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The run went well!  I actually found a friend on the path around mile 10 who ran with me until mile 15.  He's faster than me and kept inadvertently picking up the pace, so I had a nice solid effort during those miles, running slightly faster on tired legs.  He left me at mile 15 (since he had already ran longer than he'd planned and still needed to turn around and run home), but by then I was pretty eager to get home. . . So I booked it home the last 2 miles.  Pretty good practice for doing negative splits!

Ride on Sunday went pretty well too!  I met up with some friends from my tri club and had planned on doing the 55-mile route.  But toward the end some folks were fading, and I was feeling strong, so I ended up doing a few extra miles after the group ride since the last few miles had been at a lower effort to keep the group together.  I ended up doing a total of just under 63 miles.  The best part was I felt pretty awesome after- not all that tired and no sign of my hip issues off the bike that I suffered through last season!  

I definitely took advantage of all those extra calories burned!  I went out for Ethiopian food Saturday night, big post-ride brunch Sunday morning, then had friends over on my roof deck for carry-out pizza & growlers from a local microbrewery Sunday evening!  

that is awesome!! Great times!!! Congrats! Hope you got to enjoy the beer gardens thoroughly!

My race went well, came in 9/23 in my age group and broke the 25 min mark for my 5km! 24:41! It was just for fun with a couple of friends, we celebrated after too, since it was their first OWS tri.

Wow, that is lightning fast! Great job on the runs.

Well that race is in the books. Disappointing to say the least. Ended up 48/107 in a time of 2:50:31.

Last year was 63, 2:53:42. Improved but not as much as i was hoping. My swim was actually just about a minute and a 1/2 slower. Funny thing is, is it felt great! Bike felt better then last year as well but only a small improvement. Could have been the wet course or just not enough hill work.

I was hoping to get in the 2:45's this year...I guess it will have to be next year!

Will be spending the balance of the week in sunny okanagan on the beach! Back training next week.

I'm not sure I really had a strategy.  I wanted to run the 5k hard and then do what I could for the 10k.  Although that last mile of the 5k when things were starting to hurt pretty good I found myself thinking there's no need to kill myself, I still have a 10k to run so it probably wasn't as all out as it could have been

Sounds like an excellent weekend.  Glad you got both a long run and ride in!

The weather and course conditions can definitely play a role in your times from year to year so don't get too down on yourself.  You may not have hit your goal, but that's still a 3 minute improvement so you should be proud of that!

Sounds like a pretty good result to me.  How did you like going without the garmin/watch?

If I have to miss an A race I would go to Asia with him.  Who cares if he has to work!

I don't have kids, so I'm not sure what I would do in your situation. . . If it's a big enough deal that you're worrying about it, maybe you should just choose another race where your hubby can be around to watch the kids? (And of course, watch you race!)  It sucks to have to miss your A-race, but there are always other races.  Especially if it's really going to bother you, you might be off your game anyways thinking about the kids, etc.  

If you can find a race a few weeks after (when your husband is back), maybe that would be a better option.  Especially since your original race is far enough away that you can still adjust your training plan so you peak for the later date.  You'd be better off with the added peace of mind.

Anyone racing this weekend??

I'm heading up to Door County, WI tomorrow for the sprint on Saturday.  A bunch of my friends are doing the Half Iron on Sunday, in addition to those also doing the sprint.  It should be a fun, tri-filled weekend.  

I'm planning on doing some extra riding while I'm out there, in addition to doing my long run during the half iron race on Sun.  The idea is to run along the run course backward so I can see my friends during the race.  I might even do some open water swimming up there.  I saw the temperature in Lake Michigan is around 60 this morning up there, vs the 80-degree water we have down here!  

Not sure if I'll have internet access up there (the last 2 years, I didn't AND cell phone reception was horrible) so I might be unplugged until I get back Monday!

I sympathize with your dilemma.  While I love the fact that you are thinking about your kids - you also need to think about yourself.  As you put it - you put a lot of work towards this - and you deserve to cross the finish line.  I'd call some friends and tell them your dilemma and see if some of them could help out if something should happen (and chances are you will probably be fine).  

Good luck!

rydergal - 2012-07-21 3:31 AM Hey everyone! Just a quick post, out at my camp in penticton, done day 1!!!! 4km swim, 32km ride on the out and back part of the IM course! Then a nice a short run along the beach!! So beautiful here!! Really making me excited for IM!!! Tomorrow biking the whole course and sun 2 r run on the course!!

That's exciting.  Enjoy your time on the course!

Nice job on a PR! Hope you get the race situation figured out!

rydergal - 2012-07-20 5:31 PM Hey everyone! Just a quick post, out at my camp in penticton, done day 1!!!! 4km swim, 32km ride on the out and back part of the IM course! Then a nice a short run along the beach!! So beautiful here!! Really making me excited for IM!!! Tomorrow biking the whole course and sun 2 r run on the course!!

That's awesome that you get a chance to practice on the course!

Hi guys! I'm not racing this weekend but I finally decided to go ahead and ride the first four days of RAGBRAI.  This will be 260-some miles across the eastern half of Iowa and considering I've ridden maybe 20 miles since May will be quite the challenge for me.  I couldn't really pass up the fun times though.  It's been a blast the past two years I've done it and I figure I can get caught up on the running the latter half of the week provided I can walk at that point. Lots of chamois butter is packed.

So I'll be internetless for awhile so I apologize in advance.  Best of luck to all of our racers and I'll check back in on Wednesday when I get home!

rydergal - 2012-07-20 4:31 PM Hey everyone! Just a quick post, out at my camp in penticton, done day 1!!!! 4km swim, 32km ride on the out and back part of the IM course! Then a nice a short run along the beach!! So beautiful here!! Really making me excited for IM!!! Tomorrow biking the whole course and sun 2 r run on the course!!

Nice! I was probably sitting on a bench a 100 meters from the big peach having coffee and a cinnamon bun our last morning there. There were a ton of people swimming!

Well it has been a lazy week of non training for the most part. Family holidays, not much time for training! Did triathlon first weekend then off to penticton for Monday. Tried for a bike one day, flatted 2 but managed to get a nice hill in (Summerland Terra) in the midday heat. Back to Radium for the weekend. Went for a couple of looooong hill rides. Headed west to Calgary, 8.5mile hill, 2050 feet. Takes me about an hour to reach the top. First day, went to just about top and flew back down...up in just over 40minutes, down in around 10...

Today, heading home and just kept going for a beautiful 36km bike ride. My wife and kids picked me up with a coffee and cinnamon bun...seems to be a holiday theme!.