User:Burning Freebies/About me

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Out of game

Hi! Im James, a student currently in his GCSE years. Im currently studying very hard for my dream ambition of becoming a Doctor, with a double specialty of sports medicine and the musculo-skeletal system. Im also interested in that mad sport triathlon. I thoroughly enjoy playing the game (why else would I play it, right?) and have stuck with it since i started back in November 2006 (saying that, i missed Wintersday). After Wintersday 2007, im interested in giveaways in the game, so be sure to keep an eye out on the forums as a special weekend approaches, as I will probably be out and about to spread treats. The odd thing about that is my actual name has the meaning "to provide" (and hold the heel?). So, if you want me to provide you with in game treats, then i will see you in-game!--Burning Freebies 21:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Ingame

Hi all! Im Mr Freebies. My main character is Prepare To Burn, with whom I am trying to reach God walking amongst mere mortals. I am also mad about running events, and have made several characters to really give my events a theme. These events ususally take place on special weekends, and during the finale of a festival. Here is who to look out for:

Triathlon-My races
What kind of races? I am currently into Triathlons. Here is a list of the races i have done, the distance and the time:


 * NOTE-Duathons are a run, cycle, run. Triathlons are swim, cycle, run. Run and cycle distances are in miles/kilometers, swim distances in meters or kilometers.

2009
Winter Duathon season


 * Duathon-1 mile run, 8.5 mile cycle, 1 mile run (0.55.12, or 55 mins 12 seconds)
 * Duathon-1.5, 12, 1.5 (1.08.15)

Summer Triathlon Season


 * Novice Triathlon-400m, 12k, 3k (1.03.00)(Would have been better if i had swapped from cycling to running shoes so i didnt wreck my heels and bleed everywhere)
 * Open Water tri 1-24th May (500m, 13k, 3k) (55.52)
 * Open water 2-14th June (375m, 10k, 3k) (40.51)
 * Open water 3-28th June (600m, 15k, 3.5k) (1.02.11)
 * Open water 4-26th July (750m, 20k, 5k) (1.25.58)
 * Open water 5-23rd August (750m, 20k, 5k)
 * Sprint distance Granite Man-6th September (750m, 20k, 5k)

Summer Evening Aquathon season


 * Aqua 1-5th June (500m swim, 3k run) (26.57)
 * Aqua 2-19th June (750m, 3k) (28.18)
 * Aqua 3-31st July (1k swim, 4k run) (32.05)
 * Aqua 4-7th August (3k run, 1k swim) (wont compete-risk of drowning after running is to high-because im that bad)

ADDITIONAL-Cycling Time trial series


 * July 21st-10 mile time trial (31.08)
 * July 28th-5 mile time trial (13.42)

These are all of the races I want to compete in this year. More may be added later.

Pictures may follow.

2010


 * Easter 3 day Olympic Triathlon time trials-Over the Easter weekend, the olympic triathlon is split into its 3 disciplines. On Good Friday, there is the 10k run, followed by a 10mile Cycle Time trial (with times scaled up to 25 miles), followed by a 1k swim (with times scaled up to 1500m).
 * Novice Triathlon-The Novice event returns, and its my second year, making it my last chance to try and improve. This time, im aiming for individual event gold. Its always a team that wins the overall event, with the course record (39 mins) held by a team. Can i break the record, or break the team winning streak? With my desired time currently set at 42 mins, its not that far off.
 * Olympic Duathlon-A close to Olympic distance duathlon. Can I run 10kilometers, split in half by a 20 mile cycle?
 * Sprint series-With at least 3 sprint triathlons, can I edge closer to the 1 hour barrier, or even break it, after a PB of 20 mins adrift?

24th May-Open water tri 1
What a great race. I opened up with a fairly good swim, and a great 1st transition from swim->bike. I struggled on the bike after taking in quite a lot of sea water in the swim, so my split time will probably be horrible. Seriously, i could feel the vomit coming up my alimentary canal. After a fairly quick 2nd transition, I battled the posibility of throwing up again in the run. I also ran further than the assigned route, which, to be fair, wasnt marked clearly. In the end, I finished in a time of around 56 minutes, much better than the novice tri, which was shorter and didnt require long wetsuit transitions! Unfortunately i lost the oppurtunity to defeat one of my science teachers when we had to turn around on the run, because i travaled too far.

Next race-Aquathon. Its time to sprint!

June 14th-Tri 2
My best race yet. I opened up with a decent swim, which would have got me around 3rd place (out of 7) if i had managed to swim in a straight line. Trust me, it is hard in the sea. Then, i ended up 1st place in transtition one and bike time added together. I then finished with a 5th place run, putting me in 4th overall. I think the race really helped me find my strengths and weaknesses, which i am working on now for the next race. All i can say is, watch out my competition, cause next race I wont be so nice!

June 19th-Aquathlon 2
A good race indeed. I had what felt like a strong swim, setting my fastest 750m time ever, and my fastest ever swim, with 14 minutes. Then, a 13 minute run for 3k. This time of 28.18 mins brought me to my highest aquathlon ranking of 18th, breaking into the top 20 for the first time in my races against seniors. Good race!

June 28th-Tri 3
Another great race! The course was never going to be easy, because it was Petit Bot. The sea water has a very rough tide (and a very rocky beach and set of stairs to run up to transition), a very very hilly cycle course getting to the main road, and then another hill on the coast, followed by a very cross country style off road run. The swim was very tough for me, as we were required to do a cicruit in the water, then get out, run around a cone, then go back in again! However, when you get out, water drips down your wetsuit, making your legs cold. Your body directs blood to the legs to warm them up, leaving the brain starved of blood slightly. You feel lightheaded, dizzy, and start falling all over the place. This happenned to me when I has several hundred feet of water below me. When i eventually got out, I ended up middle of a 5 pack race for the juniors-but ended up beaten by a senior already, when they had to swim twice the distance!

The cycle was another of my regular strong ones, overtaking the second place cyclist on the bike half way up the 2-3 mile hill to start. I then shot through to the coast, holding up 25 miles per hour until the next uphill section. Due to no-drafting rules, i new i had to time my next overtake right, or I would end up with a time penalty if he reported me. But eventually, i sprinted ahead on a small down hill section before a large hill, and kept a 1 minute lead till Transition 2.

The run was tough, to say the least. The run started going uphill, and stayed going uphill for 3 kilometers. And whats worst is that it was offroad-jagged rocky paths. I was sure i was going to twist my ankle. Luckily i didnt. Unfortunately, I have a terrible knowledge of direction on my town, to i foolishly followed the leader the wrong way. Luckily, we managed to rejoin the path and fight till the finish line, when I managed to lose to him by one second. After negotiation with the race marshal, I managed to avoid disqualification because i went further.

So, another great race, and with it being a race between 2 islands next time, the race really is on!

July 21st-10 mile cycle time trial
Wow. My cycle shoes wont dry. 31 minutes of pure torrential rain. I started off with a slighty trouble with my pedal clipping into the shoe, but soon I was off, and not to be overtaken by anyone but 2 people throughout the whole race. The coastal race was a series of twists and turns, making the wind turn on and off-mostly on. And then, it turned around-just as i did. Unluckily, the course was wet-very wet-so I couldnt do my dangerous leaning turns through corners, and couldnt go to fast if i wanted to avound crashing. Considering the weather, and the fact my gear switch didnt work (i pushed it too low), I am pleased with my 31 minute time. My PB (personal best) is 25 and a half minutes in perfect conditions-lets hope the 5 mile race is perfect!

July 26th-Tri 4
Victory at last!

The race was a sprint distance race-750m swim, 20kilometre cycle, 5 kilometre run. Not really a sprint for me. I started the swim with the main pack of 3 breaking away from me to start. After all, they did represent our island during the island games, so they were bound to be good. Then, as usual, I made it up on the cycle. It turns out that the other competitors had no idea what the route was, so ended up only doing one section of the cycle, making it an instant victory for me! I managed to clock up 37 minutes on the 20k cycle, making me the second junior to accomplish such feat, and the first junior to do so in their first sprint triathlon. I think it was all down to my Time trial bars which i attached to the bike yesterday. My run was then pretty hard-im glad i took my drink with me! I managed to time 20 minutes with a small gap between timings, so i predict i did it in close to 25 minutes. Not bad for my first sprint triathlon! Im definetely looking forward to improving the time next time around where it is meant to be inter-island (the other island cancelled this time), so I may be facing some other triathletes. My performance is constantly improving-I hope it doesnt stop now!

July 18th-5mile TT
More victory!

This time, the weather was good, which meant a good turnout-bad for me. I turned up at the car park, to find it full-of professional cyclists. Theses included-the junior under 14 cycling champion, the current triathlete champion, and at least 4 people who competed in a 25 mile race-all of which managed to conquer the course in under 1 hour, meaning an average of faster than 25 miles, on a slightly windy coastal road, for close to one hour. For cycling, thats good.

I was the 9th person out of about 20 to go. I had a fast improving female cyclist behind me, and a very good cyclist in front of me. I managaed to hold my ground, not being overtaken by anyone-but also not overtaking anyone. I almost managed to overtake the person who went 6 minutes ahead of me close to the end, but there had to be a sprint finish. I think I averaged about 24mph around the course, and clocked up a time of sub 13 mins, according to my bike computer. Results to follow shortly.

However, because the single races have now finished, and I am the only junior to have been to both, I have scored enough points to make me the best individual junior cyclist of the Triathlon club. Saying that, if the other junior attended the last race, he would have won. I still managed to join the pack's middle with a time of 13.42 mins.

July 31st-Aquathon 3
As usual, I won the juniors. There was a small turnout this time around, and luckily the swim was fairly short, because we managed to stall the timekeeper, thus letting the tide go out-which it did very quickly. I half sprinted into the water, and by the first turn point, most people had overtaken me. Luckily, I help a firm position in the run, only 2 minutes behind the leading group. The run course was great fun, as most of it was off-road, which mean climbing up odd shaped rocks, and running under an arch created when 2 trees fell, landing on top of each other. Using my new waterproof heart rate monitor belt, I realised my heart rate spiked at 199 beats per minute. Considering my max heart rate is 205bpm, and reaching 220bpm means your heart rate skyrockets and you start to need medical attention, I realised I almost killed myself. Woops!

August 23rd-Open water tri 5 (series finale)
This finale, for me at least, went out with a bang. After my seasons best swim position of 2nd in the juniors, followed by another fastest bike split, I had an average run, holding second by a large margin. Somehow, someone overtook me on the bike-that never happens!-near the end. At least i will get him next time-i didnt include cycling in my taper, so it could have been better. But, with a sprint time of 1hr21mins, 1 minute of my target, im happy. Maybe I'll break the 1.20 barrier next race.

September 6th-Channel Island sprint triathlon cup
Your last race of the seasn has to be the best, and this was my best by far. My swim was a storm, very close behind the lead junior pack. Which, of course, I overtook soon after the first turn in the cycle. After struggling a bit with the shoes (already clipped in-I'm one of the only people in the entire race to do so), I soon stormed past almost everyone, holding an average of 21-25mph. The only problem-I couldn't feel my feet! I managed to overtake a group (looked like a draft group) with several pedal turns. I set my PB for that cycle route-probably because of the help from the marshals. I then got out to the run, which was my best of the season. I soon started to feel my feet again, and managed to hold under 5 minutes per kilometer for all 5 kilometers. Overall, I struck a bronze again-memories of the tri series flooded back, as I crossed the line in just over 1.20. It was real nice to stay and watch the others in the Middle distance race, which is over 4 times longer distance-Half ironman. But im still happy with a bronze medal, which Im going to pick up in a few hours!