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Not this weekend, but my frist tri is two weeks from Sunday.  Need to start practicing getting out of the wetsuit...

Matt

Not me. Going to kick off training on Monday for my first sprint in 6 weeks, oly 2 weeks after that.

Does racing to bed count?

I race to be in bed by 9pm!

George- great job on the new distance!  (Hit the foam roller if your IT band is tight).  Scout---you'll bounce back!  Mel- you continue to amaze...extra workouts even when your body is cashed...wow!

I did my first ride out in the hilly burbs' today.  It was a group ride (4 guys, 2 girls) and it was fun.  I wish I would have spent more time doing intervals versus spinning for "saddle time" on the trainier this year; especially with the hilliest triathlon in the area coming up in 13 days! But it was beautiful out...perfect weather.  I had to install the bracket for my aerobottle yesterday and had a little fun thinking about nutrition/etc again.  Unfortunatly, had some mechanical issues on the bike (small ring just was chucking along and looked like the chain was going to drop)...but the mechanical issues did not outweigh the early season fatigue issues.  Oh well...looking forward to hitting it again next saturday!

Saturday was an easy 9mile run.  I was going to do 10, but I was with a friend....and excited to have company.  We had a good chat and enjoyed the sunshine. 

Toying with riding outside Wednesday morning before work for 30 minutes  Wednesday evening the reps from Infinite are coming to the tri club meeting...so I want to be there.  Must get out of bed)

Did Total Immersion swim clinic over the weekend.  Ended up being a very small group so I had alot of individual instruction.  Good clinic and I feel like I will be a better/more efficient swimmer as a result.  Really focus on getting balance in the water.  Saw some improvement in before and after videos.  Instructor gave me 3-4 things to really focus on with my stroke so I will do mostly drills over the next 2 weeks to try to improve.  I liked it and seeing video of yourself swimming from both above and underwater is very enlightening (humbling, discouraging...).  Did look better in videos done at the end.  Went from stroke count of 19 for 25meters at the beginning of class to 13/14 at the end of the class.

One of the big things I didnt realize I was doing was my stroke was crossing in front of me rather than more to the front and side.  Think about it more like climbing a ladder with hands on outside of the ladder rather than climbing a rope-that may oversimplify it but it is a visual I can understand. 

I still have a long way to go but I could quickly identify a couple of stroke problems with 2 swimmers (not in the class) that were doing laps as I finished the class-not to say I am a better swimmer than either but now I at least know what I should be doing.  Will really focus on 25 drill/25 swim repetitions over the next 2 weeks and then more on swimming as first tri approaches on 5/30.

Itching to get a tri specific bike before my first race. Currently riding a Specialized Allez Sport/105 road bike with clip on aeorbars.  Looked at a 2008 Cervelo P2c ultegra at local shop and I have serious bike lust.