Silverman Triathlon...

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 3:25am
Just had to tell you that my daughter Alex did the 2.4 mile swim at the Silverman in Vegas, she got 4th overall out of 400+ swimmers and was the 1st woman, she busted out 47.50 and the guy who won did 45.58. The next woman was 1.08 I believe. Alex and my brother Marc and a friend Adam Bathurst did the relay, with Marc bicycling 112 miles and Adam running 26 miles, they got 5th overall !! Alex killed all the previous records for women swimming at Silverman. It was her and my Brothers first triathlon.


Eric Bostrom got 5th overall doing the full triathlon solo !! He was delirious afterward but he did really well doing it at 11 hours and 18 mins.


They say the Silverman is harder then the Ironman because of the elevations, but the Ironman is more famous !! Just wanted to brag a little =)


Alex will start training now to do the Oceanside Triathlon solo but she's going to start with the 1/2 triathlon.
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dougie 11/10/2009 11:59am
11/10/2009 11:59am
Excellent , damn that kid is fast. Thats my time for half that distance. thanks for sharing proud mommy.

"Alex will start training now to do the Oceanside Triathlon solo but she's going to start with the 1/2 triathlon."

you mean 1/2 Ironman.. Smile Not exactly sure what a half triathlon is except DNFing in the middle of the bike LOL.
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Sondy132001 11/10/2009 12:00pm
11/10/2009 12:00pm
1/2 course, not the full course Wink she's not ready to run 26 miles...bike and swim no problem.

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Dirty Britches 11/10/2009 1:19pm
11/10/2009 1:19pm
I swam 800 yards non-stop in a pool for the first time last month and was so proud of myself! Can't imagine swimming 1,600 yards, times 2.5....even in a pool.

Is is\t legal to wear a snorkel? I remember someone telling me you could wear a snorkel while swimming. If so, that's horseshit. The hardest part is timing on your breathing and breathing in choppy water.
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dougie 11/10/2009 2:21pm
11/10/2009 2:21pm
Dirty Britches wrote:
I swam 800 yards non-stop in a pool for the first time last month and was so proud of myself! Can't imagine swimming 1,600 yards, times...
I swam 800 yards non-stop in a pool for the first time last month and was so proud of myself! Can't imagine swimming 1,600 yards, times 2.5....even in a pool.

Is is\t legal to wear a snorkel? I remember someone telling me you could wear a snorkel while swimming. If so, that's horseshit. The hardest part is timing on your breathing and breathing in choppy water.
No snorkels, or fins or hand paddles or water wings or life vest or rubber duckies. You can wear a wetsuit as long as the water temp is like below I think 70 degrees. Hell if you could wear a snorkel everyone would be doing triathlons. Ok maybe not everyone Wink

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JPT 11/10/2009 2:49pm
11/10/2009 2:49pm
Congrats to your daughter. Sounds like she did a great job.


But I have to admit, when I saw "Silverman" I thought you meant Sarah and really expected this thread to be going a whole different direction.Blush
yamaharider4life01 11/10/2009 4:27pm
11/10/2009 4:27pm
I swam 50 yards the other day and had to be helped from the pool! (I'm not kidding)...

Anyone that does triathalons, ironmans, marathons or any other long distance torture test has my complete and utter respect!
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Camp332 11/20/2009 8:14am
11/20/2009 8:14am
Robert,
I think you need to quit while you're ahead, brah. Get back to 40+ moto.
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oldx 11/20/2009 11:20am
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That swim time is unreal!!
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KTM boy 137 11/20/2009 7:18pm
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Dirty Britches wrote:
I swam 800 yards non-stop in a pool for the first time last month and was so proud of myself! Can't imagine swimming 1,600 yards, times...
I swam 800 yards non-stop in a pool for the first time last month and was so proud of myself! Can't imagine swimming 1,600 yards, times 2.5....even in a pool.

Is is\t legal to wear a snorkel? I remember someone telling me you could wear a snorkel while swimming. If so, that's horseshit. The hardest part is timing on your breathing and breathing in choppy water.
dougie wrote:
No snorkels, or fins or hand paddles or water wings or life vest or rubber duckies. You can wear a wetsuit as long as the water...
No snorkels, or fins or hand paddles or water wings or life vest or rubber duckies. You can wear a wetsuit as long as the water temp is like below I think 70 degrees. Hell if you could wear a snorkel everyone would be doing triathlons. Ok maybe not everyone Wink
I did a sprint tri in 56 degree water in a speedo.

Real men don't bother with wetsuits, snorkels, or any of that hubbub!

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