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Originally posted by Snewo

Race is in the books!

This was my A race and the one I've been wanting to do for 6 years. I filled out a race report, but there are quite a few things that didn't seem to fit into it so I figured I'd bring them up with the team.

Nutrition I was well hydrated. I had a nice, but not too big, breakfast. I had an energy gel before the swim. I made sure to get my electrolytes the day before too. I tell you this because of my comments in the Bike section below.

Swim I peed in the water just because I know I would let you down if I didn't. I need to get better at navigating. Am I right that this is just an experience thing? Swimming in the lake didn't bother me, neither did the bumps, grabs, etc. I really didn't have any problems or fears out there, just had some issues hanging close to the buoys.

T1 My practice Tri helped. I felt prepared and everything went well.

Bike OK, this is a weird one. The bike starts with a climb out of the lake area to the road. I dropped down to my lowest gear and WHAT THE HECK! I got a double leg cramp in my right thigh and the start of one in the left thigh. I've never had that happen before and I've practiced this exact course. I got off and walked the bike while massaging the leg. I lost an easy minute from doing this. I barely even use my legs in the water. My stupid legs had no right to do this. I'm still annoyed at them. Once I massaged the cramp out I was fine for the rest of the course.

T2 I remembered to take off the helmet this time. w00t! I decided to run with a hat so that helped remind me.

Run I had the same issue with conditioning again that I had with the practice run. I thought it was from the heat, but it wasn't. I need to do more long rides/runs to be better able to handle this. Towards the end I had more legs cramps. This was deserved. ;-)

So what did I learn?
- Ice under your hat while running is AWESOME
- Iced towel when you finish...ALSO AWESOME
- I'm officially a triathlete now, even in my mind. I updated the profile pic to my shot with the BDAS jersey.
- Old guys run these things in those tiny speedos and nothing else. Luckily they were too fast for me and blew by me.
- I averaged >14mph on the bike which was my target, yet I still felt like I was standing still as the expensive bikes flew by.


Congrats on your tri Gretchen. Besting your previous races after having 2 flats is something to be proud of. I bet you would have had a shot at your sister without the tire issues.

Congrats to you too Jenn. I'm looking forward to hearing how yours went.

BEER You just KNOW I'm drinking some. I roll a little different then you IPA folks. I went for Weltenburger Kloster Hefe-Weisbier Dunkel. I love dark wheats and I haven't had this one before. It's one of those expensive imports, but I earned it.

Originally posted by myarr

It really is easy to fall behind on here, wow! Congratulations to everyone on their races this weekend. Friday I ran in the AM and did the spin bike at the gym for 14 miles. I took yesterday off and then did a 700m swim with my cousin this evening, following this plan: http://ruthkazez.com/swimming/ZeroTo1mile.html

See y'all tomorrow!

Originally posted by Qua17

Dave - The only thing I would add is to your line that starts like this - I'm officially a triathlete now, even in my mind. What I would add is: THAT IS THE AWESOMEST!!!

Congrats Dave - you've worked hard and it's paid off. Nice call on the tasty post race beverage. I'm not sure about your cramping - I sometimes get them when I'm swimming but maybe others in the group have some suggestions.

What's your next race?

Originally posted by b2b14

Juan so far so good on PB sandwiches. I don't like jelly so I'm not getting the quick sugar it would provide but I feel better and full. I'm guess b2b is going to take me close to 15 hours so not being starving is critical.

Originally posted by Qua17



Outstanding! You've had a great first week! have you given any thought to signing up for a late season race? It's Florida - they probably have them in January or is 70 degree water too cold to swim in?

Originally posted by b2b14
Robbie way to get started. You can defiantly find some late season races down there.

Originally posted by myarr



Haven't really yet since I'm still working on the bike at the moment. Yes, 70 degree water is freezing LOL!

Also, I noticed your post above. Sorry to hear about the chain on your bike, but glad you made a friend along the way. I've been meaning to ask someone on here about average speed during a 20K road race. At the 2014 Transplant Games of America the winner of the 20K road race in my age group averaged 15.6mph. The games were in Houston, TX. The 2016 games are in Cleveland, OH. Any input on if I should be able to attain that by then through training?

Originally posted by adempsey10

I mentioned before that I started coaching, well that all sort of started, as many things do, by family and friends asking me for training advice. My wife, mom and stepmom all do the Iron Girl triathlon in Grimsby, ON every year and this year I started helping them with their training so they could improve their times. I'm happy to report that they all kicked A$$ this weekend. Jess (my wife) shaved 15 minutes off her time which put her at 15th in her category and 142 (of 704) overall. My Mom shaved 28minutes off her time. And my stepmom shaved just over 3 minutes off her time which put her 10th in her category and 76th (of 704) overall. 

Anyway, the whole thing gave me the itch to do triathlon again so this weekend I'm going to do an impromptu sprint tri. I haven't swam since Ironman last August and I have only done one 4km run this year but I'm going to do it anyway. With how strong I've been on the bike, I think I can still manage a decent time. Jess and I are also thinking about doing a Half Iron next summer (my race schedule permitting). 

 

 

 

 

It doesn't have to be a tri - it could be a bike ride or a 5K - just something to put on the calendar to give you something to train for.

As for the speed on the bike -I was suprised that 15.6 brought home the gold. Just as a point of reference - I coulp probably do 16.5 for a 20K race depending on the conditions. So, I would think it would be higher - but I don't know the lasting effects of a transplant either. I would think you would be able to gain a lot of speed in the next year by really working at it. There are a lot of people more knowledgable about the bike then I - what do you'all think?

Originally posted by fifthcircle  Food. I'm loving all the recipes in "The Feed Zone Portables" cookbook. One of my favorite so far: Blueberry & Chocolate Coconut Rice Cakes!

Originally posted by sandishr Pretty sure it's high bacteria levels in the lake. I'm fairly concerned about going back out there, to be honest. No rain in sight and the temps will remain high. Anyone else deal with these issues? Obviously I can use a pool, but nothing really substitutes for OWS training. I'm going to explore a couple of other lakes, but they are much farther away as opposed to the one I usually use (which is next to my office making doing them easy). And the other lakes are just as contaminated, I suspect though that they will have more parasite type issues (swimmer's itch) as opposed to this larger lake that has sewage/etc. draining into it. Those are usually handled ok with a quick post-swim shower, but obviously whatever got me last week wasn't.  

Originally posted by adempsey10

One of the things I did was find a river/stream that was deep enough to swim in and had a straight enough section to swim at least 200m. You can do intervals by swimming upstream hard then letting yourself float back down stream to the start. The running water usually means that bacteria and parasites are low.