Aug 14 2009

Triathlon Milestone Accomplished

Posted by Chris Norman

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Well, it started out as a dare at a Christmas party last year.  I was giving Craig Eakright a hard time about his latest pursuits of competitive running.  I said something like, “When you can do a triathlon, then you will be a real man.  When you are ready to step up, I’ll do it with you (never dreaming of course that it would ever happen).”  To make a long story short, he eventually agreed, I was hooked in, and then I started recruiting others to go on this suicide mission with us.

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Last Saturday was the culmination of that dare.  I trained for four months, loved it, got in shape for the first time in my life since high school, and had a blast on Saturday morning competing.  For me, I think this is the beginning of many more.

 

 

A few noteables, however:

  • it was a 400 meter swim, 9.5 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run (great for beginners)
  • there were 332 participants
  • 25 of us were from Grace Gathering (most of whom were rookies)
  • the average time for all 332 was one hour, 12 minutes, and 37 seconds
  • my time was one hour, 12 minutes, and 31 seconds (my six seconds to fame)
  • Mike Trumbower from Grace finished in the top 100 at 1:05 (and he was a last minute sign-up)
  • Jen Dyben did awesome on the swim (third best among women – thirteenth overall)

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Congrats to all of you who took the plunge. I am already looking forward to next year.  I cannot tell you how much better I feel and how much my eating habits changed during the training as well.  I actually loved the training as much as the event. 

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Now, if I could just get people to become Michigan Wolverine fans and Detroit Lions fans ….  I think then we would have something truly special!

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2 Responses to “Triathlon Milestone Accomplished”

  1. John Says:
    August 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Great job on the Triathlon Chris! I was extremely impressed by you. Like I told you before, when you have that competitive drive, like you have always had, you never lose it. As for me I had a blast and will most definitely do it again next year at Cicero and maybe another one sometime between.

  2. Judd Johnson Says:
    August 27th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    And a tremendous mission it was for you. You did awesome! Congrats. Maybe you can convince Tim S to do it next year. Good luck with that.

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