Participation's:| • | Marseille | | • | Nice | | • | Embrun | | • | Manosque | | • | Salon | | • | Saint Maximin | | • | Nevers | | • | Martigues | | • | château neuf la Mède | | • | Sucé sur Erdre | | • | Istres | | • | Valréas | | • | L'estaque | | • | Paris | | • | Hauts-de-Seine | | • | Martinique | | • | Biarritz | | • | Autun | | • | Fontainebleau | | • | Coucouron | | • | Rambouilllet | | • | Saint Paul Trois Châteaux | | • | Saint-Quentin en Yvelines | | • | Bourges | | • | Angers | | • | Migennes |
| Enrichment:
The different triathlons in which I took part were of many distances, with small preference for the short ones. The distances sprint are too fast, the triathlon of Olympic distances are very greying, they combine speed, the power with a management of the efforts. Long distance Triathlons are graying and interesting to be done, it is necessary to manage one's efforts while being based on a well built drive. Moreover new elements such as dietetics, or pain reaction takes part here into consideration.
Contrary to what you can think, a long distance triathlon for which it is necessary to count at least 6 hours of effort is less traumatizing on a physical level than a marathon. However there are only 12 km less by run but still 120 km of bicycle, which are not nothing. Generally, after a marathon, I have problem to walk, whereas after a long distance triathlon, I can still run, which is easier for a quick recuperation. Beautiful races:
The most beautiful races are those for which ones one's suffered the most, also with which the memory remains marked.
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Salon's Triathlon, in my garden of Provence, under the sun heat of the South. The ride by bicycle is laid out in dells; with beautifull descents and running is difficult on flat sunny roads. The usual question is always "what am I doing here", and there are always people on pavements ready to support you with stupid behaviour.
When two different worlds meet it's in a totally reciprocal incomprehension, but those behaviours are a source of encouragement proportionaly to the power of their malicious remarks. Plus there was that handicapped person who run the race on wheel-chair(another world), I ran next to him, and at a time, then self-confident he told me : " we are on the same print, don't we ?!";, and how!! Thanks to you.
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Embrun's Triathlon took place in Serre Ponçon 's valley. The departure took place at 6 o'clock AM; at this early hour, the water of the lake for the swimming seems hot, whereas at the end of the race with surrounding heat it seems cold.
The bike race is hard and doesn't made for bikers on flat roads; we need rhythm on 180 km. The run is very amazing, by its distance, also by its profile. However the heat of a public very fond of sport is all benefit.
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Nice's Triathlon, in the deeppest blue of Mediterranean sea and in the country of Nice (Nice is nice).
It is an imposing triathlon, that need an excellent physical, material, mental preparation... to be able to appreciate it. The departure of the race is relatively early. Swimming proceeds in the sea, it's a hard race when there are waves. The bike part skirts the "Promenade des Anglais" to end then in the back country of splendid Nice, climbing with wish, and travelling in its technical descents. The run takes place at the edge of sea with all its beauty. The public is very close and numerous. The course is flat with only one turn at the end of the km 15 th. This point of u-turn is the first objective then you just have to return to Nice, and that is what is hard. The sun then strikes in the back and Nice is profiled on the horizon. When the arrival approaches, the pleasure grows, the pain is erased.
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Saint-Quentin en Yvelines's Triathlon or the revenge. A triathlon on which I suffered during the precedent year, it was by foot, I did not advance anymore, I could not run anymore at my speed.The following year I prepared better it, especially mentally. By bike, I fought against myself, in power in the bumps, technically in the descents to tackle to the run with good conditions. The first treads made me able to see that this work was going to bear its fruits. To have the feeling which one runs quickly is dazzling, it is perhaps necessary to have smelled one day this feeling to appreciate it. But the more one has this feeling and the more one can accelerate, it is the virtuous circle. I finished properly, physically expenses, recovery in was facilitated.
There are the beautiful race by the natural framework which they cross, and there are the beautiful races because one is there well and that one makes beautiful things with beautiful gestures.
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