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Roy & Sean I hope St. Anthony's treated you both well. Too bad about the swim being shortened, I think they should just move it to where it was at Northshore and add the distance to make the .9 swim. BTW that angry water over by spa beach was almost as bad as Daytona Frogman So my swimmer was irritated that he had to run 1/2 a mile to T1, he's like"that was the whole reason I wanted to do a relay so I don't have to run"! LOL. He's like " why can't they let the runner run T1! Haahaa! Anyway the run felt good kept a 9:15 pace, wish I could have been faster but in due time.

Our Team ended up placing 8th in the mixed relay, and then when I went to get the award plaques the lady is like oh you placed 9th, we had an insert? and it will show in the online results. So I just looked and it says we placed 8th!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well, I am going to do the whole race next year. Oh and next we need to have a BT gathering!

I had a decent race as well.  Swin was pretty good but could have been better.  Lots of traffic on that first turn buoy.  Had to Tarzan swim the first 200-300 yards probably.  Did not hit a rhythm until about 1/2 way along the back stretch.

The run to T1 was 1/2 mile by my Garmin.

Ride was good.  The winds gusts made staying down in aero pretty hard.  I only have 35mm deep rims.  Not sure how those guys on full disks were handling it.

Run was decent.  Went out a little too fast 8:10s for the first mile.  Backed it down a bit and then got a side stitch.  Hate those.  Ended up about 3 mins sub hour (which was my old record in this race) so happy with that.  PRed all 3 disciplines.

Roy your times looked great.  Looks like you beat me by just over 1 minute!  Way to go!  I need to take some running tips from you!

And it was great to meet you and your wife as well.

BTW Richard ended up getting an IV and was fine later that day.  You called it: dehydration.

Roy, a question about Orlando 70.3 came up.  Do they have changing tents or no?  They did at the 70.3 WC in Clearwater but not sure about this race.  Trying to plan our race attire around this.

Thanks...

Thanks for the tips.  We are actually taking our RV and staying at Fort Wilderness.  Scored a spot near transition too.  So we actually get to sleep in (relatively).

Doesn't that qualify you for HyVee?  I thought it was top 10 qualified...

I didn't know what HyVee was so I googled it(beginner here) I don't see anything about qualifying on the website. I know top ten gets  awards......

Maybe relays don't count but see the last paragraph of this page:  Granted this is not St Ants but all 5150 events are supposed to be the same.

http://5150klagenfurt.com/athletes/qualification/

Good Friday Morning!

Great to read about last weekend's race from everyone.  Made me feel like I was there with everyone.

Been a normal week for me.  Had a good swim this morning working on technique and some speed.  1100 yds in 20 minutes.  Feels like I am getting faster.

I am planning to sign up for my second triathlon.  It would be another sprint distance on June 4.  This is the Gary Kirby Triathlon.  The cool thing about that race is my dad will be in town visiting that weekend.  It would be awesome to have him there.

I have also already signed up for a sprint on July 23.  This is the Mission Man Triathlon.  This will be a 750 OWS and for July I am sure the water will be pretty warm with an 8am start.  I am looking forward to that event.

Almost forgot.  Have a fun 5K coming up on May 21.  This will be the Gladiator 5K.  Throughout the course there will be 12-15 military-type obstacles to overcome.  The last one should be a mud pit coming to the finish line.  I am doing this with 3 others guys and it should be a blast.  

I have not told the group this before, but May 21 is a significant date for me.  This will mark the 10th anniversary of a stroke that happened to me.  I was looking for a way to celebrate this date and saw this race.  What a great way to show how you can overcome any obstacle.  Fortunately the stroke did not cause any long term effects, but definitely a reminder.

Going for a long ride first thing tomorrow morning.  I hope everyone has an awesome Friday and weekend.  If anyone is racing....good luck!

Hi Everyone,

Man.... I am so jealous of all of you. Most of you have already gotten some good racing in. Kudos to all of you. I am coming down for St Anthony's next year.... count on it.... after the race I am going to get a chattaburger -who's in

Roy - congrats on your results. Sounds like your planning worked pretty well. (When does that ever happen ?)

So I am back to training now, and had 2 swims with my masters group. Shoulder is very very sore after... for about 24 hours. I only did about 2000 yds each swim, and I plan on bringing that up slowly over the next couple of weeks.

I have some tough choices to make shortly about my upcoming races.... I am in fairly good shape for not being on a full training schedule for the last 2 months but not totally race ready. Here is the schedule...

May 14th - Tri-Rock - Sprint Triathlon - Annapolis (Definitely doing this one... short swim, hometown race, I can ride my bike to the race.)

May 22nd - Columbia Oly - Triathlon (tough tough race.... lots of hills on the bike and the run)

I am not so sure about this one. I know I could finish it, and could easily get through the swim. I am not worried about injuring my shoulder / overworking it, just worried about the hills. My gut says just go out - have as much fun as I can.... take it easy and finish it up, not worry about time. My tri club will have a big presence at this race as well so I really want to go.

June 12th - Eagleman - 1/2 Iron (this was supposed to be my A Race of the spring / early summer) - My running is the big worry here. This would be my first 1/2 iron, and my mileage is not up to 13 yet. The race is a month away.... so I have a little bit of time, but not much. I could opt to do the aquavelo, and I think right now that will be my backup plan if I dont feel my legs are up to it.

I cant tell all of you how much I have been hemming and hawing over what to do about the races.... basically I am just nervous that I have not been fully training the last couple months. I knew my shoulder was hurt pretty bad when I had the ski fall, and I knew it would affect my races, but now its coming up to race time and reality is setting in hard....

Let me know if you have any advice on the races.

Thanks for reading my rant.

- Vin

Brett,

The Gladiator race seems like a fantastic way to celebrate that date. Kick some .

- V

I personally love my Look Keo pedals.  Be sure to get the cleats wit the white teflon insert however.  The ones w/o end to squeak.

Roy,

How is the new bike ? Its been a while since you got it. The reason I am asking is because I have been having some discomfort on mine on long rides.

Give me your opinion on road bike vs triathlon bike. I understand the angles are different and what that is supposed to mean, but havent heard it from someone who has one. I need to ride one.

I just did a fit session with my LBS, it helped tremendously, but I am still a little uncomfortable in the aero bars (legs/hips feel cramped) - we did all the adjustments possible to get it as good as we could at the store, but I think the root of the problem is I am not able to get the good / laid down angle that a TT/Tri bike provides.