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Congratulations!  I am very jealous!  Don't retire the roadie completely; extra bikes are great for trainers

Good luck to anyone racing this weekend.  Good luck!

As of right now I'm not sure if I'm racing or not.  I bought a new bike frame and ordered a few new parts and the LBS has had my bike since tues.  They're waiting on one more part.  So now I'm wondering if I should race tomorrow even if I do get my bike today. My main concern is that it's supposed to rain, and riding a new bike i have little to no miles on, on a wet twisty mountain road course doesn't sound too appealing to me right now.  The course is supposed to be very challenging and I thought it would be a great warm-up race before my race at the end of July.  Hmm what should i do?

Thanks for posting the list!  I'll have to look for tomorrow's too.

You can't discuss a zebra print speedo without pictures...

Here's a swimming question for the group.  I have swum several times now with the Master's group, and after the disastrous cramp-fest of two weeks ago, I realize that I can't even attempt to keep up with the slowest of the group or I risk bodily injury.  Typically the workout is 5000ish yards in 1.5 hours.  My strategy yesterday was to do about 1/2 of the distance for each set- so the warmup was 1x400 swim, 1x400 pull, and 1x400 IM drill, so I did 1x200 of each (and skipped the fly).  I stopped when I started feeling pre-crampy (about 1800 yards in), and just swam during some of the kicking drills (coach's recommendation).  Does that sound like the best way to build, or should I just do the whole workout and stop when I get tired?  I want to get faster and stronger so I can do the whole workout eventually, but it's clear that I won't be able to do that terribly quickly.  Any thoughts?

And somebody please just reassure me once again that I will eventually get faster if I keep at it! 

My opinion on this, and not saying it is right, but if you are accustom to swimming that disatance than I do not think you are doing yourself any good. I would say that you should listen your body and swim so that you are pushing the limits without over doing it. I used to get cramps bad on longer swims, but swim training has helped. I just do not see it doing any good.

I am back team, sorry I have had no inout or been around, again life gets in the way sometime. I like the idea of the virtual tri race, sounds fun, always need something to get me going still!