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Speedboat...Mav - yes thank you for noticing....the bike avg speed was about a half mile per hour faster than my old PR.  The good thing about the water is that you want to get out of it fast.  It just seemed really putrid.  Part of the problem is that it was very low as we have not had a ton of rain to keep the little lake full.  We may get some rain this week from this new tropical storm.  I was actually really pleased about the run...that is fast for me at the end of a tri.

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Leston - I would go for the 2-2-2 deal if you can.  Something like, 2 x 1 hour long rides, a 30 min swim and a 30 min run, a 45-60 min run, and another swim of approx 1 hour.  Also, two workouts of core, weights, pilates or the like in 20-30 minutes would do the trick I would say.  You could probably do most of this in 4 days/week without too much trouble if necessary but I would try to hit 2-2-2....I would sacrifice the short run for a weight or core workout if necessary.  You are going to keep a lot of cardio fitness from the swim and bike....ramping up the running miles when necessary is actually pretty easy.

DON'T STOP SWIMMING!!!

sTRIve

Leston, I totally understand the time commitments.  Just do what you can.  What I wrote was ideal.  You can adjust off that.  Maybe every third week you could hit them all or one day do short bricks.  Good job to keep swimming, you don't want to lose what you have.

Mav - did you go outside the buoys again?  Were you arrested?  If not, all is well and the Park Rangers will get over it.  Good luck with the interview!!!!  Go big or go home.  I can't believe we are already talking about the end of the season.

sTRIve

where is everybody????

I am watching water polo....those dudes (and dudettes - but I am watching the men play) can swim!

sTRIve

Dan - great race report...I added the finish line to the total.  Wow, mid-week tri this week...we will need a race report.  Thanks for the nice comments but you all are easy...you are trained and you are all doing GREAT.  You really don't need me anymore but I can't wait to read about all you are doing.  By the way, It takes about three years to build bike fitness.  For any of you in your first year on the road, just keep up the work.  You will get faster every few rides.  I have guys telling me the same thing.  Patience, my friend, it takes time.

You did make me ROFLMAO with the "the crowd gasped", oh my gosh, they "gasped"....I love that!!!!  It must have been a SPECTACULAR dismount......YouTube????  We could only dream...  Maybe Spielberg/Sticka/FBP will re-create the "gasp" near tragedy for our viewing pleasure.  Most importantly, is the bike okay?

sTRIve

Leston - check out some of the triathlon forums like TriTalk or TriScoop - there are many IT band discussions out there and I am sure there is some information that could be helpful.

Mav - training is going good...getting pretty big volumes now....Last Saturday was a 40 mile bike and 2 mile run.  This weekend the brick is swim 30 mins, bike 2 hours, run 30 min.  Today's workout was a swim workout totalling 3000 meters and then also a 45 minute bike today but not done as a brick.  I also have a 90 minute run this weekend and another swim.  This has been a pretty big week.  I think next week is recovery.  I am also checking my resting heart rate pretty much each morning, for those who don't know, a 10-15% increase in your base resting heartrate is a great indication of overtraining.  You take your heartrate before you even get out of bed.  Open your eyes, take your heartrate, get your a&& out of bed and go train....

Longhorn 70.3 in 52 days 10 hours and about 40 minutes.....

I woke up in Dallas yesterday morning and it was hot, I woke up in Chicago this morning in the 60s....I really wanted to run but had one too many swallows of a martini last night and had to get to the airport so I punished myself after my long swim by riding outside...it was 95 today here.

sTRIve

Finish Line updated.  Who will get us to number 40?

Dan - great race.  You are feeling the peak performance.  I love that "OMG I have done all this and still feel pretty good" feeling.  It is really amazing that the feeling is hard to understand....I usually get chills at some point in a race about just the accomplishment....it seems to me to be one of those things best described as, if you have done it, you can't explain it and if you haven't done it, you couldn't understand anyway.

I did a one hour ride and a 30 minute run today....all inside.  It was just too hot.  On the long swim yesterday, I actually sunburned my back a little.  That was a surprise.  I view the training as an escape from work....so I look forward to it.  The volume has really picked up in the last two weeks, prior to that it wasn't all that big during the week.

By the way, there is a century ride in North Texas called the Hotter 'n Hell....it is next weekend.  I have a few friends that are going to do it.  It can really be brutal.  Check out the website -- it is a HUGE ride.

I can't believe it is August and we are looking at the end of the season.  What is everybody's plan for the winter === which I think starts in a couple of weeks for some of you....

FBP - - where are you???? snowed in????

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Mav - I am right aobut the bike.  Just trust me and keep riding.  If you doubt me, go ride a ride that you did last year and tell me if you don't hammer it compared to how you rode it last year.  My Oly is Sept 1 so you guys go before me.

Please indulge me and let me share this story with you...

Due to the Olympics, I have been sacrificing a little sleep to be a good American however I rolled out at 5:30 this morning to do it my workout before it got too hot.  I had a great workout.  One mile OWS, 1:50 minutes on the bike - about 30 miles with a LOT of hills and then a 20 minute trail run.  The legs got to feel good after about 5 minutes and I felt very good after the run.  I had a recovery drink and then ate a sandwich on the way home.  I was able to do this with a tri shop here who has just started doing these Sat trainings at a local lake.  So I have a chance every Sat to OW swim, bike, run or any combination thereof and any distance.  They usually do an hour/an hour/and an hour but they are adjustable and met my schedule today without any problems.  So here's the reason I share this with you, Debbie (Mrs. L.R.R) has been swimming since May (which incidentally is the first time she put her face in the water) and last night swam 1400 yards in a 200, a bunch of 100s and a few 50s.  She went out with me this morning to try an OWS and follow with a short bike around the park and to run with me.  The lake is 1/2 mile across - she swam ALL THE WAY across AND back.  Her first OWS ever was 1 mile.  I am so proud of her that I had to share that with you all.  Now here's a funny, there was a lady at the lake promoting Gatormania - an OW race next weekend at the same lake.  Debbie was like - I might want to do that.  So who knows what we have created here.  Thanks for listening and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the weekend.

sTRIve

Hey everyone .... I'm baaaaack !!

Got home from the cottage late last night - good thing Mrs FBP didn't have her boyfriend over ( ) 'cause I surprised her by being 12 hours earlier than planned. Decided not to stay when they had to postpone the big horse race that I had wanted to see due to a violent rain storm that made the track unsafe.

Can't say that this was one of the better holidays that I ever had - the weather was the worst I can ever recall. It rained almost every day (I think that there were only 2 dry days in 14)

I mentioned before I left that I had decided not to do the Triathlon that was scheduled for the first weekend I was there. Turned out to be a VERY good decision. The weather was monsoon-like that day which alone was enough to freak me out but to add to that my car had problems the day after I arrived and needed to go into the shop so I wouldn't have had transportation to drive the 70km from my cottage to the race site.

Enough about the negatives ...

I did manage to get a reasonable number of bikes/runs in. I did 5 or 6 rides ranging in distance from 25 to 40 km and what a difference now that my bike has been properly fitted !!! I also did a half dozen runs including two 10k distances. The only thing I didn't manage to do was get in any swims but I'll be back to the university pool this week for sure.

Congratulations to all of you who have been racing over the past two weeks - I scrolled back through all the great posts to read about them. 

FBP - welcome back.  Now go swim.

sTRIve

Wow mav - sorry to hear about the bike incident. I am very lucky that drivers here tend to be very accomodating but I have had moments, especially as a cycle commuter, of panic too. Usually a driver who is just not aware of surroundings.

In respect of your near-death experience I won't comment on recent Blue Jays-Sox issues ...