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No shame here in having nipples! You've got some too Fatty. I have since given up the lighter colors though. A certain post race pic I was a bit... uh, unadjusted, crooked nipples are not such a good look, lol.

Bridge?  What bridge.

Keep on training Andre, and keep the pics coming.  I don't know about the others, but I'm inspired.

I'm going to volunteer at a local race.  I will be helping with registration and then running for FREE!!

It's the Winona Lake Trail Runs (10mi, 30mi, & 50mi).  I'll be doing the 10mi. option as a training run.  I will admit, I actually considered giving the 30mi. a try and then reminded myself that I'm not ready yet and I shouldn't do stupid stuff just because it sounds like fun.  I have a trail half marathon on April 28.  I know one person running the 30mi. and another person doing the 50mi.  Should be fun to rub shoulders with these ultra runners!!

no rankings... except maybe Birdy and Fatty. ha   Everyone appears as I either remembered them or as I scrolled through the thousands of posts to find names... I edited my original post and added names.

Girls on top... NICE!   yea, sure I planned it that way

Disregard...pics didn't take...crap!

Christina - I too am a weak runner so I'll share my experience.   The shorter mid week runs were the key for building my run strength.  During my week day runs I was building strength and skills through frequency of runs, not distances.   My long runs were to teach me how to hold the form when I fatigued, what walk/run combo worked for me, nutrition testing, etc.   Personally the long weekend runs did more to strengthen my mental discipline on how to handle the long hours when you are tired. 

For distance break downs the mid week runs were usually 3-7 miles at the most 3x a week and then the weekend runs were gradual build up to 2 20milers at the end (end defined as the last month before taper).  For the last 3 months before the race I did a lot of 10-15 mile runs on the weekends but kept the mid week runs under 5 miles.  

My schedule didn't build bike and run together, rather it switched back and forth.  It was better to focus on building the run and then holding that while I build the bike - hold - switch - etc.   Therefore as long as base held I didn't loose any running fitness.

The greatest lesson I learned was how well base building tranlated into distance at the end.   My reasoning before was if I'm going to run 13.1 miles then I need to have lots of 10+ mile runs. Not true.   It took me 5 years to really deep down learn that and believe it.

I have lots of catching up to do in this thread! But if Andre keeps posting pictures, I will check back more often!

Good luck racers! Do we have any Boston runners? Not racing this weekend, but I do have a running time trial with my HIM training group tomorrow night. I've never done one of those before and I'm actually looking forward to it!

John i think that pic you are thinking of is Kelly.. right?

wait... this one?

wait i got it:

That is great news Tracy!!

Coming in and finding 3 new pages from this morning is doing wonders for my productivity.... but who cares, work is not nearly as entertaining.

that's them!  and yeah, kelly!

final... LOL!!!   i looked at flights last week.  nothing direct from atlanta to lubbock and prices are so high, thankfully. 

Thanks, Tracy.  The bolded is exactly what I'm struggling with.  It does seem so counter intuitive. My HIM plan I used last year had me doing >56 mi bike and >13 mi on the run for weeks leading up to race day.  I know you can't do so for IM but still hard to make that transition.

Welcome, Jeremy.  Never met a firefighter I didn't like (and that's saying something since I had 4 storm into my bathroom just as I gave birth to my daughter!) .  Great pic with Emma.  I'm trying to convince my 5 yo son to do his first miler in 2 weeks.  I think I'm more excited than he is.

Thanks Christina! Our 6yo Lia was about 3min ahead of us with Mom...her second offical race...she loves it....I remember going to races with my Dad and doing the "fun runs" with my brother

Great Pic Jeremy and Welcome to the group!
I see she's got you trained well, holding her jacket while she runs... HA!  I feel your pain... my 14 y/o duaghter has me trained pretty good as well!

I am.  Doing a Sprint in Virginia.  Really doing it because I convinced a close friend to get into tris and this is his first.  So I am doing it to do it with him. Strategy is to focus on form on the swim, push the bike, and keep as close to my recent 5k run pace as I can.  Will be great to see my friend finish -- it has been quite a journey for him, which has involved losing 30 pounds.

Looking forward to hearing about our Boston runners' strategies and results. 

Pretty excited to see the number of MG'ers racing!! 

I'll be toeing the line at the Vetfest Half marathon in honor of my WWII father (RIP) again this year. Course is out towards the Baraboo bluffs so crazy hilly, but they have veterans from several of the wars lining up at some of the mile markers to keep us going.

Goal is to beat last year, but will be working on keeping myself just below LT based on RPE.  Totally blind.  I've been told not to go crazy until after I have my stress test next week.  Doctor actually told me to keep my HR under 130bpm.  Really? Apparently no one wants to see me go into cardiac arrest on the course.

130????  Perhaps it is my current level of conditioning, but I get my heart rate higher than that just looking at the picture of the burger and beer pasted a page or two ago.  How can your doctor honestly think you can keep your HR under 130?