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Hi friends,

It's been far too long since I last came around here. I'm back in school now which leaves me with little free time. I finished up my season a few weeks back with a centurion race. I was dropped from the main field because of a technical issue but i connected with a smaller group and finished in a decent time. 

Last week I took part in a study on the effects of endurance training on fat metabolization. It was fun and I got to do lab testing to determine my FTP, LTHR, CP, and VO2 max. Expensive tests done for free! I posted a picture of me getting prodded and probed by scientists below. 

Other than that I've been doing mostly unstructured training. I hit the gym next week to start my 2015 training plan. I've decided to give up triathlons for next year at least. I'm going to get my UCI license and devote my time and efforts into moving up the categories of road and criterium racing and try to get a on a team by the end of next season. My body didn't do so well handling the run side of tri training this summer so I'm going to go back to basics next year with short distances frequently to build up my bones and tendons and perhaps try for another Ironman in 2016, depending on how racing goes next year. 

Cheers all. Glad to see everyone is still training and racing.

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I had my first day at the track today. It's the smallest Velodrome in the world at 138m. The bank is 55 degrees. It's a ton of fun. I wish I had done it earlier. It's going be a great break from the turbo trainer this winter. (pic below)

Speaking of trainers, I picked up a Kurt Kinetic Rock and Roll used (along with the pro-flywheel). It is amazing. It's expensive new ( approx. 650 CAD) but you can pick one up used for 350 CAD. It has a thick piece of rubber sandwiched between two plates that acts as a pivot point allowing the trainer to sway from side to side slightly. Not only does this (plus the flywheel) simulate real riding really well it also takes some of the stress off the frame (for those worried about their carbon frames on the rigid trainers). If you're like me and don't have a power meter, Trainer Road has the power curve of this trainer programmed in and gives a pretty decent power estimate based on speed. (pic below)

Finally, I turned the guest room into my winter training room, complete with record player, lol. 

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I'm off to a slow start for the October challenge however I do have a half-marathon this weekend. It will be the first anniversary of my first HM, a distance I thought was unfathomable when I first started running a few short years ago. Since then I have ran four other official HM's and plan on running them as long as my legs can hold up! Back on the topic of training, I have my second Oly coming up over the first weekend of November so I need to keep myself in race shape.

Finally got around to finished my race report form the Augusta 70.3.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=524652&posts=1&page=1

Now it's time to get active again. I have done nothing but eat and Drink for a week!

If you like forested southern country side it is pretty.  I would not call it scenic like some of the mountain races probably are, but it's a nice course.

Congrats on the race!  That is a smokin fast bike!