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Yup.  I like to pretend I only keep him around for the sex, but really, he's a great guy.

This is so pretty I'm copying it so that it's on this next page too.

I can't believe it's 5pm already....I'd love to know where the day went.  Sadly, still no end in sight for me again.

But guess what, Starbucks loves triathletes - http://www.starbucks.com/

Who did you think I was sending. I planned on sending over KFK in full costume...

The hourly countdown begins! Off to Austin tomorrow afternoon

I was going to wait until after the race to share this with you guys but since there's some fun videos/songs on the site to waste your day of work, no better time than now...

http://www.ironprep.com/motivational-videos-and-songs

I appreciate any good/bad feedback about the website, plans, pricing, whatever... The more fun part of the website will be up after Longhorn, I'll let you guys know when it is

Let me know of any videos/songs I left out, just made a quick list of stuff last night...

EvD ~ the site is GREAT!  I love the tri calculator!  I am pimpin' it out to everyone I know that may be interested in Tri's! 

Songs... my new fave for getting me pumped! Nickleback's - Burn it Down!  And, although I am not a rap fan... gotta love the Eminem - Lose Yourself.      LOL - love the BT tribute! Go Todd! LMAO!!!

LOVE the videos and songs!!  That's awesome.  Along with 'The Distance' this is one of my favorites.

GOOD LUCK this weekend everyone!!!

I will be cheering you on from here.

Let's hear it for our speedy racers. Way to go Eric and Kelli. Now go party it up in Austin

I can't wait to read these race reports!  I'm about to go stalk the website and see if I can find the results...

I want to knooooowwwww how it weeeennnttttttt.

Oh, and there better be pics.

Just finished the RR...
http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=185312

Don't have time to put up pics yet since everyone's waking up around here, got to get some breakfast but I will later.

Sorry to jump in here but i can't let you guys miss Justin's antics from this weekend.  Here in case you missed it.

Thanks for the link!  That's awesome!

EvD took two doses of his 'c' elixir and crushed the 'horn!  And Kelli lets Austin know what nothern Triathletes are all about!  Great job to both of you!

Entertaining ride on Saturday and had a blast doing the Family Relay for the Firethorne Triathlon.

I put in my fastest race swim ever!  500m/8:45  In some cold water!  Had originally donned my swim skin, but then they said the water temp was like 70 ~ so I changes into the wetsuit!  Glad I did!  

Jen had her best bike in windy conditions 15 miles / 56:19 - 16.0 avg & Tyler ran a 25:32 3 miler.  It was a lot of fun!  There were 29 relay teams ~ the most I have ever seen at any race ~ and several were stacked like we did at Tejas!  1 swimmer punched a 6:07 for 500m and 1 cyclist hit 15 miles in 33:00 - 26.7 avg!  Unreal!

Here's to a great weekend for all!


Edited by Trin2bfast 2009-10-26 9:35 AM

Great swim Justin. Also I am a total dog lover as well. Way to save a pup.

That's awesome, way to go guys! Huge karma points for IMFL, not that you needed them!

And pics...
http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.vondohlen/102509Longhorn703

Todd- How was Vegas?

Vegas was great. We hung out at freemont the first night. Thursday night we got some VIP passes to the Voodoo lounge and rockstar energy drinks were putting on a party and the best part was the free drinks.   The voodoo is on the 53rd floor of Rio plus part of it is outside. You get a great view of the the whole strip from there. Friday night we went to the top of the eiffel at Paris and watched the fountain at the Venetian. Did some gambling and didnt lose too much. I think we actually made money gambling. We are already looking to go back in the summer. 

Whooo hooo I am famous. I made it on the website!!!! So awesome.

Great photos!!  I'm slow on photos, but hopefully I'll have some posted by the weekend.

I won't be as slow on this RR as I was with T-man.  I'm SO HAPPY that I decided to do this race!  It was such a fun weekend all around!  I think my fitness was definitely at its peak in August, but I had a good day.  Overall time was 6:30 and change, so about 2 min slower than Timberman, but I felt good all day and nutrition was spot on this time.  I think I could have HTFU a couple times on the run (which was definitely harder than Timberman), but I'm happy with my day.  I can say with full certainty I have no interest in a full ironman and I don't see this changing anytime in the near future, but I can't wait to knock out some more70.3's.

The funny thing is last week I couldn't wait for a break and for my off-season to start, and as I was packing up to head home yesterday I could feel the post-race-depression setting in...which is now fully set in. 

I'm with you on this one but thankfully next season will be here before you know it. Off-season is a fun time where a loss in fitness is expected/needed and focus on the small details and speed is a good change both physically and mentally.  I'm looking forward to a break from long bikes even though I love them and working on some running speed!

Your race was awesome and as we already talked about, it's very hard to maintain the same fitness level for two peak races. The best you can really hope for is a ~15% decrease in fitness.  You paced an excellent race and got the nutrition down which is a huge skill and limiter for most in 70.3s!

Props to Eric and Kelli this weekend!  You guys are rockstars!  Way to dominate a hilly course!

It was great to finally meet you Kelli and your mom!  She's a trooper!

Way to geaux Justin!  I'm sure the pup really appreciated the ride.    I'm not sure how you rode for 20 miles with her!  And now she has a nice safe home.  Oh - and glad you and the fam enjoyed the race.  Way to put up some speedy times!

I'm sure Vegas was sorry to see you leave Todd.  Glad you and the wife had a good time!

I have officially started my offseason. I already have a race set for feb 28th. This week will just be easy sessions to get back in the grove. I will get the rest of the plan posted to get the advice from the speedsters on here.

There may be a shortage of sushi in Vegas for the next few days. I hit Todai for thier buffet and I think I had enough fish to feed shamu for a week. It was greatness.