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We have a 305, as well.  Great option for not too much money (still pricey though!).  I think we also ordered ours of Amazon.

Fail this morning...didn't get up to run and just slept until 6:30.  Will have to get the run in later today.

good morning everyone.  i ahve been busy with life and have not had time to check in.  i hope everyone is doing well. 

as far as training...i have been feeling real sluggish for about 10 days.  i have not been able to keep up on long bike rides when a month ago i could.  when we come to a hill i just blow-up.  i also notinced walking up stairs was burning my quads.  i started thinking "i cant walk up stairs without my quads hurting how in the world am i going to swim/bike/run for 6+ hours".  i took some time off last week so i hope to feel better this week.

have a great day.

That is a great training tool, I love kicking that little stick guys butt..lol   Good luck Sat!

Mary: Nice brick workout, how did your legs feel after a fast bike?  Sleeping in isn't a bad thing, Hope you can make it up tonight!

KC: depending on what features you need I have a 305 & 405.  If you don't need the cutting edge things the older 305 can be found for about 100 and they work great.  The new 310 xt (forget name) has a longer batter life (good for IM's) and can do power data.  But if your using it to run and bike only I love it.  I also have the Timex gps watch and would not recommend it as the gps tracking is very new compared to garmin.

Scott: nice job, all the hard work is paying off!!  What is your new lt number?   I wish you would quit reminding us your 59, your going to kick my butt as it is so quit rubbing it in.  LOL    Nice job!!!

Jason: It sounds like you were just over training.  Hope the rest helps.   It is a real shock to the body to add a ton of volume, when I'm in full training mode you always feel alittle tired no matter what.  Hang in there and don't worry about the race just put in the time and you will be fine.

I am back from my european vacation--I hope everyone had a great easter and training has gone well.....I need to do some catch up but I am excited to be back..

I logged a lot of walking.... up down hills--etc

A big thank you to the group!!

After doing my first 2 laps this morning I knew it was time to go home and swim another day.  Thinking of telling you guys that I could not swim, breath or stop drinking water made me slow down, take a few seconds at the wall, and start over.  It took close to 20 minutes to warm up and finish my drills before I could start on the main set.  Once I did I was OK, but still not great.  Did get in the entire main set of 4*200 (3:42 avg), 6*100 (1:42 avg) then 3*50 (:48 avg)  Kept thinking "can't stop.  What would KC and the group say?"

Time to get in a good run to help me forget about that tough swim.

Sounds like a pretty great swim to me!!!  Way to keep going.

Coach:  As far as the brick, legs felt great on the run, avg 9:15/mi, plus it's very hilly.  Now I wasn't too excited about the idea of having to run 4 more miles after that...That's what race-day adrenaline is for...right?  right?!  Still have a ways to go.  Will make up the run tonight.

Very cool!  Where all did you go?

The toe, middle toe on the right foot, is really sore to the point that I limp for a few steps when I first start walking after sitting down.  Then the pain goes away and I have no other problems.  Doesn't even bother me when I run or bike.  I just take it as training pain.  Thanks for asking.

Double post

I am still mad at myself from last years Shamrock Shuffle as at about 3 miles in I looked down and saw a 310 face sitting on the ground.  By the time I processed what it was and thought about picking it up I realized I would have casued a major pile up with the herd of cattle behind me.  Is it hard to tell if that is coming off becasue I know that if my $300+ watch fell off even during the running of the bulls I am gonna pick it up.

The virtual partner will just tell you how far or behind you are with your pace.  But it tracks it for the whole workout so for example - on saturday when I set it for 9:00/mile and I do the first one in 8:57 it will show " You are :03 ahead" but if the next mile I do 9:05 it will show "You are :02 Behind".  It is constantly updating so it gives you real time info on where you are at with your pace.  It is a great tool.

On Saturday for every mile I run at 9:00/pace I am putting :09 in the bank (assuming a 4 hour marathon is 9:09 pace).  So approximatley every 6 miles I will have about 1 minute extra fade time.  My plan is to get to 18 miles at 9:00/pace with 3 minutes saved up then evaluate from there.  The Virtual Partner watch will help me determine where I need to be without much calculation.  I just have to figure how much time I have put in the bank up to that point and not let that watch show "You are BEHIND by 3:00" If it gets over that then I am in trouble.   

Jason - you will be fine.  You've put the training in and done a great job.  Like Dave said you probably just overtrained a littel bit.  Just make sure you are eating right to re-fuel, back off the workouts a bit and get ready for the race.  You are gonna do great.  When do you start your taper?

Had a real good run last night also. Again, 4 miles without stopping. I think I may be getting the hang of this. Question: should I be increasing my distance/endurance, or should I be trying to increase my pace?  Ideally, both.  But if I had to focus on one thing, what would you recommend?

Training over the weekend is always tough with the little kiddies, especially this weekend with Easter get-togethers.  Sounds like most of you got good training in over the weekend.

Coach, you had PM'ed me about my blog entry. I figured I'd just let everyone know. 20 years after first signing up to be on the registry, I was identified to be a match for bone marrow donation. The patient is a 63-yr-old male who has leukemia. That's all I know about the patient. So I took one day last week to go through a whole day's worth of testing at the hospital to make sure I'm healthy enough to donate. I passed, and my donation date is 5/12, 3 days before my first sprint. I asked the doctor if I should be healthy enough to race, he indicated that I should be fine. So as we get closer to donation date, I'll probably be taking it easier on the training. It's all good.  If you're not registered yet, please consider signing up to be on the registry.  www.marrow.org  

I was in Athens, Greece and Rome, Italy

Plan is for a 30-35 minute run tonight

Great to have you back, hope the trip was fun!!!  I sometimes get more tired from walking around all day then I do a hard workout, hopefully you can start back up nice and fresh.

All I can say is that it's pretty inspiring!

New BIKE!  Congratulations.