SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 149)

Congrats on the races everyone.  You are all such an inspiration to me!!

I actually managed to finish my first century Staurday and am really pleased with how it went.  It actually gives me a little confidence for next month.

I'm catching up on my posts so this have already been answered;  but this is perfectly normal.  The back pain is often times due to trying to hold your body in a different position and your core is trying to hold some of the weight off your saddle.  The shoulders/traps just take time.   

I feel your pain too.  I've spent the last 2 months training on my road bike in the mountains and just made the switch back to my tri bike 2 weeks ago.  My shoulder/neck muscles are very unhappy with me

Once again thanks to everybody for all the "viral" support this weekend.  It sure helped the push!  

RR is up:  http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=261123

Congratulations to all our fabulous racers this weekend.  I can only imagine going that fast. 

Sorry about your boo boos Sam.  Great looking new bike as well.  What is her name?

Awesome job Brent!!

QUESTION*******  Does anyone use Salt Stick Tablets?  I use Hammer Eletrolytes and thus far they have worked.  However most of my training partners have switched to Salt Stick tablets and say how much better they work.  I can't decide if I should go with the "if it's not broke don't fix it" approach, or if  I could be doing much better and just don't know it yet.  I was going to try the Salt Stick this weekend but am curious on everyone's opinion.

I think it is all a matter of preference.  I prefer Metasalt's.  It settles well for me (no GI ISSUE'S) and can take it anytime.  And most importantly IT WORK'S FOR ME!

Wow, so much to catch up on for the weekend!

Congrats to Rachel on her century ride!

Sam, I hope you are okay!

Linda, hope your friend/co-worker is doing okay!  Scary stuff!

Our David, nice run, mate!!!

Brent had a great race!  Congrats!

Christina, what a beautiful bike!  Zoom!

Suzy, Dino, and George, racing in some severe heat and humidity, great job getting it done!

My west coast mate, Linda and her hubby, Jeff were awesome!  congrats on the P.R.s you two!!!

I had a dream of a race...it's right here!

Have a great week everyone!  (wow, was that too many exclaimation points or what?)

i think suzy does.

I'm no expert on the topic, but my best advice is to work out very, very early in the morning to avoid as much of the heat as possible.  If you can't do that, I would recommend the trainer or the TM.  If you do want to acclimate your body a little in case it hits you in a race, lower the intensity and carry 2x the hydration.

John's right, I do use Salt Stick. It was recommended to me by Bob Seebohar because of the electrolyte profile.  It has worked well for me, but so did S caps.  For all I know he is sponsored by Salt Stick.

These caps are the only source of electrolytes for me in training.  I don't use Gatorade or any other sports drink.  Brett told me to consider 1g of sodium for every 1 liter of H20 you consume.  I don't get anywhere near that, but at 99lbs I don't think I need to.  Even in blistering heat yesterday, I took a total of 4 for six hours of sweating buckets.  Never cramped, never puked.

And it's up.  As appropriate, way behind Kim!! 

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/races-edit.asp?raceid=168207

not sure whats up with that link but it keeps logging me out. 

try this.  http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=261281

Thanks!  Along with the rest of the long list, I can add 'posting' to things I need to improve upon!!

Wonder if your feet are swelling a little in the heat?  I have hot toes on both sides quite often and it directly related to pedaling too much on my toes versus dropping my heel.  That doesn't sound like your problem though if it is isolated to the two pinky toes.

Do you wiggle your toes when you do long rides? I'd get pain in the "arch" of my toes -- like I just want to bend them backwards for hours. If I am conscious about wiggling my toes it helps. (Of course it helps to feel your toes, which I couldn't in the IM for 2.5 hours!) I think that fit can affect that too -- cleat position, etc. But really, I'm no expert in this arena at all. Just throwing out some food for thought.

yep, mine would go numb.  talked to the fitter, he adjusted a little of this and some of that.  no more numbness.  who knows. 

i'm not giving away my secrets!  actually i don't really remember what he did.  other than  adjusted the cleats.  i just know that it was no longer an issue after we visited.  but yeah, wiggle your toes and suck it up, you only have a few more weeks!!!!!  ha.