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Had an Egg Beaters Omelet this morning. Big thuimbs up! That thing was awesome. The only thing was when I opened up the tuperware there was a little bit of water around the omelet. I think what happened is when I cooked it last night I pretty much put it right in the tuperware dish and sealed it. When it cooled in the fridge over night  condensasion form and then dripped down on it. I think next time I will just let it cool for a few minutes before sealing the omelet up.

As far as flavor and texture wise it was pretty much like it was fresh. Just 45 seconds in the microwave and it was ready. I can see me doing these 2 or 3 times a week now.

Yesterday was an off day for me. I spent most of the day in my garage. First doing the brakes on my car and then I got a wild hair up my butt and decided to fix my roomates bicycle. It had been laying around uselesss since she moved in. I bought two new tires, a tube and a new chain and cleaned it up real nice. It still needs new brake & shifter cables but it is ridable now. She was real happy to have it again. It was good practice for me because I want to learn everything there is to know about bicycle maintance. I like the guys down at my LBS but $125 to do simple cleaning and adjustments is ridiculous.

Got in a 2400 swim this morning and if there is a break in the rain will do a 6 mile run tonight.

Have a great morning everyone!

I would say go for it! If you have been doing steady training for 10 weeks you should have a pretty good base by then. I personally like pool tris. The swim portion is sort of like swimming with training wheels on. You won't have to deal with getting used to mass group starts or the anxiety of not being able to see the bottom or being so far from shore that you get with open water swims.

One very important peice of advice. When you sign up they will ask you what your swim time is likely to be. Don't guess here. Be as accurate as you can. Pool tris are run like bike time trials. Every one gets in a real long line and each of you will go one at a time 5 or 10 seconds apart. The swim will look like a long snake with the athelets swimming up and down each lane until the end. Your position in the line is based on the time you give them. You if you give them a time that is really faster than you can swim all the athetes behind you will keep bumping up on you trying to pass. It'll be really fustrating for you and everyone else will just get pissed at you.

To find your swim time. Just swim the distance when you are practicing and time yourself. Even if you feel like you will be faster 10 weeks from now it dosen't matter, put what you are swimming at now because you can always call them up and change it a few week before the race.

Other than that the only thing I would say is to make sure you enjoy it. There are so many cool things to see and very friendly people that will help you. Take the time to take in all the sights and sounds and excitment that comes with doing your first triathlon.

One more thing. I have found that until I officially sign up for a race I don't really feel like I am training for anything. It all feels kinda...voluntary, for lack of a better word. Once you are signed up it sets your goal in stone. There's no more putting things off because the clocks is running. you can start counting down the days and weeks until your race. you can even gauge how you were doing at the start and how you've improved since then.

If you can do 3 swims a week then go for it. Just listen to your body. If you find that 3X is too much what you can do is start the first week or two swimming twice a week. The once your acclimated you can bump up to a third work-out.

ok so looking at Wildflower, April 30th...Olympic distance. I have 3 months to train (so couch to olympic in 3 months) Is this doable? or am I setting ymself up to just fail here. I dont have a bike but should have one in a week or so, also master swim class starts tomorrow. I dont(and never have had) a weight issue.

its been my experience that "deadlines get things done" so I'm setting one.....

I'd say the only things that make me nervous at the moment are:

-The swim cut off time(1:20 for 1.5k). Not sure of my endurance in the water and have no idea how fast I can swim.

-The bike says it should be considered difficult as its pretty hilly. I need to learn which gears to use, etc etc etc.

other than that the distances aren't daunting at all.

Now I have a MILLION thoughts going through my head...I need a wet suit, how do I get there, what are the transitions like, i need tri shorts and a tri shirt (I think), I need goggles, etc etc etc!!

My family likes this one as we can all camp at the site.

anyway, I appreciate all of your input here.

-Jeff

Thanks for the replies all, I will certainly go read some race reviews and get a feel for it from that perspective. My current thought process is based off of the feeling i have that I could roll off my couch right now and do a sprint. Sure I wouldnt be competative, but I could do it. So the challenge for me is to bump to the next level and push. My goal will be two fold, 1) finish and B) finish as fast as I can!

I will never run a race just to run it, I will always be striving to beat someone or something (like a PR). Sure that may change DURING the race when I've gone too far and praying just to finish, but that will never be my plan.

What is meant by "getting OWS" (open water swimming I'm assuming)? Just getting comfortable in the water that is not a pool environment? I grew up swimming out here in the delta with strong currents, jumping off train bridges, the whole nine yards...I know how to rest without holding on to something(aka floating).

Anyways, I hear what you are all saying which I believe is "its going to be tough" and "you need to make sure you have fun". I am hopefully realistic about this and plan to assess my progress over the next month, meaning see how I do on the bike and swim, and get running miles under my belt (ran 5 miles last night!)

I"m glad this forum is here

Thanks everyone!