Yes, triathlons tend to be more expensive. (For example, the
Olympic-distance Columbia triathlon was $80 and the Great Floridian Ironman
was $350). This is due in part to longer races generally requiring more
race support. Also, it helps cover the cost of liability insurance and
medical support for people who plan to swim "1.1 miles" of a 1.2 mile swim
course (like Daphne, below) or who do an "endo" on their bikes (like
Daphne, below). It is a great workout though. And, fortunately, most
people fully recover (like Daphne).

> [Original Message]
> From: Randy <rshuff@...>
> To: <BurkeLakeRunners@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 5/30/2005 4:58:23 PM
> Subject: [BurkeLakeRunners] Re: Lake Anna triathlon & bike crash/gory
story
>
> I am tentatively in for the Lake Anna Half Ironman. I had already
> checked out the web site after Tom made it sound easy. It seems a
> little pricey at $110, but I guess that is what you get with a
> "for-profit" race organizer. Lake Anna is close enough to be down and
> back on same day.
>
> Great bike story Daphne. I agree with Allen, give up the tennis.
>
> If you need some motivation to get back on the bike and ride, go to
> this site and click on the first video, "Drag Race NY City". That
> should give you the needed "umph" to pull those stiches out and get
> going again!
>
> http://www.digave.com/videos/
>
> Randy
>
>
> --- In BurkeLakeRunners@yahoogroups.com, Allen Henry <arhenry1@y...>
> wrote:
> > Wow Daphne, I winced with pain reading each part of your trip over
> the handle bars. When you take a spill, you really go for the
> dramatic. I'm glad you're OK. See you gotta pick a sport and stick
> with it. I recommend giving up the tennis.
> > Heal fast!
> > Allen
> >
> > "Magnuson, Daphne" <dmagnuson@a...> wrote:
> > While running with Tom and Randy yesterday morning, I somehow went
> from thinking I might sign up for a sprint triathlon in the fall, to
> serious consideration of a half-iron distance tri. Tom talked this
> one up pretty well, in fact, the way he tells it, this race will be
> downright easy, with options to paddle instead of swim and options to
> enter as a relay team: http://www.oarevents.com/event.asp?id=24&catID=1
> >
> > So -- anyone interested? It is in Lake Anna, which is somewhere
> near Fredericksburg. Even though it is "easy," it is still 1.1 miles
> of swimming, 56 miles of biking and 13.1 miles of running at the end.
> I plan to try to do the whole thing, but others might want to sign
> up as a team. The way I see it, I am terrified of the swim, scared of
> the bike and looking forward to the run. So no matter how hard it is,
> the day can only get better, right?
> >
> > Finally -- gory bike crash story: I am now an official cyclist. I
> crashed on the bike yesterday, went over the handlebars and landed
> hard. Lots of blood, lots of road rash, sprained wrist, chin torn
> open to the bone, required 20 stitches to close up and a tetanus shot.
> I lucked out big time, because they originally thought my jaw was
> broken and were getting ready to send me to surgery. I was on my
> hybrid bike, just tooling around in the neighborhood with my 8-yo
> daughter and her girlfriend. We were riding back from the tennis
> courts and I had slung the tennis rackets over my shoulder, so they
> rested on my back. One slipped down and the racket went between the
> spokes of the front wheel of my bike. Not a good way to crash because
> my arm was pinned down by the racket which was stuck in the spokes, so
> I couldn't protect my face when I went down. Landing on jaw is not a
> good experience. I was so worried the two little girls would freak
> out. I sent them home to get Norm and was
> > able to pull my bike out of the road. Big mess, lots of blood
> everywhere, but the girls were great, Norm came right away and the ER
> visit was relatively quick. Because I could move my jaw without a
> popping sound and because they could see the jaw bone where I hit it
> and there were no visible fractures or chips, after much
> back-and-forthing, they decided to skip the x-rays. When you come in
> with rivers of blood running off your face, they see you pretty
> quickly. I feel very very lucky because -- I WAS NOT WEARING A
> HELMET!!!!!
> >
> > Yep. And I always wear helmets, but for some odd reason, I just
> forgot mine the one time I crashed hard. So once again, just a
> reminder to wear your helmet. As the ER people reminded me about 100
> times, if I had landed on a different part of my head, I could be very
> dead, right now.
> >
> > Also, I am now on Cipro for a while. I have read that Cipro can
> make you more vulnerable to tendonitis. Has anyone had any experience
> with this? Just curious. I'm wondering if I should keep my runs
> shorter for a while. (I think I'm on it for 2 weeks.)
> >
> > Daphne
> >
> >
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