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if this helps and what I read was eat some toast or a cup of coffee to help draw the blood to the stomach which help reduce the inflammation.  

Once I get in I start my watch for 10to 15min  it usually takes about 3min to get somewhat acclimated after that don't move so you won't have to start acclimating yourself again.

AAAGH!!!! Sam does NOT let you use her razor!!! 

Not too much ice is my advice!  I screamed pretty loud, not rollercoaster loud, but arrrrrgh, kinda loud...15 minutes???  more like 15 sec, out, 15, out, 30, out 1 minute, out then one more minute...i figure that's plenty!  Oh shoot i forgot the epsom salt. 

just my feet.

it's pro and chicks dig it.

 No, I have my own.

nice.  as long as you have your own. 

Great job Linda and Julia!  Super speedy.

Congrats Trevor on a super effort.

Ice bathes rock but they are hard to sit in.  After my last marathon, I sat in cold water first then had Tony add ice to the water.  That seemed to make it easier to adjust.  Plus I almost always leave some sort of top on.  Seems to help mentally.  But I felt like a new person after my ice bath.

I usually put a 20 pound bag of ice in mine after I fill up the tub

Great job on your races Julia, Linda, & Trevor!!!

Shave?!?!  I'm asian... and... It took me 30+ years to get some hair on my body... I'm not starting over!!

Suzy - Front light (in black); the one on the left:

Rear light:

X2  This is what I use, and it it installed  Compared to other lights in the group, it is one of the brightest for the money.  Also, you get a little side action going, as the red part wraps around a little.

Careful Tony.  Fixed that for you...could be used in the future against you.

Thanks for all the light advice.  I'm struggling a bit with where I can put it with a front mount bottle, almost no seat post, and my little saddle bag in the back. Think I'll give Julia's recommendation a whirl since I can attach it to my clothes.

For me,  I throw in a bucket full of ice from the freezer and add it slowly like Sam.  Also wear a shirt and drink some warm water or tea.  Do them after really hard workouts, not just long runs if I have the time.

I admit it.  I like the look of shaved guys ALOT, especially the chest area.....

PS NO HAIRY FEET.  EEEEEEEEEEEEW!

Massive storm last night......

LOL, I told you Suzy it's time to move.

And seriously Bryce there are few really legitimate reasons to shave legs, besides being pro and looking good.

It's supposed to make it much easier to deal with  road rash.  Which is supposed to be common in bike racing.  They said buying Tagaderm which is something you use to treat road rash was more important than buying the team kit.  It also makes massage easier.  Both road rash and massage are fairly common in pro bike racing which is why they do it.  The rest of us just like to pretend we're pro : )

Other than that there are no real reasons, i've seen people say it's easier to get a wetsuit on/off easier with no hair on you legs but I haven't really noticed a difference.

I am very happy with the progress of my training lately. I did my big weekly ride yesterday and did 59.23 miles in 2:50:18 at an avergae speed of 20.87. That is my fastest average to date. I also negative split it as I was 20.64 for the first hour, and 20.59 for 1.5 hours. That works out to an average of 21.17 for the last 28.34 miles.

I need to be fast on the bike as I am slow on my feet! I am so envious of your runners. I did do my longest run since Augusta at 7.29 miles on saturday.

The cool thing is I feel hardly any soreness. Luckily my A race isn't until October! Looking over the MG member's logs I am amazed how you get such terrific run mileage.

Finally as to ice baths, I need to them more, but the only way I could stand it was to slowly add the ice after I get in the bath.

Doug

i'm not lance groupie nor am i one of those that wants to burn him at the stake.  his foundation is clearly awesome.  i'm a huge sports fan in general and his accomplishments are amazing. but i was never really into bike racing so maybe they didn't mean as much as they could have.

that said.... lance now has my attention.  49 minutes at the lake travis 2.4 mile swim yesterday.  damn. i hope wtc lets him race with the pro's if it ever comes up.  especially at kona.

Yeah I read about that on ST, It funny reading the range of responses that news got. Being a bike nerd, I knew I was seeing something amazing in his 7 wins. What I am most amazed with, and which is noit discussed much, is his run of luck. It takes a LOT of luck to win just once, but 7 in a row is astounding. The pounding their bodies take over the course of the TdF is incredible.While it is an unfair compariso as they are not endurance sports, I doubt most athletes inBaseball, basket ball, football, or hockey are anywhere near as fit as a pro cyclist.

i totally agree with that comparison to other sports.   heck, my fitness has increased an incredible amount just from my lame bike mileage.  and agree with the luck aspect of his wins, to the extent of my bike knowledge. 

The second I stepped in the office this morning, fire alarm.  Standing out in the parking lot with my office wearing my cycling kit since I didn't even have time to change.

Jokes, jokes and more jokes!

HIM or oly?  I hope you already reserved your housing! Hotels around the venue are 100% sold out.

Suzy, I thought Sam said they had a house lined up. Didn't she offer to host dinner for the MG? Sorry to miss this.

Doug

Oly, we have a house.

Glad I got my bike ride in first thing in the morning even though I was freezing. We had snow, freezing rain and then this stuff as well... It was a bit smaller but not much 1.5 inches. I was about to stand in my yard half naked and scream and yell at the top of my lungs.

Kudos to those in our local running group 6 brave soles decided they were not going to let Mother nature stand in their way and they went and ran 5 miles in that crap..

Me..... I went and ate Chinese with the family. Prob not the better option but oh well... HAHA

nice job man! winner was wearing spikes i see. 

but i'm gonna suzy you here for a second... no more running on ice until AFTER ironman, ok.

I second that notion!!  Of course, I think I told John to avoid trail runs and I think he said something back to me I can't print

Rob--Sam and Tony were kind enough to offer up the house for dinner. I "believe" we're doing take out Italian....you really should be there....all the fun people will be.  Right Trev????

Chris--I gave up being all hard core a while ago if it meant any chance of injury.  Running in hail?  Nah...Chinese, YEAH!