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I am trying to get some good training sessions in before taking the family to disney on Friday.  Seems the wife planed almost all meals trough buffets because that is where the disney characters are.  Looks like I will be chasing a mouse around to keep the weight off.

Happy trails

Train hard and recover harder.

Going over some of your training logs, I am not sure how much your recovering in between sessions. Being a triathlete, your probably type A and are very busy like myself. To get through you workouts without having aches and pains can be tough. You will need to stay fueled properly between session. I used to not pay much attention to my nutrition, I never ate that bad, but the $1 whoppers from burger king and french fries didn't help me when I was in college. I had a hard time recovering. Since I've been a lot better with my workouts I am able to recover a lot faster now with out (much) joint pains and things like that. So nutrition  is huge!! (CLIFF). Eating very nutritious dense foods will help your recover faster from training sessions and reduce risk of injuries. As competitive athletes a lot of try to stay on that redline of improving performance and injury. You don't want to cross it.  You'll want to be properfly fueled before you workout, during, and after you workout (with in 30 min is good).  You also wanna make sure your form is good for swimming, your properly fit for your bike and in good running shoes based on your biomechanics to minimize all of this. Now onto other things, after hard session you'll want to stretch good and you might as well stretch every day if you can (10-15 min) especially areas you have trouble with. I focus on hamstrings and ITB. Also after hard workouts, I do an ice bath . Under 65 degrees is ideal. I use an outdoor pool right now or when it gets hotter I get a bag of ice and put in the tub with cold water and sit there for 10-15 min. This will help reduce inflammation from those demanding sessions. If you don't have time to stretch and then you need to cut back on some of your volume. Although, I don't see that being much a problem for most of you

Ok that is all!!!

Cheers.

what gives first for you guys....legs or lungs?

when you are training, what would you guys say is your limiting factor on the longer days?  for example, say you've got a 10mile run or a long bike (whatever that may be for you)....what part of your body begins to fatigue the most near the end?

for me it seems to be my legs.  i generally feel like at the end of longer training sessions my muscles (or lack thereof) are what makes me struggle the most.  i always would have guessed that respiration would have been my limiting factor, but it always seems to be either my calfs, my quads or my hips that make the "just walk a little....just a little and this pick back up" thoughts come into my mind.

just curious if i'm in the minority or majority?

I am back home and ready for the fun to begin.  My son had a fever while at Disney, but motrin and Tylenol kept it in check and we ended up still having a good time.  I ate a lot, but I walked lots as well so I hope the calories do not stack up too much.

I called the bike shop from Flordia to tell then I will be there today at 2pm to get the bike/fitted on it.  I went the Thursday before we left and just could not buy it.  I have a hard time spending big money on myself, but my wife assures me she wants me to get it.  If it was for my wife or son it would be an easy purchase.