Slornow's and Wannabefaster's Summer Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 31)

This thread is lingering down the page -- shouldn't happen!   

Had a good ride this morning (30 km, averaged over 27 km/hr which is pretty good for me!).   Up at 5:15, gotta love this time of year, already as bright as noon...

I've got OWS practice tomorrow.  Water is 62F as of yesterday which is worse than I hoped but better than I feared... knock on wood, it'll get warmer by next week.

Any tips for my wetsuit  -- I heard from somewhere that it's a good idea to soak it for 24 hours?  

How about for the practice session itself -- any thoughts on OWS specific drills to try out?  Or am I better to just warm up and then do a practice swim of the course?  (2x750m triangle loop)    Or should I practice sharp elbows and defensive blocks?

Finally -- best of luck to this weekend's racers!  We know about Randy -- who else?  Surely we can't top last week's extravaganza of 7 racers...

Scott.

I did my first OWS yesterday and soaked the suit for a good 8 hours beforehand.  I think it keeps it from sucking you to death on that first swim.  Our H20 temp was 58F and I didn't like it, at all.  The good news is I didn't freak out the way I normally do so all is not lost!

Had another mini big day today, 4 hour ride, 90' off, 1:45 run.  The run was a dream, but I am really struggling with getting back on that tri bike and that makes me most unhappy. Winds were only 10mph and I really never felt comfortable with my deeper wheels.Who buys a tri bike and then sits on the bars?  NO ONE!  Tomorrow, I am going to trade it out for a normal wheel and see if that helps.  Any other advice from the troops is welcome.

Randy, kick it into high gear and stay there!

Hello everyone-made it into town around 2:00pm. Went to packet pickup and race briefing. Now I have all day tomorrow to get everything ready for the race on Sunday. Plan is to bike the run course in the morning. I'll then drive the bike course as they indicated at the race briefing that there are some low areas that may have standing water on Sunday as it has rained alot today. Chance of some more rain tomorrow and Sunday but not nearly like today. Should be wetsuit legal swim 

Eagleman 70.3/Randy Walton Bib #739

I don't think Nancy is racing. I believe Michael/D3 is racing. Anyone else?

More rain off and on this morning. Was able to get a ride and swim in on the course. Tomorrow looks like high in low 80's, a few clouds and light winds. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms. The usual pre race nerves have me anxious about tomorrow.

Randy - Good luck at your race! Hope its not going to rain on race day.

I am running a 10k tomorrow morning for the "Wounded Warrior Foundation" I wasn't planning on running it this year but then my Chiropractor/Sports Therapist decided to sponsor me :-) I could get used to that ... lol

Randy's done with T1 -- finished the swim in 37:34.  Unfortunately this is a bit slower than he did in IMTX 70.3 -- must be some tough conditions.

Keep it up Randy!

Finished my 10k this morning with another PR. 51 minutes and 15 seconds. The race was delayed by over an hour because of heavy rain, lightning and thunder. Ran in the rain which was nice for cooling but the shoes were heavy. 

Looks like Randy finished the race in 4 hours 53 minutes. 15th in his AG. Its about 6 minutes slower than Texas 70.3 bbut very consistent. Congratulations on another great race Randy!

Way to go Randy.  Sub-5 hours is never a cause for complaint!  Looking forward to the race report.

Michael -- really nice PR!  

Scott.

Woo-Hoo!  That is a rockin' time!  Where the heck is an update?  

First long OWS in the bag for me today.  Very relieved.

Nice job Michael.  Especially since you had to stand around for an extra hour!!!