tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post7358367921763561303..comments2023-10-12T11:03:05.662-05:00Comments on Big Life, Little Blog: My First Triathlon Experience - As a VolunteerBig Life, Little Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665932742130377193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post-45364717903942566212012-05-22T14:30:57.655-05:002012-05-22T14:30:57.655-05:00Awesome idea to get familiar with the process of t...Awesome idea to get familiar with the process of triathlons by volunteering!!! One thing that is different for various races is when it's best to unrack your bike. For the Wet Dog, you actually may want to bring your stuff from the car right away and then go pick up your packet. The way they do it there is transition area racks are 1st come, 1st serve, not by expected time or anything, so if you go there directly, you can pick your spot more freely. Also, pretty much anyone can go into the transition area before and after the race there, so not having your packet yet won't be a problem.Diana P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05866942589263427305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post-35147850961015170012012-05-22T09:18:09.419-05:002012-05-22T09:18:09.419-05:00This is a GREAT recap and what a cool experience. ...This is a GREAT recap and what a cool experience. So fascinating, since I've never seen (only heard) about triathalon experiences. I love the bucket idea!! (You can borrow a bucket from me if you need one!!) <br /><br />Just going to share a random story... I had an old coworker who was an avid marathoner, and she told me a story about one of her first triathalons. She competed with her husband, and after it was over, she told him what a bad time she had during the swimming portion. Apparently someone had pushed her down while swimming, and she was frustrated. Her husband replies, "Yeah, you were going too slow! You were in my way." He had pushed her down! Needless to say, they are no longer married...... ;)kate schmatehttp://kateschmate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post-87639395011120710652012-05-21T15:26:23.629-05:002012-05-21T15:26:23.629-05:00Lisa - thank you for commenting. I wish you would ...Lisa - thank you for commenting. I wish you would have left your email address so I could reply properly as I hate the way the Blogger platform replies to comments. Anyway...<br /><br />My observation of the leg shaving was purely out of my own insecurities of not wanting to be judged for my own prickly legs when someone I don't know gets up close and personal with them. I could care less who shaves or doesn't shave their legs, *I* just don't want to be in a situation where a stranger touches my leg and it has a week of hair growth on it - my person preference for MYSELF.<br /><br />Maybe I wasn't completely clear in the way I wrote this out, but I in no way thought anything about whether people had shaven or unshaven legs and the only thing that made me think of this tip for myself was actually a man who had stubble on his legs and reminded me of my own unshaven legs. Again, I think since I directed it at the "ladies" your comment was triggered honestly; however, you have passed judgment on me by jumping to an assumption of what my opinion was on the matter, which I did not write and is not at all what I thought.Big Life, Little Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665932742130377193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post-81263516927521706562012-05-21T14:48:05.238-05:002012-05-21T14:48:05.238-05:00Longtime reader, first time commenter.
If you'...Longtime reader, first time commenter.<br /><br />If you're going to judge racers by whether their grooming choices (shaved legs) meet your standards, maybe you're better off not having hands-on contact with them.<br /><br />It makes me sad and angry to read women so blithely judging other women by how decorative the judgers deem the judgees, especially in a context that's about objective performance and not subjective preference.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179669062848033430.post-20263208765595760492012-05-21T13:37:41.844-05:002012-05-21T13:37:41.844-05:00I ran my first triathlon a week ago and one tip i ...I ran my first triathlon a week ago and one tip i can't express enough is to have something to help identify your bike on the rack. I had a helium ballon and in a sea of bikes it make it easy to spot which one was mine. Oh and mentally go through the race several time because I developed a serious case of race amnesia and had it not been for visualizing I would have been a lost duck. Enjoy the race!Ailedhttp://anaggiesjourney.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com