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Alex – Great bike!  Did you say you did the changes yourself?  That’s awesome.

Dan - Wow!  Good job with the long swim.

Ails – Gook luck on the 10k race.  If I did it, you can do it too! LOL

Sterling – Congratulations!  Way to go on the half Mary!

Curt – How are you feeling now?  Did you finish your programme on Saturday?

Mike –Sorry about your foot… 

Awesome job Sterling. 

Mike, I know this sucks right now, but as an ATHLETE, injuries happen.  It sucks to have to bow out of a race you have been planning for, believe me, I know, but life and training go on.  Use this time to really get good on swim and bike.  Also, looking into aqua-jogging until you can get back on your feet.  People swear by it.  Keep your head up.

Think things are just about back to normal for me....  Just finished 30 minutes on the treadmill here in Monterrey, Mexico.  Travel back home tomorrow and that's it after three weeks of being on the road way too much!!!  Last week I finished the 6 week Time Crunched Triathlete program.  I can say with confidence that I'm a big believer that it will help AND it's easy to work in to one's schedule.  Last workout on Saturday called for 800 yards in the pool, 30 minutes on the bike and 10 minutes running.  Program is designed to race on Sunday.  I was skeptical about doing that much the day prior, but went ahead and did it.  Now Sunday my cold kicked my aXX and I could not workout.  However, my muscles felt great / was definitely in fine shape from a conditioning stand point.  I'll be taking it easy for a couple of weeks and working mainly on steady, aerobic zone training.  Think it wise after six hard weeks to rest a bit.

Big decision for me now is in regards to swimming.  There's a masters group that meets 3 x per week at 5:30 am.  It's 10 minutes from me and on my way to work, so I don't have any excuses.  Trying to decide if that's the way to go OR if I'm better off registering for a two day TI workshop in Chicago.  With all the time in the water over the past six weeks, I am confident that I'll get value out of either experience.  Welcome you guys thoughts on pros and cons.

So, after stewing for a few days about the foot thing, I'm going to make this as positive as I can. The HM is out, and I'm not going to worry about running for at least a couple weeks or longer. I'm also going to go find a good sports doc if this is stil painful early next week.

In the meanwhile, there are two other sports at which I need to get better, and I'm going to build on swimming, and learn how to really ride my tri bike. Even hoping for a day I can get it off the trainer and on the road sometime soon. I'll do some cardio on the elliptical at the gym to keep that up in place of running.

My hope is that the foot comes back to normal in the next couple weeks (w/ or w/o a doc intervening) and I can slowly build back up to that. I have a few races I want to do this year and I'm not going to blow the season just trying to do the HM on an injured foot.

Mike

that sound a lot like my plan. I am going to do this 10k tomorrow, with the goal of finishing it, no time limits in my head or such. Then taking a swim clinic next week. Also just got cycling shoes, so I am making these small incremental changes, that way maybe I will not be lost in my age group this summer! HAHA

2:33, 3:12, 3:01, 3:09, 3:04, 2:54, 3:02, 3:00, 2:56, 2:47

For all you fish, it's nothing special.  For a rock like me, it's pretty exciting.  The swim was pretty easy.  Second 100 felt slow, so I picked it up and tried to stay relaxed.  Just kind of plodded along feeling fine.  Pushed a little in the last 100, but still had plenty of gas.  Think if I work at it for another month and push a bit harder can likely take it down to around 25 minutes.  Thinking that the masters swim program may be the way I go / the next challenge for me.

ETA -- Checked previous best and it was 38:48 on Decembr 14th.  9 minutes off my time in 3 months!

Hey!!! Nothing special? Fugeddaboutit!! that is AWESOME! Congrats on the milestone!! Its fantastic. Who cares what other folks swim, *YOU* are making huge strides in *YOUR* quest -- enjoy it for today, and tomorrow use it as a base for your next peak to climb!!

Mike

Mike you're spot on about it being about each of our individual quest.  I really am pleased / tickled.  Last year during the tri I did with the OWS I came seriously close to giving up / had to hang on to surf boards about 10 times.  Today was great as I actually SWAM versus struggling -- even felt the speed a couple of times.  By summer I'd like to get down to 2 min / 100 yards.  Would be awesome to come out of the water relaxed and ready for the bike.

Appreciate very much the support / encouragement.

Well done Curt!!  I’m glad for you!  Congratulations!  This is a well deserved milestone.  You have worked so hard and you’ve been so disciplined that now you are seeing results.  

Mike_D - 2011-03-04 7:40 AM

Ail - 2011-03-04 6:34 AM Congrats on the positive attitude! I am not so sure I would have bounced back so quickly! 

Thanks, Ail. I figure there's no point in trying to fix something I can't change, so I'll just be terrible at 2 sports for now instead of 3 .  My mission for the next few weeks is to get the bike humming and see if I can find a way to turn running frustration into swimming balance

Mike

You’ll se that you’ll be OK soon.  You are by no means terrible in any of the sports.  Ails is right, you always have a very positive attitude.  It’s contagious… thanks! 

Good luck tomorrow!