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Thanks for the info Robyn.  That helps a lot.  My March 29th Sprint is getting closer really quickly!  I'm more excited than anything.  Hopefully this year I will not get gripy and b*tchy on the packet pick up day.  Poor BF got the brunt of my nerves, impatience or whatever it was at my first sprint last year.

I will work really hard on the freak out portion.  No way am I cancelling! I've already paid for my room and the entires.  I'm bringing my own cheering section as well. BF, my son and his best buddy are all traveling with me to Galveston and we are going to stay another night to watch the olympic race the next day and to enjoy the festivities.

And yes Jay...it was 92 here yesterday.  Come on down..the water is awesome. 

Coach Troy (Spinnervals time trial 2.0) kicked my @ss this morning. My muscles are really feeling fatigued and were yesterday as well. My cardio has improved a lot, but my leg strength is going away before I hit my HR max by quite a bit.  Any of you guys having the same issue? I hope that I am building strength by pushing past the fatigue.  I need to weigh so that I can make sure that I'm getting enough fuel too.

Cheers, and glad to see you back Elizabeth and Laura. You were missed!

Les 

Laura,

You have picked a very challenging sport!!!!  If you have been away from physical activity for a sustained amount of time, think about how long you were away.....  Expecting to jump in and be able to swim 1000 meters is unrealistic.  You were away a long time, it will take a while to get back into things.  Hydration was most likely not the issue, it could be a form issue, but most likely it is simply rebuilding your body to be able to sustain extended effort.  Muscle, ligament, bone, mitochondria, cellular respiration....  Your body was telling you to slow down.   Don't build up too fast.  When you run and you get a stitch in your side,  you need more oxygen.  Slow down, work on breathing from the diaphram.  Same thing with a cramp, slow down.  Put in the time (slowly), and the endurance will come.  You can't expect overnight miracles.  BTW- These are things I tell myself every day.  I'm not just saying this to you, it is a reminder to me too.

I hope this helps a little.  Best of luck to you, and keep putting in the time.  It will pay off.

 Bennet

I would also like to suggest "doin it" if it is at all possible

Acutally, Laura, I get the same thing and I don't think it has anything to do with endurance.  I *think* I point my toes a little bit when I swim and I get really bad cramps in my feet.  I have found that stretching a bit tends to help.

I don't know what causes it, but its not hydration and its not endurance.  I am thinking it might be flexibility.  Stretch your foot in between sets and see if that helps...

Updated......

I haven't posted in a few days, but have been reading all the posts.  I'm on the upside of recovering from a long-lasting, very stubborn head cold so my Training Log has been ultra boring.

A big shout out and congrats to Jay for his marathon.  Running a marathon is like - well, running a marathon for many of us and I'm in awe.

Wow, Les.  You're up March 29th, eh?  Hopefully, with this being your second season, the familiarity of how these events work will be your friend.

Cheers, everyone!

Aeroboobs, T.I.T.S, mandex (men in spandex ), and underwear 5ks.  There, is that better?

Has anyone been keeping up with what is going on in the Tri Talk forum?  I was wondering if anyone has ever posted a question here on BT and felt like you were attacked or belittled in anyway?  Is anyone is this group intimidated by the people here?  Do you feel like you can rely on the information you get from this site?

I have been a BTer for 2 years and its hard for me to remember the responses I got on my first few posts.  I posted some off topic opinions in COJ a few times and got reemed for them and I STILL can't stand the people that I interacted with on those exchanges.  But the cool thing about an internet forum is you can completely ignore the people you don't like.

I have had no problems here...BUT...I am a member of a few other forums ( Not tri related) and this place is like "super nice" compared to some of them...so I have pretty thick skin. Some one may have flamed me,  I didn't even notice.

And tell me who was mean to you in COJ, if they were guys, I will be the big brother and beat them up for you!

Yeah, compared to Slowtwitch, the OTHER triathlon forum, this place is so squishy nice.  This is a beginner's forum where beginners from all walks of life should come to get answers to ANY question they may have.  But as a beginner, and a super-noob to this site, some don't realize that certain questions on this site are HUGELY debated.  There are some people here that truly are jerks, and there are some people here that are highly trained/educated that will call someone out if they post mis-information.  The one person in particular that I am talking about loves to help newbies, but I think is often times misunderstood as a jerk.  He is just direct; his philosophy and approach to most newbie questions is if you want to get better at something, then do it a lot.  And who wouldn't agree with that?  Most beginners will benefit the most from getting out the door and doing.... whatever.  Technique, form, power, speed, etc comes later.

What do you think, my peeps?

Hey, Robyn.  I have done some other posts recently.  I asked questions about buying a HRM, another question regarding buying bikes and a couple other things - I can't remember.  I thought everyone was very helpful and I didn't feel belittled or intimidated at all.

Having said this, I haven't posted anyting in CoJ, though, 'cause people tend to be really rude and - frankly - I'm on here for tri stuff.