SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 100)

yes, it actually is looking like a GREAT day for long-course racing: light winds, low humidity, a little chilly in the morning, but warming to 24c/78f. Sunny - anybody remember she had sunscreen on her packing list?

Yeah, but look at the logs from when you were a kid..... The rest of us have some catching up to do!

Luckily for me, New Zealand is just across the dateline from Hawaii.  So she's one day ahead, one hour behind.  So her cutoff will be 11 pm local time for me and I'll be able to follow all the action.

Great to see you back.

I wish I had them.  I don't remember what we did but I'm sure being in the pool 8-9 times/week added up to a lot.

Welcome back Melissa!  

Good luck Melissa - I know you must be anxious. And welcome back. Did you wind up racing the NOLA HM last weekend?

It is really awesome to see that WTC has upped their game this time around. Now the tracker, New Zealand Website, and Ironman Live are all down before the race even starts. I guess they have learned that is better than getting actually getting our hopes up. I wonder what race registration would actually have to cost to support live tracking and blogging that actually works? Maybe somewhere in the range of $650.00 or so?

Oh, wait....

mndymond - 2013-03-01 11:32 AM

TankBoy - 2013-03-01 9:21 AM

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tri808 - 2013-03-01 9:09 AM

mndymond - 2013-03-01 5:47 AM Yo yo!! Today is the beginning of my BT revival after being MIA for two months! Ill attempt to read some pages! Haha

Great to see you back.

Thanks. 4 days till I find out about my residency. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Good luck Melissa - I know you must be anxious. And welcome back. Did you wind up racing the NOLA HM last weekend?

Yup. Quite anxious. Yesterday the match organization set us an "FYI: match day is in a few day"...pah. Ya cause we are all VERY aware of that right now. I did do it. Second best time ever: 1:56:11. Don't know how I pulled that off but I did!

Super congrats on the HM PR! That just show you how much more space you have to improve, once you find out what you are going to be doing for the rest of your life....

This is not helping ...

Funny you mention this, I'm kinda expecting BT to clog up a bit today as well

Your swimming as aaaamazing, yowza!

I did progressive 1600s on Wednesday. I'm sort of between groups right now, too fast for one group and maybe transitioning into another (but haven't officially) So, after the first rep our coach pulled me aside and had me start 5-10 seconds behind my group with a goal of catching them before the end of the 1600. It was actually a lot of fun and provided a real race-like simulation of running from behind. 

Now THAT is an awesome workout! It is too bad that whenever we do pursuit intervals I am always the pursued... Maybe I need to find some slower folks...

You and me both Melissa

Yes, yes it's all fun and games until  you get passed as if you are standing still. Shakes you to the core 

Really excited about Yanti's race. Conditions look soooo much better. She'll be off and swimming shortly. Goooooooo Yanti!!!!

I'm also starting to feel very optimistic about spring. I have been sneezing for 2 days now and attribute it to something blooming. somewhere. (it's probably just chlorine from the pool, but I'm going with it.) I was able to run in shorts yesterday, which hasn't happened outside in quite a while. And today, my favorite lunch spot opened up their gelato bar. I had a sample of the newest flavor, dark chocolate cayenne. I may have brought some home with me.  I am going to need sustenance to cheer loudly for the next 17 hours. 

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AMAZING!

tgif!   went to gym yesterday, lifted than swam for an hour, it was my first long swim since last year.  It felt good but wore me out.  Hope to get  a ride in today. 

Also today started dieting, cutting out all the junk, so last night had to finish a whole pint of ben and jerry's   YUM!  will not see one of those for awhile.