tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post3993449859829680088..comments2023-10-25T07:39:22.506-07:00Comments on RoadBunner: See Jane Run Tri (I survived!)RoadBunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02628262932938865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-89822579399826830652008-09-29T15:56:00.000-07:002008-09-29T15:56:00.000-07:00Congrats on finishing your first tri!!If it makes ...Congrats on finishing your first tri!!<BR/><BR/>If it makes you feel any better, your first open water swim experience was very similar to mine. Wear that cool t-shirt with pride!ShirleyPerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09237828591170908960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-22983064275074002752008-09-29T13:58:00.000-07:002008-09-29T13:58:00.000-07:00Thanks, everyone for all of the nice comments! I'...Thanks, everyone for all of the nice comments! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with the very rational fear (in my opinion) of not being able to touch the bottom! And putting on the shirt was even better than the medal.<BR/><BR/>bunnygirl: I did think about wearing a wetsuit for buoyancy but figured for my first I wouldn't make the investment. I'm not entirely convinced that being able to float would calm me down, though.<BR/><BR/>rabbits' guy: I don't know how to do the side stroke. I took swimming lessons as a young child and can do the breast stroke, freestyle, butterfly, and backstroke. Good to know, though, if I try it again! It is just not something that would have come naturally to me this weekend.<BR/><BR/>sarah: I may do another just to redeem myself. But when I was out there I was pretty convinced it was a bad, bad idea. Physical pain is pretty easy to forget (e.g. at mile 23 of a marathon you say, "never again!") but fear is a little different. We'll see...RoadBunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628262932938865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-67595279799817886462008-09-29T06:58:00.000-07:002008-09-29T06:58:00.000-07:00Congratulations on being able to wear your Jackrab...Congratulations on being able to wear your Jackrabbit shirt. It sure sounded like an ordeal in the lake of death....d. moll, l.ac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16007607538375968631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-14667421730012471442008-09-28T19:31:00.000-07:002008-09-28T19:31:00.000-07:00Congrats!!! Excellent job completing the triathlon...Congrats!!! Excellent job completing the triathlon!!<BR/><BR/>I don't qualify to wear that Jack Rabbit t-shirt, but I sure would love to have it, lol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-33540048679712726682008-09-28T16:17:00.000-07:002008-09-28T16:17:00.000-07:00Congrats!! I know you said maybe never again, but ...Congrats!! I know you said maybe never again, but I promise, my first few open water swims were total freakouts and I thanked god when I made it to shore. It gets better. I'm doing my first HIM next month and I FINALLY feel comfortable swimming in open water.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706171809005188744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-67914761212676207252008-09-28T15:04:00.000-07:002008-09-28T15:04:00.000-07:00CONGRATS and great job on your first tri!!! you a...CONGRATS and great job on your first tri!!! you are a triathlete now :) i cant imagine those open water swims... no way i would ever attempt one!Aronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418163097675963683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-22799889660307707412008-09-28T12:35:00.000-07:002008-09-28T12:35:00.000-07:00Good for you! I know what you mean about the wate...Good for you! I know what you mean about the water though. If I can't touch bottom I freak out.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030901323471462953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-1102481795056323502008-09-27T21:12:00.000-07:002008-09-27T21:12:00.000-07:00Great shirt! I like race reports!One I went in a ...Great shirt! I like race reports!<BR/><BR/>One I went in a couple years ago gave us shirts spelled "Triathalon" ... now they are collectors items!<BR/><BR/>Side stroke ... faster, easier to go straight, ya don't look down.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-51397999106607475272008-09-27T17:46:00.000-07:002008-09-27T17:46:00.000-07:00OMG I love the t-shirt! And I'm SO glad you finis...OMG I love the t-shirt! And I'm SO glad you finished and got to wear it.<BR/><BR/>If you want to do more tris, stick with wetsuit-legal ones. I panic in open water too. I didn't learn how to swim until my 30s, so I have a brain that is convinced I can't swim and nothing I do seems to change that.<BR/><BR/>But wetsuits, what can I say? You can't drown in them unless something else has gone wrong, like a stroke or heart attack, in which case you're going down anyway. When I go to swim in my wetsuit, I always try to drown myself, which never works, and after that I'm a satisfied and fearless (although slow) swimmer. :-)<BR/><BR/>Huge congrats on getting through what I know was a terrifying swim. You did great!Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349463963034114839.post-918952813360186152008-09-27T15:45:00.000-07:002008-09-27T15:45:00.000-07:00Good job on your first tri! I freak out when I swi...Good job on your first tri! <BR/><BR/>I freak out when I swim alone in the pool. My imagination starts playing tricks on me and I start to picture sharks or deep sea creatures that want to pull me down. I once swam in a lake in Switzerland and freaked out so much I had to be dragged back into the boat. Just the thought of having so much water around me, and being surrounded by darkness, gives me chills.<BR/><BR/>So I admire you for finishing the swim!Chocolate & Chantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898749693686217571noreply@blogger.com