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You know I often find that  the more I have to do the more I can do. You'll amaze yourself.

OK,my weekend update. I have to say that the fun run I did yesterdaywould have to be my worst fun run experience ever. The race itself is one of my favorites but I felt so bad I just had nothing. I ran with a friend and we both had to walk three times and this is unheard of. We usually manage to push each other to amazing results. The entire race was a miserable struggle for both of us. My friend had also been sick during the week and this just proved to her that she probably should have stayed in bed.

My train ride and drive home were nearly as miserable, I ached and was completely spent yet I think this was the worst time I had ever done for this race. I spent the rest of the day eating and by the evening I was actually feeling really good. I had more energy that I had had in ages. So,from this I have concluded that my dismal performance was due to fueling.

I'm so glad I had this experience I have learnt so much. No more dieting for me. Just good sound nutrition and solid consistent, smart training.

Today I'm excited about my next race. With good nutrition and training who know what I can do.

Train smart everyone.

Hey folks - here's my weekend update. Did about 50 miles on Saturday with two women from the century team. Did the first half of the course. Some hills, some scary hills, some scary, curvy, windy hills. I survived, thankfully. Today was the biathlon. Not sure of my exact swim or run times since it's a small race and so there were no timing chips. Felt decent in the pool; run had some very hard sections in the woods - very hilly and lots of rocks/uneven terrain. Fun little race though. Then I went and did another 3.5 miles, since a 7-miler was originally on tap today, in my pre-marathon-training training plan

I am quite sore now and probably will be so tomorrow, so I will most likely just swim tomorrow and let my legs recover a bit

Sound like a very successful weekend for you. Fantastic about the ride. Keep that up and you'll feel better about it in no time.

Kate_r - 2008-05-05 11:22 AM Well the race went well but I'm still frustrated by the lack of results - I think my overall time was 53 minutes 32s by the information I could find out on the day but my watch recorded it as about 1hr 4 minutes and I had 7 min 49s on the swim whereas they had over 9 minutes. Hopefully the results will be posted on line soon and I can check them against my own measurements. If the results above are to be believed I came 70th - there were just over 100 entered in the race and some no shows but it looks like I didn't finish last - which was better that I hoped for! My swim went really well and I over took everyone in the lane (and lapped some) and the cycle was good - apart from a couple of dodgy gear changes, the last of which meant my chain came off. A couple of expletives and an oily hand later and I was underway. The run was a struggle - I only managed to get into my stride in the last 1Km and it never felt comfortable - then again it was longer than the last one I did. All in all I finished and felt much better throughout than the last one. I'm so happy to have finished x lots Now comes the build up to the 10k which to me, a really poor runner, is the biggest challenge I've ever faced.

Sounds god! When is your 10K? The best thing you can do is set a definite plan and follow that plan - try not to skip any runs, even if you have to move them around a bit, depending on your schedule. That worked for me with the 10-Miler and I'm not a runner, do not have a background in running at all.

Ah, okay. Well, good luck then!

I'm back!  Phew.  Feeling better.  The day off and the long weekend helped me get over my cold.   

 TRINA- Your website is beautiful.  Good luck with your new business.    I think you'll do GREAT!

 At work so I can't talk much... Will comment a bit later. 

Glad your ok. Good to have you back.

Thanks Tammie! 

Now my mentees!  I can't wait to read all those race reports when your results come out!    

Few comments: 

JENNI!!!  You're a freaking triathlete!  And not just a triathlete people... She's a FIRST PLACED AGE GROUPER!  Now that's something to be proud of!   Like you said in your blog.  The only way is up right?    You've got a pretty good place to start from let me tell ya! 

Tammie you've been sick recently too!  I'm glad you raced on the weekend but it's a shame it was so hard.  Sounds like you hit the wall a few times out there.   As for your time - WOW!   

KATE!  WELL DONE as well!  You had a GREAT swim by the sounds of things and more importantly you kept your cool when you lost your chain!  What's a greasy hand in the grand scheme of a race!  Hell you could have been like stormin' Norman at the 2005 Ironman and chucked a nah-nah about it.  Looking forward to seeing your report and your official result!  Yup you didn't come last!  (always an achievement!) 

I'm glad you've got a 10km goal as well.  (EEEEEEEEP)  

Chrissy!  Another great race for you too!  You've posted a fantastic swim time and put in two really solid runs!  You should be really proud of your race result (esp of beating the other girl in your lane!  hee hee hee.)  

It's amazing how we target other people in our races!  I had a great battle on the bike with White shirt girl at Raby and when she blasted past me on the run I then was dueling with 2XU girl! 

I guess I target other people in my category or wave because They're on a similar level to me and I'm just trying to beat myself! Rilvalry - It's a great weapon

Run more

PS, I was 109th out of 116 overall for women, in my first triathlon. MOP in the swim (great), but DFL in bike in my AG and second to DFL on the bike overall. It gets better

Sorry, I'm not up on my acronyms and my brain is a little slow--what does MOP and DFL stand for? 

Kate--looks like a great swim to me!