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Ice, SWEET new ride!  and thanks for the advice!

Kirk, can't wait to see those pics!  I've been wanting to do something with my basement for a while now. 

I had a GREAT swim this morning!  I took the wetsuit to the pool with me.  Last time I had it out the zipper popped on my and I wanted to make sure it was just the extra weight/size I had on my then.  I also was curious how the shoulder would be with the extra resistance.  Everything worked out good.  I'm glad I did this.  I should do it more often to stay used to swimming in the wetsuit.  It makes a huge difference on my speed.  I clocked a 3:12 200m and a 13:30 800m today!  I'm never that fast without a wetsuit. 

Oh.....and to top it off, I tipped the scales this morning at 165!!!! Woot!

A couple more workouts and I'm off to Vegas!  One more bike and a long run before I get on the plane!

Need pics of new bike and gym!!!!!! 

I really enjoy using my paddles on the swim, however (knock on wood) - no shoulder problems at the moment!  If you are having trouble with the pull portion of the swim I like a couple of drills - the catch up drill (gets you in a longer streamlined position to start the pull) and fist drill (can really feel it when you use your lats and not your shoulders). Make sure to keep the elbows up - that will help with rotation.

Off to yoga and a 2 mile run this morning. And if it doesn't rain, plan to take the kids fishin'

LOOONG ride planned for tomorrow, vacation starts on Tuesday. - HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!

I never had any problems with my shoulders either.  Even when I used my paddles a lot.  Not until I went over the bars on the MTB!!! LOL

Have fun on vacation Robin, and everyone else have a nice weekend!  Happy Training!

The only thing that I will add on the shoulder issue is that in us older  people the issue I am having and that he fixed  probably didn't happen at once.  The doctor stated it probably started as a small tear then a series of events finished it off.  So be carefull!

Nice ride Robin!  Always feels great to set new PB's!! You will do fine inext week! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

Just to give you guys some ideas, here are a couple pictures of my fitness room.  Almost makes it too comforatable to stay inside! These are a couple of years old so the bike and treadmill are the older ones that I replaced last year.  There are more pictures in my albums.

Brian - Congrats on the weight!

Robin - nice riding.  You'll be fine.  I HEAR (I dont know) that once you can go long, and you can, you can just keep going...

That is a sweet setup Ken.  When my youngest goes to college in 16-17 years, I am definately going to try this.  Now I just throw my trainer up in their playroom/converted garage and fold everything up when I'm done.

Had a good weekend, but busy and managed to squeeze a sprint in this morning.  I didn't sign up because its one week after HIM and one week before a longer sprint that I already registered for.  Buy since it was for a good cause and I feel fine I woke up this morning and went at it.  One thing about doing every sprint that pops its head up is that I'm afraid to miss the long rides that I really need.  So I compromised by biking the to/from the race, so with the 8.5 miles bike leg, I managed to get in ~36 miles of riding with some threshold stuff in the middle.  Glad I raced it, went about 19.5 mph on the bike (my fastest, but this is a VERY short race) and something like 6:58/mile running a 5k.  Swim is still a bit of joke.  I was 3rd to last out of the water on a 400-500 yrd swim.  No wetsuit since I had my transition in a small backpack.  Biking in your gear really helps clean up those cluttered transitions

Tommorow starts the long build that hopefully ends at IMAZ.  Happy training folks and stay Safe!

Elephant Rock Century Ride report has been posted. The text isn't all that great but there are some fun pictures

http://kathleen-daretodream.blogspot.com/2012/06/elephant-rock-century-ride.html

Nice way to get some higher intensity training in Bill!  Great times and a good lesson on minimalist transitions! 

I enjoyed your report Kathleen!  The text was just fine and the pictures were very nice!  Nice job getting the ride done!

Enjoy your vacation and recovery time Brian!

gator22 - 2012-06-11 8:46 AM Ken, that is a great room! I am going to put the racks and weights in the garage so I can drop em on the floor. I already have the C2 rower and trainer in the basement. My wife will not rain in the garage. These girls and their rules! Had a consistent training week but I had a garbage plate sat and mighty taco on sun. I am up two pounds

I put the rubber matting down for the plates, they don't show in the pictures posted but I have an Olympic weight set in there as well. 

Have fun with the new weights and stay away from Nicks!

I passed the International Triathlon Coaching Association certification test yesterday.  Hard test.  Lots of particular anatomy questions.   But got through it.   Need to do a CPR course and I'm a coach.  I have so much to learn.  My plan is to work with my coach the rest of the year learning how he does my plan and then take on a couple of friends for free in winter to make an annual plan for them.  Meanwhile I'm going to do some more courses....working with the plus sized people like I was and the older folks and see if I can help some people find the joy I've found in this lifestyle.  

Not doing Racine.  Saved the money for the new bike.  I expect that today or tomorrow.  

Good things happening here. 

Congrats on passing the course Ice, I think you will make a fine coach with a lot to offer your athletes! 

Enjoy the new bike and post a picture so the rest of us can drool over it!

A little horn-tooting here.  I got my first AG win last weekend, belatedly.  Just got an email from the RD saying they messed it up and will send a plaque and a gift card (bikeshop sponsored race ).  I thought something was a little wonky when I recognized the fella on the 1st place podium for M35-39.  I recognized him because I passed him 1/4 mile from the finish on the run and there was only one wave for all men.  It was a tri for charity and they manually timed it to save money for the charity that otherwise would have been spent on chip timing, so I wasn't going to stomp my feet and cry "foul".  There were only 5 guys in my AG, but a "W" is a "W".  Kona, here I come!!!!

Congrats!