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NIce work guys. Sorry I was MIA, I was never near a computer this weekend and I couldn't type with my  phone.

I am back at work and now have a computer to use

That will be a great prep race for your IM. Make sure you have your nutrition dialed in.

I make my lists starting from the prerace clothing, then prerace gear (pump, food, zip ties, etc), then swim, T1, bike, T2, run, then post race clothing and nutrition.

I volunteer to Swim Buddy at my local races and have been doing that for the past 3 or 4 years. I haven't done a sprint race in over 4 years and had mentioned to the race director that I might do one this year. He gave me a comped entry. I was just going to do it for fun, but now I am a little nervous about the race. My last few transition times have been longer than this whole race will take me but I haven't set up on a rack in years. And I haven't had to transition quickly in a while, so I will be like a first timer out there, I'm sure. It should be fun though

500 calories/ hour is a lot. If you can handle that amount, great. Most people can only absorb 300-400 hour. I am in the 350 range. Experiment with what works now on your long workouts. You can definitely take in more on the bike than the run, so mess with it, you may be just fine

I was going to run the 17 mile route to my daughter's track practice, but slept in, then played Playstation and finally drove with them to practice

I did spin later in the afternoon

Yeah, me too.

I just got an email from my buddy MikeB (from BT). He wants to do the Furnace Creek 508 this year as a 2 person relay. I just don't know if I have the climbing legs to pull this off or the free weekends to train to get myself to that point. I was going to go for a long run on Saturday, but maybe I will go for a long bike and see what kind of shape I am actually in. I have a road bike that has 32 miles on it, and I have been meaining to knock the dust off of it and ride it. Maybe I will give that bike a ride and see if I have any sort of legs. If I do, I might do that race in October. Wish me luck.

Thanks. Not too sure the boss is OK with it. I may have to do a little sweet talking