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The one I'm looking at is yellow.  For some reason I like a "dark" yellow - I guess because it is a different color and not everyone has yellow.  I ride a yellow Epic mtn bike.  Everybody has black, red, etc.  The white Cervelos are sweet too!  We'll see what happens. 

Everyone have a great weekend!

8k run last night and I don't feel destroyed this morning.  Hurray!

Today is rest, Sunday is a 5k and Monday is the last long run of my running course.  We hit the 10k barrier.  I think we are all doing a 10k race on the 22nd too.

Way to go!  Enjoy that 10K run on Monday!  Going beyond where you've ever been is very exciting.

I realized while responding in another thread that right now, the 1 hour workout in  each of swim, bike, and run is a barrier to me that I've got to get past.

It is so rainy and cold here; I'm glad my tri was last weekend.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Tracy

Good job Kristina,  way to win your fight with the canoe!!!!!

I have put up a 5k race report.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=118270&posts=1&start=1

Way to go Rob and Kristina! Glad to hear that you're okay after the canoe incident. That could have been much worse.

I over did it this weekend. On Saturday I did a long swim, long bike and short brick run and today I did a long run. The temps in Toronto over the past couple of days have hit 40C (108F) with the humidity and between that and most likely not enough hydration given the temp I am sure I suffered from heat exhaustion as I was just about ready to pass out after Saturday's training session and today I felt naucious for most of the day after my run. I think it was pretty dumb of me. Live and learn I guess.

WOW, congratulations to Kristina and Rob you both did a great job this weekend ! Glad you didn't get hurt worse with the canoe Kristina, I bet the new bike was fun to race with !

Rob...is your hill still there ? I live a farming area, there are moutains near by like the Tetons but they are just a bit too much for me lol. Actually I emailed my tri club pres for some suggestions on whats around the area to start practicing on for the next tri.

Sounds like everyone was busy for the weekend, hope the week starts out good for us !!

No doubt! I'd rather have heat any day. Oh, and a crystal clear ocean while we're at it too

Well to add to my weekend adventures I seem to have got some food poisoning last night. I had a horrible night of chills and sweats and many trips to the washroom. Today's not any better. Oh, my stomach!

sorry ive been pretty busy recently. and my foot isnt 100% better so i may not place well in my tria but im going to go for it none the less. who knows miracles can happen. I've been busy training and if all goes south then  ill just do it to do it and not to get my goal of top 3.

my triathlon is next weekend,the 21st of june and my mind is 110 percent ready in a way, my body not so. but im up for anything and will prove to my school whose the best.

^{Jameston, good luck on the tri, hope your foot holds up for you.}

^{Rob, glad your dirt hill is still there for you, I am still trying to find some to ride, I think I might try the local park that has some hills on the trail around it for starters}

^{Cauis-sorry to hear what happened to you, had it a few times myself..not fun at all  hope you recover fast! Thanks for the suggestions on the bike, I notice my form was not all that good last time I was out and worked on improving it and did more streaching before and after as the link Terry found for me suggested ...no pain afterwards , it was great, just need to work on it more.}

^{If you are all having too much sun, send it my way, I will send some cooler temps and we can split the difference. I think summer took it's own vacation this year from us in Idaho.  More rain and cooler temps in the forecast all week.}

We crawled back in town yesterday after 4 days of camping in 90+ degree heat.  We had an airconditioned camper though, but no pool.  Lots of ticks!  Took the boat and also did a lot of lake swimming.  I had no other good swimmers with me, so I chose not to do OWS w/o a life vest.

Hey Kristina, should we call you "torpedo" now?  Just kidding!  Glad you weren't hurt and had a great tri!

Timmeh, wasn't there a thread on (killer/inexpensive) aero bars in one of the other groups we were in?  Seems like there was.  Bike Nashbar.com and PerformanceBile.com have good deals.

well...we were supposed to have SNOW today but we lucked out (?) with 30 mile hour winds and rain...I am glad I broke down and finally joined a gym to get my workouts done.

Cool map from your Forerunner 305 Neil, I have a low end version the 205 but I still love it, can't wait till I can afford to upgrade it someday.

I was able to meet with 3 other BT'ers for an OWS tonight.  Really nice people.  We have a vet, a vrigin and a lady looking to do her second.  (I only have 2 under my belt so far).

We are going to try to meet for a bike ride next week, on the course for our next tri in July.

So far i know of at least 10 people doing this triathlon next saturday and all mixed levels, i plan on wearing my fast skin swim suit for the swim part because its in the pool not in open water. and then 3.1 miles running and 8 miles biking! i plan on rocking it. the feet seem to be holding up pretty well and the rest of me is doing well too.

My only question is i dont know if i should shave the legs or not, i know it will give me a advantage but im just not sure??

any help would be loved

Okay, come on, we gotta put a dose of reality into this no? Just how much time do think that shaving your legs is going to save you?  It's certainly not minutes! I bet you can gain a LOT more time from just pacing right but going hard and planning/practicing your transitions.

I mean, if you want to shave your legs (and use the swim as a reason) go for it, but don't expect any miracles

1st 10k run is in the books.  59 minutes.

the little Lance Armstrong that lives in my iPod was very impressed.

For me race day is about as much consistency of feeling as possible.  No new gear, no new foods, etc.  I want to feel like it's a nice normal training day.  For shaving, I just wouldn't do it on race day if I had not done it before then.

Especially for me.  Have you seen my photo's?  If I bought what I needed to shave my legs, I wouldn't be able to afford gear or registration fees!