17 April 2008
Just A little History
Posted by iamlast under: Uncategorized.
I’ve received 2 comments on my first post, you know the one, the Hi, i’ve just joined, post. They were excellent and several great questions were asked. Brad Hefta-Gaub and Von SmallHassen deserve a reply. Thanks for the interest.
One question was how long have i been doing triathlons. I competed in my first triathlon (Carlsbad, CA ) in 1992, then again in 1993. I grew up around the beach, and always liked swimming. My swim training was going bodysurfing. I was just 40 then. I worked at a bike shop while going to college. My bicycle was a 1971 Nishiki Pro Custom. Cost me $220 dollars in 1971. The nishiki rep said there were only 200 made. 100 red, and 100 blue. mine was blue, heck it still is blue. still hanging in the garage. I was riding the 4 miles to work and back a couple of times a week. That was bike training. Run training : I bought new shoelaces, and put them in. Remember I avoid running whenever possible. The race distance 1k swim/15m bike/5k run The results. I had to sprint to beat helen ( 68 ) for next to last place. The next month I had a new bicycle. Klein Quantum purple 60 cm. i still have this bike also. It led me to a next to last finish the next year in carlsbad. I took a hiatus from triathlon for a while 8 years.
Fast forward to the year 1999. It was announced that there would be an Ironman event in my town. Ironman California was going to happen. I drove to the race office and Told the director, Buzz, and Volunteer Coordinator , Jen, That i was here to help. I even got a few things task to me, and was annointed captain of the ” Dry Strip Bags “ my volunteers and i would take the clothes and things the athletes brought to the race and would store them until after the race. 2200 athletes bring a lot of stuff to the race. That was a long day. 1st one in and last one out, I had such a great time, met so many wonderful people. I was pumped. the next day (sunday) I went back to race site and entered the 2001 ironman california. ………….. to be continued
2 Comments so far...
Brad Hefta-Gaub Says:
Sounds like an awesome story… thanks for sharing… I can’t wait to hear more.
Btw, do you still know Hellen? Have you raced with her again? Are you still sprinting past her at the end of the race?
iamlast Says:
helen and her hubby were retired. they traveled and competed as they wished in their motorhome. I never saw them again.
