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Bah... we're about 1 degree below freezing here today and I'm already grumpy.

Yep - working like a charm!

We're on vaca in Santa Fe, so I'm now also trying to install garmin express on my tablet.  Goodness knows what mayhem that's going to cause!

Turns out, only about a month of my workouts were doubled up, so while my 2014 looks like a strong finish, I'll get that all sorted shortly and be back to my typical "meh." 

Matt

Kim and I just did an awesome run in Santa Fe - around 7 degrees (per her) and very windy, but BRIGHT sunshine and sparkling flakes of snow drifting through the air.  First time in the cold since we left Boston, but I really didn't mind!

(wish I just upload the dang run, though!).

Matt

Well, I just paid for Tribiketransport to CDA 2015 using their end of year discount so I guess the M-T challenge has not been taken up this time around....although I haven't actually registered for the race yet

I'm still debating if I want to sign up for CDA.  Not sure if my running will be fully recovered from my calf issues.

Wow...lots to catch up on.  Loving all the pictures James has been posting on FB about his racing in Hawaii a few decades ago.  Hope everyone has a happy and safe new years celebration.

Oh...and btw, I'll probably start the new version of this group in about a week.  I looks like there are about 5 more groups still in the staging area that have not gone live.

Can't we all just post in the group Fred started instead?

LOL

I didn't have a great run this afternoon, but as I was out running, I was reflecting on the year and had some thoughts.  I just wrote this in my training log and am going to put it here as well.  If you happen to remember this post and catch me going against what I'm saying right now, feel free to call me out.  I may require a swift kick in the asss every once in a while

Cold and windy out today, so I never felt particularly good on this run....lungs were kind of burning and my legs never really warmed up. It was supposed to be a five mile tempo run, but I just didn't quite have it in me today, so I cut it short at four miles and ran easy the rest of the way home.

This was my last run of 2014. I'm quite happy with how this year went for my running. I didn't quite make the improvements I was hoping for, but I expect they'll come eventually. I ran consistently (1442 miles) and stayed injury-free. I also ran pretty close to my (current, at the time) potential in three HIM's, and I think I owe that to consistent running and good volume.

I'm always hard on myself because I feel like I should be a better runner. Whenever I talk about my running, I always start by putting myself down (e.g. I know I'm a slow runner....blah, blah, blah), but my goal for 2015 is to just allow myself to be proud of my performance. If I get a PR, even if it doesn't meet my goal, I should still be proud of myself. I will never be the fastest runner, but I do have room for improvement and the drive to do so. There are good things in store for 2015

Where is that post you had about taking a break from TT?  I think we need to book mark that one too!  

Enthusiastically! 

Starting tomorrow then?

I know they're completely different races, but if you had a choice between Miami 70.3 and Silverman 70.3, which would you choose?  How long do you suppose registration will stay open?

Timing is good for me.  I'll have to travel for either.  I train in flat, windy, hot/humid conditions, so I'd be better trained for Miami 70.3, but enjoy the challenge and beauty of courses like Silverman.  I have some friends who are contemplating both races, so it'll be a joint decision, but just curious what the SBR Utopians have to say (I know Marc and Chris have raced both courses....others may have raced Miami and Vegas, so I imagine it'll be a fair comparison).  

I haven't done Silverman or any race in the area but I wouldn't go back to Miami unless I was planning on doing exactly what I did last time, which was get on a cruise ship the next day.  It's a fine race but there is nothing terribly interesting about it unless you want flat, fast and warm.

I don't like the heat potential of either, but would go with Silverman for the course. I also find the surrounding area more interesting. I don't mean the Vegas strip either as I've been to the area several times, but never on that. Various parks all around there. 

Swim - for me lake mead hands down, one of my favorite places to swim.

Bike- we agree here, the desert scenery beats downtown Miami and the long straight flat draft fest

run- I found difficulty to be about similar, but the three loops at henderson suited me better (frankly don't like either run all that much)

City- we stayed right at the host hotel so I saw some of Miami including south beach and wasn't too impressed. That said, I wouldn't go to the strip either as its not my scene (last year we drove out about noon and saw seinfeld then left at 8 the next morning) but if you've never been it's a place to see at least once. The race isn't really in vegas anyway, but about :20 away

Race direction- frank lowery (silverman) ran world's and the long course Champs and really knows how to put on a first class race.

Crowd- holy cow, 3000 people at Miami. Biggest transition area I've ever seen and the expected ridiculous drafting. That said, the main roads are closed, whereas silverman is not on closed roads. I started in the awa wave so didn't have a crowd but the later waves looked a bit bunched

Edited by ChrisM 2015-01-01 8:15 PM