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Thats a really good swim for this point nerdjock! Then a nice run too. WTG! Not too sure about mosquito dissections though.

How many days until IMCDA?

Just wonderin' - when is everyone's season start?
For me (Toronto suburbs) the first Duathlon will be late may and first Tri will be early June.
a few running races and bike race earlier in the spring.

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last week training:
Swim 2:30 (~7000m)
Bike 5:30 (all indoors)
Run 2:50  (~30km)
Weight: down about ~8lbs since Christmas. Another 15lbs to go before May. Last week I increased my caloric intake as I was strating to run low on steam.
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Paris Island Triathlon March 19th.
I have done this over the previous 2 years. It is a great location and Beaufort is a nice little town to visit. There is a great little seafood restaurant downtown that is almost worth the drive in itself.

Tri-Charleston HIM April 30.

Oceanside 70.3, d-day is 9 weeks away. Swam last night at the Y. It was only 1300 yds but it was good. Then I took a chance and ran this morning, 2.5 mi just to test out the ITB. Nothing there. So I'm feeling good. Took the girls to Disneyland for about 4hours, rebuilt a lawnmower carb, and now reaping the rewards of Daddy's day off(couch- sitting).Have a great day all!

I'm jelous! Its such beautiful area.
I lived in Greenville, SC for several years as a kid - my familly would vacation at Fripp Island (just north of Parris). 

But where do you swim? Isn't oacean is full of sharks and the fresh water is full of gators and snakes?

The swim is in the Marine Recruit training station pool. The pool is huge. They only  use half the pool and it is still not crowded. The one with gators is Tri-Charleston

I spent 3-4 months in Toronto working at "Sick Kids" Lived off Younge St. Great memories. I loved the town. It was very clean and the people were friendly. Unfortunately the weather sucked so I left.

Edited by pschriver 2011-01-25 7:52 PM

My first tri of the season is March 27: SuperSeal Oly in San Diego.  I'm unofficially starting the season with the Mardi Gras half-marathon on February 13.  I say unofficially because I will be with my best friend from high school, my best friend from college and we will be partaking in some of the city's revelry...it's about fun, not racing.  We will wear tutus and tiaras and we will be debaucherous. After that, it's time to get extra serious.  Racing every month.

LOL!
you should see toronto NOW!
(not pretty)
darn this snow!!!


for me, the first tri will be in June with running events scattered throughout (& 1 cycling event)

how do you guys plan your race schedules/plans?
i'm struggling with that right now.

i know what my goal races are: marathon in May & the Oly tri in Sept

I just have a problem pacing myself (so to speak) as far as the number of events go in between...
(& yet i like entering them!)
i enjoy them... and i figure it's a good way to keep track of progress & things i need to work on...

You have to check out Andrew Dollar (Adollar on BT) for his tips on how to plan a season. Check this out:
http://ftpcoaching.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-plan-your-race-season-part-1.html

I am really excited to watch all of you have great race seasons this year! Bring it bitchez!

Aero-base builder #2 1.5 hours of high cadence spinning today.

Run testing tomorrow. I'm dreading the 30' run till I can't run any further part.

I happen to really like high cadence spinning. I think that really helped upped my cadence average last year which was key IMO to being more economical/efficient on the bike. I used to flat out mash all the time and would come out of most rides with a 78 cadence and beat for the run. Now I am more of a mix between mash and spin and my cadence is in the mid 80s mostly and I usually feel better coming into the run even though my tri-run times went up.

Shanks said not to worry about the tri-run times going up because the IM split was what we targeted and it came down by about 20 mins.

As to the 30 mins run test, all I can say is good luck! Those things suuuuuuck! For some reason Shanks is letting me do it as a 5k this week. That means 20 mins or less of hell. 30 mins of all out is just sheer abuse.

Hope you all are having a great day! Lets get the party started. We still have about 7-8 mentor threads to catch. What are you a bunch of sissies?

Edited by phatknot 2011-01-26 9:35 AM

2011 OUTLOOK:

and the weekly update so far:

Mon: spin & swim
Tues: run (7k)
Wed: run & swim
Thurs:  spin
Fri: rest (& dr's appt)
Sat: yoga
Sun: long run

I want to read the "how to plan your season".  I haven't signed up for anything, but my goal is the Cranberry Olympic in August.  Did it as a sprint last year and it's a great course. 

Nic, 
Tri #1 I believe is Binbrook - its a very nice course with a bit of off-road running - I found it to be a challenging sprint.
Tri #2 I believe is the Welland Sprint. I did it last year and it was my favorite race of the past 4 years. Great, fast, flat course.
Tri #3 I beleive is Cobourg Sprint - I did Cobourg 2 or 3 times. This one can be tough: its in lake Ontario so depending on the weather you can have calm, crystal clear water or 2 foot swells. The bike course has a lot of rolling hills.
#4 is Wasaga -  I haven't done this one.

But basically all the HSBC Multisport Canada races are top notch. John Salt (the race director) really does a great job making them fun and friendly.
 


Tr

Edited by nicruns 2011-01-26 12:53 PM

*** Warninig - I'm about to gripe and whine ***

I came down with Strep Throat today. These will be the first workouts I'm going to miss since I started my IM training plan 6 weeks ago. Oh, woe is me!   And I'm travelling on business so getting to a doctor is tricky.

*** Griping and whining completed ***

(i ordered them)
i CAN'T resist that kind of a deal!

sorry my LBS lost some of that business... but there's no way they'd come down in price THAT much!

& good to know....
Belwood would be an expiermental sort of "just to complete" event...
the slightly increased swim, bike & run distances intrigued me....

(multisport canada offers the slightly extended sprint courses, but those events seem to be SUPER flat!)

still lots of time to decide though!

I switched things around a bit today.  Woke up with a headache and I've been a bit more tired than usual.  Everyone in my lab is sick, except me, and I'd like to keep it that way.  I interpreted the tiredness as my immune system fighting something off, so I slept in and skipped my swim.  I'll still have a total of 3 swims this week, though, so I'm okay with that.  Did a 45 min bike, 2.5 mile run brick and followed it up with 15 min of core work.  Here's my new vow: I will do core work 3x/week.  Really must start doing this!