And just a summary at that! Good, long free pulling. I love it!
I hate fins. Why, as a soccer player, I can't kick or use my legs in the pool, I don't know. But I can't kick. I seem to go backwards when no fins are on my feet, and I feel like my lungs are going to explode when I do use fins. Go figure. Today I'm also losing my left big toenail, which is always a fun sensation while finning. *warm up: 300 free, 200 back to breast, 100 kick, 50 strong add fins for: *3 x 50's free on TIGHT interval (35 s) 150 recovery *3 x 100's free on TIGHT interval (1:10) 150 recovery *3 x 150's on TIGHT interval 150 recovery *3 x 200's on TIGHT interval remove fins for: *150 easy *2 x 50's hard repeat 2x
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Tim is on the big island of Hawaii competing in the Ultraman World Championship. Ultraman is a 3-day long triathlon that circumnavigates the island. The race starts in Kona the day after Thanksgiving with a 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) ocean swim followed by a 90 mile bike ride. Day 2 is a 171.4 mile bike with 8,600 feet of climbing. The third and final day is a 52.4 mile double Marathon run.
The results at the end of Day 1 have Tim in 2nd place - 44 minutes behind 2004 Ultraman World Champion Jonas Colting.
Results are hard to come by, but more information about Ultraman can be found here:
http://www.ultramanlive.com/
Haim
A friend of mine is crewing for one of the competitors and has posted her Day 1 pics from the race here if anyone is interested:
http://web.mac.com/ironclm/iWeb/Site/Ultraman-1.html
Haim
Day 1 results can be found here:
http://www.jtltiming.com/results/uman07.html
Haim
No word on Michelle yet today, but I did hear there was one DNS and one abandon. There is a 12 hour time limit to complete each day.
More Ultraman coverage can be found here:
http://insidetriathlon.com/portal/news/news.asp?item=111429
And some Day 2 pics can be found here:
http://web.mac.com/ironclm/iWeb/Site/Ultraman%20Day.html
Haim
Congratulations, Tim and Michele! We're all cheering for you!
Michelle also finished well within the very challenging final day's cut-off.
Final results can be found here:
http://jtltiming.com/results/uman07.html#D3
And an article quoting Tim can be found here:
http://www.insidetriathlon.com/portal/news/news.asp?item=111430
Haim