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I'm pretty sure i posted something on here yesterday... but i dont see it so here goes:

I didnt tell anyone about it so far but if I manage to get subscribed, there are a few other OD's i'm doing this year.

These are the dates:

Those are only the ones in my province. There is almost one or more every weekend in Belgium once spring starts. OD's are very popular here.

Once the weather is a bit better, i'll try to make some pics of my running parcours. Obviously I'll only make pics of the most beautifull parts just to make all of you jealous.

Dimitri,

Thanks for posting this.  That looks like a lot of fun even with the mud and such. 

I haven't been too compelled to replace my HRM because I usually ignored it as well...

I think an Olympic distance race is well within your reach.  Your training is consistent and you can easily do the distances in training and for race day.  You will want to start experimenting with sports drinks or other nutrition because 3 hours is a little too long to just "wing it." 

So are you going to post pics of your trip to Vegas???   

You can really see the difference Joe! Nice work! Next weekend i'm planning on measuring myself again, after one month. And taking pictures again too. Which reminds me to post the first ones.

And yet another idea. About everyone of us here is trying to eat healthy and to loose some weight. More often healthy food and really delicious often doesn't go hand in hand in my dictionary. So here's the idea. Maybe you have some nice recipes with good healthy food and want to share it!. I know I have some! I'll try and post some stuff this weekend.

Healthy and delicious do go together (not that I don't have beer, wine, ice cream, chocolate, cookies, or chips on occasion).  I have a couple cookbooks with some very good and reasonably healthy recipes.  Instead of "lightening" a recipe by using low-fat sour cream, I use the real deal and make sure I watch how big a portion I consume.  I'd rather eat a small quantity of delicious food than a larger serving of pseudo-healthy food and many of the "low-fat" or "lite" products aren't really healthy to begin. 

There is a nutrition and weight loss forum already on BT.  You might browse there for recipes as well as post your recipes. 

Talk it over with your husband and each daughter individually. 

Can you AFFORD (justify) the trip with just you and your younger daughter?  How will your husband feel about "missing out" on the trip?  How will your older daughter feel about "missing out?"  How will your younger daughter feel if dad and her sister aren't there also?  This helps separate the emotional aspects of the decision from the practical aspects.  It's nice that you want to volunteer, but IMCdA hasn't historically sold out, so volunteering doesn't get you access that you otherwise wouldn't have.  It would give you a chance to scout out the area and look at where you might stay when you race.  (We stayed at a historic hotel a few blocks from transition...expensive, but close enough to walk without getting completely tied up in traffic congestion.) 

If you can afford for just yourself and your daughter to make the trip and she's interested in going with you one-on-one, GO, GO, GO!!!  My mom came out to Utah last March and spent 10 days with me.  I can say it was the first time in 48 years that she has spent that kind of uninterrupted one-on-one time with me.  I've had precious few opportunities to spend extended time one-on-one with my own boys. 

What else would you do on the trip, or what would you do differently on the volunteer trip compared to the race trip?  (For example, would you skip spending time in Glacier so you can do that as the whole family next year?)  If you want to do the trip but cut back on expenses, consider joining up with a BT'er doing the race since it's just the two of you. 

My thought on volunteering was to see the whole IM unfold.  I wanted to see the whole race from the front lines.  Technically it's 'not necessary' for me to volunteer in order to sign up.  If I don't go to volunteer, I'll still be able to sign up no problem.  I'll still set IMCDA as my 2015 goal.

As for older daughter's bball tournament--there will be plenty more but I hate missing any.  Her high school years are already flying by! 

Good questions to ask myself, they are helping!

Fair enough...an M-dot event is far more than just the triathlon...you have pre-race checkin and the athlete dinner (which volunteers don't attend) and then the awards ceremony the day after the race...

Would another M-dot race fit into your schedule?  What if you volunteered for IMLP (Lake Placid, in late July) or IMKY (Louisville, in late August), or IMMoo (Madison, mid-September), IMFL (Panama City Beach, early November), or IMAZ (Tempe, late November)?  What if you volunteered for Vineman (Sonoma, late July)? 

Choosing is losing... always