ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 27)

Saw JOANNE'S picture of the finish line on Facebook.   SOOOO excited for you IM Syracuse Junkies to run through it tomorrow.  I'm so glad you got to meet!    Yes, TONY, racing smart is very important in the heat and humidity.   Trust all your training and go get it done!

GO JOANNE and TONY!!!  Race smart and happy! 

Yep, MATT, I saw that too!   Tony spent almost 12 minutes in T1, though, so I'm hoping all's OK.  Since he's doing this as a training for IMWI maybe he'd planned that.  Let's hope!

I wondered what was going on with the time delay.  I was at the gym with Lis and checking on things occasionally and it had nothing other than the swim split.  After the gym Lis and I went to the store and I checked there too.  Again, nothing more than the swim split.  I was getting pretty frustrated.

Enough with the griping.

Both Joanne and Tony are staying in their respective placement times so far.  Their swim and bike splits have them staying very close to the same position in their AG's.  That should be a good sign. 

I hope they update the splits a little sooner than they have been as the race continues.

Joanne is sitting the same AG place with her first run split.  Looks like she's keeping things moving alright.

Tony has moved up a couple of places with one more split to go before the finish.  The way the updates have been coming he's probably finished and we can't see it yet. 

Both of them have had to suffer quite a bit.  I checked the current weather and the temp/heat index is 86/92 but there is a decent wind at 9 MPH out of the NW.  Hopefully that is providing some relief.  There's also some rain and/or thunder storms moving into the area.  That could provide some temporary relief as long as there is no danger from the storm itself.

Bring it home you two!!!

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Edit: 

Joanne just got her run on for the second split!  She's nailing the second split.  She's picked up the pace by 2 minutes per mile and she's jumped up one place in her AG.

Nothing more for Tony yet.

Just posted the first run split for JoAnne so she's still on the move.   Tony's in the final push.  

Tony,  It sounds like a brutal race.  I have another friend on facebook that is a pro athlete that posted how brutal his race was.  He was in 4th place overall when he flatted and then tried to play catch up for the rest of the bike.  Then he suffered through the run too.  He spent some time walking...........and then in the med tent.

......You weren't the only one suffering.  It sounds like everyone was in trouble out there.

Congrats on making it through the sufferfest and being that much closer to IMWI!

Matt,  I had some similar weight loss on Saturday after my long ride and short run.  My ride didn't seem to leave me dehydrated that I could notice but as I was running I was thinking a lot about wanting some water.  This is what I use to run with for hydration.  I've been using this belt for 4 marathon training programs and I like it the best. 

Tony - Congrats on your race. Thanks for posting your review;it's pretty awesome and I can see how you were using this as a strategy race to prep for IMWI. I hope you recover quickly and continue to soak in the satisfaction of a race completed for a few more days!

I see that JoAnne hasn't checked in yet and I am hoping all is well and that she can post/check in soon.

I had some decent training sessions this weekend, not nearly as exciting as Tony's recap though, I kinda felt like I was right there with him through some of it.

On Saturday I attempted to PR in the 5k distance for the first time ever. Normally I only run 5ks with a stroller and two little girls, but with the hubby home, we were able to go as a family. My 4 yr-old Madalyn ran her first ever 1 mile Fun Run (really only about a half a mile). They started at the back of the pack and she ran the whole way. Not bad for being the youngest munchkin out there.

The 5k 9:00 a.m. start was a warm one. It was about 78ºF with a 60% humidity. I caught a cramp under my right ribcage at the end of mile 1 and it definitely slowed me down through mile 2 and 3. Normally, I would have slowed my pace down and ran through it for a few miles, then eased back into a comfy pace, but a 5k proves to be too short to do this. At the end of the run, I did sprint it out to pass a 23 year old gal by :02s. I placed 25/112 OA, 5th Female OA, and 3rd in my Age Group (my age group was 26-34 yrs old), which was pretty awesome that at 34 I claimed a spot against gals younger than me.

Blog recap: http://wp.me/p32uES-8n 

Splits:

Mile 1 – 7:43
Mile 2 – 8:44
Mile 3 – 8:56
.10 Mile – :41s (7:00 pace)

On Sunday, I did a 2hr + 20 min bike ride + 58 min run... ended up doing this in the gym because there ws a 70% chance of thunderstorms and at 92°F w/70% humidity, I would not have survived the training session.

I did a long swim this morning - 70 minutes. I concentrated on just letting my hands fall as they entered the water, per Dirk's earlier recommendation. Normally, my pinky and ring finger cramp around lap 40, but not today. I pushed through 50 laps and didn't have any cramping issues.

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