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I don't take any supplements specific to training.  I do take glucosimine and condrotin because of my shoulder issues and arthritis.  Not sure if it helps or not, but iI will try going without it at the end of the season, until then every day.  I didn't bring it with me here and the shoulder feels kind of clunky.

IF I work out that late, which is rare, but my masters class meets at 8:30 and to get the training load in this year, I am probably going to start those again, I eat a light dinner.   Maybe even a frozen dinner, then when I get home I make myself a little popcorn.  Truthfully, I do best at keeping my weight off when I swim at night, but it is because of the diet.  Unfortunately  I struggle to get to sleep and my next morning workout is sometimes an issue. 

One thing I learned when I was on the strict diet and lost the bulk of my weight was to not get wrapped too tight around missing one day or going a bit overboard on a meal.  Just get up the next day like it never happened and continue on.  Not a big deal, to miss one day or one workout.  This isn't an all or nothing thing we do!

I'm about 80% at night.  Mostly, during the week I get up at 4am for work.  So working out has me waking up at 3am at least.  I can't do that too often!  I get home at 6pm and try to get in bed by 10, but it's usually not till about 11pm.  By the time I workout/take care of the dogs/make dinner(my wife doesn't cook!)/ and take a shower from my workout, it's time to go bed.

My coach made it clear this week and next are very important.  The last 2 weeks to get in volume before we move to higher intensity.  So I've been trying like hell to hit all the prescribed workouts.  I cut one 2 1/2 hour ride a little short already on Sunday.  I'm still struggling on the diet to hold the prescirbed numbers on the bike.  It's getting me sooooooo frustrated, I just get burned out.  I had to call that one quits.  I've hit the rest of them though.  This weekend should be challenging because my old dog is having problems and I need to get her to vet on Saturday for treatments.  I usually use Saturdays in the winter to actually get normal amounts of sleep!  I'll have to get up early to get everything in.  Hopefully, my wife won't want to go out on Friday night! LOL   I've got my swim bag with me.  Going to try and hit the gym on the way home for a pyramid swim and then go home for some KB workouts!

Meulen - 2013-01-24 10:39 AM Oh......and back to gear purchases!  a Fizik Airione Tri2 Carbon braided rails just showed up on Gearscan.com for 50% off.  Darned if I couldn't help myself!!! LOL   That should go nicely on my TT race rig!

Never heard of that site...

What are some discount sites people know of? I think we should establish. I know I have used a couple, but I know there are a bunch out there. 

the cl y m b.com (no spaces...anyone know why this won't let me post it all together??) is the one i've looked at the most. chainlove.com is another.

ramiedd - 2013-01-24 12:04 PM

Meulen - 2013-01-24 10:39 AM Oh......and back to gear purchases!  a Fizik Airione Tri2 Carbon braided rails just showed up on Gearscan.com for 50% off.  Darned if I couldn't help myself!!! LOL   That should go nicely on my TT race rig!

Good site.. almost pulled the trigger on a set of wheels but cooler heads prevailed.

I've been trying to hold back on the Reynolds 66 CC's every time they come up! lol

That site, Zee, has spammed BT in the past so they put a block on any posts about it.

Back home and up early (not as early as I should be) to reaquaint myself with my bike. 

TGIF!! 

Nice John! train up and you'll have a great race at Toughman.  I would do it again if it wasn't the same day as another race.

I just added another HIM to the schedule also, the HITS North County (Lake George) at the end of June.  The bike starts with a 5 mile CAT2 climb.  So I'll be getting reacquainted with the hills come spring as well.

Sounds like a good race from what I have read. 

The benefit to the testing and the training is to measure our results and improvement.  Keep us posted how you are doing with it. 

Thanks Bill!

I may skip this one, it is a nasty course with several hills that are like hills.  I forgot about a meeting at work which would make it a challenge to get there on time, and the most important reason is it is COLD and snowing.  I have lost my friend that does these races with me to a knee injury too. He is going to be out for a while getting it fixed, etc.  So, right now I am not planning on it, but I have changed my mind before.

Thanks Ken. Yes, it's Sunday. To tell the truth, I've got mixed feelings about it. I've been running the course a lot this week since its one of the few places to run in NYC, plus there is the cold. The good news is i fully expect to have a PR time. That's the benefit to having very few running races to my credit. Of course all of this is moot as i have to show up with the bibs of 2 other runners.