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i am sure there will be fexy team housing for triple t.  i believe there is at least 1 cabin that is reserved.  you are, of course, more than welcome to stay in the fexy cabin.  no membership required

i expect we will have 10+ teammates doing this. 

neil, are you doing it!!??  that would be awesome!!

i'll talk to scott about what the team housing situation is, $$, location, etc.

jess,

reading your post about your serious(ly awesome) conversation made me smile.  i have actually wondered what your plan/hope was there.  i anxiously await news

depending on what size and scope you want that day to be, planning that and an IM would be tough.  I can't imagine it.  there is no way i could have trained at this level and planned our wedding.  now, you also don't need the volume of training we're doing to be able to finish in IM.  just my experience.  either way, i'm excited to hear the continued story!!

jess, those were also stellar race results ESPECIALLY given the fact that you stopped to help a racer in need.  he was really lucky to have several of you stop to help him.  who knows what could have happened!!!

well, neil.  i guess you'll just have to take a trip out to Ohio next may!!

ack, i, unfortunately did not read (or absorb) your post from the previous page and took my new newtons out for a 10 mile run yesterday and got pretty nice blisters of my own.  like you, no body glide.  i did have socks though.

on running: i got in 5 miles easy on tuesday and felt okay.  yesterday was supposed to be speed work.  i was nervous to try it.  i started out easy and it was okay, maybe a little sore, but when i started my tempo work, nothing.  no problems at all.  it was actually easier to run faster.  i'm sure because my turn over picks up and i spend less time on my ankle.  that was REALLY REALLY encouraging.  not so encouraging was that in just 2.5 weeks off from running the level of running fitness i've lost is noticable.  i mentioned it to scott and he said based of of the % of fitness you lose per week and how long it takes to recapture, I will be back to where i was in 7 days.  who the hell knows what calculations are involved here (he is a stanford phd after all), but i'm holding him to them   got a little emotional when i got home from track because it's frusturating to feel like i have to rebuild at this juncture.  i made some negative, boo hoo facebook status and got a message from my high school coach reminding me that i can "hack" it.  it's something he always said to us.  you can hack it.  well, i certainly can hack it.  it was nice to get the reminder.  i'm really happy that the joint seems to be far improved over last week.  great news.

triple t, i have also heard, is really a team event even if you do it solo.  in the spring, a friend of mine mentioned we should partner up for it.  she is one of the 2 women i mentioned i knew registered for placid.  i think her and i together could be an unstoppable female team.  my coach, though, suggested i do it on my own.  he's done it twice as a team.  once when he was the faster one and once when he was the slower one.  he said it's frusturating either way to do a race of that distance and effort at someone else's pace.  i'll likely heed his word. 

gotta run.  ryan is nagging me.

hey steve,

for simplicity sake i am going to just cut and paste two emails i just sent to scott.  just wanting to keep you in the loop with where my head is for 2011.....

.....so, since signing up for placid i was thinking that triple t would be the obvious choice.  i saw nate at the pool and he said that he was not doing triple t again because he felt like it impacted his training for placid too much.  the time it took to feel "normal" afterward just wasn't worth it.  i remember you saying a week afterward that you were still toasted from it. 
 
instead, he did (and is doing again) the rev 3 quassy half.
 
what's your take on this?
 
i'd rather table this until after loo, but, unfortunately, as you know 2011 races are already starting to open.  rev 3 opens (i think) next week with a $50 discount for registering early.

actually, one other quick thought.
 
While i'm not really interested in eagleman again, i do like that it's a qualifier.  my thought is that if i can give myself 2 shots at qualifying for kona, why not?
 
i have, however, heard that next year only full IM events will have slots for kona.  can you confirm or deny this?  if that's the case then forget Eman for sure because i'm not interested in another clearwater spot.  if that isn't the case, then should i register for Eman to give myself another chance?  ...or if not Eman, what other 70.3s offer slots that would fit around the placid schedule?
 
why the hell do these races need to open so early?  can't they just let you get through this years season?  sheesh.
 

this is what i got back from scott...........

i think TTT is actually placed really well for LP and for testing your fitness prior to the last major cycle.  yes I was tired but TTT was on a very big volume week followed by a recovery week then another 3 weeks of build which included my training camp in placid.

Eman is not good as it lands right at 5-6 weeks out which is where MAX volume goes and unless you want to end a big volume week with Eman or start one right after Eman we should pass on it.   Leslie want to do eman this year and was willing to pay for a charity spot....i said that was fine as long as she trained through it....she decided to pass.

what I find works(for me) is the following
2-3 marathons at E pace between Jan-early March
Training camp end march ~ 18 weeks out
Bumpass - one or both to kick off the season
TdS plus a century the day before and a long run the day after...this would be your second major peak ~12 weeks out
Kinetic - Half or both
TTT
training camp 6 weeks out
an oly end June early July to shake things out one last time
Race like hell in Lake Placid

i'm not sure about slots....this is all i could find and only lists races owned by ironman usa. (http://www.ironmanusa.com/qualify/konaslots.php)

hey steve,

no, i didn't hear anything specific about stomach issues at placid.  we actually got a case of that powerbar stuff.  two, actually.  all participants of IMs this year got a case mailed to them.  i really liked it.  i used it a few times while working out and didn't have any adverse effects at all.

no century this week.  in fact, i only got one in at placid so i actually will only have 5 under my belt prior to loo. 

we did an 80 mile ride followed by a 30 min run.  my legs were really beaten up going it to it, but i managed to avg just shy of 18mph for the ride and turned around and did a 4 mile run in 7:49s.  it was a great relief for me because my running since getting back into it this week has been rough.  i really felt like my fitness took a hit in the 2.5 weeks off from running.  it made me feel really good to get a solid run in.  tomorrow we have a 22 mile long run on the agenda.  it's the last day before taper official starts.  i'm so excited!!!  taper glorious taper.  it's so close i can taste it.  if i can make it through tomorrow's run, i'll be super happy.  really really happy.

hmmm.  what else did you ask?  i forgot.

...okay, so shoes and TTT and USAT points.

so shoes.  i had thought about whether it was prudent to make the switch so close to IM loo.  i wouldn't have done it if i were closer, but since i had over a month, i felt like it was enough time to test them out.  i have a long run in the new ones (the Distance U) tomorrow.  if that doesn't go well, then i have time to get a new pair of motions and break them in.  i'm not worried about it though.  i may have told you this, but they looked at my wear patterns and said i was running in them perfectly with no hints of heel striking.  he said if that continues to be the case, then there would be no difference in the motion vs the distance.  we'll see.  that is actually something i'm not too worried about.  .....plus my new ones look cooler   i love the pink.  they match my outfit for the underwear run that's happening the day before loo

TTT:  the only doubts i had were fleeting.  a friend of mine, nate spong, did TTT and placid this year.  he actually placed top ten in his AG (m 35-39!!!!).  he told me that he felt like TTT impacted his training too much.  as you can see on the previous page, scott said he plans the training periods so that TTT is in the highest volume week and is followed by a rest week.  i'm beyond the point of questioning him at this point, so TTT it is!  i completely agree with your assessment of TTT and the reasons to do it solo.  how well you know me.  i will definitely be heeding both your and scotts words on that (the men in my life).

on usat points.  that's annoying, yes....but i'm of the feeling that those small points here and there will even out in the end.  some days you'll lose points to another person, other days you'll gain them.

anyway, i'm exhausted, and i need to be running by 7am.  ugh.  the weekends kill me.  early saturday rides and early sunday runs.  next sunday do you know what's on my schedule?!?  ....a 30 min run.  i CANNOT wait to sleep in!!!!!

jess,

congrats on a biking milestone.  it's so fund to hit those!!!  it sounds like you did really well.

i'm definitely not signing up for eagleman next year, but there are enough of our team doing it that we have already discussed coming to spectate, so we'll see you get your revenge on the eagle!!!!