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Glad to hear the tyre held out, sounds like a good race.

Had an interesting run this morning in winds averaging 29mph with gusts of 38! Trying to run uphill in 38mph gusts is almost impossible as the wind kept bringing me to almost a complete stop. Of course, on the plus side, the run back was much easier having the wind push me uphill.

Enjoy the race.  Good luck

Great job ladies!!!  Sooo cool when you get to race mentor mates and online friends in a race for the first time!!

good luck Ken!!!!

60 very hard miles yesterday, basically, if anyone is familiar with Strava, they have KOM segments made by other riders, so i printed a loop out and decided to go and try to claim KOM's.  The unfortunate thing is my dog chewed up my garmin 500, so i had to use my iphone, the satellite communication was not the best, the garmin is much better.  it ended up not recoding almost half the segments i attempted.

I did get 60 miles worth of 5-10 min intervals though, and by the end of the ride i was soft peddaling cause my legs wanted to cramp sooooo bad, lol!!!

hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!

Nice job at the races ladies!  My first multisport race was a duathlon and have not done one since although I would like to. 

Rudy:  Nice ride!  I like that.

I got up early this morning to ride.  Due to the low temps (35) I opted for the trainer even though I would much rather do my longer ride outside.  I hate waiting until later in the day to ride as there is always the chance something will come up and ruin my plans.

It actually went pretty good.  2:15 total with main set as 5x10' @89-94%FTP.  Legs were pretty rubbery getting off the bike.  Nice thing about the trainer is its efficient.  2:15 of nonstop spinning and no stoplights.  The scenery is another story .

Daughter had her 1st Bday party yesterday so was not able to get anything done.  She destroyed her cupcake and her dress LOL.  It was bath time after that.

Thanks for the well wishes!  The race went better than expected, beat my previous best for this race by a little more than five minutes and set an overall PR for the half by about a minute and a half!  Pleasantly surprised!

1:44:51 for the official time.  Maybe a shot to break 1:40 in the fall?

Nice job Ken. 

No workouts for me today.  Spent the morning cleaning and packing then driving to Payson.  Nice little house.  Think nice cabin in the woods.  That'll be home for the next couple of years.  My run tomorrow should be interesting, I just gained another 2000 ft vertical.  At about 5000ft+ now

awesome job Ken!!!  great work!!

bryancd - 2012-04-29 6:27 PM

Fred D - 2012-04-29 4:11 PM Anyone have any burning questions they want discussed?

Is the new Ridely Scott film "Prometheus" and actual prequel to his 1979 masterpiece "ALIEN" or not. it's killing me.

Bryan - I can give a definitive answer to that, but you have to be willing to sign a 37-page non-disclosure agreement first.

Yep - one of the top 28 reasons to do an IM branded race is that you can go into it light. There is so much aid on the course you can actually set your bike up like you are racing a sprint, and plan the run like you are running a neighborhood 10k. Unless you have really demonstrably-special nutritional needs, there is really no need to carry much on the bike and run.