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LOL...as Fred said before...internet forums rarely dissapoint. 

I read it, too. I'm a fan of Chrissie's strategy, and have used he snot rocket thing while out training... I'm not good at those, so half ended up on my face, but whatever. It worked.

I also read that dude's post on ST. Wow. Troll.

I rode 26.2 today! I found a safe route to work. Not sure if/when I'll start riding, but it's nice to have the logistics down.

So I have an Olly in a months time and a HIM in two, and the grand plan was to do an Iron distance next year, however I've come to realise that I do not have the discipline  to make use of the time I have without it having an affect on my family, I however really enjoys tri's and will continue to do Sprints and Ollys and if Sicone wants to do an Iron next year i will go cycling with him failing that we will probably just get more competitive  with each other over shorter distances   So after the HIM i will bow out of this mentor group to make way for someone else to gain vast knowalge and great insprantion from a wonderfull bunch of triathletes.   

Thank you all for the support and knowledge passed on in this group and I wish everyone health and happiness in future endeavours 

ugggghhhh, so Friday night i go for my usual run, nothing special, a nice easy 6.5 miles with some hills, at about mile 5 i start getting that twinge in my upper Achilles lower calf, by mile 5.5 i am walking. Figured i would give it a couple days rest and se what happens, so i go to run last night and half mile into the run the pain is back.  Only happens when i run, this is the same injury i had in the winter of 2010 when i almost quit running.  Very disappointed right now, as i have a Du in 2 weeks and my Halfs in 7 weeks.  I will take a couple weeks off running, see how it feels in the Du and i might have to Aqua bike the first HIM. 

Before you give up on running, I get something similar to what you describe.  Especially if I do not stay on top of stretching my calves.  I recommend getting a deep tissue message like Fred suggested or ART.  I go the ART route usually but I have done the message as well and either or work.  Granted your issue might be different but I'd at least give it a try.  For some reason I get one calf that gets extra tight.  It is on the same leg that I get the ITBS on if I am not careful so I am sure it is related to the same imbalance somehow

I am with you Fred.  I would love to do more on my bike, and I think I can, but I am also scared to mess it up.  Like when I changed all my cables on my mountain bike.  I managed to do it, but I had to wing it cause I forgot to take a look at how they were routed and where everything was before I hauled the old ones.  I even have a bike stand to work on them.  My mountain bike is at the shop right now actually, waiting for me to pick it up.  But I needed the shock overhauled.  Many bike shops won't even do that.

Looks like a move for me is coming soon.  Finally found a place in Payson (smack dab in the middle of the state) that will take the pets.  Looks like downsizing is coming though, place is quite a bit smaller then our house.  Anyone want to rent a house in Tucson?

I like the IM distance, but mentally every other year seems to work for me and I know my wife appreciates me not doing them every year.  My kids are grown and on their own, I have no idea how the guys with active kids pull off the IM training.  Those of you that do definitely have my respect (Fred).

Sorry about the injury Rudy, I know that it can be frustrating, especially this time of year.

I have always wanted to take the course as well, especially learning how to adjust the derailleurs.  The rest I can usually muddle through with the books or online direction.  The do offer them at the LBS, but they seem to line up every winter with the winter running series in Rochester that I like to do.  So I will continue to tinker with it and when I inevitably wind up in trouble, I will haul it over to the shop.

Agreed - just sucks - and it can be hard to know where to go ... do you rest completely? get massage? see a doctor? stop training?

Best of luck in managing this!

Good morning!

We won our floor hockey game last night quite handily and secure 3rd place for the season.  Not too shabby. Good and hard running and a few good chances for me - but no goals. Playing this year has been fun but i am glad it's done because it's just been an extra thing to schedule.

I completely slept in this morning and my dog was very unimpressed with me for doing so for some reason. Kind of cute actually, waking up a chocolate lab hovering over me and sighing. hahaha.  So, that means I didn't get my bike done but i have time to do it tonight. A trainer interval session with a t-run.

I do need to book a massage for my heel. It's still inflamed but feels fine in training. Actually it was stiffer when swimming for some reason but that's it. We'll see when that can be accommodated.

I think that's a really honest decision.  It's something that many of struggle with is balancing it all.  And tris is a great sport and it's even better because you don't need to be 'iron' to be a triathlete.

I haven't really admitted it here but my IM this summer is really because I really want to do one but we want to start a family soon and I just can't see a better time and knowing i'll have a forced rest due to actual pregnancy when it happens (but that could be a while, who knows?). 

But the great thing about triathlon and endurance sport is that it will be possible to stay with the sport or one of them ... it really doesn't have to be all or nothing.  Though, it's tough to realize that this may be my last big tri season for a while.  I am generally not a 'one and done' kind of person ... anyway, we all have our own struggles.

Even though I can and often do all of my own wrenching my bike winds up in the shop simply for time-management issues. I figure just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you HAVE too, right? where the skills really come into play is on race day and long rides of course. There have been a few occasions over the years where I would have DNFd if I were not intimately acquainted with my bike, including Lake Placid last summer.

For most things that you would regularly work on it is pretty clear what you need just by looking: screwdrivers, metric sockets, Allen wrenches, etc. I swap my cassettes out pretty frequently - you have to have chain whip and a special lock ring socket for that. Hub(cone) wrenches, spoke wrench, and truing stand are good if you bang your wheels around hard, but the most important tools I think you can have is a good pair of torque wrenches: a smaller click-type for the small stuff and a bigger beam type for the big stuff. Without a torque wrench most folks have the tendency to over-tighten everything.

On our fancy carbon bikes that can be a very bad thing.In my road repair kit I carry two spares, patches, 4 Co2s, a boot, levers, razor blade, tape, multi-tool that has a chain breaker, a quick link, and a schrader to presta adapter.

Edited by TankBoy 2012-04-17 10:33 AM

+1 on the torque wrenches.  I do not have them and as a result I do the opposite of over-tighten things (cause of the carbon).  I found myself riding along and had to stop and retighten my bolts after reassembling things from unpacking.   opps