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Nice job getting back into it! I think your body will probably react well in the end from you taking some time off to rest up and heal.

Rest day for me today, I had a really big week volume wise for me last week so I'm happy to have a day off today. Planning a nice dinner at home tonight with my husband. I try to spend my rest days spending time with him since I feel like the rest of the time I'm off training or working and we don't get a lot of time together.

Nice workouts! Keep up the consistancy!!

Fred, great attitude for what I imagine was a very expensive/frustrating training day.  I would have to say your taking it much better than I would.  Thankfully this is not your A race for the year, can you imagine those who have trained for their for first HIM only to be misguided or neglected while on the course?  I'm sure the race director is going to get quite the feedback.  But this race does bring up a few points:  Venue / Volunteers

- I have no idea what your race costs, but a WTC HIM event will cost you $250 plus your one day registration.  I know that after basically a years worth of training the last thing a Triathlete should need to worry about is a mis-marked course and bad course information. (How much for a can of road/spray paint to put arrows on the road or small signage at turns?)  For me the $250 is worth it because I know that WTC has the reputation for taking care of the details, it's their full time job.  As most are aware they have been buying up the top local HIM/IM events lately.  This is the case for my HIM in Racine.  There are a great number of independent races with awesome reputations which are run just as well.  However I would encourage everyone to check out race reports and talk with others who have already done the race to be sure it is a good venue prior to signing up.

- Volunteers - Will make or break any race.  Can't have a sucessful race without a large base of volunteer support.  This of course is especially true for a HIM/IM distance event.  Got to show your love for volunteers and volunteer when you have the chance.     
 

We had a fairly large temperature swing happen over the last week here in Colorado.... from snow, rain and hail to 85 degree weather in a matter of a week.  It completely caught me off guard hydration wise.  Coupled with a decent amount of on going fatigue from training and standing out in the sun while volunteering... I ended up taking the weekend to simply recover.  I definitely wasn't taking in enough fluids for the past week and just felt too weak to get any good training in.

But today, I feel well rested, rehydrated and ready to get back to some solid training.  I kind of miss the colder weather though when you can be a little lax on your fluid intake. 

WittyCity - I totally misread your post about drinking on the bike - mea culpa!  You were not unclear at all...

Glad you feel well rested. yeah that first week of going from BSing hydration in winter to warm weather is always a wake-up call

It is a rest day for me today. I had a big week last week and I am ready for a day off.

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Haven't yet decided if I'm going to workout or not. I was out of town working and ate at Chili's for lunch. Now it seems like sleepy time instead of workout time. We'll see how motivated I am in a little bit. I would like to get a run in today.

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No worries my friend!


Speaking of nutrition... I've been craving salt like a mother all day! 

Training was good this morning-just an easy 1 1/2 hour spin on the bike-a-rooni.

I work for the local Y and tonight they are having a staff open swim so hubby and I are going to go after hours for a swim-we feel like rebels! 

I had a race on Sunday-won the Athena division.  I was on the fence about racing this division.  I meet the 150+ lbs criteria but felt a little guilty...but, now I figure that if I race as an Athena I'm more likely to win stuff. =)

Despite all the injury issues I felt fine except the last 4 miles of the run, but really it was just a nagging ache in my side-no biggie.  If it had been Lake Placid then I would have slowed my pace down.  But, I went for it since it didn't feel like something that I could exacerbate.  

I looked at the BT training plan and this is a recovery week for me, but I've got a 120 + mile bike ride coming up on Saturday. WOOHOO! 

Great Job!!  Congratulations!!!

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Couldnt agree more with you! I have to do a lot of reality checks and remind myself why i do this and what my realistic expectations can be

AWESOME JOB SARA!! WOOOHOOOOO

Congrats on the win, looks like all the training is paying off.

Yeah Sara.....You're the Woooomaaaaannnnn. Great attitude to finish strong.

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Grats Sara, way to go on the win!

Awesome job Sara!  Congrats!

I took the weekend off (with the exception of volunteering for those two races, a 5k and a sprint tri).  So yesterday I was feeling a bit antsy to get out for a run.  Got home, didn't have much of a plan, so I got two bike water bottles together, grabbed my ultra waist belt, threw my cell phone, money, some clif shots and two clif bars in it and headed out the door.  Ended up being out there for 3 hours and doing 17.2 miles.  Felt great too, didn't care were I went or how fast, just went for a run.  My friends commented: "Dean Karnazes style huh?" ... I guess so, just not quite as far as him

Today I was still feeling awesome, went out for my usual group run... we started off easy and I realized I was just feeling TOO good to be going that slow, so I started increasing the pace every mile.  My previous PR for that run (~5.1 miles) is 39:39... even with starting so slow for that first mile, I set a new PR, 38:25!  And I felt I could have I could have continued that pace.

I now have a really hard decision to make.  I have the San Diego Marathon in just under 2 weeks.  2 months ago I ran a half marathon in 1:36 here in Denver.  Which is basically the pace I need to BQ.  Two months of solid training + sea-level = me thinking I can hold that pace for the entire marathon.  So my choice is:  Do I go for my original goal I set back in January of 3:25 (which I think I can easily do)... or do I go for broke, hit the half marathon point on pace at 1:34-1:35 and see if I can hold the 7:15 pace needed to BQ with a 3:10.  I could potentially blow up, but by that point, even if I did... I'd still be setting a new PR since the only mary I have done was a 4:02 back in February (I 'took it easy' that race to enjoy it and get the experience, plus it was hilly and at 4k feet in Sedona).