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I've been quasi training for a bit and did my first sprint last year in September. I've only started to take it semi-seriously since about last July. The thing about sprints is for all the money and effort to do them they are over pretty quickly. For the time invested and the cost between the average sprint and Olympic it's a better value to me. Long answer for sort of.

I am so sorry to hear about that. How lucky you were that you came out of this without a broken bone.  Good luck with healing quickly, I do get worried about getting hurt like that right now when I'm in the depths of training.  Good news on the bike too, like you said, glass half full

I would definitely call the police just to get something filed.  Better safe than sorry.

Hmm, not for an Olympic. Well I could do it, but could I do it as good as I want to??(or is it just the fear factor?)  There are a few nearby June 19 and 26 I may try get into...will keep you posted!

Hi Jen! What does 5.5 pace mean? =)

~Roland

5.5 mph running - so about an 11 minute mile

Way to sacrifice yourself to save the bike everlong! - JK, glad to hear it wasn't worse, darn SAAB drivers!

Good to hear that Jimyak!  What are your workout plans for this weekend? =)

~Roland

I agree with Jen.  I hope you got relevant info from the driver.  Grrrr!  Sorry to hear about that bro.  My swimming and cycling partner had an accident similar to that many years ago going down a hill in Griffith Park... a black pickup truck pulled out in front of him and he hit it head on and woke up in the hospital 3 days later.  He has some metal in his right collar bone area.  To this day, that story tells me to always wear my helmet no matter what distance and that I will train no one let alone ride with anyone who does not wear a helmet.  I wish you a speedy recovery my triathlon friend!

~Roland

So, did a 30 min run and some core exercises Wed night when i got to the hotel - proud of myself   BUT, I had to keep slowing down to stay in Z2 ....like ALOT! I was practically walking fast so my pace was way off what I had been doing, but again, proud of myself for using/following the HRM.  Took Thursday off, and killed my sprints in the pool this morning.  200 w/u, 10x50 (30"), 200 drills (50 each of kick, pull, one arm, and FRACK (borrowed that one from Thor, its kinda fun!)), then 4 x 25 (15"), 100 c/d.  So mostly sprints today, but i was truckin (for me) and felt great.

Wow, everlong you really have some bad karma surrounding you.  I am glad you are ok.  I ride mostly on trails because of my fear of cars, but I live in the Minneapolis suburbs and so the traffic is pretty heavy, plus we have lots of trails.  I'd definitely file something with the police but I'm so glad you are ok.  I guess your split second responses are spot on.

Jen - I want to do the Chisago Lakes Sprint on July 24th.  It's just north of Wyoming and so is within driving distance.  The big thing is that once again the swim is only 1/4 mile and that is my weakest link.  The bike is 22.6 miles and so I like the longer bike and the run is 3.31 miles.  I am definitely not in shape yet to go longer than a sprint.  But as I look at September/October I plan to keep my options open.

Shellback - as far as competition I have only 2 goals for this sprint.  1.  DO NOT GET RESCUED IN THE SWIM (ha,ha) 2. Finish.  And the highlight will be to meet Jen in person.  I am pretty competitive though.  Especially with the run.  I'm like why run the same pace as the person ahead of me if I can just put forth alittle effort and run the same pace but in front of them?

Have a great day.  Hubby is going to the 5K tomorrow with me and so I will have him take a picture after the race and post it here so everyone can see what I look like.  I'm the 52 year old slightly overweight lady with no make-up but with a huge smile on my face.

Have a great day and stay safe out there! (Everlong that was directed at you!)

Linda

Definitely Linda, we'll have to meet up at the North Mankato tri, it would be fun!

Nothing wrong with being competitive. You're going to have an amazing run and look forward in hearing how it goes. Have fun smiling!

Scott

That's awesome. So cool how people live so close to each other that the can even compete against each other

Well save up for it. You'll be able to get data like this. 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/86407579

Scott

Yeah, Not sure if I want to bike with you anymore. I'm glad that you're ok though teammate! Rest up, take some ibuprofen and remember to ice.  Sorry to hear about the road rash... Are you still going to stop by tomorrow?

Scott

Sounds good man! Glad to have ya back. Take your time, get back in the swing of things. Don't go out to hard, ease back into it

Scott

I don't have sufficient access to see that..  As you can tell, my Friday is nice and slow (I'm actually going to head out a little early today to get another run in before my training with the trainer.

Sorry, try again!

Scott

Thanks. I'm going to play it by ear and see how I feel. If I get out of bed and feel OK I'll make a showing. If I can barely walk I'm likely to not leave the house.

Thanks to all for the well wishes.

I forgot to put that I'm a stubborn MF who still rode home 10 miles after this happened which probably wasn't the smartest thing in the world and will only add to my soreness once I tighten up over night. But long term obviously I'll be good.

Another interesting tidbit from my Garmin data. My heart rate spiked from 133 to 165 at the same time my speed went from 19 MPH to 0 MPH. My highest heart rate the rest of the ride was 158.

First off, everlong are you doing ok?  Or are you stiff and hobbling around like a (battered and bruised) old man?

Second of all, I raced my 5K today with a time of 29:52 which is 7 minutes faster than last year.  I placed myself to far back at the start.  In a normal race I think I would have been in the right area but this was a different kind of race since there were walkers right up behind the first row of racers.  So, first problem was getting around all of the walkers, jumping the curb into long wet grass and back on the road.  Next, although it was chip timed there wasn't a pad at the start line.  Weird huh?  But I had my watch so that was good enough for me. And last, I really don't believe they had the mile markers set right.  I went out pretty slow and was 9:20 at the first mile.  This was after almost walking trying to wriggle around people, jumping curbs and running in the long wet grass.  The 2 mile marker I was at 17:56 and then the last mile was like really long and I was running faster than the first mile but my total time makes me look like it was slower.  Anyway, happy with the overall time and also now I have an avatar so all you youngsters can see what the old lady in the group looks like.

It's raining here and we are going shopping for a vehicle for my.  Piston blew in my jeep but that baby had 188,000 on it and I really loved it.  With 3 still in college this is really going to put a stop to any left over cash flow that I had.  Such is life!

Linda

Great job Linda. That's some serious improvement.

Thanks, I'm doing ok. The side delt is sore and it should be absorbing most of the fall. Elbow is also tender but not as bad as expected. My side by the oblique is also a little sore which I didn't expect but it's not shocking either. More than likely I'll do a short ride tomorrow and a run on Monday. Tuesday's swim is the one I'm not certain about. It's the upper body that got rocked.