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It is a regular term!!  Now start using it.  Your friends will know that you are cool.  :P

Hair:  I've seen women basically twirl it around and put it under their swim cap.  when the cap come off, their hair come down.  I think the single braid thing would work better because now it's now all over the place.  Look at pictures from other tri's online and check out women's hair during the run. 

Swim caps serve 2 purposes.  One is to tell what wave you are in.  Two is to see you in the water.  Easier to spot a colored cap in the water.

Food/Eating:  You want to eat something abut 1.5 - 2 hrs prior to.  So I would recommend eating your normal breakfast and then a banana about 20 min before.  Ideally, I would take a gel as you walk over to the swim start.  You have 3 days to see how your body reacts to gels, so try them now!  During the bike leg, you can eat a cliff bar if that's what you have been training with.  But again, a gel would be easier and would digest much faster. (Only if you try them NOW and before your race)

Clothing:  You're a sexy woman!!  Race with your curves.  If I was there, I'd cheer you and your bit o'cleavage.  Seriously, Tri clothing is functional and it works.  You're going to feel smooth and fast.

Bike Gloves:  Don't wear them.  It's a sprint and you'll be fine.  One less thing to worry about.

Thurs/Fri:  The hay is in the barn.  Nothing you do before the race will get you into any better shape.  So what you do is this:  Today (Thurs), go for and easy bike or run.  As part of the bike or run, do like 10 accererations to race pace with full recovery inbetween.  The acceleration shouldn't be more than 30 seconds.  You're just getting the legs primed. 
Friday:  Do 10 - 15 min in each sport nice and easy.  Ideally back to back.  That way you have checked your gear and you feel confident.
Sat:  Kick some serious Butt!!  and become SuperMom (not that you're not super Mom right now)

Very important:  When you get your transition set up...walk away.  Go to the swim entrance into T1.  Jog over to your transition spot, paying attention to where it is.  Then touch everything that you will need for T1.  Jog to the bike start and look at the mount line.  Jog back to your transition spot and touch everything you need for the run.  Jog out and stay out until it's race time.

Ok, Leslie.. first thing; relax.  You've trained hard and will do great.  Second thing:  NOTHING new on race day.  Do everything exactly as you have practiced.

Hair:  If it is an OWS, they will give you a swim cap that you MUST wear.  Its so that they can see you in the water in case something happens.  I ponytail mine, swim cap on, and then take it off for the bike/run.  My hair is really curly so by the time I get to the run, I look like a wet dog.  But who cares?  Its a race, not a beauty contest.

Food:  Eat something about a half hour before the race starts... (this is my opinion only since I have a pretty sturdy tummy).  Gatorade/powerade/whatever after that.  Since it is just a sprint you shouldn't need a gel.

Clothes:  Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.  This is YOUR race, girl.  You do whatever you need to do to have fun.

Bike gloves:  don't wear them... you won't need them.

Taper:  Rest.  At this point, you are as fit as you are going to be on race day.  Rest will do you more good than any workout you can do in the next day or two.

We expect nothing less of you, Dan.

Great advice, as usual, you perv. 

I'm not a perv...I just observe closely!

LMAO!!!

Re: Medusa Ann

I've only done one Tri but here's my thoughts...

1. Hair: I pony tailed the top half of my hair and just tucked the rest in (my hair is too short for it all to be up at once.) Obviously, I popped on my helmet for the ride, then popped on a baseball cap for the run.

2.Nutrition: I had trouble with this for my race. There is an article on BT that addresses pacing and nutrition on race day for both beginners and intermediate athletes and I think if I had followed it more exactly I wouldn't have had the problems I did later in the race. Basically it said regular breakfast a couple of hours before the race, a gel 15min before the swim (BUT, the other are right, you should try the gels before the race. I understand that some people have digestive problems after taking them.). Then it said you should have gatorade or the like on your bike and then one more gel a couple of miles before you end the bike and start the run. (I didn't have the gatorade or the second gel and my calved cramped up during the run.)

 3. I don't use bike gloves at all, so I didn't notice any difference not using them in the race. Maybe it only matters for longer distances.

 4. Trisuit: I am also a curvy girl. I felt comfortable in just the trisuit, although I did wear a sportsbra underneath for a little extra support.

That's all I have for you for advice. You've been working so hard; I know you'll kick butt at the race!!! Good luck!

Ummm... well.... I personally don't have issues with ANY gels.  But I have heard that some people have issues with certain types of gels, particularly Carbboom.  What kind did you get?  I use Carbboom and the banana peach ones (or whatever they are) are REALLY thick but the Vanilla Orange and the Apple Cinnamon are really watery.  Those are my two fav's...

My advice... try it out and go for a little jog to see how your tummy does.  You'll be out a whole $1.25.

 Yeah, I wouldn't bother with a gel for a sprint, but this is for an Oly.

Robyn, I got vanilla and strawberry kiwi.  I guess I'll try and figure out a time to try one. 

Thanks for the advice! 

I use Carb Boom whenever I'm going out for over an hour or am going to do a brick and haven't had any problems at all.  I've used the apple cinnamon and the vanilla orange (this one has caffeine).  I make sure I take plenty of water with them.

I'm planning on using one during the sprints because it won't do any harm, and I think I'll be better at keeping one of those down than an extra bit of food.

Oh!  For an Oly, yes, you'll need them.  One before the race starts, one when you start the bike, and maybe one before the run.

I think Dan gels even more than that....

Wow, I was just planning on one before the bike.

IMO, the caffeine helps...

Here's a little exerpt from the article by Mike Ricci on running an Olympic:

• Breakfast 3 hours prior to wave send off
• 1 gel prior to swim 15 minutes before
• 2 bottles on bike - 1 w/at least 300 calories and one bottle of water
  1 gel with 3 miles to go on bike
• Water or Gatorade at every run aid station - take something! - and 1 gel at about 3 miles, before the first aid station so you can wash it down.

I saw lots of gels on the bikes a couple weeks ago when I was working the aid station - interesting that they tended to be on the bikes of the people towards the front.  (The course was a double loop, so the station was at mile 6 and 18).

I am blushing....I just purchased a black/white Reebok dri fit sleeves t-shirt to wear with the black tri shorts in Sunday's race. Once my girlfriend realized I wasn't going to die doing this, she became involved in color coordination. I also wear a NY Giants hat that belonged to her step father who died in Feb on the run. It is inspiring (and she likes it)

If the ladies like it, then do it...

I'm sure you guys will get a kick out of this:

This morning, my swim workout was 4 sets of 50 pull, 50 kick, 50 swim and then 5 sets of 4 x 75 decending and some cool down.

Well, it seemed like the swim took forever but I just attributed it to long recovery time (:30) between the 75's and me talking to my swim peoples.

come to find out when I put my splits into my TP log...I did 7 sets...not 5!  Not only did I almost lose count during the sets of 4, but somehow I repeated 2 entire sets.  I'm such an idiot...

LOL... I catch myself doing dumb stuff all the time... like yesterday...

I was at lunch with a co-worker and we had just finished eating.  I still had a cookie that I didn't want to eat right away so I wrapped it up and put it in my purse for later.  Well, later in the day, after I had completely forgotten about the cookie, I reached into my purse and had an "Oh, look!  A cookie!" moment...

duh...