I came out of the water four minutes ahead of last year. I then finished the bike five minutes faster than last year. And I didn't get that nasty four minute penalty. So, going out onto the run I had a thirteen minute handicap against last year's time. But on the run I got passed more than the salt at Thanksgiving dinner. I finished the race in 5hr16min, sixteen minutes slower than last year. And if you don't count the b.s. penalty that really didn't give me an advantage last year I finished twenty minutes slower. Suck. That extra eight pounds on my belly hurts. I didn't stop on the run at all, despite wanting to vomit before curling up to die. Massive mental defecits by the end of the race. So much salt on me that people stopped eating pizza to note my white crispy coating. My personality was as dull as the paint job on a Bondo'd 1983 Pinto so I ditched the social scene and curled up in some shade on the boardwalk, half-vomiting everything I drank.
Now, the really great news is that my tri peeps rocked! I passed Dana on the bike like she was a hot potato but she fought back and passed me ten minutes later. Going into transition at the same time, she passed me on the run at mile eight or so and then ran it out to the end... awesome Dana. Kelly looked strong at mile six and when I did some timing math it looked like she'd break her sub-six goal or come really close. Patrick Dowd beat his evil rival by over a minute with a sub-five time... he passed me like a wet fart at about mile nine. Keith looked strong as always on his run. Kurt went sub-six with a non-stop run and fuel left in the tank at the end. Dane was strong on the run and had broken into the age groups ahead of him like they were New Orleans convenience stores after Katrina. Brett Reagan, the 35-40 age group super star that I stalk, had a great race... I got to ride next to him for .2 minutes before he dropped me like a cheerleader's panties on prom night. Daniel Moss, All3Sports superstar pro triathlete, took second overall... as in overall everybody only one person beat him he's got big hairy balls overall.
Before the race I got another joereger.com intro! Amy recognized me and said hi! Too cool! Hi Amy! Shoot me an email!
More details later on. Thanks everybody for the support and tri love. Sorry to abandon you after the race. I was simply not all there in the head. In fact, I'm still not all there. |
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2005 St. Anthony's Triathlon - 2:18:55
Dan Moss is a Class Act: Advocates Fairness, Bumping Himself Out of First
2005 Ironman Florida: 11hr44min
2008 Gulf Coast Triathlon
2007 St. Anthony's Race Result: 4th AG in 2:13:22
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Date: 2006-05-13 18:01:52
Name: Vanessa
Joe, great write up!!! Loved the visuals! Sounded like it was a great day across the board. I'm not going to engage you in your kicking yourself because you did great, too! Look at how cool Ava's dad is! I'll bet other kids dad's go 'tri what?' A good man told me at the Turtle Crawl, "Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever" |
Date: 2006-05-13 18:16:41
Name: Joe, Sr.
Congratulations on another completion ... glad you gave it your all, as u always do ... wish I had been there ... hope u recover fast!! |
Date: 2006-05-14 07:50:33
Name: Anna
You rock Joe! Despite being sick all week you still kicked major butt. How cool is it to have all those friends out there to cheer everyone on!!! Go tri peeps! |
Date: 2006-05-14 10:08:01
Name: Dave Roberts
Way to gut it out Joe. I saw you on the run and said hello even though you had no idea who I was. I am among your many blog reading regulars. Keep up the good work. |
Date: 2006-05-14 10:58:27
Name: Mark
Congrats, Joe! Love the similes. |
Date: 2006-05-14 13:20:54
Name: Joe Reger
Hi Dave! I do remember when you said that! I think all I could muster was a weak arm up at the time but I can tell you that it was very appreciated! Another blog-meeting! Thanks to you and to everybody else for the support! How did your race go? |
Date: 2006-05-14 18:54:52
Name: joel
OMG! That was the freaking funniest thing ever! Regardless of being passed like a wet-fart, you did a great job, especially since you've been battling the evil sickness this past week. Great job man! |
Date: 2006-05-14 20:22:05
Name: MMB
To mock a recent issue on this website. . .best race recap ever! You may have been disappointed with your race, but you certainly didn't disappoint with the post-race humor. White crispy coating, Bondo'd 1983 Pinto and a cheerleader's panties. Very nice indeed. |
Date: 2006-05-14 22:20:02
Name: Dave Roberts
Joe - the race was great. You can read about my experience at daveroberts.reger.com |
Date: 2006-05-15 08:20:15
Name: davo
Great job Joe! Way to stay strong. |
Date: 2006-05-15 10:22:31
Name: Brandon
Congrats, Joe!! Just remember the season just started and you are already going all out. Keep up the hard work. |
Date: 2006-05-15 22:55:48
Name: Freddy
Great write up as usual... I can't wait for business to slow down so I can be out there kicking butts too.....
Tri 4 Life............ |
Date: 2006-05-16 12:36:07
Name: Dani
You're hilarious! You did awesome and you were coming off the beaver attack so keep that in mind! Glad to see that your celebrity sitings are still going strong! We miss you in plyos hurry back! |
Date: 2006-05-16 17:40:57
Name: Dan Moss
Congrats on the race and the most important part is you finished. And I must agree with everyone else, that is a rather funny ass entry! Keep up the good work! |
Date: 2006-05-17 18:00:00
Name: Amy Westergren-Amlicke
Hey Joe! So nice to meet you at GC. Talking you on the beach really helped me with my pre-race nervousness. Thanks! I've mentioned you in my race report. If you'd like check it out on the URL I sent you. Hope you had a great race. It sounds like it from your post -- very funny. Hope to see you at future races. |
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