{"id":1254,"date":"2024-09-02T01:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2024-09-02T01:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:08:27","slug":"glenview-parks-tri-07-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/glenview-parks-tri-07-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenview Parks Tri (07\/28\/2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n



Earlier this year, I had two key races on my schedule for July.  However, one was postponed until 2025 and the other sold out before I could get a team together.  As I was looking for other options, I came across this race in Glenview.  Not only did it look like a great race, but it would also serve as a good “warm up” for Naperville the following weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make things work most smoothly for the pool swim, we were the last ones in.  As we were waiting, the rain came — mostly a drizzle, but a constant drizzle that would make the bike more interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a solid swim, we headed to T1.  Because of the rain and wet feet in general, T1 took a lot longer than normal.  And T1 wasn’t the only place where weather came into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been using double sided clips for about seven years.  In all that time, I have never had so much trouble getting cleat in and getting them to stay in.  I believe the issue was partly the clips being wet and partially the cleats being wet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several attempts, I was finally able to get them in, and we were off.  Because of the wet streets, we kept it at a much slower pace.  There was also one part of the open course where a motorist almost caused a real issue for us because of how they were driving.  Scott was able to keep us safe throughout both the inclement weather and the traffic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we made it back to T2, the weather had changed.  So for the run, we had a lot of humidity instead of rain.  So after a reasonably normal T2, we headed out into the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before heading out, I had been told that there were only two hills.  While that statement was accurate, they did not count the inclines.  So there was a lot of up and down — both on the actual hills and on the incline.  What helped tremendously during the run were the ice station and full water bottles (instead of just cups).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it was a challenging race, it was also a very FUN race.  I was surprised to see how well supported it was by their sponsors.  Usually, you’ll have a few giveaways post-race.  Their raffles kept going, and going\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Kathleen and the rest of the staff for their help.  Thank you to Scott for all his help and guiding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, I had two key races on my schedule for July.  However, one was postponed until 2025 and the other sold out before I could get a team together.  As I was looking for other options, I came across this race in Glenview.  Not only did it look like a great race, but … Continue reading Glenview Parks Tri (07\/28\/2024)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}