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Steve,

It looks like a fairly big not huge race. Last year there were 516 finishers and 545 the year before. I just went ahead and registered AG figuring I wasn't going to set any records anyway and I'd place where I placed. The size of the two groups were similar.

Steve, thanks for your input on the HIM and I have decided to hold off. I did read about the Miami issue the other day and I did see where WTC took over the race, I hope it will be better.  There are a few HIM that Im looking at for next year (Augusta - I heard it was a good beginner course since you swim down stream, New Orleans - Just because it's close to home 2 1/2 hours, Orlando - Be a fun place to take the family for vacation and race, and of course Miami - I just love that place down there, I lived there for about 5 years when i was younger and the Cuban food is awesome).  I guess i will pick the race depending on where we are financially.  As for doing the race, I want to do good, its not just a finish thing where I can tell everyone that I did it.  I want to go out there and lay it all on the pavement and just give all I can, that is where the enjoyment will come from.  I'm going to stick to my original plan for 2010 which is 4 sprints, 1 oly and 1 I guess you called it an international (.5mile swim, 27.5 bike and 7mile run) and then finish the year with a half marathon.

As for the leg, I went this morning and did a 16.38 mile ride followed by a 2.1 mile brick.  Leg felt good, no pain on the run.  Bike was 1hr 2min (worked out on hills) and the run was 23min.  Im scheduled for just a run tomorrow morning, so will see how it goes.

The only real restrictions are no grains, dairy processed foods, EXCEPT as pre and post workout meals.

There were 19 in my AG last year 13 in Clydes 40+. There are a lot of events going on over the weekend. I think its going to be lots of fun. This will really be my first major event. Last years was really small like about 50 or 60 in the Tri, they also had a 10mi mountain run and a fir number of people doing that but they were on a different course.

FRIDAY

• Kid's Splash Pedal-n-Dash for kid's ages 12 & under

SATURDAY

• Long Course Triathlon
• Endurance Duathlon
• Marathon (BAA Boston Qualifier)
• Half-Marathon

SUNDAY

• Olympic Distance Triathlon
• Olympic Distance Duathlon
• 5K & 10K Run / Walks
• Kid's Dash (1-mile & 1/2-mile)

I don't think going hardcore on the diet is what I am going to do, I need my morning oatmeal.  I have been trying to get at least 3 of my 5 meals according to the diet guidelines.  It is still incredibly difficult to not succumb to my random cravings of Peanut/Hazelnut Butter.

stevebradley - 2011-05-11 5:57 AM ALEX - For the obvious reasons, I hope you don't have a torn mensicus. The one I had in '06 cost me my tri season*, but I compensated for it by doing the aquabikes -- the swim and bike, but not the run. This is an event that is fully recognized by USAT, and many triathlons will have it as a part of that actual same event -- most people will do the full tri, but others will do the aqbk option. *Quick to add this! My tear was longitudinal, quite rare and non-scopeable. It can be repaired, but not by scoping, and as the repair requires removal of much of the cartilage, it obviously is not desirable. Your doc is right, though, in saying that many scopings can result in pretty quick recoveries, and I hope that's how it is for you. It's also true that all those other things can be done, such as swimming and cycling and upper-body weight-work, and I used my non-running time in '06 to become a many-times better cyclist. Look at all those silver linings! Keep me posted as to what is decided about your knee, please! Also, keep me informed about your forays with water running. It will make you feel very disciplined to do that. Possibly even righteous!

Alex,

If the meniscus is repairable do it, even if it means a more involved surgery with more recovery time.  Scoping and removing is easier and quicker, but you will miss that meniscus later, it's there for a very important reason.

I will definitely do that.  I guess I have read such interesting posts about getting into the wetsuit that when I tried mine on it wasn't really a struggle to put on so I guess I am assuming that I got one too large.

Thanks,

Alex

I wasn't aiming for that but was under a time crunch to get home for dinner, my Mom is in town-it just happened!

There is a little local 5k race this weekend in the small town of Howe-if I can repeat that run maybe I have a fighting shot at an AG placing, depending on who shows up

I have a nutrition question. I was looking at some calorie calculators to see approximately how many calories I would burn during my race in June. The long and the short of it was somewhere close to 4000 for the entire race.

How many calories do I want to take in during the race? the breakdown is something like this

Swim - 700

Bike - 2200

Run - 1200

I understand there is no way to consume that many calories while racing. There is a limit to how many you can consume per hour. Steve will have more elaborate insight.

You wont consume any calories while swimming That means 2900c on the bike-almost 30 Gu's! or whatever

You are going to have to rely on proper pre race nutrition to help cover some of the deficit.