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I switched to my old running shoes that I keep in my office for my lunch runs and it helped. As soon as I switched back the pain worsened. So I will wear different shoes. I can get away with it. Eventually I will have to go to a meeting or court (we get subpoenas periodontally) or something and need dress shoes again.

Congratulations on a successful race and finish!

Results posted, so I finished up my race report.

I finished 150th outta 280 in my age group.  Not too shabby.

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It just takes a few swims to get used to it, hang in there.

You get big bonus points for helping fix a flat, and most importantly you did not get a DNF.

Congratulations on the new job, what will you be doing?

Sorry to hear about your father-in-law.  There will be lots of other races.

STEVE, just getting around to reading everything and trying to absorb as much as possible from everyone experiences.  I feel good about the race as a whole.  It was a lot of fun and even with finishing last I finished and that was what was most important to me.  I also have numbers now that I can build on.  I think that makes everything good since up until this race I didn't really have a good sense as to where my race fitness was.  I need to ramp up my swim and run training and keep some bike training in there.  I talked to my physical therapist about running with my knee, she has suggested that I use the elliptical trainer for now and only run on flat tracks if possible when I do run.  

My foot is a bit bothersome in that the gash isn't closing well, I may take a quick trip to my doctor just to have her look at it since it is in a bad place to close up and heal ( I think every step I take causes it to open up) 

I have 3 weeks until my next sprint in July so hopefully I can get in some OWS and get in some consistent training.

CRAIG - sorry to hear about your family's loss.

Thanks!

Alex

There were 1600 in total.  280 in my age group (M30~34) only reflects finishers too... I guess I should go back to the registration and check out the number of starters.

Next?  Well, Summer in Taiwan is kind of an off season for triathlon, just too damn hot!  From what I understand there is another race close to where this last one was held (Also in Ilan county, which is about 90 ~ 120 minutes north east of me) in September.  Then one down south in October.  I'm kinda dreaming of doing both, but with family commitments, and for financial reasons I may have to pick just one.  Then thinking about maybe doing a HM in December.

You have no idea how bad I want it to be Monday already.

It turns out Superfrog is going to be right at the peak of my marathon training therefore I will have to pass on it this year.  But on a lighter note I have decided to take on the challenge of the XTERRA Trail Run SoCal Series.  It is 7 races all over SoCal ranging from 9-15 miles in length.  This seems to be the year of running for me for one reason or another.  I have also softly commited to the Leona Divide trail run now I have to decide if I want to do the 30K or 50K.

The knee does not seem to bother me too much as long as I don't push too hard on my cross training activities.  The hard part for me is to not push too hard on the cycling workouts because I absolutely love the sport and I only partake in it once a week however I am learning to love running just as well.

It did seem a little quiet! 

Steve, I went to Hatha Yoga today. Great workout and really good stretching. I'm going to try to get one or two classes a week.

I also took a Chi Running clinic last weekend to work on my running form. It was very interesting and I think it's going to help my body hold up through training. Today was the 3rd day I ran working on the new form and I was faster then normal so that was good!

Anyone racing this weekend?

Johanne

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is going great.  I have been kinda down this week due to a back injury which stopped me from doing any training Mon-Thurs.  Feeling better today.  Did a group ride with Team in Training this morning which was a slow and easy ride.  We had a girl that just purchased a road bike and really hasnt been riding bikes before.  We did 15.5 miles in 1hr 8min which avg about 13.? mph.  She did good on her first ride and it was fun.  Doing another ride tomorrow morning with a different group so I hope the pace kicks up.  Well if anyone is racing this weekend then I wish you good luck.  I hope everyone has a great day and weekend.

Daniel - Congrats on the new job, I bet that is a lot off your shoulder now. Congrats

Craig - Sorry to hear about your father-inlaw.  Your family will be in my prayers.

Well I'm going to be on the water in a kayak on Saturday helping the water safety crew for the HIM race. Kathy and I will get up early 4:30 and head up to be there by 8, the race starts at 9.

I'm still not feeling great. I'm planing on trying to get a short swim in tomorrow after the racers are gone and see how I feel. I'm going to try and race Sunday. Water temp is about 60* so that's not too bad. the High Sunday is supposed to be 70*, nice running weather.