From: arands@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rolf Arands)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: 1992 in review
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:52:52 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

1992 for me was marred by a slow recovery from a injury, but still there
were some good days nonetheless...

March 15 (roughly) - 13.3 mi Tewksbury Time Trial, Tewksbury, NJ
                     placed 3rd in citizen's race; surrealistic race
                     through rain and heavy fog.

May 15 (roughly)   - Spring Couple's Relay, Central Park, NYC
                     (12 mile bike, 2.5 mi run, 1 mi row)
                     cranked a strong bike leg (in top ten splitwise);
                     ex-fiancee ran OK, but we died on the rowing race;
                     had a blast and won some nice raffle prizes

June 10 (roughly)  - Milford Holland Biathlon (as cyclist in team)
                     5 mi run, 20 mi very hilly bike
                     placed first in mixed relay team; teammate ran
                     32 min 5 mi run, placing me in 29th position out of
                     220 people starting the bike; caught the first place 
                     team half way through bike course; climbed NJ's
                     "Metcalf Mauler" cousin.

June 30 (roughly)  - Wyckoff Triathlon
                     (1/2 mi swim, 15 mi bike, 5 mi run)
                     Started swim next to overall race winner who, before
                     smashing the course record, remarked to me "I 
                     don't really feel up to this today."; first triathlon 
                     in about 10 months; middle of the pack finish, but
                     had a good race after the injury healed.

August 10 (roughly) - Asbury Park 5K race
                     Ran a good 5K race following yet another injury/
                     recovery; three weeks of water running before the race
                     and I ran about 20 minutes or so.

August 18 -          Harriman No-frills Tri #2
                     (1/2 mi S, 16 mi bike, 3 mi run)
                     Foggy and rainy made for cool and comfortable racing;
                     swam a little slow, but made time on the three mile
                     uphill climb; best run ever in a tri, 20 minutes for 
                     the three miler plus bike/run transition time; 
                     finished with a smile!!!

August 25 -          Central Park Triathlon
                     (1/4 mi S, 12 mi bike, 5 mi run)
                     so-so finish in this one; more or less a fun race.

November 1 -         NYC Marathon
                     bonked at mile 18, ground it out to the finish; froze
                     my ***** off at the end; big smile at the finish!!!


All in all, I had fun this year, which made it worthwhile.

Goals for 1993:
Swim:
faster and with more confidence

Bike:
faster with a nasty attitude

Run:
faster with more than a "just finish" attitude

Races:
finish Ironman Canada or Hawaii Ironman

Other:
PhD; build a better bike; weight training; learn to focus more

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As a side note, I loved reading everyone's postings on this topic.
And for you mega-distance folks, I'm jealous.

Rolf Arands
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon