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I like that idea.  I've pulled some numbers from one of the Oly 2x plans on here and think I've got a pretty good plan for the rest of my training.  It's going up on the fridge - another good idea.

Thanks everyone for the input. 

Would a drink, like Gatorade or similar, rather than just water, be good for his situation?  Replacing some electrolytes, adding a few cals, while keeping it liquid.

I had the same worries right before my race and I had the same temp changes. I spoke to my nutritionist before I left.

NOTHING NEW ON RACE DAY... and I would call thursday too soon to try anything new.

Soooo what my nutritionist and I did was increase my salt and carbohydrate intake with each meal until race day and of course increase my fluid intake days before.

My previous race nutrition was 3L of 1:1 gatorade/water. So I felt safe increaseing the gatorade to water concentration to get more sodium and electorlytes for the race.

I dont know how many days you will be in the hotter weather before the race... BUT DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. It is to late to heat train and you will end up dehydrated even before you start the race.

 Just go out there, stay safe, go slow if you need to and enjoy the experience.

 GOOD LUCK

This year:

Riverwood Sprint in NC: 300m: 14miles: 5K   DONE

General Smallwood in MD: 820m (first open water -yikes) 16miles: 5K   END OF JUNE

Annapolis Olympic: 1.5K: 40K: 10K  SEPTEMBER - WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!

Army 10 miler run  OCTOBER

Tour de Femme century or 1/2 ( haven't decided yet) bike ride    OCTOBER

Ramblin Rose Super Sprint in NC : 250m: 9miles: 2miles  OCTOBER - GOAL TO PLACE IN TOP 5 OF AGE GROUP

Would be good to do some 10K runs to practice, but to be honest, I am broke!!! Paying for all these races and equipment is expensive.  I am guilty of the mentality of why pay to run a 10K when I can just go out and do it for free. 

Here is what I have scheduled:

Cap Tex First Tri - DONE

Lake Pflugerville Sprint (500m OWS, 14.1, 3mi) - June 22

Jack's Generic (500m OWS, 14.1, 3mi) - Aug 3

Austin Triathlon Oly (1500m OWS, 40K, 10K) - Sep 1

Tomorrow - GBRC 5 miler (more an organized/timed group run than a race)

6/14 - The Human Race 10k

7/12 - Clear Lake Sprint - 500y, 14.8 miles, 4 miles

8/16 -Lake Sammish Sprint-  800 meter, 14.75 mile, 5k (this is a maybe)

9/28 - Bellingham Bay Half Marathon (that's the first time I've put that in writing, I guess I'm committed)

Thought I would share this tip with everyone.  I found a nifty organization method for all those water bottles.  If you were anything like me, everytime you opened the cupboard, 5 of them would tumble down on you.  So I took one of these over the door shoe bags and put all my water bottles in it. Works great!  I first did this with baby bottles and have converted it.  I highly recomend this. (just imagine it filled with bottles, not shoes )

I was going to say those were quite stylish water bottles

Redknight - 2008-06-06 4:30 PM

cadmus - 2008-06-06 4:05 PM

tahrens - 2008-06-06 11:30 AM

 (just imagine it filled with bottles, not shoes )

I was going to say those were quite stylish water bottles

sipping from the slipper Have a great weekend everyone

no, that is a topic for a different thread!!!

I have a question.  I am predicting for my olympic in September that my time will be between 3 and 3 1/2 hours.  So far with my training, I am shooting for being able to go farther than each distance, comfortably.  I can do this for the swim and bike, still working on the run.  My concern is, I have not exercised for 3 hours straight. Should  I work on encorporating a time goal into my training as well as the distances? Secondly, would it be better to do this as bricks, or one event, in which case it would be cycling only. Or will the strength I am building with my training be enough to carry me through the long race? 

Those of you who have done Olympics before, how did you train for this?  Should I plan on running a "practice race?"

Thanks