Full Vineman 2014 Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 11)

Oh please oh please oh please oh please:

But before you get too excited, from another site:

How about a tie breaker?  Try this one:

How can they be sooooo far apart?  This far out, I think our guess is as good as theirs! 

Dear Cold,

It's over between us.  What we had devolved into a love/hate relationship.  You loved me and didn't want to let go; I hated you and wanted you gone as soon as possible.  Now that you are out of my life I kindly ask that you do not contact me again, even a little bit.

Sincerely,

Tom

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Boy is it good to be able to get back into the training - what little there is left!  Only 10 days to go and it is race day - wow.  The lost training has me second guessing my fitness level and race planning, so this taper ought to be an especially interesting one!

Brian, I'm checked the menu for the Flamingo restaurant and the Mostaccioli Diane you recommended isn't on the menu anymore!!  I'm disappointed as the description you posted looked soooo good. 

The pool there looks great from the Google satellite view; looks like 25 yards with 5 or 6 lanes.  That'll be great for the last swim before the race.  Should be able to do a last run there easily too, but for the bike I'll likely take it up to Windsor on and ride after registration.  My plan calls for a 30-45 minute z1/z2 ride, so thinking about doing a lap of the run course to get a last view of it before the race.  That should be about 8.7 miles, so in the ballpark for the right distance with a couple of small climbs to spin up and give the legs a preview of what the next day will bring.  If anyone else wants to join on the ride, I'd love to have company!

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The 2014 Race Program is now up on the Vineman website: http://www.vineman.com/Assets/Race+Programs/2014fullbarbsaquabikeprogram.pdf

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Race Numbers have been assigned!!!  Here's what we've got - hope I didn't miss anyone:

Brian, thanks for the info!  I'll have to practice the 'under the towel' change technique beforehand as those sweaty tri shorts which normally slide off easily may be a bit of a different challenge when draped in a towel.  I don't know for sure, but don't want to end up on my fanny with the towel around my shoulders in T2, now do I?

Everyone getting ready and excited?  I know I am.  Just did my am swim workout of a total of 1500 yds which seems like a warm-up at this point!  Current view on the weather looks like forecasts range from 86-88, with morning clouds and afternoon sun. 

I'm getting everything ready for the trip up to the race venue.  I've got my checklist all done except for last minute stuff I remember with an "Oh crap, how'd I forget that?".  I also created a T1 and T2 layout checklist after seeing this on DC Rainmaker's site, an idea I really like as I recall always mentally asking myself, "Is every thing there, in place and ready to go?"  This takes the guesswork out of it for me.  After reading Brian's response about wetsuit strippers above, I realized that I didn't really know how this all works in the heat of the moment, but Google/Youtube came to the rescue with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CsX0ls1eaQ.  This looks AWESOME!  Finally, just a strong recommendation to everyone - get some flip flops to wear from T1 down to the water.  The beach is very rocky and not all of them are smooth.  Last year during the 70.3 I was really wishing I had a pair.  This year's pair are already packed in my wetsuit bag

Anyone else having trouble getting to sleep at night as the brain ticks over on all things race related?

Thanks for being out there.  It was getting warm for sure!  Best of luck on your race!

Dan - Sounds like your body is no longer designed for long periods of inactivity!  Saturday is a long way off, I think plenty of time to recover from a back spasm.  May be a good idea to do some easy but lengthy stretches a few times a day if you can to get everything to elongate and then relax back to a normal position.  My wife has had quite a few of these over the years, and the PT's always say too much rest can delay recovery, light exercise starts a day or 2 after the spasm.  Fingers are crossed you get this under control quickly!

Jose - I had to smile when you said you were washing your hands like a crazy OCD person and are scared to train in case you screw things up.  Last Sunday was my granddaughter's birthday party.  We arrived at her house and my son-in-law says, "In the interest of full disclosure since your race is around the corner, she has the sniffles."  Remember, this is the little preschool plague carrier that caused the recent 2-week training setback.  I then had to run to the store for some supplies and she chases me to the door saying, "Go with Poppa, go with Poppa!".  In the back of my brain there is a not-so-quiet voice saying, "Noooooooooooo", but the mouth, for some inexplicable reason says, "Sure, let's go!".  First thing I did when I got to the store was go pick up a bottle of Purell and wash my hands.  The bottle was small enough it would fit in my pocket, so throughout the day I was using it on my hands as a preventative.  Then today I was looking at tomorrow's bike ride which is only an hour in z2 with 5 min in Z3 and I find myself saying to myself, "Do I really need to go to z3 at this late date?  Will it really help me on Saturday?  What if I strain a muscle in doing so?".  Sounds like you and I are on the same wavelength!  Stay tuned and we'll see what I actually do tomorrow.

Kate - your post about 'the towels that snap around your waist' got me thinking.  My wife is a whiz with all things sewing, so I mentioned it to her.  30 minutes later I had a changing towel with elastic around the waist and slits up most the side to make the change from tri-shorts to running shorts easy.  I decided that with the warmer weather I wanted my clothes to be as loose fitting as possible, and tri-shorts just don't fall in the category of 'loose fitting', now do they?  Thanks for the good idea!  On the weather front, I remember first glance at Accuweather had the day at 93, so today's forecasted highs of 86-88 for Saturday are a lot better.  I think the constant looking helped a lot!  Keep it up!!

I'm finding it a challenge to cut back on the calories now that training volume has taken such a big dip.  I got so used to looking for additional things to eat to get enough calories and now just base meals easily do the job.  No more snickers on demand I guess . . .  I've done a lot of obsessing research on current carb loading theory and plan to focus on 3 meals to achieve it: Thursday good size dinner with Italian restaurant already selected, Friday big breakfast to include oatmeal, pancakes and yogurt, moderately big lunch Friday focusing on carbs (TBD).  Dinner Friday night will be early and light.  Race morning 3:00-3:30 am will be 3 Boost supplement drinks, a cinnamon bagel with honey and a banana.  This'll give me about 1100 calories of easily digestible fuel to use during the day.  I practiced this combo for my 3 longest rides and while the stomach feels really full initially, once activity starts it is OK.