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Greg & David,
Wish you a fast recovery, being injured ain't fun at all!! It's the closest thing to being in JAIL!! Didn't meant to make you feel bad, just trying to say that I feel your pain!

I probably mentioned that I ran the Virginia Beach Rock 'n Roll 1/2 Marathon.  It was a blast! Highly recommended race. 22 bands on the course of the race and the whole town cheering. Beautiful end at the beach boardwalk.
I wanted to finish <2hrs. Well, went home with a 2:00:06  yeap, 6 costly seconds.

Heading next weekend to Melbourne, Fl for my first Olympic Triathlon and I'm pretty exited about it.  With all my traveling, training hasn't been optimum but I think I can finish. The goal is <3hrs, but again, I want to finish healthy.
Yesterday got a good 4000 mts swim and today a nice 40 miler on the bike. Tomorrow going for 10 maybe 11 miles and THAT'S IT! I'll taper down a little to save some energy for the race. The only bad thing it's that I haven't been able to get any open water practice and this is in salt water!!! The banana river. I read reviews and the water gets choppy. Any advice David?

I will continue training in the winter. Have my last race, a little local sprint. I really would like to try a 70.3 next year and would hate to loose fitness. Swimming will be the anchor, not sure how I can handle particularly the biking.
Any word is welcome guys. Thanks

Sorry for my late race report:
First Olimpyc in Melbourne, Fl. AWESOME race, beautiful course and great organization.
Long lines to get inked, racked in the wrong place and cought it right before going to the start line. (like I needed more excitment!!!)
Weather was totally unseasonally HOT. Water was 89 degrees. Deep water start, I went on the second wave at 7:30 AM.
Had trouble with "directional control" but overall a good swim. Paced a bit too much.
Bike, was really fun, beautiful Melbourne along the Banana river. Didn't expect hills in South Fla. We hit a BIG caouseway across the river and thre other smaller bridges.
The run, I'll start by saying that the race organizers are EVIL!!! Right off the bike we went up and down the big bridge and back for more!!! Temperature went to 95 degrees and that's when things turned ugly. Thankfully I did a decent job with hydration and food. Crossed the line to find my wife and kids cheering for me, what a better reward????
Achieved my goal of less than 3 hrs, something like 2:57:56, not by much but...... mission accomplished.
Thanks Greg for all your help.

Next year: 70.3 Augusta, GA

50  2:57:56.5   516  Jaime Bahamon                        Savannah, GA                                
             40-44    6     M  37   32:21.1   29   1:45   1:18:07.6 20.7   32   1:55   1:03:48.5 10:17   83

http://www.healthfirsttri.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1

I signed up for Vineman 70.3 in CA next summer. So--I'm in it for another year. It's a world qualifyer for 70.3s, and will have a ton of pro's . If I can go under 4 hours I could come in the top 5. Just kiddin--I'll shoot for 5:45 this time. I'm running about 18-20, biking about 100, swimming about 4. Is that too much off season work, David? So far my injuries are all healed. How/what are the rest of you doing?

By the way--I have a cross country kid in my AP Government class that runs 5 minute miles (for several miles) and he didn't even qualify for state. That's just sick and wrong. I can't run 8's.

Also, I got one of those swimp3 players because swimming is boring me to death. So far, it's helping a lot.