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Never!!!  Take in all of the advice that you can, then make your own call - and live with it! There have been other times when I really should have bagged it - didn't - and everything was fine.  Sending healing vibes your way!!!!

I totally get your goals, Jayne... I'm with the conservative folks who say don't run the 50K as the long-term risks, IMO, aren't worth it. But you are a big girl and can make your own decisions!! I'm like Julia as I tell myself, "I'd rather run tomorrow, and next week, and next month..." I am preaching that to my daughter these days -- I am building her up to a 15K on March 3. Some days we go out and parts of her body hurt. I always make her walk home if the hurts don't sound good or get worse, and I tell her, "I want to run with you tomorrow and next week and on March 3 more than I want to finish this run here, today." BIG PICTURE!!!!

All that said, I hope your body cooperates and you can accomplish what you set out to do!!

Feelin the love!! The Balmelli Babes are gearing up for a 6k trail run this weekend. This will be a first for us. Hopefully we encounter some good humored souls as we will be dressed in our Valentine's Day boxers. (It's all for good luck)

As far as what I love about Triathlon, waiting to figure that out...I do know that the peeps are a much more sociable crowd. I love that we can combine three sports into one. I love that I can compete against myself. I love that I can look at race results and see an 81 year old female competitor kick cause that's what I wanna do when I am that young.

And, hubster is awesome. Supporting me through this little endeavor, even though it takes away from him and the kids. And, he was such a sweetheart for cutting up strawberries and chocolate for me and the girls to share at work.

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!

I've been waiting for this week for a while! Saturday is my first race, ever. I've never done even so much as an organized 5K fun run. On Saturday I'm doing a sprint duathlon (2.5K run, 10M bike, 2.5K run). The weather is expected to be 45° at the start.

I've done the full race distance the last two weekends just to be sure that I'm prepared. My goal is to have fun, don't embarrass myself and finish!

Caleb,

You won't be a racing virgin much longer.  Soak up every moment and enjoy the day.  Just don't put the helmet on backwards, and if you do....take pictures!

Sounds like a great day for you all.  Go easy on the chocolates...you have a race to be ready for.  Personally, I can't wait to run......trails.....in shorts!!!!!  Soooooooooooon.

NO WORRIES DUDE!  You've got this!!!!  Be sure to get some pics to share. 

Jayne - add me to the list that gets to say "I told you so" later please

No racing for me - still working on bike base building and swimming...  may try to run this coming week..  guess I have to run if I want to do tri's   I do hope to get out on the mtn bike trails some this weekend too...   Sorry to be a bit hit and miss, but work has taken some unexpected turns so far this year....

Edited:  Crud, I didn't even answer the follow on question - what do I love about triathlon - lots of hot chicks in skin tight clothes..  uh, duh...    seriously, I like that I can do a variety of different things while working out...  I get bored easily of just doing the same thing every day...

Caleb - awesome have fun. enjoy the many moments, not about the destination it is about the experience.

Jayne - my two cents...ODAT....if you feel like running on the day of the race  then run....if it starts to feel weird then stop....in the mean time use the same formula....listen to your body.

Is it?   Maybe it's because you're not racing?

We arrived in Kauai on time!  The 10 day forecast has rain every day but one.  I refuse to believe it, even if this is the rainiest place on earth.  

We've had rain nearly every day for the past 2 weeks, seemed to follow the cyclone. I really like it because it's lovely and warm and everything is lush and green again. Also between the showers we've got beautiful blue skies, I imagine Hawaii is similar.

Stick to the plan.  You chose it for a reason!  What is your longest distance thus far?  when does it have you hitting 5+ hours? will that get you to roughly 100m?

Why in the world are you barefoot running given your injury history?  Does the plan call for it?  If not, I would revisit, seriously.

Hey all!

There is an olympic on May 4th that I am plan on registering for. I want to get and follow a plan for this event. Which plan would you suggest? MY logs thus far should be available for you veiwing for the best plan for my skill set. In the midst of the training I have 3 races scheduled A 5k on the 23rd of this month, a 10k on March 3rd and a 10 mile race on March 16. I will participating in a dualathon on the 20th of May.

I would like it to be a free plan due to lack of planning. I found one on triradar cant copy the link just not to certain abou the zone training thing.??

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Thanks in advance for your input

Caleb,

Sending you good race vibes for your duathlon.  We are running that same duathlon (distance-wise) in April...at a winery!!  Woo Hoo!!  So, good luck and have a great time.  Let us know how it goes, and also let us newbies know if you have any good advice afterwards.

Michelle

Swooning, also.

Take care, Jayne.  Do what you think is best, but be careful.  Sending healing vibes your way.

Good luck tomorrow, Caleb!!!  I did my first duathlon last spring and loved it.  Have fun!  I remember the second run leg sucking, but push through the suck and just ease into it!  It'll be worth it at the finish line. 

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day. 

Have you looked at the plans here on BT?  How many times a week will you be able to do each sport.  There is a solid 16 week Olympic plan here on BT that has you doing each sport 3X a week.  You would have to start on week 4 (I think), so you would need to look it over carefully and see if you feel like you could handle that volume without making too big of jumps too soon.  You can always scale back a little if necessary.  There are also plans that help you focus on one particular sport if it's a weakness for you. 

From your logs, I would say consistency is something you need to focus on, especially with your running.

Keep the questions coming.

My longest recent distance was probably one of the days in the mountains in Spain, 95km with 2000 metres climbing. Since then it's all been 3 hour trainer rides done with TrainerRoad at a pretty good effort level and no breaks.

The weekend rides from here on are (hours): 3 tomorrow,3,2,4.5,5,3,5.5,6,2,4.5,2,race!

I love running in the snow, it makes me happy!