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Congrats David,

You are just killin' it this year! Way to go on your race win.

Well, I didn't race and my season may be over. I managed to tear a ligament in my ankle and am on NO running for at least 2 weeks and maybe longer but that is when I go back to the Doc. I can swim, bike and walk easy with brace. So I am just maintaining as best as I can until I see what happens. But I admire those that did race this weekend. The weather was brutal...especially with us having cooler temps for the last 3 or some weeks, this heat wave just messed with everyone. But Congrats to David, and Justin!!!

David, I may be contacting you about some training when I can get back at it. If you don't mind helping out this slow person. Everyone have a good day and enjoy!

Awesome job, the temps and humidity were brutal.   There have not been many days that hot this summer so you picked a good one!  You have to stay on that hydration in particular on the bike because it is hard to take in enough on the run.  Dehydration shows up with an elevated heart rate due to increased blood viscosity -hence the heart having to work harder to pump the blood.  Your determination and managing your way through the run is inspiring.  Your wife has to be so proud of you.  You are right we don't do these things alone.  Our spouses sacrifice a lot for us to do this crazy sport.

Congratulations, you are pretty amazing.  You are one of the very few people I know who has completed a half iron man!  What a nice way to cap off a successful season.

On the bike, I have heard that power meters (Power tap most commonly) are the way to go but much more expensive.  I have simple heart rate monitor by Polar and then I have my Garmin 305.  As Justin pointed out the 305 isn't waterproof.  I think heart rate monitors are very useful when cycling indoors.  I definitely like my 305 best and it does have the various cycling connections, though I have a simple cateye on my bike that gives me that info so I really don't use it for cadence or velocity as I ride-probably ought to look into the gadgets for my bike and connect the 305.  Right now I just wear it on my wrist as I ride and use it for analysis afterwards if I like.  I love the 305 and think they may even have a better one out though I have not looked into it yet. 

Being able to associate speed/pace with heart rate is very useful.  You still have to factor in the RPE because in the end that dictates what you can or can't do.  I primarily like to monitor my HR in my hard efforts.  I find the instantaneous feedback regarding what pace I am going and what my heart rate is generally useful.  It helps me with races because I know what % of HRmax I can hold for the different distances when at peak fitness.  Many use the HRMs more effectively as a part of their overall training than I do, in particular many Triathletes breaking their workouts into a lot of different zones.  I don't, though I do think the Garmin hookup to the logbook is quite interesting.  I may get more analytical in its use down the road. 

Last but not least, I spend a lot of time training.  It's nice to have a distraction now and then to help pass the time in particular on long runs.

I agree totally with the caution.  Reallly in the end the devices only augment your internal knowledge of how you are feeling and how hard you are exerting.  It is impressive what all we have at our fingertips but we should remember that the US runners in the 70's-80's are much more accomplished than the 90's-00's.  In the end, as an endurance athlete, you have to do the work-no shortcuts.  That aside, as a triathlete I have not yet had that many problems I think due to the variety of sport, but now my knee that I had surgery on earlier in the year is bothering me.  I need to figure out which sport or activity is causing the issues.  I did do two bricks last week, but I have also been increasing my bike mileage simultaneously.  This weekend is a break time wise and I need my body to allow me to train accordingly! 

Best wishes with your training/racing this weekend, 

Greg

I'm sorry, I thought you were going to do the workout prior to your HIM.  In that case, you'll probably be recovered by then just depends on if you feel like putting out the effort that close to the HIM.  Full IM in Nov, now that is scary !  I don't think you have much to worry about other than nutrition primarily and not hitting the bike too hard too early - save some for the run. 

I am scared about the swim in Clearwater.  I have got to get my swim working.  I am hitting the pool quite a bit-hope two months brings some progress.