July non TdF challenge (Page 24)

If that's what you have to do...

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Well, I'll taser you less -- if I can taser someone else more. Any suggestions on who gets 2x the zaps?

Don't be silly. I taser people regardless of whether they're on their toes or not.

Paul or Bill. 

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My group run was canceled yesterday due to storms and lightning.  I was going to run today instead, but my alarm didn't go off.  I got a new phone, and I didn't realize I set my 5am wake-up to Sat only, so it didn't go off today even though it was set   I think I will just skip the run completely since I was on the fence anyway about how long to take for my HIM recovery period. 

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I finally got another workout in.  Just a short bike ride compared to what you folks do.  Going to be a busy week.  I hope I am able to get all my work and workouts done.  Ultrathon in less than 3 weeks.  I hope it isn't so darn hot.

Happy Monday, teammates.
Got a 35 mile ride and some swimming in over the weekend.  In order to hit my goals, I need 1 more swim, 1 more bike and (gulp) 4 more runs.  It's going to come down to the wire!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I watched part of IM Lake Placid online yesterday.  I'm toying with the idea of signing up for that bad boy in 2011.  I just can't seem to commit to it in my head... maybe that's a sign that I shouldn't do it... decisions... decisions...

I have a friend that did IMLP yesterday, and it's very tempting to jump in!  But I told myself I want to be stronger, especially on the bike, before committing to an IM.  Though I feel like I might start getting IM envy in Sept when my tri club goes up to Madison to volunteer at IMoo & cheer on club members.  So of course that means since we're up there volunteering, anyone who wants to gets dibs on registration for  next year  

Ok, so I totally didn't do anything this weekend because I was busy being a slacker recovering from my HIM.  I did have brunch at a pretty cool brew pub yesterday and am planning on going back again next Saturday.  Too bad I didn't have a beer goal for this month because I would totally be right on track!

I'm already so far behind on some of my goals that I'm beginning to wonder if I will survive my own tasings. There's not a chance I would survive a double dose. It looks like its up to Bill.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. It was a holiday weekend here in Utah so we were pretty busy. It was basically our founders day to celebrate when Utah was settled.
I went for a great ride Saturday. I rode around the lake (57 miles) while everyone else was playing in the water. It was still disappointing that I couldn't do an ows swim since I cut my head open last week. The ride went well though. I do have a question for everyone though. When you go for your long rides, what do you do nutrition wise? I did ok but I couldn't really eat anything to keep my strength up and I was really starting to feel it the last few miles of the ride. I need to find something that is easy to eat and easy to digest. I say easy to eat because the only time I really got winded on the ride is when I was eating and couldn't breathe through my mouth. Any suggestions?

Wow, I'm slacking off on my post padding. That last one could have easily been at least two posts.

x2 - I have a lot of catching up to do. 

Do we need to get approval from someone before I reduce my swim goal since I cut my head open and couldn't swim for a few days?

I should have gone for miles or time for my bike goal instead of number of rides. I'm double what my original plan called for.

The only way I can really commit to something like this in my head is if I actually register for it. Otherwise I just can't seem to follow through with the plan.

Glad you had a good weekend, even though you had to forgo your swim!

As for nutrition on the bike, I've been going with HEED (sports drink) and Accel Gel (which is the gel I used for marathon training).  Though on supported rides where they have rest stops, I can't resist pb&j sandwiches, cookies, bananas, etc that they provide.  Actually, I'm a big fan of pb&j sandwiches & bananas before all my races; sometimes I'll do a variation, like almond butter w/a bagel or something like that... but that's usually BEFORE long runs/rides/races or if I'm stopping to rest; on the actual bike ride I stick with Heed and gels.

I'm a fan of keeping my nutrition liquid while riding because it's just easier for me to take in.  Since I have to drink water to stay hydrated anyways, it's like a one shot thing to have your nutrition in there as well.  Now that my A-race is over, I was thinking of experimenting with Infinit or Perpetuem to see if I can switch to all-liquid nutrition on my rides because eating solids gets kind of cumbersome!

Dee made it so there's no limit for your goals, so maybe you can just go over 100% for one of your other goals to make up for not being able to swim? 

Wahhhhhhhhhh. I don't want the Tour to be over!!!!!!!!!!!!!


*Sigh*

I'm sick, too. That means that Bill now gets 3x the taserings.

Wait -- which Bill?

Go ahead and reduce your swim goal by the number of days you couldn't swim.