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Gabe - you are an animal!

Trainer this morning and pool at lunch for me.

Jim 2 2:11:24
Dave 2 1:05
Dennis 2 4:30:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 3 3:29:35

light runch 39:27

Gabe- How exciting! You have to give me lessons on convincing the Mrs. Although I do have the green light for IM Louisville next year. Anyone interested?

Jim 3 2:50:51
Dave 2 1:05
Dennis 2 4:30:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 3 3:29:35

Edited by JBacarella 2015-08-04 1:50 PM

Wow - tempting. I spent my formative cycling years riding some of the roads used for IM Lousiville. Much more attractive from a weather perspective now that its in October.

40min on the treadmill.

Jim 3 2:50:51
Dave 3 1:45
Dennis 2 4:30:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 3 3:29:35

Bought the new bike today, Rocky Mountain Element 930. Its an "entry level" full suspension bike but its light years ahead of my old mountain bike. I am looking forward to the 29inch wheels, disc brakes and especially the back saving full suspension.


Edited by DaveL 2015-08-04 9:19 PM






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August is off to a slow start for me, we were out of town for the weekend then I pulled something in my back lifting on Monday, so I took yesterday off. Hoping to get back to the gym this afternoon and hopefully a trainer ride tonight.

I started this season with the goal of competing in my first HIM over Labor Day weekend, but I've come to the realization that I really prefer short-course racing. Eventually I'll probably try a HIM, but for now I'm going to focus on sprint and Oly distances and try to get as fast as I can. The HIM I was going to do also has an Oly so I think that will end up being my A race this season.

Nice slow leisurely runch 1:00:31

Dave- Nice ride.

Jim 4 3:51:22
Dave 3 1:45
Dennis 2 4:30:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 3 3:29:35

Catching up on the last few days. I started my 14 week HIM training plan and the coach started me out on 2-A-Days on the first day. Kind of makes me thankful that I've been ramping up the training for the last few months. I've been healthy for the last few months and I hope to stay that way through the training.


Jim 4 3:51:22
Dave 3 1:45
Dennis 5 10:15:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 3 3:29:35

45min trail run.

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Jim 4 3:51:22 
Dave 4 2:30 
Dennis 5 10:15:00 
Mitch 2 4:39 
Gabe 4 5:13:29 

Finally on the board for August with a 1 hour trainer ride tonight.

Jim 4 3:51:22
Dave 4 2:30
Dennis 5 10:15:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 4 5:13:29
Dave C 1 1:00

I headed out to Sado island on Saturday for a self-inflicted training camp. I will do a full distance triathlon on Sado on Sept 6 and getting to the island for training is a fantastic experience. I guess there is nowhere in Japan where you can ride 190 km and see so few cars and so few traffic signals (and so many tunnels). I did this same type of training last year in conjunction with an open water swim event that they have. Last year I did the 2km swim and this year, I decided to see whether I could deal with the 5km. It was a wonderful experience - there were less than 60 people swimming the 5km and the staffing support for the swim was superb. Anyway, here is what I accomplished during my 4 days on the island.

Sat: 7 hours of traveling - car, ferry to the island and drove to the hotel. Got out for a 37 minute run
Sun: 5km open water swim race (2:13) and then 2:03 on the bike in the afternoon
Mon: 1 lap around the island - 190km (7:04) followed by a 10km run (1:01)
Tues: 115km (4:23) for the top half of the island

Ideally, I wanted to get in a run off the bike on Tues and a long run on Wed, but the heat had taken its toll (90+ and sunny every day) and I decided best to hold off on the long run until the temps cool down a little on the weekend.

Jim 4 3:51:22
Dave 4 2:30
Dennis 5 10:15:00
Mitch 2 4:39
Gabe 4 5:13:29
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 4 17:21


Edited by dcon 2015-08-06 2:52 AM

Glad to see a bunch of us are still working!

Yesterday I squeezed in a trainer ride at lunch. This morning 60' on the bike again completing 3 sets of 5x1' intervals at 125% of FTP with 1' recoveries. 8 minutes between sets (Trainerroad Bashful).

Jim 4 3:51
Dave 4 2:30
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 4 7:05
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 4 17:21

57:06 on the bike

Jim 5 4:48:06
Dave 4 2:30
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 4 7:05
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 4 17:21

46min on the new bike. Its really good, unfortunately I left the front wheel in the parking lot - its gone. I have posted a lost and found ad and put up posters in the parking lot and am hoping for the best. So frustrated and disappointed - my own stupid fault

Jim 5 4:48:06
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 4 7:05
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 4 17:21

Bummer about losing the new wheel Dave, but at least it was only the wheel.


Adding a run for Thurs - very slow 5k including walk breaks every km (34 minutes). My legs felt heavy until the last km.

Jim 5 4:48:06
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 4 7:05
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 5 17:55

a momentary lapse in attention costs a few hundred dollars - what are you going to do??

46:16 runch


Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 4 7:05
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 5 17:55

Swam yesterday at lunch and swam today. 1st time this year (embarrassed to say) that I got to the pool 3 times in one week!

Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 5 7:56
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 5 17:55

Stuff happens. Still, losing a wheel sounds better than some of the stories I've read, i.e., people who leave their $10k tri-bike on the top of the car, drive into a parking garage and trash both the bike and the car.

90 minutes on the trainer this morning. Riding on Zwift again.

Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 6 9:27
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 1 1:00
Dan 5 17:55

1:15 on the trainer today doing TR "Elephants".

Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 6 9:27
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 2 2:15
Dan 5 17:55

Adding Sat run (19.1 km in 2 hours) and Sun swim (1:25).

Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 6 9:27
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 2 2:15
Dan 7 21:20

1:04 road ride this morning.

Jim 6 5:34:22
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 6 9:27
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 3 3:19
Dan 7 21:20

1:12:21 on the bike. I was almost run over by a Pizza delivery driver.

Jim 7 6:46:43
Dave 5 3:16
Dennis 5 10:15
Mitch 6 9:27
Gabe 4 5:13
Dave C 3 3:19
Dan 7 21:20