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Just a quick check in before my bike ride this morning then I want to catch up with everyone

George, I'm a big believer in racing your own race too. It's great to train with people but on race day I have to do my own thing. I'm doing my first 2 HIM this year with the intention of maaaaaaaybe signing up for an Ironman for next year. I want to wait and see if I'm going to break myself first I love the challenge of all this but I want to see how my body holds up and at what distance I can still be having fun. 

Check in again later. Have a great Saturday everyone!

Johanne

My bike ride was great.  It was a wonderful weather day and I rode fast and slow when I wanted.  I am going to make braised chard with cilantro since I have all the ingredients.  I am growing cilantro on the deck. I wan overcome by ugly green worms in the parsley and now I am at war.

I have been biking so much lately that 2 fingers of my left hand are numb and won't repair themselves. I know it is from leaning on a nerve but it is hard to ride and not press on that nerve.  I guess I will never be a concert pianist.  That was my dream.  I was going to start lessons next week since at the moment I can play chopsticks and that's about it.  Another career down...oh well.

Off top the kitchen.

Ellen

Keep your arms flexed at the elbows, change positions often, and don't ut too much pressure on your hands, gloves help too. It will get better.

I use Bacillus thurengenisis on tomato worms, it';s considered organic, safe around other animals, also called BT, garden centers will have it-cheap too.

Sounds like everyone has been busy... I went and picked up my race packet for tomorrow. Number 656... wave #3 out of 6 (not bad, I was worried I would be in the last wave..)

Time to rest and relax.. 330 am is going to be really early wake up....

Alex

I guess you just adapt, like Yankees and Canadians adapting to crazy cold and wet. The heat deserves respect, this weekend I lost my 4 year-old buck (rabbit) and one hen, both presumably to heat. No apparent trauma-just dead. I had killed a chicken snake that was stealing eggs, but I doubt even if there was more that they could have harmed an adult hen. I noticed that the dogs on my route seemed less interested in the chase, just some half hearted barking and short little runs then retreating back to the shade-dogs are perhaps smarted than cyclists.

I had a fun race today.  Not sure of times or placement but felt good for most of the race.  I am pretty sure that I finished quite a few minutes under 2 hours, which makes me very pleased as both of my other full races have been at the 2 hour mark or about there.  I will write a full race report and post it once I have a nap... 3 am is just very early for me, though I do feel like I am becoming more of a morning person after starting this process.   Hope everyone has had a great weekend!

Alex

Steve,

I agree, I probably won't break doing Vineman. I'm starting to get excited. I've had a couple of really good workouts and that always helps to boost the confidence

I follow Brenda on Facebook too and she did great! I'm looking forward to her race report.  

Yesterdays ride was 2 1/2 hours and we got in 37.73 miles of good rollers and a big uphill close to the end of the ride which simulates Vineman. Then we (I say we because Dave worked out with me) did a 15 min brick run. I averaged an 8:50 pace which is fast for me. Today I did a 4 mile run and averaged 9:40 pace. My shorter distances are getting faster which is really encouraging.

This week I have short workouts. An hour spin on the bike, a 30 min run, swim, that sort of thing and a rest day!

...and yes, I'm more then likely going to sign up for an IM next year. Dave and I are volunteering at IMAZ in November and then cheering my niece on during the race. I'll get priority registration first thing the next morning

Johanne

Ellen, the only thing I can do with chopsticks is eat with them so at least you has a dream of being a concert pianist

Jeff, great job on your ride. I'm curious, do you take any salt tablets or that sort of thing with the summers you guys have? Sorry about your buck and chicken. Heats tricky with rabbits but I guess chickens are affected too

Alex, great job on your race! Looking forward to the report.

I'm on official taper Vineman HIM is next weekend. Yippee!

Johanne

I have never bothered with salt tablets, In fact, I don't think I had even heard of them until I came on BT.  I don't suffer cramps very often. I do eat allot of salt with meals and cooking and I rely on Gatorade. Back "in the day" as they say, I would use aspirin to hold off cramps when I did 24 hour races.

Enjoy your taper, and good luck

It happens, in summers past I had "iced" them by putting frozen 1 litre bottles of water in their cages, also I try to keep the shades down (old towels) and I soak these towels with water when I can. This year I haven't put the amount of time and attention to my rabbits, they haven't been productive either and I have considered giving up on them for the time being. Tri stuff has interfered with my little hobby farm. I may just butcher and eat my remaining doe and give it a rest for a while. The chickens still lay eggs, I will get some fresh chicks next spring

stevebradley - 2011-07-10 4:15 PM JOHANNE - REALLY nice weekend of work, just about perfect a week out from Vineman. Condtras on being so smart about it --- and for nailing down that 8:50 pace on the brick run. That's GOTTA be a confidence-builder, yes? Amd, keep that resolve to keep things short this week -- do not succumb to the nag-talk that;'s trying to tell you more, more MORE!!! You've done the work, the fitness is banked, and the only need for the short stuff is to keep you sharp and loose. The countdown happily intensifies!!

Thanks! I felt good about the run. I would love to maintain that pace for longer then 4 miles! I never could of imagined I could do 4 miles of it at that pace so I'm hopeful my speed will stay when I do some of the longer runs. I'll be good about sticking to my plan for this week. I want to be rested and ready to go. There is a possibility that the swim might not be wetsuit legal so that could get interesting. I've heard that they will sometimes release water the day before to cool it down so they don't have to deal with too many floundering triathlethes. We'll see how that goes.

Johanne

Mossman Race Report

Overall   515 / 564
Division 15 / 17

Total Time: 01:43:38.743

Swim       00:18:21.601       Pace       02:09.6 min/100yds
T1            03:06.756
Bike        41:51.611             Pace       17.9 MPH
T2            01:34.845
Run         38:43.930             Pace       12:29.7 min/mi

While I didn’t “place” well, I am pretty happy with this race.  The swim and bike I think went very well.  The run of course is still my weakest link. 

Swim – I was in the 3^rd wave, it was strange how they did the waves, the elite went out in the first wave but then it was the older men, followed by my group, then under 40 men, then under 40 women then the relays… This made for a very crowded swim… I caught some people from the wave in front of me and was caught by a lot of people from the wave behind me… it was very strange.  I only really stopped twice to get my bearings, this is a huge improvement.  I think because the buoys were on my right that made things a bit easier for me.  Overall a 2:09 pace is pretty normal for me and is what I average in the pool so I feel pretty good about it.

T1 – SLOW – have problems with my wetsuit again and getting my socks on! 

Bike – I thought I did pretty well here… there wasn’t any flat tires that I saw to help with so I was totally focused on getting a good time.  It was a very flat course, with only 2 hills, one short steep hill and the other more of a long gradual hill.  My 17.9 mph feels great!  Because the bike course was 2 laps I don’t really have a sense as to how many people I passed or how many passed me, but it was a blast… Need to drink more on the bike

T2 – This was OK, had to stop and drink water as I didn’t drink enough on the bike so that added a few seconds.. but overall it was ok.

Run – This is my worst leg… I am just slow… my knee held up ok, but forced me to walk frequently.  I believe that the 38:43 is an improvement over my last 5k so maybe there is hope!  They didn’t have enough water on the run course. Only one water station at about the 1.25 mile mark, I may need to figure out if I should carry water with me…

Overall I had a great time, and for me a great race.  I would definitely do this race again next year.