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Nice job triathlete. Feels good, doesn't it? Just remember that feeling of crossing that finish line, and it's great motivation for your workouts. Congratulations on a job well done!

Yay!! Congratulations!! I can't wait to read the RR. I'm glad you had so much fun and are looking forward to the next one !

It looks like everyone had a great weekend of racing -- WOOT! I can't wait to read all the RRs. We've yet to hear from Aikidoman, so I hope his race went well too.

I didn't race this weekend; just did a metric century and then some. It was the hardest ride I've ever done. Fortunately, the ride was tougher than Placid, so it's all good. I also used my tri bike since that's what I'm doing Placid on, but a road bike would have been better suited for this ride.

I really didn't read anything in this thread from Wed-Sun; let me know if I missed anything good. I'll try to go back and read it, but work is rather hectic since I was out of the office most of last week.

I'm glad you're all well !

Hey guys!!  I'm back to a normal schedule this week   I spent the first half of last week in a class and the rest of the week and weekend in Charleston, SC.  Good times, but I'm glad to get back to things being less hectic.

Nice job to everyone who raced this weekend.  I'm looking forward to reading the race reports! 

Sorry!  I'm not a "spotlight" guy.  I finished my race report last night and it's up.

When I reflect on it, it was probably my best race ever.  Not a PR (by a couple minutes) all due to the conditions and had some timing mishaps that were out of my control.  But a really good race.  (See race report for details if you want)

Not to steal Lisa's thunder, but TRIANING WORKS!!!!   WooHoo!!!!

Hooray for finishing!!!!  Great job.  I was 2nd to DFL in my 1st triathlon - and the DFL person was in my AG so i was 2nd to last in my AG too.  But I'm still doing them, and you are too, woooo!  Going to read your RR now. 

I want to play this time.. I missed a lot of good stuff last week..grrrr!!

Hmmm.. I am going with 5/16 at 8:00 PM and weight at exactly 8 lbs.

Ok, RR is up.  I didn't even notice that jjweav changed his.  I guess great fathers think alike. 

I am resting today.  I am pretty sore.  I will be starting the Olympic 3x balanced tomorrow.  I will be signing up for an Oly this afternoon.  Time to go put the Tri sticker on my car. 

ok, i am going with 5/17 at 6:46pm.  8lbs 5oz.

Check this thread out, I haven't looked at all of these, but maybe you'll find something good:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=102865&posts=11&highlight=estimated&highlightmode=1#M1254882

This is a complete guess here, but I'm going to vote that a bone-related injury is more likely to come from running. Although, you never know the "chain of events" that can occur in the body when one thing starts to compensate for another, which could have been triggered from the shoes. It's probibly best to replace the shoes, even if they didn't cause the shin pain, they are not worth the risk of other things that could start hurting if you keep using them. This could be a good question on the injury forum though.

okay, one more post from me...

5/16 at 5:30am!  8lbs 9oz

I JUST read something about them in Runner's World this morning while waiting on my car to be serviced.

They said that shin splints are due to the calves being too tight and the muscles in the front of the shin have to work harder to flex the foot up.  They said keeping the muscles stretched is a good thing.....

ALSO, (laura may be able to pitch in) Plantar Ficitis is ALSO a result of tight calves, resulting in pain in your heels.

ALSO, tight hamstrings prevent you to get aero and is tough on your lower back.

I think I'm going to start a regiment of stretches to hit the gluts all the way down to the calves for some injury prevention measures....

Ok, when is your first "can't miss" event?  Cuz that's when the baby is comming.....

I'll say May 17 at 8:00 pm. 

I won't guess at weight cuz I have no idea where to even start.....

Shin splints aren't a bone-related injury, but would come from stress either on posterior and/or anterior tibilas, and/or the related connective tissue (there are multiple types of shin splints). Once those tissues and muscles become overstressed, you could develop stress fractures in the "shin" as your body relies more on your bones to absorb the impact of running; but until that occurs, it's not a bone issue.

It could be from the cycling shoes if they were forcing you to use the muscles in your lower legs differently. But it could also be from running, etc. I didn't read the RR yet to get the full detail on what happened to the shoes. Keep on eye on them, and attend to them as you have in the past. Hopefully it passes quickly. Keep us posted .

oops, my bad!

No, not bad. Injuries are a hobby of mine.