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Is the guy at the back of the line a Johnny Hoogerland fan? (his tattoo)

George, 

I know that some people will just go on the bike but I just couldn't bring myself to do that. I was a little grossed out by the idea and I wasn't sure if it would cause a problem on the run! I don't know how common it is but I'm just not that hard core yet

It looks like you are back in the swing of training and enjoying it and life!

If you click on races below, it should go to my race list. Vineman is there and if you click on that, it goes to my rr. Would that work or is it more of a slow internet problem?

For this race, I've avoided DOMS. I feel better today then yesterday. So yea!

stevebradley - 2011-07-19 8:23 PM GEORGE - I have long been a pro at peeing in my wetsuit, but have never done it on the bike. Or the run, either. At Ironman Lake Placid in '04 I really wanted to be able to do it on the bike, but couldn't manage it. I finally pulled over to a roadside pull-out parking area and went into the shrubbery -- along with about 15 other guys. I think my big problem is worrying about washing off my saddle satisfactorily. It's easy with a wetsuit (rinse cycle begins during the swim itself! ), but the saddle is more problematic. A woman from my other active group did Racine 70.3 on Sunday, and as with JOHANNE and Vineman 70.3, it was her first half-iron. She commented that she peed at 5:45 in the morning and then not again until about 7:30 p.m., which seemed very strange given how well she thought she hydrated. Well, that's my more common experience with HIM -- going many, many hours without urinating. I'm sure it is very telling of something or other, but I've never bothered to figure it out. I guess I should........but probably don't really want to know the answer, which likely has to do with extreme physiological stress or something equally portentous .

I drank water, coffee and my nutrition bottle before the swim and I think I peed in the river 3 times After using the portapotty in T2 and drinking a bunch during the run, I didn't really have to go again for another 3 hours. It seems like it's so hard to know when you've had too much or too little to drink until it's too late.

So, I found out that the Mossman Park City Oly has an Aqua-Bike as well as the full Tri... it is August 21st... I am already scheduled to do the Litchfield Hills Aqua-Bike but the Mossman would be a better bike ride for me as it is flatter... do I cancel the Litchfield Hills and go with the Mossman???  Or do I stick with the Litchfield event and take on the challenge of a very hilly/challenging bike course???

Thoughts????

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for the tee tee info and Jeff that was a funny photo, what does the leader say tee tee break and the entire race pulls over I dont think I will be one of those that lets go on the bike or the run like poopyman IMFL, Yuck...

Well I signed up for my next sprint race today which will be held on Aug 13th at Guntervilles Al.  I hear its a great flat, fast course, so I should finish up under 3 hours   Its a 600yd swim, 16.2 bike and 3.1 run

"crewed" for Gerry Tatrai on RAAM one year, he could stand on the pedals and pee on the road without a drop on him or the bicycle, usually in a nice straight line on the pavement too, as he got tired the line would weave a but, still impressive though.

I used to practice this but was never as adroit as he.

This is a brilliant turn of phrase given the subject matter

This is pretty much how it is done:

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I'm back from Europe.  We did Barcelona ant Monserrat in Spain, Toulon and Marseilles in France, Cittivechia, Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Sorrento, Levorno, Pisa, and Amalfi in Italy, Dubrovnik and Ctavat in Croatia, and Kotor and Budva in Montenegro.  it was the trip of a lifetime, but not relaxing.   I managed to get all of my workouts in but one, which was no small feat.  

I am climbing Mt. Rainier with my son this weekend, I'll let you all know how the triathlon training transfers to a 3 day mountaineering slog up 14,000 feet.  

Good Morning Everyone,

I have a group question.  I have seen this rule over and over and this morning I was reading the USAT magazine and it had it in there so my question is about the rule with having the ends of your bars capped.  Is there a reason they have to be capped?

Gene, man you are really making me jealous. First you go on this awesome Europe trip and now a Mountain climb, all I can say is AWESOME.  I would love to go to Europe and anything to do with Mountains has me.  I love hiking, camping anything to get me back to nature.  Me and some friends started a yearly hike, but it only lasted 2 years and I need to get the mojo out there again to start it back up, but we would go up to the Appalachian Trail starting in Georgia and would hike about 3 days and head back home, the next year we would go for another 3 days and start where we left off the year before.  The idea was to hike the entire trail in Georgia.  Again we only did that twice (well they did twice and I did it once), but we have not been back in about 2 years   I have on my bucket list to hike the entire GA trail and would like to do the entire trial one day. If the guys opt out of this the I might wait until my son is older and make it a father and son bucket list.  Anyway I am jealous and I'm glad you are having fun.  Keep on living the life and training.

Well off for a swim then to work -             Swim =         Work =   

STEVE - Yes I am still planning the to do the SheRox in Philly.  My friend is coming up from Florida, I have changed back to doing the Sprint this Sunday here in CT, I was suppose to go down to Florida but my friend can't do the race so I am putting off the trip until Oct.

I agree about the mid-afternoon starts... though I am getting used to being up in the early morning.. I have even started my workouts in the AM rather then after work...

Alex

Alex, my feeling in picking your races is, if you have hills you can train on and you want the challenge then do that. If you want to work more on your speed and being efficient then do the flatter tri. I agree with Steve to go with your gut.

Gene, sounds like you had a great trip and great for you to get your workouts in! Were you able to do some of your running outdoors? I bet there was some great scenery.

George, about the rule.....from what I understand, it's a safety issue. Without caps to stop it you can get a nasty puncture right in the gut if you have a wreck.

Steve, how are you feeling? Is the body holding up?

I started a new plan this week. Since I'm still recovering from last weekend I'll change it a little. Today I'm supposed to do an hour run and an hour easy spin on the bike. I think I'll see how the run feels and shorten it if I need to. The bike should be ok.

Happy training,

Johanne