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I have a question for you triathletes...you all have pictures on your profile. I am curious. What was the event and how did you do in it?

I don't have a picture yet. I hope to put one up after my first sprint race of me crossing the line!

My avitar is from the Lake Dunmore Olympic Tri last summer.  It was an average performance, but this was the best pic from the bunch.  

It's very budget friendly at only $15 if you register before March 3, 2012. We don't have a website and probably won't before this year's event but there is a facebook link. I can't seem to post it but the event is called Race the Base, Run for Hope. It's on March 17 in Plattsburgh (NY). It will be a 1 mile race on an indoor track, run in heats. We plan to email participants with a time once we arrange the heats so no one has to wait around all day. If I can figure out how I'll attach the race entry form here but they can be picked up at Fleet Feet on Pearl St. in Essex Junction, VT or at Elements of Healing in the Shoppes at Essex (Essex Way) also in Essex Junction. I could also email one to you. We are giving medals for age group winners and there will be a ribbon for the first place person in each heat. Proceeds go to North Country Mission of Hope and Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary. Mission of Hope is an organization in Plattsburgh that provides relief to poverty stricken areas in Nicaragua.

I know TimX3 is also not too far away and I had thought of posting it here but I didn't want to hijack the thread for advertising. Thanks, Scott, for bringing it up. Anyone who is interested can PM me. I hope I covered everything...

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Mine is from the Plattsburgh Half Marathon last april and it's the only race pic I've ever liked.

I've brought my daughter to the kids fun run.  I was training for other things, but I watched a few of the races.  I'm planning to do a few this coming summer.  

Hello group.  Sorry I’ve been MIA for a couple of days.  It’s been a busy couple days at work.  I didn’t do any training in on Thursday but did a long swim on Wednesday before work.  Got more therapy on the calf today and am going to power walk this afternoon, hoping to start some basic running next week.

When I started this adventure I decided that I would not make any financial investment into this sport until I’d trained the entire month of January (I was questioning my dedication).  Well, I jumped the gun a little and purchased a wet suit on eBay yesterday.  It appears to be about four years old but in good shape and I think I got a good deal.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/300653371656?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I was planning on buying a new suit but by buying used I’ve saved enough money to pay for my first race entry and have enough to buy beer after the race.

As for the avatar, check with me on March 19^th.  I hope to have a race picture then. 

Nicole, I’m a little far away to attend your race so I’ll be racing with you in spirit.

Have a great weekend all.  And thanks for all the support.

C

Craig,  That is a great deal on decent wetsuit.  Good luck with it.  Remember to try it on and get a swim with it before race day to make sure that it fits and everything is okay with it.  Congratulations of making it one month!

I ran in very sloppy weather tonight.  Blech.  

The 910xt is a great tool.  I used it for my run tonight.  It is very similar in function and use to the 310xt.  There a couple of quircky things that are different.  I will test it in the pool tomorrow and see how it does there.  I'm also going to play for a bit tonight and pair with my speed/cadence sensor as well as the power meter.  Have a glorious evening all.  I feel like a child on Christmas morning.  

Evening, all! 

Scott, that does look like a nice piece of equipment. I started an organization today that accepts all donations of old awesome equipment that nobody wants any more. We are gladly accepting clothes, shoes, suits, jackets, tanks, gps equipment, bikes, etc. 

I hit the Y today for a stationary bike workout. It was cold and nasty here and wasn't going to hit the road. Did 30 minutes on a rolling hills program. I then did an upper body core workout. It was not an impressive trainig day but I got out and did something to try and better myself. I think I want to try and do a combo of all three legs tomorrow. What is shorter than a sprint? I shall call it a tri-hop. I am going to swim for 20, bike 20, and run 20. I plan to wear my speedo jammers and some type of polyester training top. Its two months to race day. Maybe I can do it every two weeks before my off day. I could start increasing my hops until race day. It sounds fun. I'm pumped! Do ya'll ever do anything similar? Is has to help become familiar with transitioning. 

Good morning peeps!

My training slump ends today!!

My running buddy wants to do a 10 mile progression run ... starting at an 8:00 pace and moving down to finish the final few miles at a 7:00 pace. He's just waiting to hear the nordic ski reports ... which will decide if we run today or tomorrow. I'm hoping for today, as we're supposed to get precipitation tonight into tomorrow, and I don't think the footing will be there for the paces we want to hit.

Whatever he decides, I'll do a shorter run and a trainer ride on the day we're not running together.

I'm dressed and ready to go now ... and should be able to wear shorts (currently 34F, which is right at my cut off).

Looking forward to your pool report for the 910xt, Scott.

I had a great workout on the trainer tonight.  The garmin worked like a charm.  No problems with syncing with speed/cadence sensor or the power meter.  It picked up the data seamlessly.  I've also had a chance to take a look at Garmin connect and looked at my pool workout.  Man oh man does it record a lot of stuff.  I have much to learn, other than I am not very efficient in the water.  I hope everyone has a stellar weekend.  See y'all tomorrow.  

I hope everybody is having a great Saturday.

Today I went 40K on the road bike.  I found a new route that is mostly a bike path separated from the street and cars which I really like.  My pace for the ride was 15.5mph.  I am a little disappointed with the pace since much of the ride my speedo was showing around 20.  The route is a multi-use trail so I have to slow way down from time to time for people walking dogs, people riding with kids, crossing streets etc.  So my question is, how much faster do you all go on a race day on a closed course?

Other than my disappointment with the pace, I felt great, no problem with the butt or back.  The bike ran smoothly.  Great sunny day to be out for a ride.

I hope you all had a great day of training.

LoL.  That is so selfless of you Ashley.  

Bummer on the pool Nicole. That would have been a peaceful swim.

As it turns out, yesterday would have been the more ideal day for the progression run with my training partner. But he was skiing. So I ran and biked yesterday, leaving me with heavy legs this morning. And we had some precipitation last night, leaving the streets and sidewalks with a thin coat of ice in many places. But we made it work. We both left our homes at 7:30, and then met about a mile into each of our runs ... then the goal was to progress through 9 more miles, each mile faster than the last.

I think progression runs are an excellent way to train your internal pace clocks for holding back and getting the value of a negative split. I was never a negative split racer until I became very deliberate about training that way about 5 years ago.

Today's splits:
Warm Up: 9:01
8:17, 7:52, 7:41, 7:31, 7:25, 7:16, 7:14, 7:04, 7:28
Cool Down (.5): 10:55

I bonked at about mile 9.25 ... that last mile was especially icy and against the wind, but I'm not sure I would have had enough to go sub 7 today. Overall, I'm very pleased with the run. But I'm going to be feeling this one today.

Sounds like a great run, Bernard!

My run didn't feel great but turned out to be faster than my regular pace, which is not saying much. Still, it was a beautiful day here and spending some time outside on a day like today in January is worth the effort!

Clocked in a 10 mile trail run at 1:35 ... wish I could clock mile times like some of you guys but I am not unhappy with todays pace.  Did a chest/upper body work out this morning and then ran at noon.

Plan for tommorrow is an early swim and either a 6 mile run or a plyo workout - depends on the weather.

Keep on training guys - races are coming up!! 

Good morning all.

This should be an interesting couple of weeks of training.  I'll be on business travel most of the next few weeks.  That means hotel gym bikes, treadmills and very short pools.

Any advice from the business travelers would be greatly appreciated.

Yesterday had my long pool day.

2000y total. 500wu, 10x100 sets and 500 cd.

Have a great week.