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Flipper - I have only one thing to say on your back to back...

GO FOR IT!!!

You are ready....you will be fully recovered by then....no issues.  You will also be more relaxed in your second one. Plus it will also have that advantage of you sleeping in your own bed.  I would re-do the taper week workouts and knock it out too....take Monday the 26th off, swim on Tues, Bike Wed, short run on Thurs, then short spin on Fri or Sat depending on whether race is Sat or Sun.

This is a great idea - "Leston so glad you got new running shoes. I write the date on the instep of mine with perm marker to remember when I bought them. I retire them every 4-5 months, some places I have read that you should replace every 250 miles. I think it really depends on how much you run and what distances you are training for." -- I like others try to remember what date I put them in service.  I think you can pretty comfortably get 350-400 miles out of a good shoe.  I always have at least two pair that I rotate...this let's the cushion recover more fully and the shoe totally dry prior to being re-run.  Also, NEVER put those running shoes in the washer or dryer....that was for PF Flyers when we were kids.

I am so excited you are all seeing this success....you are awesome.  I have one more long brick this weekend and then it is into full on taper mode....and I am a taper PROFESSIONAL.  By the way, Mav you jinxed me, it looks like the forecast for the 24th is in the 90s for the high....ouch!

Have a spectacular Friday....I am swimming,

Turtles Rule!!! 

Overcast and 80 would be okay with me....

I really hope to be off the course before it gets really hot

That sounds like a great trip, Peter! I meant to mention it in my last post. I hope the girls in the family get a get-away trip as well. 

Bryan! OUCH! Hope those early morning temperatures hang around for a bit. 90s are WAY to hot to compete in. Ouch again. But YOU CAN DO IT! Go Bryan, go!

So................ I bricked the Grandman Tri distance at the gym today!! I'm so pumped! I did 20 laps in the pool (26 minutes - slow, I know, but steady, LOL), T1 doesn't count because a friend caught me in the locker room again (about 5 minutes),16 miles on the stationary bike in 56.12, T2 2 minutes, and 3.1 miles on the track in 34.25, a PR! Wahoo! I walked another 2 miles after the run, just to calm down, hehe. So, I registered for the Grandman!! *giggly giddy*

A friend at the gym told me that the first mile of the run is all up hill, ouch, but I don't care. Another friend tried to talk me out of it, because he said the bay water is full of bacteria and I'll get sick. If that's the case, there will be over 400 of us sick I guess.

I say, BRING IT ON! sTRIve!!

Have a great evening all!

Flipper....don't listen to the nay sayers....just do it....wow that would be a good slogan for a  company...oh, it's already being used...my bad.  Grandman is the day my daughter turns 21....and she does her first triathlon on June 1...the next day....she won't be doing much partying the night of the 31st....hehe....but watch out the night of the 1st...

Hey thanks for all of you worrying about the weather...I am more interested in whether the swim will be wetsuit legal...it is going to be in the 90s all week so the water may warm up too much.  I really would like to use the old wetsuit for flotation....

FBP - I really am going to need some help from you in the next few months...it looks like I am going to run the Houston Marathon in January....that scares me just thinking about it...much less typing it.

see you at the finish line

Dan -way to go speed merchant....great job...your finish line is included in page one.

Dan's daughter - your podium finish rocks!!!  Your finish line has been included on page one too.

Dan - Mav can't pass judgment on the color until you tell her what it is.

Congrats again on a great race.

Bryan, what a great experience to help your daughter remember her 21st - officially an ADULT - birthday. Too cool. I know she's gonna do great. Look at her dad. Yep, that needs to big a BIG party afterwards. BIG.

Congrats on your 5K, Dan. What an awesome time, too. And for your daughter's run, just WOW. You have good reason to be proud. Your bike is beautiful.  I don't think "Leonidas" is too mainstream at all. That's a great name. (Leo for short... awesome.) That made me think of Maximus (from "Gladiator". While Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus really existed, Maximus is fictitious I think, but what a great character. I love the movie. A derivative of the name would be "maximum", right? Like maximum speed, maximum effort. And the name shortens nicely - "Max". My 2 cents, lol.

OMG. naming a bike after a Spartan General is very cool as far as I'm concerned. Suppose you can't judge mainstream by me but I didn't see the movie 300 so if I heard (or saw) the name I would ask about it and then you'd get to tell me an amazing story of a Spartan general and you would omit that you stole it from a movie BTW, the bike looks very nice in the pic you linked us to.

Mav - trip to PEI was great. My brothers arrived a day and a half earlier than my son and I and they were BUSY 'cause by the time we got there a ton of the work had been done. The cottage had a new kitchen installed over he fall/winter and it is beautiful. We painted it, did some repairs and painting in the bathroom, wired and did the interior finish on a bunkhouse that we started last year plus general spring cleanup. Even found time to get out for a community lobster dinner in a small country town ($16 for 2x1 lb lobster, potato salad, homemade rolls and dessert !!). Didn't find time to run, swim or bike though

PM 

You guys are all awesome.

Leston - awesome on the swim, bike, run self supported multi sport adventure.  You are definitely ready.  One thought for you...go out easy on this first one.  Halfway through the bike if you feel great you can kick it up a bit, then halfway through the run....let it rip.  Go for it....sprint if you feel like it.  You will be fine.  Your second one will feel much much different but just enjoy this one and take in the sights and sounds and smells....enjoy!  You have earned it.

Dan - enjoy the Eagles...I would also be there if possible....great group...lots of memories.

Mav oh Mav - maven of the colorwheel....what would we do without you.  Enjoy my chocolate this weekend.

Flipper - You are ready girl....keep up the taper...don't get tempted to do too much this week.  You really want to be rested.

Leston - that goes for you next week....don't overdo it....see the instructions for Flipper's workouts this week on an earlier post.  You really want to be rested.

Rock on Turtles,

I took a couple of days off, more then I intended to actually. I had a scare. I sat next to a friend in church 2 weeks ago, She found out she had the flu the next day. So last Sunday, when I started feeling a little ill in church, I freaked. I came home, took a triple dose of vitamin C and went to bed. I took it easy until today. I think I'm ok, though. Just an allergy flare up, apparently. Whew. So, I swam 30 laps today, used the stationary bike at the gym for 15.5 miles, and worked out in the yard and cut grass here at home. (I may have over done it a bit, LOL.)
Feeling tired but good. I'll get a 20 min. run in tomorrow, practice my transitions, and then pack. Woohoo!

Did I mention the butterflies in my tummy that won't go away?
I went downtown and picked up my packet for the Grandman triathlon, the one I'm doing NEXT week. (It's local, so I was able to make early pick up. Won't be able to get my packet for the YTri until Friday night when we get up there.) Meanwhile, I got so excited looking through all my stuff - the t-shirt is SO cool, my swim cap is SILVER, how awesome is that? and my number is 350. The number of butterflies doubled. Hehe. I'm the oldest woman registered for the Athena class. But honestly, all I want to do is finish! No racing allowed at this point. 
http://www.thegrandman.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=109
If you're interested in looking at the above website, my name is way down the list close to the bottom.
Meanwhile, I should get through THIS weekend first before I get excited about the next one. *grin*

Thinking of you guys! You'll will be with me in spirit... I'm certain of it!

Go Bryan! I'm cheering for you!

And Peter? I sent you email, but thank you again! You are SO thoughtful!

So last Sunday, when I started feeling a little ill in church, I freaked

Sure, sure. It was just a reaction to somethingthe minister said ....

Remember Flipper that your butterflies are nervous energy and that nervous energy is really just power to be harnessed and then used as needed during the event.

This Sunday is the annual 5k Juvenile Diabetes Run/Walk For The Cure so B-man there should be two more finish lines (me and Mrs FBP) to add to the total. It's a fun run but still counts right?

Sticka

Dan - I am going to pass along your concert report to one of the ladies who works in my office because she is already counting the days until the Eagles play near here - the first weekend in August. She is a huge fan and will be thrilled to know that they don't disappoint! They are headliners for a day-long outdoor music festival - can't remember the other acts off hand. Two years ago the headliners were the Stones and I took my 2 kids. What a time we had. They wormed their way through the crowd to be right beside the stage when Mick and the boys came out. It was the largest crowd on the whole Stones tour - more than 90,000 people. To put it in context, the city (Moncton - about 100 miles from Fredericton) where the concert took place is only 75,000 residents!

Flipper - I suspect I won't be online tomorrow until after you leave so all the best for a safe journey and enjoy enjoy enjoy your first Tri. You'll be carrying all your sTRIve buddies in your heart but don't worry - we ain't heavy

Sticka 

Flipper - you got it .... you got it .... you got it.... we are all swimming biking and running with you.  You go girl.  ENJOY the day!!!

Dan - get to work.  Tell you daughter we are sorry about her leg.

FBP - absolutely those count....no worries...enjoy the short run....you may not even break a sweat.

Flipper - no workout tomorrow....none....not even a little.

Mav - where are you girl....Flipper has a silver cap....we ALL know that must be fast.

I may be on in the morning but if not....all please have a great weekend....there are finish lines to be crossed.