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Did a brick this morning. 12.1 on the bike and 3.1 on the run. Bike course was very hilly and I pushed it for an 18.6/mile and 150/BPM. Run was much more conservative at 9:04/mile and 149/BPM. My legs were the tightest they've ever been at the start of a run during a brick. My gluts felt like I had done heavy squats. Not particularly surprising considering the workouts this week.

What was interesting was I did 9:34, 9:05 and 8:50 on the three miles and my heart rate was exactly the same for an average on all three miles. The course is a light rolling course so my max was only 159. There is really zero different per mile for ascents. I've never had the sensation of my legs loosening up and coming alive to that degree. The first half mile I was tempted to turn around and call it a day. After mile three I was tempted to turn it into a 6 mile run.

I didn't feel disconcerted on the bike like Wednesday. Riding with my partner probably helped. Felt really smooth and fluid on the climbs getting a very good feel on the pull part of the stroke.

Great brick Scott... 

Well seeing he lives in Canada, I would imagine that the water is going to be very chilly... I would definitely suggest looking into renting a wetsuit. Remember BT has a discount with exterra wetsuits. You can get a great wetsuit for around $150

Scott

Question: Is it pretty standard after your bike that your legs are tight/dead for the first 10 minutes of the run. I have found pretty much every brick I do, it takes 5-10 minutes then I feel great...well as great as I can feel when running...

There is good chance my wife will shoot me if I buy anything else for my triathlon...

I am pretty sure I will rent one, unless of course the right deal comes along...

Well seeing he lives in Canada, I would imagine that the water is going to be very chilly... I would definitely suggest looking into renting a wetsuit. Remember BT has a discount with exterra wetsuits. You can get a great wetsuit for around $150

Scott

I actually purchased one of the wetsuits Scott mentioned but it's backordered until June 22nd due to my small size (doh!)  

In any case, I can't wait to get into open water with it and get some practice! =)

~Roland

 http://www.ismseat.com/products_racing.htm

 Scott

Thor - nice suit!  I got my wetsuit yesterday and I look like a vinyl covered apple....not flattering to me in the least, but I can hardly wait to get in the water and try it out.  What water temp is a good temp to start at?  I was thinking if the water temp is above 55 degrees on Memorial Day I'd hop in the lake and try it out.

Jen - what have you heard about the N. Mankato tri course.  I thought it was flat but now I've heard there is a big hill on the bike (tought going up but great fun coming down).  If that's true I need to adjust my bike training.  I'm going to my b-in-law's cabin for M. Day and thought I'd detour and drive the bike course on the way.  I can take pictures and post them if you haven't been to the course before.

Linda

or... you just go swimming without it. You SoCal people! Toughen up

Thanks for the recommendations guys!  BTW, I won bowling sweeper tourney last night!  Yay!  It was a somewhat grueling oil pattern on the lanes.  My first 2 games were decent but then I missed an easy 7 pin spare in the 2nd frame in the 3rd game.  Argh!  However.... after that I made 10 strikes in a row and I scored a 268!  With that score I jumped ahead of everyone's total scratch scores in the end and I won lotsa money woot!  I'm probably gonna purchase the Adamo Road Saddle as a self gratifying prize. =)

Well hmmm, it's that or the Garmin 310xt hehehe  ^_^

~Roland

Yes, yes I know... we are so lucky (spoiled) living here seeing that it's very cold and stormy elsewhere alot more than here.  But hey!  We have fires and earthquakes!  eeeks!  >.<

Besides, I'm still a noobie swimmer and I need all the flotation help I can get in open water hehehe

I am so absolutely exhausted this week and feel so disconnected.  I have been in a three-day kaizen event and have been at work from 6:30 am - 5 pm (two days this week) and another from 6:30 am - 9 pm (including a client dinner).  On top of working so damn much one of my coworkers delivered and lost a child so it has been pretty emotional as well. 

I have been able to work out this week, but not as much and often as I have wanted to.   On top of that my eating hasn't been the best (not horrible but not perfect) because I've been sitting in all day meetings.  

So, I'm taking these past few days as recovery days and back on track today.  We were going to be going up north for Memorial Day, but the weather is too cruddy so we are staying home.  This way I'll be able to get my workouts in. 

Linda -my trainer said that the N Mankato tri is a great one for your first tri.  The bike is flat but there is just that one hill.  Yeah - if you want to take pictures and share them, I'd appreciate it.  My e-mail is: [email protected].

Kaizen's suck! Don't beat yourself up over not working out as much, you're not going to lose any progress in that short period of time. Even at a Kaizen though, they have healthy choices...  e.g. Fruit, juice, pretzels etc. Enjoy your time up north and have a great memorial day weekend. 

Scott

Yes, yes I know... we are so lucky (spoiled) living here seeing that it's very cold and stormy elsewhere alot more than here.  But hey!  We have fires and earthquakes!  eeeks!  >.<

Besides, I'm still a noobie swimmer and I need all the flotation help I can get in open water hehehe

So I was going to make a smart comment about the wet suit and ask if it was going to have some kind of honey design on it and then looked at your design.  I have to say it looks pretty damn cool and it's pretty fitting for your 'sponsor'.  Nice!

Go ahead, make the comment!

yeah the gear looks pretty good. I mentioned a few things and they came back with that. I think I will leave it as is and order it asap.

Hmm, I wonder if I can get a yellow wetsuit...

Just got back from a 5.5 mile run, easy, easy as it's my recovery week and felt I could go another 5 miles.  Yes, things might be begining to click.

Scott - any words of advice for my first open water swim experience this weekend?  I have the wetsuit and will wear a swim cap, but expect my hands, feet and head to be cold.  Am I correct with the 55 degrees is a good temp to start with?

Ok, now to vent.  I got kicked out of the pool yesterday. Grrrrr, I was so mad. I normally go after work (midnight), but had a few days off so I checked the on-line pool schedule which said 6:30-10pm open swim.  So, I get there at 6:30 and at 7pm the the aqua instructor tells me that she will be using the 2 lap lanes (plus half the open 1/3 of the pool) for her class.  And she only had 6 students.  I went to the front desk and made them pull up the on-line schedule, not that it did any good and then filled out a complaint card.  Of course, no one was available that had the authority to do anything.

Linda

I personally use an Adamo Race Saddle.  Which I absolutely love. This can be found here.

http://www.ismseat.com/products_racing.htm

Scott

Hi Scott, I just looked at the width of this saddle and it measures 130mm wide.  I went to the LBS today and my sit bones measured 142mm.  Will this affect anything if I go with the Adamo Road Saddle which measures 135mm?  There's an Adamo Typhoon saddle that measures 145mm but it seems like it's too wide and has too much padding for my application.  I'm going to looking under my stock saddle and see how wide it is tonight after work.

~Roland

Ok, now to vent.  I got kicked out of the pool yesterday. Grrrrr, I was so mad. I normally go after work (midnight), but had a few days off so I checked the on-line pool schedule which said 6:30-10pm open swim.  So, I get there at 6:30 and at 7pm the the aqua instructor tells me that she will be using the 2 lap lanes (plus half the open 1/3 of the pool) for her class.  And she only had 6 students.  I went to the front desk and made them pull up the on-line schedule, not that it did any good and then filled out a complaint card.  Of course, no one was available that had the authority to do anything.

Linda