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Anyone here run/bike/swim?

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Pippin
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Since "summer" is here i have been running pretty much 3-5 times a week, and just last week i tried my first Olympic triathlon (10k run, 1.5 k swim, 30 mile bike), anyone else do running/swim/bike or triathlons?
Apr 20 2009 7:45PM
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inthewoods
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WOW. That shit's rough. props dude.

I bike and swim and just last week started running. I used to hate it at school cause of gym class but now Im lovin it, its like I need it everyday. I dont even wanna say how much I ran though cause after your post its embarrassing haha. but yeah keepit up.
Apr 20 2009 7:49PM
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no_steeze
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my school hosts a triathlon, it's not nearly as long as the one you did but it's decently tiring, i do a lot of biking so i'm gonna be good at that
Apr 20 2009 7:51PM
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Pippin
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I am first year at university, and i find running is the greatest way to relieve any sort of stress, even in finals a daily run keeps me focused.
Apr 20 2009 7:54PM
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chapz
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i used to run. im gonna start up again in may
Apr 20 2009 7:56PM
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summersover
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i find running is very hit and miss for people
i personally feel like shit when i run its just not my favorite, i tried to get into but it didnt work out however I know a bunch of people that love it
different strokes i suppose
Apr 20 2009 7:57PM
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Peter.
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every now and then i just get in this mood where i just want to run, it's weird

rare though
Apr 20 2009 7:59PM
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notime_for_jokes
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duuuuude thats sick im doing a triathlon with my cross training class in may!
how was it?
Apr 20 2009 8:10PM
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no_steeze
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i've never been a runner, my feet pronate a lot and i used to have severs syndrome in my heels so whenever i go for a run i end up with either shin splints, ankle pain, heel pain, or all of the above

i can run okay in sports like soccer and lax with short bursts but i can't do distance too well
Apr 20 2009 8:14PM
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_TK_
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Yeah triatholons are the bomb i did a couple last year and they were sweet...but im a runner and run cross
Apr 20 2009 8:14PM
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Pippin
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It was actually kind of fun, i mean i just set out to see if i could do it, and i think i did it in around 3 hours-ish so only an hour off WR, boooo. Seriously wasn't as hard as i thought it would be, cause i usually run 5-10 km anyways each day, and swim wasn't to bad, ill probably do it again and push myself hard on the swim and bike though.
Apr 20 2009 8:21PM
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Bren-Ten
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i doo all of those but not nearly that hard core man..props to you for having the balls to do that plus being in shape for that
Apr 20 2009 8:22PM
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scott-skis
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i used to run and do triathalons, but then i wrecked my kneee, so i cant do it anymore

Apr 20 2009 8:24PM
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rvca
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ya i run like at least a few miles a day. how much training did you do the weeks before? like a lot or did you conserve and go easy?
Apr 20 2009 8:46PM
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jayo.
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i just bike. and i feel like a pussy after reading this thread
Apr 20 2009 8:55PM
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seemeski
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Watching the Boston marathon today made me want to run so bad, I can start running on cinco de mayo!
Apr 20 2009 9:27PM
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tBatt
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I dirtjump, ride urban, and dabble in downhilling, and enjoy jumping off shit into water, does that count?

But some girls I'm friends with are currently training for a triathalon for breast cancer. I give them major props for that.

Apr 20 2009 9:32PM
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Pippin
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Run 3-5 times a week, i rarely swam, although coming from highschool i had done my share of swimming, and biking not to much. It was fun, give it a go
Apr 20 2009 9:40PM
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InkShrink
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I hate running.

I prefer water, I can swim 500's all day long.

Apr 20 2009 9:45PM
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artfullydodged
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i run track and XC, so i basically run year round.

my dad runs Triathalons he's pretty into it
Apr 20 2009 9:58PM
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mattridesskis
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i ride a bicycle.
Apr 20 2009 9:59PM
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Runthered
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dude good shit
i do running every week day morning at 6 for 2 miles
and then when i get a chance i go street biking and just do some fun shit
Apr 20 2009 10:04PM
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49566738265
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Run and swim mostly.  I don't do triathlons, but I did a swimming Ironman just a few years ago.

27,000 yard (16.3 miles) at 1:15 intervals per 100 yards.  FML that was rough.  Start at 8am and finish well into the afternoon.  Took me 3 years until I finally finished one.
Apr 20 2009 10:48PM
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k-rob
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i bike and run. when it comes to swimming, i just sink to the bottom and start running, like a regular black person does.
Apr 20 2009 10:51PM
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Pippin
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Straight badass, most i've probably swam is like 3 miles, damn.
Apr 21 2009 12:47AM
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nathanielstyza
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ive done like 4 sport triathlon (so exactly half what was described by OP).
anyone ever heard of the xterra triathlon. the bike and the run were both uphill. it was my first one at it was fucking intense.
Apr 21 2009 12:57AM
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spere
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Haven't done one before, but its on my list of things to do. Maybe this summer, we'll see
Apr 21 2009 1:02AM
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~auddie~
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I used to be on a competitive swim team, my coach ended up suggesting a half triathlon for me to train for.  I definitely enjoyed pushing myself harder than I ever have, the swimming and the biking I had fun with seeing the improvement, but I hit so many walls with the running, so ridiculously frustrating sometimes. They ended up finding out that I have exercise induced asthma which is why I was having trouble with the running. My mom ended up freaking out and pulling me out :(

But something I really want to try is modern pentathlon, pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, show jumping, and cross country run. Sounds like a grand ole time.
Apr 21 2009 5:11AM
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aussieskier
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i have done 6 iornman races when i was a full time lifeguard, trainings a bitch sometimes but a wholelot of fun, up at 3:30 train, catch a surf, coffee, open beach by 6, surf every so often during day, long surf at 6pm when beach closes, eat, train from 8 until 10 crash and do it again 2 rest days a week. all day doing something thats why im fit as a fiddle now.

Iron man races are like triatholons i guess
my local race every year is:

23km surf ski
1km run
4km swim
4km run
6km paddle board
10km run

it does differ with the different races, the pros do it longer.

Apr 21 2009 8:53AM
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