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Welcome back Tony!  Wow - it's blazing hot everywhere....whew! 

Hey, speaking of diets, I have a crazy question.  For the past several weeks I've been experiencing lots of GI distress - okay, point blank - gas and "frequency."  It seems nothing stays in my system too long before I'm going again.  I have been eating "no-fat" ice cream and "no-fat" yogurt and skim milk and everything "no-fat" in an attempt to lose weight.  I wonder if the fake fat stuff is causing this problem.  Oh gosh, I hate to be so stinkin' personal, but normally I'm the type that has to take extra fiber.  Lately I've cut out all my supplemental fiber and I'm still going, a lot.  I know that doing core workouts and just being more active than normal make things more motile but this is rediculous.  I've been exercising since the beginning of the year so it seems weird that all this is happening now.  If you dare share, have any of you experienced anything like this???

Thanks Doug!  That's almost exactly what my pea brain came up with as a cure.  I tried a smaller lunch today minus the "fat free" stuff and I also held off on drinking so much water with my meal and so far, so good.  I too graze almost all day - I love it!

Okay, here's another question - I deleted my dog's picture from my Avatar and was trying to pick a picture of my triathlon but I can't figure out how to get it into the website.  I'm sure its a silly operator error.  Any "simple" directions?  If not, I'll ask our IT guy when he stops by the office.

See ya'll!

Tara

Megan!  Way to hang in there and overcome your fear.  I've gotta say I'm totally impressed that your first ever race was an Oly - Oh man.  What kind of bike do you ride?  Do you have aero bars or any "go fast" stuff on it?

I confess, I've been a slug lately and I'm fed up with it.  I'm setting my next goal for the Great American Cooter Fest Triathlon for 10/28/07.  If anyone wants to come and do a "group" OWS in Lake Henderson I'd love to have company.  I lived on the lake for 2 years and its full of gators.  I don't mind the thought of swimming in a large group in the race but I'm not too sure about practice swims with less than say a dozen people or so.  Am I a chicken or what???

Hope everyone's having a good summer so far...

Hey all - I jumped right from vacation and multiple OWSs to school starting and a trial.  Needless to say, my training plummeted last week.

I'm in love with my aero bars.  Get some.  Mine are Profile T2+ (based on the BT write up), but you might look around for other models.  They should be a strong 2d right behind good shoes/cleats.  I still am riding with shoes my old girlfriend got me back in Boulder 15 years ago, so I'm still putting them on the old fashioned way.  btw - I married her.

I'm trying a pair of Ironman aero bars that some one loaned me.  I didn't realize how involved it is to put them on.  I think I'm supposed to unwrap the stuff on my handlebars and maybe move my 2 computers (I have one regular one and one for my trainer).  I just screwed the aero bars over the tape and cables and they're wobbly which isn't good cuz it really feels unstable.  I hate to unwrap my handlebars until I'm sure where I want to place the aero bars.  Do most of you put the aeros on the inner most post (by the stem), inside where your computers are located or do you you put them on the outside of your computers?  Also, I assume that you have to unwrap the handlebars and move all the cables around to get them to clamp down nice and tight on the handlebars (I don't have carbon fiber handlebars so I can clamp them on nice and tight).

Doug-you mentioned that your hydration is better since getting the aero bars.  Did you get a bottle holder or something on yours?

Some jobs are just better left to the guys in the bike shop.  Have them mount the bars for you.  Yes, I got an accompanying hydration bottle set-up for my b-day, too.  I drink so much more as it's so convenient to just hit the straw in front of you instead of reaching for a bottle.  I use the bottles to refill the hydrator.

Another tough week of work, school and now kids and my soccer.  I'm now essentially packing all my training into the weekend.

Just signed up for an Oly in 10 days as a tune-up for the HIM.  It's at the same place as the ill fated tri du in JUly.

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Congrats on your tri.  Sometimes it's just getting through the low spot during a race that gives you motivation to come back. 

I had my longest brick ever yesterday - a 50/10 in preparation for my HIM in 2 weeks.  About 3/5 into the run, I nearly quit on it.  I was having "issues" and felt I couldn't go on w/o a serious potty break.  Alas, no where to go.  I willed myself home in time, but that, coupled with the heat made it pretty miserable.  Now, though, I've learned yet another small lesson and will be better prepared for my event.

Glad to know a few of us are still using this thread.  I was wondering if it had finally died.

Hi All,

I know I've been rather quiet lately but it has been one crisis after another.  Just a for instance, tonight my husband I are having a "family council" meeting with my step son who has come to visit with his wife and baby for the past week.  He is an ex-pharmacist turned heroin addict who thinks he is in recovery because his wife got pregnant after she got out of the hospital from having open-heart surgery because he shot her up with bad heroin and it caused a staff infection in her heart.  Now that he has a baby he thinks life is going to be good.  Unfortunately he can't find a good job.  While he has been visiting, he found a job here in Florida and thinks he is going to move in with us while he "gets his feet under him" and the wife and baby can move down later.  Through some blood, sweat and tears, my husband and I have come to the conclusion that he will not be moving in with us.  We're giving him the bad news tonight before they fly back to Ohio tomorrow.  I am learning to set limits and say "no."  The good thing is, the result of taking a respite from training is that I've realized how vital it is to my mental health.  I know there is a balance between over and under-doing it but cutting down as far as I did was not good for me.  I NEED to have a goal of a race, like Doug said to keep me fired up.  The bottom line is, its not about the race (that's just a fitness "tool".  The real goal is being fit and able to live life to its fullest.

Anyway, all that to say, "I'm in!"  I enjoy reading your blogs and struggling through all this crazy stuff with you guys.  Maybe a few more will join us...?  I plan to get back to a training plan as soon as the immediate crisis is over and my step-son is out of the house (I haven't been willing to leave them alone in the house because I don't trust them.)  Ugh!

Be glad to see who all wants to continue on...

Umm, life has a way of smackin' you upside the head now and then, doesn't it.  Good luck.

Getting out for a run or ride probably helps clear your head, even if you're not actively "training".

As long as there are some of us blogging here from time to time, I'll keep checking and posting.

As for me, HIM is 10 days away.  Am I ready? I'd better be.

Well, I can't wait to write it.  It'll be a couple days later, though, as we're spending Sunday night in Austin as a recovery/bonus.

I'll be carrying y'all's support with me, particularly as I grind through those middle miles on the run.