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Glenn- Glad to hear the training is going so good.

Graham--Great job on the race. Its all a learning experience.

Mark--Nice half. The hardest thing to teach my runners is to neg. split but it helps so much.

As far as my training its going good. Missed a swim workout this week because  the pool was full. Must be the start of tri season or something. I just looked back to 2009 when I was trying to get ready for a sprint tri and I had to rest after 250m. Now I can do 3000 without stopping. Of course its not fast but I can get it done.

My A race is in 8 weeks. My swim volume is good, run condition is good, the bike is my strength and I dedicated to working on longer distances when weather permits.  Physically, I'm ready for my first HIM. 

Now is when I start to think about racing strategy.  In particular what do you think about the run?   At the 5k and 10k run distances of last years run leg, there was not much strategery, first - shake off the bike feet, then cruise along a bit to get the feel of the race, then turn it on, finish fast.  

How much should I hold back?

Gotta go ride.  Cheers,

Fit, I agree with almost everything LRR said, with the exception of one thing.  He said you should slow down on the bike. 

what he should have said was,

SLOW DOWN ON THE BIKE

My two favorite foods are uncrustables ( pre packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) and gourmet jelly beans where you get a different flavor with every bite. Yum!!!!! The jelly beans give you something to chew without getting too full.

WHAT EVER YOU DO WITH FOOD .......PRACTICE IT BEFORE THE RACE.

Hey all!
Quick fly by here.  Raced a sprint today and took 3rd in my AG!  Also knocked off about 5 minutes from last years time.  Pics and RR later.  Lots of house stuff to do.

Fit - For my HIM's I have used: on the bike I used one bottle gatorade and one bottle Infinit.  Supplement with granola bars and Salt Capules (Mav recommended).  Depending upon the heat I will pick up a bottle from the course (assuming I like what they offer otherwise I bring another bottle of Infinit).  For the run, gatorade, Salt capsules, gel, and flat coke (but considering my 1/2 run times I am not sure I am the person to ask).

Billy - Thanks for the visual.

My nemisis is the bunny. Slay the bunny, shock the monkey.
The bunny is the chase.  The monkey has no plan.

Enough messing around with the house.  My wife said, are you ever going to run again?  My son said, Dad, we haven't sold the other house yet, and when we do, you are going to hire people to finish the new house, so whats the rush?  Go ahead and start training for your HIM, I will help you on the house a little at a time.  Don't y'all wish you had a son like that?

So, I began the training yesterday, 25 miles on Carmen, its been a while but she felt good!

Any recommendations on bottle systems for the bike? Does anybody or can you wear a camel pack for races? I have been using bottles in my jersey but it seems like wasted energy to grab them and put them back. I have seen the ones on the aero bars. Those look nice. ANybody ever use them? How are they?

Thanks I will have to check those out.    How about Tri shorts? Any better than others?  Has anybody ever wore compression tights over their tri shorts for a tri? I have worn them for my long runs and my last bike ride. I liked it and they kept me cooler. I wonder how it would be to race in them though.

THe tri club i was going to join is having an olympic tri on sat. I am thinking of doing it. I haven't swam in my wetsuit yet though and the lake is still cold.

I have tried several types of shorts, but, have always come back to the Desoto brand.  Currently, I wear the Desoto Forza 4pockets and love them.  If money wasn't and object, I would use the Desoto 400 mile shorts.  I have tried the Desoto Tri suits as well, but like the shorts and tops better.

Also, if you call Desoto fro information, you might actually get to speak to the owner for advice.  He is very hands on, name is Emilio.

RR is up:

http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/training/triathlons/t-gator-2-sprint-3rd-ag

As for shorts, I have an older pair of Orca's that I love.  I bought a newer pair but am not thrilled with the pad.  For bike shorts my Desoto 400 milers are the best.

As for bottles I have PD Aero bottle like Fit.  To go along with what he said: When I bought mine it did not come with the base mount, just rubberbands to use to attach it to the aero bars.  I highly recommend the mount.

One other tip that LRR gave awhile in this thread.  The straw that comes with it is solid and a pain.  So what I did (from his advice) was pick up to lengths of rubber tubing from a hardware store.  One that would fit snugly on the straw and another that would fit snugly inside the first tube.  Bought a couple of feet of both. Cut a section of both and mount on the straw.  Adjust the length of all three until it fits you perfectly in the Aero position.  If you cut too much from the tubing you will have lots of extra to redo. Once I found the right lengths I glued them the two rubber tubes together (but not to the straw).  Makes drinking a lot easier.  I will try to take a picture of my setup when I get a chance.

x2 - The PD straw is not easy to drink from.  I cut mine short enough that it stays out of the way.  I have to be down low to get a drink.  Climbing mountains, when I'm finally forced to come off the saddle and start dancing on the pedals, the straw stabs me in the chest.  I'm interested in what Gary did with flexible rubber hose.

Cheers

thanks for the advice.

I swam for a few minutes in my wetsuit today for the first time. Felt good except around the neck. I have never floated before so that was a weird experience. Looks like am going to do the olympic tri on sat I just hope the tight neck doesn't restrict the blood flow to my head. Since this wasn't planned I am trying to figure out how to rearrange my training schedule. What do you guys think?

Fri  am 3000 worth swimming   pm 1hr run with 7.5 min of Z4 running.

Sat 4hr bike with 5 min z4 and then 30min run

Sun bike 45 min @100rpm then run 1hr 1/2 Z2

So I was thinking

Fri. am 1500 easy swim  pm 1hr run

Sat race

Sun 4 hr bike ride easy.

Also any advice for this race?

Phil - no real help except make sure to put body glide (or similar on your neck)

Picture of the straw extension.

Nice report!!

Why two different size tubes?