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John, for you and me it's easy. $350 for an airline ticket and I'll show you the best place in town for bagels, pizza and beer!  I grew up in Clearwater.

kickitinok - 2010-04-14 1:06 AM

SSMinnow - 2010-04-12 8:13 PM

I leave for a full day and I feel like I am a week behind! Good grief people....

Jeff, my husband and I used to bike together, but the minute I stated training for triathlon he told me I was too fast and won't ride me about 95% of the time.  I hate it.  I would love to do some fun rides, but he thinks he is too slow, too old and too fat. 

Kyla, I do love the bike and the color scheme alot!  Like you weren't fast enough!

Not entirely sure how we got on cars but like Steve I have a Toyota--LEXUS SUV and LOVE IT.  Paul has a LEXUS Sedan, an Avalanche and little Jeep....can you tell he likes cars?  One is our up north car and somehow 2 people need 3 cars in Madison.  Not sure how that works.

Texas bound people, nervous? excited? thinking OMG!????  My answer YES!

Sitting in a room with no windows fo 8 hours was torture today.  So much so I get to do it again tomorrow and then call it a rest day in my training plan.  The best thing that happened is I got to run on the Racine70.3 course today....also had a chance to look at Lake Michigan with 20mph winds....YIKES!

Yes, yes, and YES! OMG!!! Freaking out here!!

I'm concerned that I've not heard back from the OWS clinic held by the Coast Guard at Lonestar. Guess I'll email them again tomorrow. In any case, I'm donning the wetsuit and hitting a lake tomorrow. I have no idea how to measure off 500 yards of water, but between my mathematically minded husband and myself, I'm sure we will find a way.  Hubby will be in a kayak next to me while I'm swimming in case I need to rest. 

I sure hope he doesn't hit me in the head with his paddle - after the bike beating he gave me Saturday I'm not sure I can take much more of his abuse

Before I forget: Does anyone wear shoes/booties with their wetsuits? I'm thinking my feet aren't going to like the cold water and sharp rocks. Is this another case of HTFU?

Kyla - Beautiful bike! Really digging the color scheme. Love green! Oh, and I have the same color of paint on my living room walls - Sherwin Williams Desert Blonde. I love it, too - it goes with everything.

You don't need booties, your feet will be okay.  Last weekend in Galveston Bay it was chilly upon entry but after the gun sounded I didn't even notice feeling chilly.  There were several who swam sans wetsuit as well.  Buy a pair of cheap flip flops from Academy to walk around before you get in the water.  They are like $2 so you can feel okay about it if you can't find them after the race...  Don't forget your trashbags for putting your wetsuit on though...

Wear sunscreen...  I ended up with sunburn on my thighs and have a nice Shroud-of-Turin outline of my racing tank on my back.  It itches like crazy now...

Back to the land of sitting at my desk where I have plenty of time to post.

So you went with the Scott Kyla, very nice, I always like the way they look.  I take it the seat clamp worked out for you?

We have an Acura MDX that holds kids and bikes and a Saab 9-3 convertible that holds me and takes me the 10 minutes to work.

As far as spouses and training I could see how a spouse that doesn't train could get upset at the amount of time it takes. 
Sam and I are pretty much right on the edge with schedules, we try to coordinate every day on what each of us has planned.  She tends to swim before work, I swim at work, we ride at nights, she tends to run during the day at work and I run right after work before she gets home.  On the weekends we have to alternate our long rides.

99% of the time it works out well, we have plent of time to spend with the kids, eat dinner, train and sometimes sleep.

Suzy, I am getting a bit nervous about LS, all the pollen in the air has made some of my last few workouts miserable which of course tends to make me doubt my fitness.  LOL, I always have "it's my first HIM and I just want to finish" to fall back on : )