Scott and Kelly's Mentor Group- Closed (Page 24)

I actually have never had chaffing there, but for my armpits with my old tri kit Body Glide was the best option.

I find the 3 x 800 to be a mental test as much as a physical one.  I too had my sweat test.  I lost 1.5 lbs over the second hour of the test.  I took in 1 bottle of fluids.  It says to me I need to drink a bit more.  It pretty much falls in line with my other sweat tests.  I need a lot of fluids.  For ME I know I can take in a bottle between every rest stop and be golden in an HIM/IM.  It's why I can easily live off the course fluids wise on the bike.

My advice as a coach is go out to dinner.  One workout isn't going to kill you.  Training for a half mary or a HIM is a cumulative effort over several months and missing one tempo run isn't going to kill you.  Let  your coach know you have a commitment and any coach worth their salt will tell you either not to worry about it or change your schedule.

I'll be right ahead of you.  Don't swim over me.  LOL.  

I'm starting to obsess a bit, about my race and about my athletes doing Galveston the week prior.  I really wish that the aid stations were a bit closer together and maybe one more.

You're disciplined enough that I think  you'll be fine.  Stick to the metrics and the hills shouldn't take too much out of your legs for the run.  

Dude 54 is a long way.  Good job.

Back from Disney last weekend. I'd estimate we got in at least 10 miles of speed walking around the parks every single day.  Only exercise other than that was a quick 2 mile run the morning before flying home.  Have been swamped with activities since returning home and have cut most of my workouts short the last week and missed this weekend entirely.  So I totally get the frustration over missing a long training day, as I have missed them 3 weeks in a row. We stayed on the resort in the All Sports resort.  Pretty basic accommodations, but we liked the food there way better than the food in the park.  Mostly because we try and eat healthy and they had huge daily selections of foods like mahi-mahi, salmon, tilapia, steamed veggies, etc.

I have a race this weekend.  A 4 hour race, so at least I'll get a long workout in this weekend.   The weather forecast is calling for 40's - 50's for the race!  Kind of excited for the HOT temperatures.  I'm sure somehow the forecast will change before then and we'll be biking in freezing sleet/snow with frozen derailleurs like last year, unable to shift gears.  Oh, it was rather funny the last hour of the race last year, stuck in one of my lowest gears on an uphill, and then being forced to pedal like a mad woman to try and reach just 10-12 mph on the flat sections.  Perhaps I should give up racing when it's so cold out?  Nah, where is the fun in that?!  Oh, and I think I might have gotten frost nip on my fingers as ever since that race my fingers go white and numb if they get the slightest chill.  I used to never have to wear gloves, now I can't find mittens warm enough.

So, enough about me. I'm going to finish catching up on all of your posts now.