Sacramento Triathlon
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At 15 suxx; Sylvan falls out of the run
Sylvan started out strong at first, managing to keep pace with Asp for the most part. Soon though, he stumbled, and the lack of training caught up with him. This small set back cost him again and again, until the young Shaman fell behind, and eventually out of the run all together.
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Daniel might not be much to look at as a runner: he has too much body mass and his running shoes are a mess. But when you spend most of your adult life hiking through the mountains and switching between policing the Herd and dealing with the Hisil, you pick up a few things. The most important of them being pacing. At the start Aspen gets ahead of him but Daniel focuses on breathing and finding his own rhythm and, surely enough, by the end of the race he has caught up. They finish the race almost at the same time and move to the start of the bicycle part. Daniel smiles at her playfully before starting pedalling but saves his breath for the next stage.
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Even though he had trained somewhat, Miach quickly realized how specific swimming was. Not only was it colder, it was harder to breath too. Between the resistance of the water, the crowd of competitors, the wee hours of the morning, it was too much against which he was sorely unprepared. After only a couple of hundred yards, the Acanthus had swallowed so much water that he was already spent. Ho, the humiliation !
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OOC
Cycling section
To his shame, Daniel hasn't done much cycling in preparation for the event. Well, he did rent a bike and rode around for a couple of days but it was nowhere near what a man is supposed to do to be ready for triathlon. Mostly, he just endures through sheer endurance and general athletic skill: keeping the breath steady and doing the pedalling with his back as much as possible. He gets a hang of the process in the second part of the section.
When the Rahu dismounts, he can already feel the tiredness in the thigh muscles. Most likely, tomorrow he won't be able to sit probably because of all the soreness.
Swimming section
Overconfidence - the bane of the impatient. Daniel quickly picks up pace in the water which leads to running out of breath, finding his second wind and then switching to calm breaststroke and watching the better athletes pass him by. By the time he settles in a calm rhythmic pace, the race is over and he is standing on the shore, breathing heavily and grinning like an idiot.
He really, really did it. And with little specialized preparation too. Sure, he spent at least a few hours each day doing strength and endurance training, fighting and running... But triathlon was nothing to sneeze at: it may be a bit stupid but he's sure to brag to his Pack just a bit about the accomplishment.
Speaking of accomplishments: where is the girl from before? She sure looked like she was going to make it too. Daniel's eyes search the crowd, even as he walks slowly, letting his muscles relax after being pushed to their limits.
There's nothing wrong with trying to catch a female athlete in a swimming suit, right?
Daniel's total is 29 rolls. This should place him somewhere a bit behind the middle of the ones who made it.
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That's fine by me.
Dispirited by his lack of result - Lie or no Lie - Miach swam to the shore, and slowly made his way to the tent where he got a blanket, a warm cappuccino full of sugar, and some time to think. After a long while, the Acanthus tried and smile to the volunteer who were making this contest possible. They were not responsible for his failure, his overconfidence, nor his cold. Chatting harmlessly to let the time fly, he finally dragged his sorry self to the finish line, hoping to at least cheer for his mate as they managed to do it to the end.
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