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Quick check in as I've been absent for a while.  I'm not battling injury like some folks, but have been struggling to get in the hours and volume.  I've realized that Tremblant is going to be about resetting expectations and just go out to enjoy the day and tI me with friends rather than chase a specific time goal.  A bit disappointed but at the same time trying to keep things in perspective - supposed to get some fun out of this activity.

MRI results came back and I have a torn medial and likely torn lateral meniscus in addition to arthritic changes. Decided not to race the local sprint last Saturday as the knee was killing me after an easy 2 mile run on Thursday night.  Really figured I could push through on the run but in a rare moment of good judgement figured it wasn't worth several days of increased swelling and pain.  Enjoyed cheering on Team mates and friends at the race but did miss being a part of the competition..

Surgery will be next Monday and I plan to continue to bike, nothing too intense, and swim up until the surgery.  Then, I will get back to activity as allowed after the surgery.  It is actually a decent time of year to take a break.  Summers are brutal down here with the heat and humidity and the local races don't really pick back up until late August.  So, if I can get back to biking and swimming pretty quickly and maintain some decent level of fitness I should be able to put together a couple of race efforts in the Fall assuming running is not  prohibited moving forward.  This will be my 3rd surgery on the right knee with an ACL repair 25 years ago then a scope about 20 years ago.  I am hoping that I can get back to running but if not i will probably dive deeper into cycling and give that more attention.

Its tough getting old but seems we all deal with injury periodically.  Makes getting back out there to train and race that much more special.

Thanks...I have the same problem with patience.

I know the season is just getting under way up north.  What does everyone have coming up?

Hello all.  I have been MIA for a few weeks as work has been incredibly busy and I have been spending every other moment either outdoors (summer has arrived early in southern Ontario) or training in the basement.  I also bought a kayak over the winter and have been taking it down to Lake Ontario.  Hoping it will build upper body strength and improve my swim times

Randy, Mike, Marc - sorry to hear about the injuries.  In my late 30s and early 40s, my mentality was to push through the pain.  I have now realized that the aches and pains are the body trying to tell you something and you better listen.

The PF in my right foot seems to have settled down, although I have only run on the treadmill and not tried anything strenuous. 

My first race is a Sprint this Saturday and so will be testing out my foot for the first time since the injury.  I'm a little worried as normally I would have had a few 5 and 10 km races by now, but due to the foot I've not done anything close to race speed.

A question for the group - I am scheduled to race another Sprint on June 25th but am considering switching to the Long Course Tri (2 km/56 km/15 km).  Pancake flat bike and run and the swim is in an outdoor facility they built in Southern Ontario for the Pan-Am games.  Apparently there are guide wires underwater so you don't need to sight. 

I had originally planned to do the Long Course to get a feel for the longer distances and prep for a fall HIM, but the foot injury set my training back.

I feel confident about my bike and the swim will be nothing spectacular but I know I can do the distance, but my run training has fallen behind. 

The longest run I've done since the injury is 10 km treadmill run last week.  Volume before the injury was building to roughly 40 kms per week, but tailed off considerably after the injury and have only managed to run 25 kms for the last two weeks. 

Would you enter this race with this level of training?

I'm going to wait and see how the foot feels after the weekend, but if all goes well I am leaning towards giving the long course a try and potentially suffer in the last half of the run.

It's a little easier when you have a coach who forces you to not make stupid decisions.  Guarantee I would have reinjured my stress fracture if left to my own devices. 

Yeah, rumour has it that Lionel will be racing the Woodstock Sprint on Saturday. 

He last raced Woodstock in 2014 at a blistering 57:33.

I'm sure all I will see of him is a green blur heading the other way back to T2 on the bike.

Question for any who races in a tri jersey (not full suit) with a full zipper at the front.

Earlier this week I tested my LG M-2 jersey under my wetsuit to get a sense of how tight it feels on my shoulders.  All went fine for the swim, but when I tried to adjust the jersey afterwards and pull it down, the zipper popped out of the catch and separated entirely up the front.

I thought that maybe I didn't quite seat the zipper in the catch so I tried again and the same thing happened.   

It ended up separating about 6 or 7 times no matter how I fit the zipper and it appears that, when the jersey is wet, it clings so tightly to the skin that when you pull it down the material doesn't move and the zipper ends up giving out.

I was planning on wearing the M-2 for a race this weekend but now I'm nervous that I'll pull on it the wrong way and the zipper will explode and separate on me while I'm on the bike.

I've emailed LG customer service to see if they have received any other complaints about this or if its a design flaw with my particular jersey.  

Anyone ever experience this with a full zip tri jersey?  Thinking of putting a few stitches in the zipper to hold it together at the bottom, but pretty sure that would void any warranty with LG.

So far it only happens when I pull the jersey down from the bottom of the jersey on the left side (my left hand side looking down at the jersey).  

Its OK if I pull down on the my right hand side or the back, just the left side.

I bought the small which was within my dimensions on the LG fit guide.  It fits tight, but not restricting.  

My M2 top doesn't do that.  I rode in it just last weekend, and being nearly 100% humidity, I was completely soaked and did pull the top down (maybe with my right hand versus my left??) to make sure it was laying flat for my aero testing. 

I doubt it's an issue of being too small on you.  I bought both a small and XS initially....I couldn't even zip the XS all the way and the S is still quite tight, but don't have any issues with what you're experiencing.  I think you would know if it was too small.