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fattyfatfat - 2010-07-14 7:50 AM if you log a 25 yard swim workout please be sure to log that you walked to the fridge or you held your breath for 8 seconds or you turned your head to the left or you can spell green or you can count to four on one hand or you can write your name backwards or you can start a car with keys to that car or you can open a door or you can close a door or you like going to the zoo or you have a life size poster of betty freidan above your bed that you say good night every night.

velcromom - 2010-06-25 9:58 AM

I'll be done with the BT swim, and heading out for a spin.  Will NOT be signing up for another IM!!!

fattyfatfat - 2010-07-14 8:24 AM

found it!

kt65 - 2010-07-14 8:28 AM

Thanks John, I was just thinking about that same statement.  And then the following post, Mark asked, "Why not?"  and Linda never answered....I've been on pins and needles since 6/27 wondering when she would answer Mark!

kt65 - 2010-07-14 10:28 AM

Thanks John, I was just thinking about that same statement.  And then the following post, Mark asked, "Why not?"  and Linda never answered....I've been on pins and needles since 6/27 wondering when she would answer Mark!

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 9:42 AM

I am totally confused by this conversation. Is Twin signing up for IM Canada? and why not IM WI?

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 6:43 AM

The summer is flying by too fast for me, but love to see another weekend right around the corner and I am sure a few of us are even more excited because we're racing!!!! 

So....who's doing what? ready to podium or testing a strategy? lay out the details kids!

And question of the week that I've thought about a lot lately, what's your race distance sweet spot?  where do you do the best? what do you like doing the most?

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 10:42 AM

I am totally confused by this conversation. Is Twin signing up for IM Canada? and why not IM WI?

tahrens - 2010-07-14 12:13 PM

Okay, it took me 4 days but I am FINALLY caught up on all 19 pages of MG posting.  Haven't hit the RRs yet but I have to get SOME work done during the day.   So many wonderful events have been blessing our little family.   Congratulations to all the racers, the breakthrough workouts, the smiling children, the non-broken clavicles..........   Oh Ryan, if you want a distraction from your healing, Birdy promised me that you would get me Cavendish's autograph from the Tour de California.   Your 4-5 week layoff coincides nicely with the amount of time remaining until I'm having dinner with you and Birdy in Seattle so I hope you've hopped to it. 


I'm dipping back a few weeks to Andy's question about water on the run.  Here is my dilema and I'd love everyone's thoughts/suggestions.    I've been having great success with HEED on the bike and found I can cut back on the gel consumption as well.  However I'm not sure what to do on the run.  I don't really want to race a half wearing a fuel belt but they are serving Gatorade on the course.  Do you guys bring your own liquid nutrition on the run?  I'm cool with packing gels and electrolyte tablets but am looking for ideas. Granted I haven't done much experimenting as of late with long (10k+) runs and nutrition so I might figure it out, but like I said I'm looking for suggestions.

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 3:43 AM

The summer is flying by too fast for me, but love to see another weekend right around the corner and I am sure a few of us are even more excited because we're racing!!!! 

So....who's doing what? ready to podium or testing a strategy? lay out the details kids!

And question of the week that I've thought about a lot lately, what's your race distance sweet spot?  where do you do the best? what do you like doing the most?

kt65 - 2010-07-14 1:54 PM


Yay!  I'm racing this weekend.  My A race which is a return to Vineman 70.3.  Weather on Sunday is slated to be almost 20 degrees cooler than last year and I am starting an hour earlier, too, so it's the best of both worlds!

I am ready to race my heart out and I have a strategy which I will stick to if it kills me, which is to stay focused on the swim...no lollygagging or negative thoughts and try to push through the mental wall that seems to pop up halfway through my swims!  On the bike, I am racing with power so I just need to stay within zone but push with a steady effort the whole way.  And on the run, just give it all I've got and not hold back.  I've done some really hard training for this run, so I'm ready to see how it all comes together... Woo Hoo!!!

Last year was 6:13:xx and I finished in 102F heat.  CA70.3 was 5:51:xx.  I think I am more fit than I was in March...and I am mentally ready this time. 

I do like the HIM distance, maybe because the swim is not as long in proportion to the rest of the events like it is in an Oly.  And I like the racing intensity of the HIM, vs. the throw up intensity of an Oly.  I've done only 3 sprints and while I enjoyed them, I guess I prefer to go long if I'm going to go through the expense of registration, driving somewhere, setting up, etc.  As far as placement in sprints, I did really well in them!  Guess because swim was so short.

As an aside, I noticed that I was mentioned in an IM Canada discussion???  What did I miss?  Help?! 
?

tahrens - 2010-07-14 10:13 AM

Okay, it took me 4 days but I am FINALLY caught up on all 19 pages of MG posting.  Haven't hit the RRs yet but I have to get SOME work done during the day.   So many wonderful events have been blessing our little family.   Congratulations to all the racers, the breakthrough workouts, the smiling children, the non-broken clavicles..........   Oh Ryan, if you want a distraction from your healing, Birdy promised me that you would get me Cavendish's autograph from the Tour de California.   Your 4-5 week layoff coincides nicely with the amount of time remaining until I'm having dinner with you and Birdy in Seattle so I hope you've hopped to it. 


I'm dipping back a few weeks to Andy's question about water on the run.  Here is my dilema and I'd love everyone's thoughts/suggestions.    I've been having great success with HEED on the bike and found I can cut back on the gel consumption as well.  However I'm not sure what to do on the run.  I don't really want to race a half wearing a fuel belt but they are serving Gatorade on the course.  Do you guys bring your own liquid nutrition on the run?  I'm cool with packing gels and electrolyte tablets but am looking for ideas. Granted I haven't done much experimenting as of late with long (10k+) runs and nutrition so I might figure it out, but like I said I'm looking for suggestions.

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 12:05 PM

Oh that was just me trying to wake you up!

Uhm,  I like that you're excited about your race, but last time you gave us some more detail....like "I will hit 85% of my FTP 95% of the time", blah blah blah....are you holding out on us? or do you have secret goals like Kyla ?????

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 6:43 AM

The summer is flying by too fast for me, but love to see another weekend right around the corner and I am sure a few of us are even more excited because we're racing!!!! 

So....who's doing what? ready to podium or testing a strategy? lay out the details kids !

And question of the week that I've thought about a lot lately, what's your race distance sweet spot?  where do you do the best? what do you like doing the most?

SSMinnow - 2010-07-14 1:59 PM Sam--I don't define a good swim by my time necessarily.  I am finding that courses are far from accurate, especially now that I have my 310XT with the new firmware (double checked this with my swim's coach's GSP above water this week and it was spot on).  My timed 1.2m OWS this week was 2:00/100, but in some races I have swam sub 1:30??? uh, don't think so even though I would love it. For me, a good swim is one where I come out of the water and just feel it.  That happened in my last sprint--I started harder, my siting was spot on and I was out middle of my wave. My Garmin time was 1:50/100 (although the results reported 1:32/100--course was short!).

Birdy--I can always count on you to add levity to my day!

Tracy--I wondered the same thing.  I HATE carrying anything around my waist when I am already tired and potentially bloated.  For my last HIM, I decided to go the water stop/gel route. I drank H20 at every stop and occasionally would take a little gel with it. I also popped 2 salt stick tabs every hour.  It worked well for me.  By the time I hit the run, I am so sick of drinking sweet beverages that the thought of dowing Gatorade, Infinit or Perform makes me want to puke.  I am hoping that same strategy will work this weekend where the temps will be in the 90s with high humidity.  Time willl tell, but that is my two cents.

Tracy--one other thing, the concentration of beverages served on courses seemst to vary widely which is another reason I like the gel/water route.

dalessit - 2010-07-14 2:50 PM Is it bad I heard a PSA on the radio today about how your kids are supposed to be in booster seats until they are 4'9 and though about Suzy and Kim and giggled the whole rest of the way home?

dalessit - 2010-07-14 12:50 PM Is it bad I heard a PSA on the radio today about how your kids are supposed to be in booster seats until they are 4'9 and though about Suzy and Kim and giggled the whole rest of the way home?

kt65 - 2010-07-14 4:04 PM

Well, SAM, oh sorry I meant Tony, that is just mean spirited and evil.  I am 5'1" and Suzy is 4'10.  We've been out of boosters for years!  AND, I can't believe I let you slide on the old, dirty, heavily deposited contact lenses that you kept for 6 months for what reason, I cannot fathom,  and you giggled all the way home about us! 

Never again, my friend.