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fattyfatfat - 2010-06-23 5:45 PM it official!   IM WOODY (TEXAS)  registration opens friday.   1 loop bike. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-23 5:48 PM

Are you in? Will it fill up fast?

kkcbelle - 2010-06-22 11:21 AM

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! 

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-23 6:51 PM http://ironman.com/texas/

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-23 3:54 PM
there are some pretty excited people down here.   and some people scratching their head about a late may date.

ryanp100 - 2010-06-23 7:05 PM Yeah, how hot is it going to be in late May?? That's going to be brutal...

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-23 5:09 PM

yep.  whats better.  to train through the summer in the brutal heat and race in it.  or train in cooler stuff and race in it.  3 week taper starts when the heat ramps up. 

kt65 - 2010-06-23 7:13 PM

There's scenic rolling farmland in East Texas? 

hey did you see our boy Timmy last night???  keeps running over oswalt. 

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-23 7:16 PM

kkcbelle - 2010-06-23 7:54 PM

$600!! Price went up!!

So are you gonna enter? Tomorrow?!! Wonder if it will fill/how long it will take!! 

Mett - 2010-06-23 8:22 PM

is that a normal price? That is insanely expensive

SSMinnow - 2010-06-23 6:12 AM   WOW, I am beyond excited today.....I know we have a lot of people racing this weekend. Raise those hands and tell us your plans!!!!

badgerintx - 2010-06-23 9:04 PM

Ok...I signed up to race this weekend late yesterday evening.  After much debate on the Wisconsin BT Forum (some of which is still pretty heated) on which race to do as there are 2 races within a hour of home this weekend, I signed up the the Pleasant Prairie Oly.  I am taking a page out of my fellow Badger MG'er Minnow's training process and using this purely as a "training" race with no taper and with several objectives:
 
1.  Test out my fix of my nutrition issues from my last race
2.  Run fast, Run fast, and Run fast.  And then I want to run fast! 
3.  Sight better on my swim.

4.  Have Fun, don't worry about my time, and then Hang with the Donkeys!

Hope everybody has a safe racing & training weekend.  Go steady and strong you IM Studs!  

Dino

SSMinnow - 2010-06-23 9:12 PM

YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE DOING THIS!!!  I was just telling Twin how fun it is to be able to test out different strategies without worrying about the ultimate finish time!  So....now my advice....quantify what "run fast, run fast, run fast" means....is it a zone? a feeling/RPE (my favorite way to fly) or something else?

I was just talking to my coach about using Racine70.3 to test a couple things since it isn't an A race....really want an idea of how much harder I can bike and how it will effect my run.  Feel like I was too conservative at High Cliff because I was worried about blowing up on the run--if I do in Racine, great learning, right??? With 4 weeks to go he is thinking he might agree to it.....Very excited!!!

badgerintx - 2010-06-24 5:30 AM

Great advice........and to quantify......this objective is all about RPE.  I plan on finding out just how far into the "hurt locker" I can go in regards to speed.  I know that I need to break through this "mental pace wall" I have set for myself about running and have been unable to do it when training to my satisfaction.  I am not wearing the Garmin for pacing and really want to just go hard and make it hurt, and then find out how fast I can really be when I am done!  

Happy the coach is playing nice about Racine HIM.  I am thinking I may need to volunteer at that race with all the "peeps" I know that are doing it!  Sounds like a fast course as long as Lake Michigan cooperates.....FYI there is a Racine course ride being set up for July 3rd @ 7:30 am. If you are interested PM me and I will get you the details.

Dino   

SSMinnow - 2010-06-23 6:12 AM   WOW, I am beyond excited today.....I know we have a lot of people racing this weekend. Raise those hands and tell us your plans!!!!

For those of us not racing, reflect back on your last race or even the early season and give us your  biggest learning so far!  It might help others in the MG!

badgerintx - 2010-06-24 7:30 AM

Great advice........and to quantify......this objective is all about RPE.  I plan on finding out just how far into the "hurt locker" I can go in regards to speed.  I know that I need to break through this "mental pace wall" I have set for myself about running and have been unable to do it when training to my satisfaction.  I am not wearing the Garmin for pacing and really want to just go hard and make it hurt, and then find out how fast I can really be when I am done!  

Happy the coach is playing nice about Racine HIM.  I am thinking I may need to volunteer at that race with all the "peeps" I know that are doing it!  Sounds like a fast course as long as Lake Michigan cooperates.....FYI there is a Racine course ride being set up for July 3rd @ 7:30 am. If you are interested PM me and I will get you the details.

Dino   

CyborgQueen - 2010-06-24 12:37 PM Finally I've been able to read 33 pages of forum posts!! Just to prove it...I'm gonna comment on some of the things I've read. ;-)

Ashort33 - Mentioned about using Super Soaker at LV at John.   Technically, it was in the 30's last year! I think it was just REALLY cold. It was a weird weather that day because the day before it was warm, and the day after it was warm (I'm talking about high 40's low 50's), but this day it was freezing. So I HIGHLY recommend that you dress warmish. 

Tracy - WAY TO HIT sub-30 for your 5K!!

 Suzy said "DJ-How did you select the shoes you are wearing? have you ever had a gait analysis at your LRS or from a PT?  The shoes are not old enough to warrant replacing so you are right, it could be a form issue or it could be the wrong shoe for you.  It's hard to tell what the problem might be from your description.  Does it hurt in a wide area or a small pinpoint location?  If it hurts from the first step to the last step of a run, you shouldn't be running until you figure it out."

   Suzy - It would happen when I LAND on my foot when I run, it's never a constant pain. More of a pinpoint location. Doesn't hurt when I walk. So that's why I think it's more of a shoes thing, and maybe, just maybe, with the small change I did with my form as I was being too bouncy. Since then I have used one pair, then replaced it with another pair (first it was Support, then the second was neutral because the support "bump" was irritating.  I've sent you a PM, so, read that. :-) So far, the third shoe seem to be a keeper. 

Kyla - Yeah I agree...My legs are NOT photo-worthy. I have thick calves, thick upper legs...bleh! Not a pretty sight. 

Tony - Love the pictures! Didn't anyone notice the kid next to him is scratching his a$$? I can picture his future...

 Whew...I'm done!