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QueenZipp - 2010-06-11 11:19 AM I am having serious doubts about the whole HIM thing this year......between the asthma flare that turned into creeping crud (which seems to want to linger) and the whole lack of sleep thing thanks to being 50 and female.....yeah....not fun.  I have a drop back week next week (thank GOD) and will probably drop the plan to an easier level again until the body is more cooperative.  Not going to pull the plug on it yet but it's a possibility for as lousy as I have felt....Anyway, going to keep working on the whole thing but am more than frustrated by the body's lack of cooperation.

dixrp - 2010-06-11 11:41 AM I have to brag and ask for encougagement, I copied this from my blog: Went to Fat Camp(Weight Loss Support Group)yesterday and got on scales, since 4/8 I have lost 51 lb of fat, put on 20 lb of muscle, for a net of 31 lbs(23 lb of fat lost, 6 lb muscle gained, net 17 lb loss last month). Starting weight 285, yesterday 254. I am stoked, I have been weighing at home, and I was afriad I was losing muscle but not the case. I know the easy weight is off and the next 30 lb(goal of 225) will be slower coming off, but that is OK. Training and eating right are so much easier now than when I started this two months ago. Running still sucks..........It is easier, but I still hate it, I would rather be biking or swimming. On a swim this week the water felt thick and I was struggling to swim smooth, I just thought to myself that I could be running today and everything from that point was easier! There is a Tri(1000 yrd swim, 19 miler, 4 mile run) next weekend I want to do, but not sure bout the run. The swim and bike piece of cake, I might just do Aqua Bike. Yes I have done 7 and 8 mile runs in the past couple of weeks but they were extermly slow and not following a swim and bike(which will be slow). I just hate the thought of being so slow, this is a race, damnit. I know I should not let pride keep me from doing it but...................

Jacklcm - 2010-06-12 3:24 AM Off to my race.  Switched to a sprint to avoid challenging my back.  Hope everyone has a great training and/ or racing weekend.

disturbed275 - 2010-06-12 7:01 PM Hi guys! I hope everyone had a great Saturday.

The race went fantastic today!  I set a huge PR and met my goal of running a sub-5hr HIM.  Final time was 4:51:08, ten minutes faster than last year!

Celebrating with margaritas tonight   I'll be asleep within the hour

disturbed275 - 2010-06-12 5:01 PM Hi guys! I hope everyone had a great Saturday.

The race went fantastic today!  I set a huge PR and met my goal of running a sub-5hr HIM.  Final time was 4:51:08, ten minutes faster than last year!

Celebrating with margaritas tonight   I'll be asleep within the hour

yogachic - 2010-06-13 10:00 AM Happy Sunday, all!  I'm am EXHAUSTED, but just wanted to pop in quickly to say hi.  I'll catch up on the thread maybe later today or tomorrow.

I got back last night from my Madison to Chicago relay.  I met up with my team around 6:45 am yesterday, and we loaded our vans and drove up to Madison.  We got there around 10am, checked in, went through all the course and safety talks, organized our gear, etc.  Our start was at 12 noon, and we went and saw our first runner off.  Our team captain wasn't feeling too well, and after her first leg (around 8pm) she felt worse.  Luckily by that time we were in Milwaukee which is her hometown, so her mom was able to come and bring her home.  But then that meant we were one person short.  So two people ended up having to run extra legs to make up for it.  They even almost canceled the race yesterday around noon since there were thunderstorms rolling in.  Luckily, they decided to let us continue, though they kept telling us they would stop letting runners go if they heard thunder or saw lightning.  It even started raining while our last runner was out doing his last leg.  We all waited for him in the rain at the finish line, and when he came we ran through the chute as a team.  We finished just before 6pm, so our total time was just under 30 hrs for the 205 mile race.

It was a lot of fun, but I'm way more sore than I expected, given that the run legs weren't all that long for me (5.65, 3.1, and 5.75 miles for a total of 14.5 miles with about 10 hrs rest in between).  I really want to do it again next year! 

disturbed275 - 2010-06-12 7:01 PM Hi guys! I hope everyone had a great Saturday.

The race went fantastic today!  I set a huge PR and met my goal of running a sub-5hr HIM.  Final time was 4:51:08, ten minutes faster than last year!

Celebrating with margaritas tonight   I'll be asleep within the hour

yogachic - 2010-06-13 10:00 AM Happy Sunday, all!  I'm am EXHAUSTED, but just wanted to pop in quickly to say hi.  I'll catch up on the thread maybe later today or tomorrow.

I got back last night from my Madison to Chicago relay.  I met up with my team around 6:45 am yesterday, and we loaded our vans and drove up to Madison.  We got there around 10am, checked in, went through all the course and safety talks, organized our gear, etc.  Our start was at 12 noon, and we went and saw our first runner off.  Our team captain wasn't feeling too well, and after her first leg (around 8pm) she felt worse.  Luckily by that time we were in Milwaukee which is her hometown, so her mom was able to come and bring her home.  But then that meant we were one person short.  So two people ended up having to run extra legs to make up for it.  They even almost canceled the race yesterday around noon since there were thunderstorms rolling in.  Luckily, they decided to let us continue, though they kept telling us they would stop letting runners go if they heard thunder or saw lightning.  It even started raining while our last runner was out doing his last leg.  We all waited for him in the rain at the finish line, and when he came we ran through the chute as a team.  We finished just before 6pm, so our total time was just under 30 hrs for the 205 mile race.

It was a lot of fun, but I'm way more sore than I expected, given that the run legs weren't all that long for me (5.65, 3.1, and 5.75 miles for a total of 14.5 miles with about 10 hrs rest in between).  I really want to do it again next year! 

Jacklcm - 2010-06-12 3:24 AM Off to my race.  Switched to a sprint to avoid challenging my back.  Hope everyone has a great training and/ or racing weekend.

carrie639 - 2010-06-14 8:09 AM Here is my race report.

US Women's Racing Series - Naperville Triathlon

I guess the short story is that my run really sucked, but I am not disappointed because I did really well in the swim and hammered the bike.

I have a nice little bruise below my right eye from getting kicked right off into the swim.  Don't worry I stuck in there and passed her

So not sure what to do about the run.  I don't think that if I let up on the bike that I would've gained more on the run than I would've  given up on the bike.  Maybe because I am athena, I needed a gu gel by second lap on the bike rather than waiting till t2?  I was lagging a little on the 2nd lap of the bike, but I felt really good coming out of t2 for the run.  Not sure what happened on the run (it was flat and not warm), but by under a half mile I was having a hard time. and walked about 1/3. Ran last mile, so at least felt good about that.  You walk a finish with people lining the chute right?

Got another sprint in 2 weeks, similar type course.  Any thoughts?

Thanks for all the encouragement.

Carrie

Race nutrition: 
Gu 20-25 minutes before swim
Gu in t1
Gu in t2
Gatorade on bike and on run

disturbed275 - 2010-06-12 9:01 PM Hi guys! I hope everyone had a great Saturday.

The race went fantastic today!  I set a huge PR and met my goal of running a sub-5hr HIM.  Final time was 4:51:08, ten minutes faster than last year!

Celebrating with margaritas tonight   I'll be asleep within the hour