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ohh...they're in trouble. Aaron has never worn their socks and sent them an email a while back asking them to remove him from their promotional material. When you sign up for a race you authorize the race to use your image in promotion with the race but not to other companies.

Wish I was a lawyer.

My goals for this year are to complete an olympic distance race and run in the NYC marathon.  I'd also like to do as many sprint distance races or road races as I can along the way.  This is my first season of racing and I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice as to how to set up my race schedule?

My 'A' races for this year are:

May/June - sprint tri

September - olympic tri

November - NYC marathon

I live in Boston (soon to be NYC), so the northeast triathlons seem to get started in May or June, but that's a long time away.  Should I just keep building up my base before starting a sprint-focused plan?  After the sprint race, my plan is to start an olympic training plan that is run focused.  After the olympic race, it will be all about the marathon.

Does this plan make sense?

Stupid question:  What makes PowerCranks different than normal cranks and why are they so difficult to use at first?

Thanks - always wondered what PC's were for.

Let me throw another question out there... for those of you with heart rate monitors, when did you decide to start training with them?  I think I know my body fairly well, so I always speed up/slow down based upon perceived effort, but part of me always wonders whether I am doing too much or too little.  Has a HRM made a big difference in your training and would you recommend them for beginners or more experienced athletes?

OK, that was more than one question, but they're related!  

Thanks, Brian

Aloha Guys

I'm back to annoy you all again and so I will get round to replying to all the inspires in the next few days. Thanks for the support.

Now I'm back I have penciled in my events for the year and I am turning my eyes to the training plan. I am planning to use the Oly 20 week 3x balanced plan but replace the running with the running from the Begginer 1/2 IM plan. I want to maintain my base for the two 1/2 marys I am planning to run. I will mix the running up by making use of fast and slow runs and introducing Fartlek/interval training. I want to be able to get to round about the 60m mark for the 7m x/country, which I know is optimistic but I think I could do it if I stay injury free and focused, as the weight drops. I should be about 200lbs by then.

I don't know much about it but I guess the same principles would apply to biking so I would plan to mix that up a bit to.

The swimming I will continue with the TI drills for about two months then start to practice with the full stroke.

I wondered if you guys and perhaps Aaron would give my plans a quick thought and give me any feeback you might have. I'd sure appreciate it.

Aaron, I'm going to hop on your thread, if you don't mind! Disclaimer: I am no where near the athlete that Aaron is, but I know a thing or two about a functioning heart.

Hi guys! I'm Chippy. I started training using my HRM in January. I have been doing all HR zone based training for the past year.

In February, I ran a half marathon keeping my HR in zone 2. I ran it in about 2:40ish ... about 13 minute miles. In September, I ran another half marathon ... in about 2 hours, or 9:30 min/miles. For the same amount of effort, I dropped over 3 minutes/mile. HR based training teaches your heart to work more efficiently, so you can do more without actually working harder. It's awesome. I HIGHLY recommend it if you are looking to build some solid base.