Comments on: Results of DQ Triathlon for Autism http://www.thetriathlonoptimist.com/2009/08/04/results-dq-triathlon-for-autism/ A novice triathlete with a can do attitude. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:15:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Howie http://www.thetriathlonoptimist.com/2009/08/04/results-dq-triathlon-for-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Howie Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:55:18 +0000 http://www.thetriathlonoptimist.com/?p=197#comment-22 Joanna - Best of luck to you in your first race. The swimming can definitely be tough. My best advise is to start to the outside and let the pack go. Swim your race and try to be relaxed. Make sure you get in that water and warm up a bit before the start. Have fun! Joanna – Best of luck to you in your first race. The swimming can definitely be tough. My best advise is to start to the outside and let the pack go. Swim your race and try to be relaxed. Make sure you get in that water and warm up a bit before the start.

Have fun!

]]> By: Joanna http://www.thetriathlonoptimist.com/2009/08/04/results-dq-triathlon-for-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Joanna Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:06:02 +0000 http://www.thetriathlonoptimist.com/?p=197#comment-21 Wow, thanks and what a great help to read your blow-by-blow account of your last triathlon. I am about to do my very first triathlon this weekend, a mini with 400M, 20K, 5K, and although I run and cycle on a very regular basis, the swimming is daunting. I started private swim lessons a few weeks ago and that will be a huge challenge, and major weak link! Do you get kicked in the face or what?? It will be great to actually experience all three disciplines in one go and I can just imagine how you might get hooked, simply on the strategy that you learn from your first mistakes. I predict also that my reliance on a "high- level- of -general- fitness -with- no- actual -serious- training" technique will come to a crashing end.... Ahhh, the complexity of the competitive spirit.... wish me luck! Wow, thanks and what a great help to read your blow-by-blow account of your last triathlon. I am about to do my very first triathlon this weekend, a mini with 400M, 20K, 5K, and although I run and cycle on a very regular basis, the swimming is daunting. I started private swim lessons a few weeks ago and that will be a huge challenge, and major weak link! Do you get kicked in the face or what??
It will be great to actually experience all three disciplines in one go and I can just imagine how you might get hooked, simply on the strategy that you learn from your first mistakes. I predict also that my reliance on a “high- level- of -general- fitness -with- no- actual -serious- training” technique will come to a crashing end…. Ahhh, the complexity of the competitive spirit…. wish me luck!

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