joy to be running towards the finish line and see little Jonathan on the side of the course, next to my sweet Dale and cousin Jfer, clapping for me as I ran by. Later on we taught him to say, “Go runners go! It’s just around the corner!” to people coming in towards the finish line. He loved it and repeated it this evening for our neighbor Courtney from across the street (she came over—with our foreknowledge and agreement—to try out her Cutco presentation on us).
Posted by elizabeth at June 10, 2003 12:52 AMCongratulations - it all sounds like it was well worth the effort especially if you keep on with it. Bring your running shoes to the farm - there might be some cooler weather.
Posted by: Cynthia on June 10, 2003 07:08 AMDid you buy anything from Courtney? I got suckered into buying a set of Cutco knives from a college friend almost ten years ago. It turned out that I love those knives. I use them all the time, and have yet to sharpen any of them. I was thrilled when I recently got the shears for Christmas--I had lost mine some time back and had been missing them sorely.
Posted by: stepan on June 10, 2003 09:15 AMMom, I am definitely planning on bringing my running shoes. It would be so nice to run in a cool breeze!
Stepan, I definitely did *not* buy anything; my Henckels knives have done me very well, and Cutco aren't cheap! I also Googled on them after she left and found a very interesting site written by a former salesperson (so he says, at least--I have no way to know if it's true or not) that spends a lot of time examining and debunking the comparisons between Cutco and Henckels that Cutco tries to make. Unfortunately the site itself wasn't up last night or I'd include the link here; I had to view the cached version. It was the 3rd link that came up on Google.
Posted by: Me on June 10, 2003 12:46 PMCongratulations on your Danskin Triathlon results. I would be interested in knowing how all of you placed among all the entrants.
Posted by: Theresa on June 10, 2003 10:54 PMTheresa, you may have already found this out by clicking on the link I included to Rita's blog (she included all the details in her post--I didn't since she had already done so). Out of a total 2,374 women, Jennifer ranked 1,139 overall, I was 1,672, and Rita was 1,750.
I looked up our head coach and the two assistant coaches--the total times for the three of them were within about 3 seconds of each other, and they came in with overall rankings of 127, 128, and 129.
Posted by: Me on June 10, 2003 11:33 PMI, too, bought a set of Cutco knives many moons ago, and I have always like them! I recently purchased the Cutco bread knife for Jackie & Corby for their wedding...from Tian Lian, a friend of Courtney's who is home for the summer from the University of Michigan. It really is the best bread knife....congratulations to all the Triathletes. I committed to Felicia last night that I would do the triathlon held here in Katy on July 27....Cinco Ranch, Elizabeth?
Posted by: Kathleen on June 13, 2003 04:52 PMJust to let you know, Cutco is a ripoff and you can get better knives for the money. More info can be found here:
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/kitchen/kitchen_knives/
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/kitchen/kitchen_knives/fullstory.html
http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-review-4ED3-12230C63-3995DF2D-prod1