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Jamie- I know you have to be getting really excited about your race this weekend!!

You might want to soak your wetsuit for a little bit and let it dry out before you try to put it on this week. It seems like my wetsuit shrinks over the winter. It also probably has something to do with the fact that we rarely wear a wetsuit in the south. 

Jason- very nice run today- with PF and incision pain. Maybe that is what I need to be able to run your pace. 

Went to the pool this afternoon and the water was really hot. I swam 300 yards and thought I was going to pass out. Someone turned the heater up in the lap pool last night. 91 is a bit warm for lap swimming. 

Hope everyone has a great week. 

Jamie-I always feel like crap when tapering for a big race. Standard response from my coach is "I'd be worried if you felt great right now." You are going to have a great race....definitely put in the training and have the experience of IMLOU to draw on. Nice job volunteering at the kid's tri. I did that last year and it was a blast. Thinking about you earlier as we are headed to Greenville this weekend for parent's weekend at Furman.

Jason-hope things are headed in the right direction with your recovery.

Rene-I hate swimming in a hot pool. Just saps the energy out of you.

Stuart-how are you doing with your running post accident?

Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day for me....pretty unusual with my coach. I may go to the pool and splash around to shake out some of the crud in my legs from the weekend 

Randy- you should know by now to take a rest day from coach when he puts one on the schedule. It normally means something "wonderful" Is coming up pretty soon. Isn't it about time that you had an FTP test?

Am I the only person who takes their rest days? Last week I had a choice of rest or easy spin. I chose a day off because the next time the word rest on the schedule will probably be after AZ.

Interesting observation from my nutritional disaster during this weekends bike workout. Graphic details are in my blog in case anyone is interested. I was looking back at the schedule and my notes from the workouts leading into IMFL12. On almost every long bike wkt. there was a note about my energy/nutrition sinking about 1:30 into the workout. This is still a problem with my current workouts. The pre-race nutrition from the new plan has worked well so far. I may have to make a few more changes in my pre-workout nutrition.

Rene-you are so wise....I have a 5 min TT on the bike EARLY Thursday morning before getting on the road. UGH! I think it is payback for picking on coach in my email late last week.   If I do anything tomorrow in the pool it will be very easy.....I know recovery is where we make our gains. 

Wow, an incredible morning here with temps in the low 60s overnight. First day we have had like that is months. Now it's only a matter of time before I'm complaining about the cold. Change of seasons is always nice....even if we only have 2 seasons on the coast.

How are our weekend racers doing? Jamie, Nancy.....everything going  well? Ready to rock it?

Jamie-here is a link with lots of coupons for restaurants etc. in Chattanooga. We used to use them all the time when we were spending alot of time in Chattanooga. I think you found some of my favorites when you were up there awhile back. Is Nate doing the race?

 http://www.chattanoogafun.com/coupons?coupon=DINING

Well that was a fun way to start off the morning. Didn't know I would be wearing my Catwoman crime fighting outfit today.

For years there has been a creepy stalker guy that follows runners around town when the weather starts to get cooler. Two years ago I was able to get part of his license plate. He drives a late model truck with the windows down and pulls up besides runners and stares at them. I've called the police on him several times but they've never been able to catch him in the act. This morning he passed me 3 times within a half of a mile. Even I don't run slow enough to be passed 3 times on a dead end road at 5 in the morning. I ran home and called the police. Then picked up a small knife that hubby got me for running. Not quite sure what I would do with a small knife but it's lighter than running with a gun. Hubby would prefer that I ran with a gun which is crazy as I can't stand running with a fuel belt. lol..

Went back out on my run and saw the police. Stopped and talked to them for a few minutes and kept running. Stalker truck guy passed me again but this time made the mistake of doing so when the police was further down the street where he couldn't be seen. The police car drove back up and asked me if it was the guy. I said yes and the police car whipped around and pulled over the truck further down the road.  Hopefully this has scared the creep and not pissed him off enough to do something worse. Runners in our town have been complaining about this guy for years. NO one is just out driving around at 5 in the morning for the hell of it.

I had an excellent run this morning. Nothing like a little bit of adrenaline to  perk up a morning run. Too bad I didn't hit the interval button when I followed the police car to pull this creep over.

Jamie- I'm so excited about your race this weekend! You're going to crush the course! Have a great race! Can't wait to hear all about it on Monday!

Nancy- Have a great race this weekend!

Randy- I knew you traveled for your job. Didn't realize that terrorizing runners in my small town was part of your morning  routine. lol.. That must be after your first workout of the day before you drive back to Alabama.

Jamie/Nancy-good luck tomorrow!

Hey gang-been on the road all day. Just checking results.

Nancy-7:12 at Augusta 70.3. Good job Nancy!

Jamie is on the run course. Swim 59:14; Bike 6:01.......keep it going Jamie!