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That would be my new bike. Took it out for 1.5 hours last night and the entire ride was almost effortless. What a difference a decent bike makes!

Without sounding like an annoying certain "celeb" - "That's hot!!!"

Very nice!    

Such an awesome feeling!!! Congratulations!

When it starts to feel like there's big effort again... clean your chain. I've learned that gives you the new bike feeling all over again! 

I'm all tempted to be a smart-@$$ and talk about some "no big deal" race I'm doing this weekend. But I just can't.

Ironman Coeur d'Alene!!
Bib #2514

My strategy is to go, go some more, keep going, a bit farther, not done yet, more, more, more, keep moving forward...  for many, many hours. I have all sorts of thoughts running through my brain, but I always come back to, "It's gonna be a long day," and "What will be, will be." I will control what I can. I will hope my body will cooperate. I will aim to be smart with pacing and nutrition. At the same time, I want to give the race as much as I can give and aim to achieve my secret goal time (which I've said before so maybe it's not so secret, but I don't want to get hung up on it). I want to savor the day and the moments -- the good ones and the bad ones. I want to share the experience (ups AND downs) with my friends, teammates, and fellow athletes. I want to high-five my family a few times during the race. I want there to be one good bike and one good run picture of me. I want to cross the finish line.

Then I want to come back and tell you guys all about it.

Thanks for all of the support!!! 

She might have used Pam cooking spray. that's what I use. 

Apparently reading further down the messages PAM is nto the way to go. Funny I also heard the BG wasn't good for your suit either.

Edited by Redknight 2010-06-23 10:40 AM

I did a run last night that was a series of 1200, 1000, 800, 600, 400, 200 at increasing speeds after a 20 minute warm-up if you can even say that when it was still 90 at 7PM. Saw some good times, but I think I made a decision to skip the marathon this year.  I felt my knee was ever so slightly sore after the run, similar to the IT Band issues I have had in the past. 

Plan is to take many of the Key workouts from the plan I was going to follow and use them while training for the half, but skip the marathon this year, maybe pull a second half.  I need to get my body in check and would hate for my tri performance to suffer because of the marathon training. 

I went with my wife to the ortho last night as she had been having problems with her knee after a skiing mishap in CO this Feb.  Luckily everything came back ok, just needs to work on her strength in the glutes. I plan on doing these exercises with her (to make sure she does them, and to get personal benefit from them as I think I am weak in the same areas but just experience a little different area of soreness)

That being said,  The bike should be interesting.  My last race even on the bike I felt like my legs were not fully under me and think it resulted around 209.  I am aiming to push 240, mostly with the expectation that it will average out to 225-230 if I am on.  I know my legs can handle it, its the execution.  The heat will have most the effect on the run as well as mental barriers and pushing through tough times. 

Although I have not really planned that well to have this be an "A" race, I would like one of my better performances at this race.  Weather looks like low of 60 high of 80 with 8-10 mph winds, and a 30% chance of isolated storms, hopefully they isolate elsewhere. 

I already have pre-race jitters just thinking about it!

Hellooooooooooo.......

MG is dead today

I have a race this weekend.  I'm doing the TriRaider sprint. It's part of the Buffalo Springs 70.3. It looks like going to be hot and according to the website today it may not be wetsuit legal. It's exactly the same course as I did in my first tri last month. I would like to improve on my times. It will be interesting to compare a 62 degree with a wetsuit swim to a 78 degree without a wetsuit swim on the same course.  I just sign up for it today so I'll also see how I do racing back to back sprints. It should be fun. I might be addicted to racing.

Edited by tritiny 2010-06-23 3:12 PM

Dig the new ride!  Sweet.

Racers go get em' but I must say I will be routing slighty harder for (Saturday!!)

ten thousand yard workouts will really help improve your swim.  you've come a long way!  keep up the good work!

Edited by fattyfatfat 2010-06-23 3:21 PM

SWEET!   CONGRATS!!!!!

XXXXX a GAZILLION!!!!  Kyla, you are going to rock this race!!!

For Linda (VELCROMOM), we will be following you and rooting for you, too!!!!


Not racing this weekend, but I guess I must be thinking about my 7min T1 and 6minT2 from my HIM in March, because I had this dream last night which I wrote Kyla about:


Last night I had a dream that I was in Transition for 30 minutes, what up with that!? Forgot my bottles, had to go back, left the bike out via the run out, had to go back, saw friends who passed me their baby and then I'm holding her, and wondering how to pass her back through a glass doorway...while balancing my bike on my hip! crazy, huh?   I woke up feeling extremely frustrated, and never did make it out to the bike mount area!

So, here is a little reflection, because I wasn't doing all of that craziness at Oceanside, however I did lack focus for T1,  which we should all try to think of as "free time".   Here's what I am going to rehearse over and over in my head as I get closer to my July race.  Stand up and start moving forward!  Unzip wetsuit, remove goggles(Rob) and cap and keep moving!  Strip wetsuit at bike rack, place in bag.  Dump cap and goggles in bag and cinch it!  T1 and T2 are in different locations.  Socks on. Shoes on.  Headband on.  Helmet on, sunglasses on.  Spray on sunscreen.  Run with bike to mount area.  Go!!!!! 

Anyone see anything missing?

yep.  its a 70.3.  race belt w/ number on it.   and don't go over it in your head.  do it!  set up and do it! 

What?  10000 yards?  That is 5.68 miles!! INSANE!! Hat's off to ya!  I don't think I have ever swam over 2.4!