SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 29)

Trevor, that sucks.  Funny how the deductibles work against you.  Until my truck was stolen I was unaware that contents in the vehicle were covered by home-owners insurance, not the comprehensive insurance on my vehicle.  How nice to get the honor to pay two deductibles for the same crime...  Similarily, when my catalytice converter was stolen from truck in the gym parking lot (no kidding, the slid under and took it) the deductible was about the same as the repair..

Andy

Trevor - that is such a bummer.  Someone smashed the window out of my car 2 weeks and it seemed like it took ages to get all the paperwork done and then have the window replaced. Sorry about your gear... at least you have a good reason for getting the new Garmin

To all of you who commented on my running issue and/or sent inspires; I can't tell you how much your messages meant to me - THANK YOU!!!. I've had a really interesting past few days.  I went out one evening a few nights ago and forgot the ipod. Thought the running would be brutal without music, but instead, I had a total epiphany. It was fantastic - I was finally just "feeling" the running and really getting it.  I'm sure the music will help in the future, but for now, it's nice to just focus on my form and breathing and enjoy it.  Only thing is that I've got some soreness along the inside of my calf but I'm pretty sure that's related to really tight calves (which I'm strecthing like crazy)

I'm headed to Kauai for 5 days and may not be able to follow our thread until I get back. I'm hoping to get over my shark issue and actually get some good ocean swims in.  Have a great week everyone - Aloha!

Trevor sorry to hear about that, stuff like that really sucks..  on the semi bright side, you get to buy new gadgets!  the garmin 305 is pretty cheap now but how do you pass on a waterproof 310! 

Suzy: Good luck with the new coach. Hope he/she works out great for you.

Shannon: I like to run with the mucic more for the pace than the actual music. I use podrunner programs so ther isn't really any lyrics to listen to anyways. It is nice once in a while to run without the ipod. I might have to do that today as it is raining here and I need to do a run today. It's quite warm here today so a run in a light rain would be great. I like running in the rain.

Beth Paul: way to go!  Races back to back. As far as AB and C races this will be the first year where I have had a distinction between races. All of them last year (my first year) were A races. My true A race this year will be the HIM in Sept. Being competitive by nature I will probably treat the other ones as races to once I get into them. I know I will also look at them to test out my strenghts and weaknesses for Sept.

Holly Congratultaiton on the team relay event. Soudns like you had a lot of fun.

Trevor: Am I ever glad I moved from that dens of thieves you call Alberta . Really sorry to hear about you losing all your stuff. I guess I am paranoid about that kind of stuff and never really leave stuff in my truck. I do have a cover for it which is locked so I throw stuff in there when I can't take it with me.  Hope you enjoy the new equipment. I went out and bought new trsi shorts yesterday and couldn't believe how much they had gone up in price.

Tracy: I hope its not strep throat and only the stresses that Steve mentioned. You have worked very hard to get in shape to do this HIM and it would be a shame to miss out. If you do have to miss it doon't get too bummed. There will be other races to do. YOu could always drive up to the firgid north and race with me in Sept

I went to the doctor last night and she confirmde either a torn muscle or tendonitis in the shoulder/arm. Nothing that can be done really except rest and time. Taking iboprofin to help out. She also sent for an xray on my foot to see if what there is going on there. She seemed to think there was some small bones (extra ones) that sometimes grow into the tendon? She said it was the second situation she had seen like that recently. Should find out more in a few days. With luck it will only be something easily dealt with. At least I can still run on it.

When I was out buying new tri shorts yesterday I ended up talking to a guy in the store who was interested in doing tris. and talking about the sport. It was a nice experience giving the guy information about the sport and our website. I think he is really going to give it a tri. (pun intended). I is actually quite surprising how many people think we are amazing athletes just to be going out and doing this sport. What a great feeling.

That's about it for now. Have a great day everyone.

okay gang, I need your opinioins.  Went to the doctor this morning and the strep test was negative but I do have an infection in my throat and sinuses.  She gave me antibiotics but said to TAKE IT EASY (she knows how I train) and nothing to aggravate my throat.  The coughing will take 2 weeks to go away, longer if I don't rest it.  She specifically said that included heavy breathing (from exercising you dirty minded people ).  I'm sure by Thursday I'll be feeling much better, so what do I do about the race on Saturday?  70.3 miles on a full tank will be hard, doing it sick might be torture.  My main concern is how beat up my body feels right now after coughing for 5 days and how much my throat hurt after such a short run yesterday.  What would you guys do if you were in my shoes?  I am too tired to make up my mind right now.  Before this crud started I was feeling really strong and excited, now I don't know........

HELP ME!!!


Rob, that seems odd to me they can't distinguish between a muscle tear and tendonitis - either way I'm sorry to hear that.  And your foot too, man, you're falling apart.  Just joking. I hope you heal quickly.  When do we get to see some photos of the hot new tri shorts????

I'm about 6 pages behind - I just cannot keep up with you guys.  I know a bunch of people had races over the weekend and from what I can tell, they seemed to go pretty well.  Congrats to everyone!  I did a 10k on Saturday and got a new PR!  Beat last year's time by almost 4 minutes. 

Now I'm concentrating (read: worrying) about my first tri this weekend.  The bike portion really scares me.  My gears are working much better since I took the bike in to be adjusted, but I'm still worried about how I'm going to do.  The course is a double loop so I'm hoping that once I finish the first loop, I'll be OK since I'll know what to expect the second time around.  Of course, that could also backfire on me - I may realize after the first loop that there's no way I can do it again.  My DH and I are going to drive over to Columbia on Saturday after he gets off work (he wasn't supposed to work that day which is adding to my stress) and hopefully we'll have time to drive the course so I'll have some idea of what I'll be dealing with on Sunday morning.  Looking at the elevation chart for the course is part of what's freaking me out although I know they're not always accurate - and 7.47 miles compressed down into 12 inches makes the hills look really bad!  I really think I'll feel better about it after seeing the actual course. 

Question for you all - I know most people don't usually taper for a sprint but since this is my first one, I want to make sure that I'm not too worn out on race day.  I was planning to swim Wed and Fri morning (short swims with one of them a TT so I know how to place myself on Sunday), a short run tonight and possibly Sat morning if I feel like I need to release some tension, and a bike ride Wed night (a little harder effort) and Friday night (just an easy ride).  How does that sound?  I know I run races better if I have a couple of rest days or easy days before the race so I figured this would probably be the same? 

Janet

Hey Gang, I got a question for ya.  If you are unable to go for a swim before your start on race morning what do you do to warm up for your swim?  It takes me a good 200 yards before I am feeling the least bit warmed up and am able to get my breathing under control. 

~Holly