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 Good luck to you Matt, hope your military training goes well. Keep in touch with us whenever you get the chance and let us know have everything's goin'. Stay healthy bro.

peace, John

run_carmen - 2008-06-05 1:39 PM Had a great workout at the gym today and just wanted to share it with you guys.  Trying to keep up with you all is certainly challenging me.  And I know... we're all training for different distances and we shouldn't compare... blah blah blah... but I'm a competitive person by nature.  Anyway - was trying to do 60 minutes on the stationary but I picked an interval hill workout on level 9 and it kicked my butt!  At 24 minutes I almost had myself talked into stopping at 30.  I then played mental games with myself to do one more hill, one more rest, one more mile, 50 more calories, etc.  I finally stopped at 50 minutes, 15.33 miles; 478 calories (although I don't wear a HRM).  SOOO worn out.  Ok, time to shower - yep - I had to come home and post this before I even showered - see how you guys motivate me

  Carmen's getting hardcore, I love it! We're all a little competetive here, tis why we triathlon I'd say. Nice job kicking that stationary bikes butt! Your really looking good going into your tri event .

  Quick question here. My HIM is on June 29th. Would it be wise to do a sprint race on June 14th,     (500yd swim, 21mi bike, 5mi run)? I kinda wanna do the race, but i certainly don't want to mess up my HIM race. It's my first one and i'm not sure what to expect. To be honest i just wanna be able to finish the distance with a good effort throughout(no walking on the run) but if this sprint hinders my HIM race at all, i won't do it, no biggie. Maybe i'm overthinking this, just wanna be as ready as i can be come the 29th.  

 By the by, if i do the sprint, i will give an all out race effort. Just wondering what some thoughts were on this.

peace, John

How long did it take until you felt "fully" recovered from the last sprint you did in Columbia?

Going for my first OWS Sat, and long bike ride on Sunday. Weather permitting of course.

Have fun on your bike ride Todd. Large rides like that are a blast IMO.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Aiming for a good outside bike ride tomorrow and my usual long run Sunday morning - 6 miles with group.  After Sunday I'm starting my "taper" week and new job - BUSY week!  Any suggestions on how to plan the taper week workouts?

Melissa - I like your new avatar.

John - I think we need new pics for ours - between your gloves and my full bundled up look - it just doesn't say summer!  Hopefully I'll get a new pic next weekend at my race that looks a bit warmer

 Woohoo! My first open water swim ever today and it went awesome! Almost felt as if i was cheating, since the wetsuit makes you float. So much easier swimmiing with one on heh. Felt like i could have swam all day like that. Sighting will take some practice but all in all it was a great first experience. Way funner swimming in open water versus a pool IMO. By the by, it was my first time swimming with a wetsuit as well. Gotta admit though that the first couple hundred yrds were kinda rough, like i couldn't get a good breath or something with the tight wetsuit on. Told myself to settle down and just relax, stroke, stroke, breath kinda thing in my head.  Then it was like all of a sudden i felt i could go all day

 Basically it gave me a confidence boost for my upcoming race so i'm all jacked up now!

 Thought i'd share my first OWS experience with everyone.  

 peace, John

 Haha, I'd have to agree with you on that Carmen. Will hopefully get a good, clean pic at my next event, possibly maybe even hurling at the finish line 

 *Fair Warning, This Post Contains Info And General Insight From A Novice Swimmer/Triathlete *

  Not sure on this Joe, but to put your mind at ease, i've read other threads where folks have had the same thing with the burping after swimming as you.  You may want to do some searching in the general tri forums looking for remedies if there are any. I personally don't swallow any water hardly at all and consequently don't burp after swimming so maybe that's the thing  /shrug. Not sure how your breathing technique is right now, but do you exhale underwater through your nose and inhale through your mouth? If not, you may want to give that a whirl.  Also, if you haven't taken swim lessons at all or since you were a kid, i'd recommend doing so. I just learned how to swim via adult swim classes not even 3 months ago or so and i'm totally glad I did.  As far as burping after running , how was your nutrition before your runs? Eating anything at all or running on an empty stomach? Could simply be what you had before you took off on your run.  No chili dogs and soda's before runs Joe, c'mon! On a serious note, I get the occasional belch during my runs (non brick runs) after i just munched an eneregy bar or PB sandwhich and drank some sports drink, then headed out the door. On brick runs i never(can't think of a time) have this issue since i just got off the bike and, at most, had a gel and some water/sports drink.

  Sorry if this reply became a little long-winded. Some of the others may be able to shed more light on this. Best of luck Joe bro.

peace, John