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Hey everyone!  Sorry I haven't been around for the past couple weeks, but I've been in recovery mode and stopped all training except recreational swimming. 

I sprained my ankle in February pretty bad and it been hurting off and on since.  After my last marathon I noticed a lot more pain and decided to go see ortho.  I was informed that I've had a continuous sprain of the two main ligaments in my right ankle.  No fracture was found on xray, but the doc says that if the pain doesn't get better in a couple weeks then I'll need an MRI to see if I have a stress fracture in my foot. 

So...I've been resting, camping and hanging out w/ my wife and boys.  I got the green light to swim and bike.  I asked when I can run again and the doc said "when it no longer hurts!" 

It looks like I'll miss my first state of Hawaii marathon this month (I've done every one for the past year and a half, 6 total).  Buy there's an open water mile swim this month that I'll probably do.

I'll try and catch up on your blogs soon.  Good luck everyone w/ the challenge.  I think I'll sit this one out.  I'm very competitive, and if I set goals I'll probably try and meet them even at the risk of healing properly.  Today is the first day of my swim/bike focus training!  And I was just starting to work on my run speed!

Hello,

 No big plans for me! I'm going to do a backwards brick on Saturday AM. Trying to get back to working the plan. To be honest I've never done a backwards brick but I read that it's good for you. Not sure what exactly it does...I'll trust the plan!

 Have a great weekend!

 Ragbrai starts here in Iowa - big deal! I am not riding...I have used all my "get out of kitchen" passes. When my kids get older I will go on the ride across Iowa, but for now I can't see taking a week of vacation to party and ride 80 miles a day!

 Anyone ever did Ragbrai...?

Not sure where the eating went bad.  I mean, it's never great, but it seems like every meal the last couple of weeks has been the worst possible choice on the menu.  Good news is I'm back down to 163 after the weekend.  Bad news is that I lived on beer all weekend.  Had fun though.

OK it is our first Challenge Reporting day........I logged the following

99 mintues Bike, 85 minutes run, 25 minutes swim lost 1.4 lbs and a pitiful 17 inspires to you guys.

I have to get my swim minutes up some this week, I was traveling all of last week and did not have much pool access.

How did everybody else do???.....log in and I will update the spreadsheet and post.

Are we reporting Sunday thru Saturday or Monday thru yesterday??? 

I 've got my first Tri ever this Sunday.  A nice Olympic!!  I'm a bit nervous.  Any last suggestions for a first timer?

HAVE FUN!!! 

Congratulations Triathlete!!!  I'm almost positive that there is nothing in this world that can wipe the smile off of your face right now

Here are my results:

Inspires...are we counting our own or how many we gave?  

S: 2000.00 M

I did think the inspires thing through to well.....why don't we just each give ourselves a score from 1 to 3 (3 being the best) based on how close we got to giving three inspres to each person in the week.

MM - what will your goals be now that you are switching to distances?

I am in California but will try to fill in the spreadsheet tomorrow night when I get home and if I get everyone's data I will post it.

Here are my "stats"...

S: 5100 yds / 1:51

B: 45.6 miles / 3:12.52

R: 13.78 miles / 2:08

Inspires....  POOR!!!!

Hey John, just getting back in the saddle and trying to catch up.  I raced on Sunday and traveled back home on Monday...been spinning since then.  I will update my logs and provide information for the spreadsheet by the end of the day.  Train on!!!