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Century time! This week will wrap up with a 100 miler on Saturday, we have been blessed with a very slight break in the heat. They moved the start time to 6:30 am too. A long run scheduled on Sunday but I have given myself permission to shorten one or both of these as I see fit. I can turn back on the rally and make it a 65 mile ride and am willing to cut my run short at 10-12 instead of 14.

I am really only interested in the first 56 miles anyway. The rest will be enjoying the day and riding rest stop to rest stop chatting with whoever rolls along with me. it will be Gu and Gatorade for 56ish then the rest stop buffet after that. It is possible for someone to do one of these centuries and actually gain weight if they stop at each rest stop.

Next week I am eagerly awaiting a recovery week and a possible short trip to Kansas to borrow a car. It looks like that week will be about reduced volume but a bit more intensity then we begin another short build cycle with some race specific stuff before tapering. This will include maybe 2  swims that ask me to dig deep for some 3k meter swims but much shorter runs and long rides in the 50 mile range.

Just going to borrow my Mom's old van to drive while Mimi's car heads to the body shop finally. A quick South West Flight ($50) to OKC and short drive to KS is cheaper than driving one car up and 2 back

uhm...final 44 you mean (100 miles)

stevebradley - 2011-08-12 6:31 PM ALEX - Yay for you and Mossman! I have looked at a close-up of the bike course, and that dipsy-doodle at Barnum Dyke and Barnum Blvd should be rewarded by each subsequent pass-through. Neat course! I am twigging to that one a bit, but still leaning towards Orange County Tri that weekend -- if I do anything. As I have said elsewhere ad nauseum, my post-WP decisions will be determined by how the hip responds to the drive. My reckoning has Bridgeport about 70 minutes or so beyond Newburgh; is that about right? Enjoy the 50-miler! Having done that will make the 24 miles of Mossman seem like a walk in the park (or at least a ride in the park! ).

STEVE- I do think that Bridgeport is close to 70 or 80 miles from Newburgh.  I am hoping to get in the 50 miles tomorrow, they are calling for some showers... I hope that they miss us so you will have a dry race!!!

Alex

6:08:00 my first "imperial" century ride in 10 or 11 years. Great day, we had rain in the early am and it was drizzling at the start. This is good news! First the whole area needed a good rain, second it knocked the temps down to a comfortable level-73 deg at the start and 81 when I finished. It was just a drizzle so riding wasn't a problem, visibility was fine. The sun never came out so we didn't get baked or steamed. I had no interest in drafting and having that rooster tail of water in my face. The organizers moved the start to 7am due to the recent intense heat and had a 6:30 informal start as an option. I took the option but the heat never happened. Because of the early start and perhaps due to the rain the ride seem less attended than last years so I basically rode alone-no drafting, very little conversation etc. I got the first 56 in 3:13 on my own nutrition and water. I didn't do my rest stop sampling plan, I just kept going, was just feeling good. I paced myself right on the first half keeping in my mind the idea of running a HM after, or in this case riding 44 more miles. I stopped at the mile 80 rest stop to use their facilities took on water and grabbed some brownies and granola bar for my pocket.  The rain stopped 2.5 hours into it but came back for a while around mile 85 or so. The sun is out now at my house so I suspect the heat and humidity will hit this afternoon and tomorrow hard.

I talked to a few triathletes and saw several others. When I was into cycling before, the tri guys were sort of oddities and rare, now they seem to be everywhere.

Hey everyone,

Well Im bak home and just wanted to give you a quick update on the race and tomorrow I will go in detail.  The race event was the best out of the 3 I have gone. Team Magi put on a really great race.  My goal was to do a sub 2hour sprint, but I ended up at 2hr and 57sec, I was 58 seonds off which I could have done but more detail tomorrow. Here is the results - total over all 729 out of 799, total in AG was 74 out of 74

Swim 600yds, Bike 16.2miles and Run 3miles

Swim - 14:09 min 567 out of 779 and 61 out of 74

T1 - 3:22

Bike - 55:23 min 612 out of 779 and 69 out of 74 - avg speed 17.5mph

T2 - 2:27

Run - 45:38 min 713 out of 779 and 69 out of 74

Really tired since woke up at 4am did the race and then drove 5.5hours back home.  Need to spend time with the family, but will give details and photos tomm

Steve- I think your racing tomorrow so good luck

Jeff great job on your century ride.

Ok the race yesterday was really well put on, lots of water and powerade stations on the run along with 2 spots with ice cold rags to put on your head, back or anywhere that needed cooling off.  The swim started good for the 1st half out but on the way back it ran into a crowd which I still have a problem swimming in.  I started thinking about the folks around me and not my breathing and all and next thing I know I just crashed and could not catch my breath, but I made it to shore and ran into T1 which went pretty well.  Oh big problem, I set a goal for this race to finish under 2 hours but guess what, I forgot to start my watch, so that plan on know where I was on the time didn't happen.... Ok on the way out of T1 I jumped on my bike and started to pedal and the chain came off, so off the bike to put the chain back on and then I started to pedal and I have the chain on the big ring in the back and either the small or big cog in the back, I always forget which one is which, but it was the one where when you start off in, you say to your self "Self you are such a dumb #@#, you cant start off in that gear" so I pushed through trying to get started and shifted to an easier gear.  The bike other than the start was really nice, flat with a lot of rolling hills and 2 hills that did slow my speed down, but mostly was a pretty fast course.  About mile 12 I went to look at my avg speed and guess what I forgot to reset my computer so my totals included my last ride also.  The run was flat and about 40% in shade so that was really nice, but when I started to run after about 3 minutes the chest started to really hurt so I went to walking for about 2 minutes then back to running for about 2 min and then run 2 and so on through the entire 3 miles.  After the race I realized that I could have pushed it through some of the pain, but I was really afraid to do that knowing my family history of heart problems.  I plan now to call my cardiologist tomorrow to schedule a full physical check and also I need to purchase a good affordable HR monitor to keep track that I'm not over doing it.   The most important thing is that I now have a new PR for a sprint and I had a blast. This was my 3rd tri and it also was the most fun. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week coming up and Sarah good luck on your new job.

Steve - we want a race report and also anyone else that might have done a race.

OH I forgot I lost my Road ID in the race somehow so now I have to order a new one. Rats...

Thanks for the well wishes on the job George. Funny how I can get so nervous about the 'first day' as if I've never worked before! LOL Now if I can only get a good night's sleep and figure out what to wear. (of course I'm also planning to smash in some sort of workout before work too - great way to clear the mind and focus on the day)

Johanne? Tell us about your race too!

I will soon! I just back in town Friday and raced an Oly today. It was a good race for me since it could of gone either way I'll catch up with everyone tomorrow. I'm hitting the sack early

STEVE -- I didn't get my 50 miles in yesterday, we got pounded as well.  I did get into the gym and ride for an hour and then took an hour spin class so i got a couple of hours in on the spin bike.  I was pretty bummed about the weather.  

Sounds like you had a pretty good race given the conditions...  I can't wait to read your report!  

In terms of Bridgeport (or any race down this direction) -- you can always crash at my house (if you don't mind cats - I have 3)  I am about an hour and 10 mins or so from the Bridgeport race  ( I do tend to drive fast so it maybe a bit longer if you don't have a lead foot like mine).  I am in a pretty good proximity to a lot of good races (at least I think so)

So view this as a standing invitation to crash at my place in Pawling if you want to do races down this way!

Alex 

I chose to add the word "imperial" because I often don't make the mental switch between Kilometers and miles on this forum. I can do the conversion in my head pretty close-Km to miles is easy, miles to Km's a little trickier. Temperature, weight and volume not so much. I do know that 35 degrees C is not as cold as it sounds

Last night I did my long run-14 miles in 2:47 using the same methods as before-short local laps, change bottles at my pickup and walk 1 minute at the mile intervals. I do have a semi goal or perhaps just a "like to" to get my 13.1 time in 2 hours or less. I am hoping that these long slow miles at the end of fairly hard weeks will get me there when I try it on fresh legs. I do get some speed work done mid week but not as much when it has been 100 degrees (F) at 8pm.

 The schedule this week is much reduced but I think I'll fill the void with extra swimming. I discovered my pool is in yards not meters as advertised. I am now suspicious of all pool dimensions. The 24 hr Fitness pool is advertised as 25 yards and I know it is shorter than my current pool so it may be 20 yards or some odd ball length, the city pool is a meter pool and this one feels the same but I just don't know anymore. So I guess, though I am swimming better-it isn't as great as I thought which might explain why my race swims aren't quite as fast as predicted based on training times.

Anyway-1 more build/recover cycle then taper time for Branson. I think I hit 14 miles 2 more times in training but the remainder of my long rides stay in the 60 mile range.

Sore today-not as bad as last week and surprising considering my long ride Saturday. I'm guessing I paced it just right.

Steve - Yes I did leave off the c for Team Magic.  I cant wait to hear your story on the crash and the race.  Glad you are ok and the bike.

Jeff - great job on the long run.   I dont know how you are doing that distance in this heat we have down here and it's hotter in Texas.

Johanne - Cant wait to hear your report.

Did anyone else race last weekend.  My next race is Oct 1st and my son races on Oct 2.  I was going to do an Oly on 9/10 but I decided after my last 2 sprints with the chest pains and trying to get in 6 miles on the run, that now I'm going to hold off until the 1st of next year to get an Oly distance in.

I'm doing them slowly and irrigating lawns as I drip by. This weekend was nice because the heat broke a bit