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[brewer]

Dates for 2012: The Nepean Weeked of Triathlon will take place on October 27-28. Moved in the hope of cooler weather.

[WallyGator]

It would be nice to wait till we have at least recovered before starting next year's thread.  How about next year you start the 2013 thread before the 2012 race?

Oh, and count me in.

[TheLogicDump]

Week after World Champs in NZ and week before Port 70.3.

[ScamBullant]

TheLogicDump, on 18 November 2011 - 01:49 PM, said:

Week after World Champs in NZ and week before Port 70.3.

Sounds like a perfect fit

[WallyGator]

TheLogicDump, on 18 November 2011 - 01:49 PM, said:

Week after World Champs in NZ and week before Port 70.3.

According to a Nepean Tri email, Port 70.3 is now on the same weekend as Nepean.

Nepean entries open tomorrow (20/1) at 12 noon.
Enticer entries open "shortly thereafter".

[lukedoyle]

WallyGator, on 19 January 2012 - 07:25 AM, said:

According to a Nepean Tri email, Port 70.3 is now on the same weekend as Nepean.

Nepean entries open tomorrow (20/1) at 12 noon.
Enticer entries open "shortly thereafter".

The organisor's moved the date so that it wouldn't clash with any other race and I believe it's sandwiched between World Champs and Noosa, in the hope of attracting some internationals in between races

[thomo]

Entered.

Will try to keep in front of WallyGtor, who hasn't stopped training from last year.

KB, is another I will try to beat over the line. Only just finished in front of her in the last couple of hundred metres via the ladies handicap system.

There will be a couple of extra CoolRunners competing this year.

Great event not to be missed if you can help it.

[WallyGator]

Entered.

Will try to keep in front of Thomo who is going great guns in the running dept.  I am training only for 10k runs and general fitness at the moment.  Any swimming and 38k bike rides are purely social, even if on my own.

[plu]

Hi all,
Yes entered soon after midday on Friday. Too good to miss by not paying attention will fill up quick.
Plu

[sammo72]

I'm in. Be nice to race in front of family in my home town (which I left in the late 80's).
Perfect time, being 3 weeks before Shep.
See you there Plu.

[plu]

sammo72, on 22 January 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

I'm in. Be nice to race in front of family in my home town (which I left in the late 80's).
Perfect time, being 3 weeks before Shep.
See you there Plu.

Glad you are in - was worried it could sell out before you entered.  cheers Plu

[moondust]

The conversation chez moondust yesterday morning.

Me: "I think I might enter the Nepean Triathlon in October."
Lengthy pause...
Partner: "I think you'll do ok in the swim."

And the sad thing is she's probably right. I'm 7 days into my third broken bone in 9 months and I should probably at least run a 10km before I enter a tri. :-/

md

[Gadfly]

moondust, on 22 January 2012 - 03:14 PM, said:

The conversation chez moondust yesterday morning.

Me: "I think I might enter the Nepean Triathlon in October."
Lengthy pause...
Partner: "I think you'll do ok in the swim."

And the sad thing is she's probably right. I'm 7 days into my third broken bone in 9 months and I should probably at least run a 10km before I enter a tri. :-/

md

Conversation with Gadfly - " I think it's a great idea....and I recall a conversation probably 2 years ago, running around the bay, saying that I'm sure you'll get into tri's"........go for it!!!!! (but rest the broken bone a little longer first..)

[Curt]

*bump*

I'm in too.

Any other CRs in for this?

[thomo]

I'm still in.

Began my taper quite awhile ago.

Only problem, I have only had one swim in at least they last 6 months, which was last month or the month before. That might be an issue.

Bike and run / walk I can manage, slow but steady. But if I don't get through swim it is all over red rover.

Hope others have been more diligent.

[sfGnome]

I was just discussing with tiger angel this evening that I really should get back in the pool for the first time since last year's race... Dunno. We've got weeks to go yet.

Edited by sfGnome, 27 September 2012 - 10:28 PM.

[WallyGator]

thomo, on 27 September 2012 - 10:03 PM, said:

Only problem, I have only had one swim in at least they last 6 months, which was last month or the month before. That might be an issue.

I like the sound of that.

sfGnome, on 27 September 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

I was just discussing with tiger angel this evening that I really should get back in the pool for the first time since last year's race... Dunno. We've got weeks to go yet.

I hope us old farts get to start in the 3rd group again.  That is the only way I will finish in front of any-one.

Been swimming, cycling and running for 2 months incl. a 3km swim in squads last week, but also been eating daily muffins and chocolate, so there has been no improvement and probably behind where I was last year.  Still have an ambitious aim to be in front of Thomo at the end of the bike leg this year.  Thus if he catches me like last year, I will expend all remaining energy to get back in front even if it means a 10k walk.

[TheLogicDump]

Yep, I am in for Nepean again. First time last year and loved it. The ambitious goal this year is to push for sub 2h

[B+]

I'm in, number 6 or 7. My only goal is try to not getting beaten by my training partner if she races on her return from worlds in NZ.

Train safe

[ScamBullant]

B+, on 28 September 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

I'm in, number 6 or 7. My only goal is try to not getting beaten by my training partner if she races on her return from worlds in NZ.

Train safe

Know where my money would be.

In for West Sydney Worlds. Not to be missed, enjoy.

[Phoenix]

I'm in too.  Missed this last year and looking forward to hopefully cooler weather than normal.

Should be fun.

[thomo]

Going to be a great day out.

Hopefully the water will be warm enough not to be a game changer. Lucky I have beefed up for insulation.

There are going to be a few CoolRunner's newbies out there.

KGold, Photogirl to name a couple. You guys will smash it.

We always have a CoolRunning catch up. So make sure you say hello to your fellow CoolRunners.

[dragonsjack]

I am in does anybody have any idea what the water temp is

[fhorn]

I'm in.....second one for me. No info on water temp. but forecast is minimum 9 and max 19..so could be chilly out there at 7am. The web-site says wet-suit ruling will be made that morning so looks like you should take wet-suit if you have one...if not then maybe rash shirt.??? The lucky draw prizes were sensational last year and I can see this year one of the prizes is a trip to the Tour de France so stick around for the draw which happens after the last competitors finish.
Another tip for first timers is the car entry in to the Regatta centre closes at 6:30 and this was strctly enforced last year..so early start for all!
Good luck to all Coolrunners!!!

[B+]

I'm pretty confident this will be a wetsuit swim on SUnday. Last club race the water was still fairly fresh and it hasn't been overly hot for any extended period of time since then.
No doubt the water temp will be up 2-3 degrees after everybody gets in and rids themselves of a little nervous pee pee.

Sambullant your money is safe our reigning Olympic distance world champ has decided she will rest up and spectate on the day. So we at least will have one less girl to be chicked by.

Train safe

[Curt]

Ok, so no wetsuit. Should I be worried?

Curt

[thomo]

Curt, on 24 October 2012 - 09:13 PM, said:

Ok, so no wetsuit. Should I be worried?

Curt

Many will not have one, even if it is delared a wetsuit option swim.

I for one will be without. Then again I have more insulation than most.

See you sunday.

[Curt]

Thanks Thomo.

Good to know. See you Sunday.

Curt

[bethroid]

Just did the enticer today and they said the water was 25 degrees I think. It wasn't too bad once you got going, not that we were given any time to acclimatise! Anyway, it was my first triathlon and I could see myself getting hooked on them... I had a blast!

[TheLogicDump]

Great to hear that Bethroid! I don't know where the announcers got the 25 degrees measurement from because the Technical Officials who did the official reading said it was 22.4 degrees. So looks like tomorrow will be a wetsuit swim.

[thomo]

TheLogicDump, on 27 October 2012 - 08:26 PM, said:

Great to hear that Bethroid! I don't know where the announcers got the 25 degrees measurement from because the Technical Officials who did the official reading said it was 22.4 degrees. So looks like tomorrow will be a wetsuit swim.

An optional wetsuit swim.

Most, as I previously stated will not be wearing one.

Hope to meet up with your Dad, Mum and yourself. Have a good one.

[fhorn]

Another great day at Nepean. Big thanks to organisers!! Gotta say it puts the big corporate run events to shame....towel and T-shirt included in the finishing goodies, brilliant give-aways and an all round fab vibe.
How did people go?  B+ did a smokin' time...first in age group I believe...if I have correctly identified the man behind the Coolrunning name that is.
I was happy with a 3rd in age group...getting easier to attain that the older I get..the numbers keep dropping off in the old fogey age groups.

[thomo]

So many great performances today.

It was a great meeting of CoolRunners.

So many wetsuits out there. Water was lovely, happy to of swam without one. Did have my inbuilt buoyancy to assist.

The 1st timers like Photogirl were outstanding.

TheLogicDump and family would of been up there as 1st mum, dad and son to finish.

Brewer, Plu, Ratdog, Wallygator, KB, Stem & co always happy to offer a gentle or fun cheer or gee up.

Thanks to spectators like KiwiShaz  & Fast Bob (Queenslander) cheering the CoolRunners.

Till next year.
The organisers know how to put an event on.

[Phoenix]

A great day out there today, and the temperature was a welcome change to the norm.

2.02 for me which was a 20 minute PB!

[B+]

fhorn, on 28 October 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:

Another great day at Nepean. Big thanks to organisers!! Gotta say it puts the big corporate run events to shame....towel and T-shirt included in the finishing goodies, brilliant give-aways and an all round fab vibe.
How did people go?  B+ did a smokin' time...first in age group I believe...if I have correctly identified the man behind the Coolrunning name that is.
I was happy with a 3rd in age group...getting easier to attain that the older I get..the numbers keep dropping off in the old fogey age groups.

Got to agree with your post about the race, although I am biased as a Panther and several of my mates are the race committee.

Yep finally got up for a win in my age after a few years of close but no cigar. Good time too for me a tick over 1hr40 haven't been that quick for a while so training with the girls has proved to be a masterstroke for me.

Big congrates to Mighty Mouse on 4th in the Female open after many years away from triathlon to concentrate on her running. But she's back now and looking good.

Train safe

[Stem]

Had a blast out there today. A bit slower on the bike than last year but rapt that my legs held up through the run.

Great to catch up with so many coolrunners. Well done Wallygator in keeping ahead of Thomo   

Top race by brewer, well done.

TheLogicDump absolutely smashed it! Awesome result, I guess trainings going OK. Congrates to the whole family, all did well.

Good on Photogirl for her first tri. Another great CR result.

Good to catch up to all the other CR's out there today

A realy well run event, the organisers do a brilliant job.

[Curt]

Wow, what a great day.

Went into it a bit apprehensive, especially about the temperature. Shouldn't have worried. After a few metres in the water I was quite comfortable. The 1500m swim leg was better than I thought it would be. I know it should have been 1000m but I can't seem to swim in a straight line. Even scored a 'falcon' off one of the lane marker buoys. Must try to find that 'line' under the water that people were talking about if I do it again next year.

Transition to the bike leg was good. Ran the whole way to the bike (just about crawled after the only other tri I'd done, which was about 1/4 the distance of today's race). Confused for a few seconds as my bag was missing, but saw a heap of bags in a holding area so figured it was there. Glad I didn't leave my gels in the bag. Bike leg was good as well, although pretty lonely on the second lap, given that I'm not very fast and started in the last group.

Transition to the run went smoothly. Now we're talking; this I can do. Headed off a little too fast, but remembered Brewer's comment that the 10k run is like the second half of a HM. Paced myself accordingly, and found myself 'in the zone' and getting faster from about 7k. Came home with a 52:35 and a strong sub-5:00 last km. Thanks for that, Brewer.

As always, great to catch up with other CRs out there and even managed to wheeze out a "GCR" from on the bike.

Thanks to the organisers, volunteers and other competitors for a great day.

Oh, and 2:27:35 is the official score. I'm stoked with that; better than I thought I could do.

Curt

[TheLogicDump]

Was a great day out there yesterday. Almost perfect weather for the race as well. No wind, cool and cloudy.

My major goal for the day was to go Sub 2 hours. Last year I finished in just over 2h 10m and my race times in both tri & running have dropped progressively since then. I managed to finish in 1h 56m 53s for a ~14m PB The best bit was that it was achieved by dropping time across all 3 legs.

Stoked

[WallyGator]

Curt, on 28 October 2012 - 09:19 PM, said:

As always, great to catch up with other CRs out there and even managed to wheeze out a "GCR" from on the bike.

I think that was me. My mind only registered who it was after you had passed. Congrats on your time.

This is the 3rd year in a row for me and also my 3rd triathalon. Maybe if I did a few more I would get better at it. I was happy with my effort yesterday. 24:17 for the swim is 1 sec slower than my best and 2 sec faster than last year. Coach says I need to kick more, so I did that but I felt it on the bike. The quads were straining from the start. I enjoyed the bends in the industrial area and due to leaning off the side of the bike I was able to pedal through every corner and actually passed a few who had passed me on the straight bits. They soon passed me again though. I am wrapped with 1:11:54 as it is 2 mins quicker than last year and I felt I spent a heap more time in T1 so actual riding time may be even better. After a 54:45 10k at SMC last weekend, 1:07:30 for the run was very slow and 3mins slower than last year. I had no energy in the first lap and felt better in the second - probably because I took it easier. Gels seemed to do the trick for the 2nd lap, but had no effect on lap 1. The last 2 years I did this coming off training for the Sydney Marathon. So the lesson is to do more long stuff - probably runs.

Overall 2:43:41, 49sec slower than last year, but I am quite happy with that. A great day out and great to catch up with the usual suspects.

[meinmuk]

I remember having a great time doing this in about 1986 at age 14. For some reason the song "Calender Girl" got stuck as a mind-worm and drove me a bit nuts, but made the hilly run go by. I have no idea what time I did, but I was a completer rather than a competer

[bethroid]

TheLogicDump, on 27 October 2012 - 08:26 PM, said:

Great to hear that Bethroid! I don't know where the announcers got the 25 degrees measurement from because the Technical Officials who did the official reading said it was 22.4 degrees. So looks like tomorrow will be a wetsuit swim.

Probably so it didn't scare off us newbies! No wonder it felt brisk!