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The surgery went well yesterday.  They were able to finish pretty quickly, and the surgeon said it looked like everything he removed was limited to the bladder inner surface (had not penetrated).  We're still waiting for lab results on what they removed, but so far it has all been good news.  I plan to rest up and watch movies all weekend with the family...

Thanks for all of your prayers.  I was totally overwhelmed by all of the encouraging emails, calls and cards from everyone.  It gave me a lot of extra comfort knowing that people were praying me through the day. 

I feel bad that I have not kept up on my "mentoring", but plan to be on my laptop alot this weekend while I am resting up.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

Happy training!!

Danny 

Hey Danny,

I am very happy your surgery was a success. That has to be such a relief for you and your family. Rest up!!!

I got some good news from the doctor regarding the bladder cancer.  My lab results (from the bladder tumors they removed) indicated that it was malignant, but it was a low level of aggression form of cells, and it was of the very slow growing, non-invasive type.  As a result they think they got all of it, and it has not spread.
 
No chemo, just re-check every 3 months to monitor.
 
I'm pretty happy about the prognosis.  Of course, I'll remain a little guarded about this and want to watch it closely, but things are looking pretty good for now.
 
Thanks for the prayers.  It has really been helping.

The doctor said I could start slowly exercising again this weekend and see how it all feels.  I have to convince Marcy (wife) that I'm not pushing it....
I'm in the process of trying to strategize my return to the race circuit.  I don't think I have lost that much ground in the last month but feel like I am starting over...

I'm bummed I'll miss IM CDA, but there are other races... 

I haven't decided on a race yet.  There are some in August I'm considering.  It will depend on how everything feels the next week or so, as I start exercising again.  I'm still a little sore and don't want to overdo it.

Congratulations on your race !!!  I just read your race report.  Sounds like you had a pretty good day, and raced a good pace.  It's a funny thing about forgetting to start/stop watches and bike computers...sometimes when our heart rate is up, we don't think very well!  Sounds like a had a good time though!  Way to go!

Carol, sorry to hear about the root canal - dental work is never any fun

Are you ready for the SDIT ?? 

Hi Nikki,

I hope your Dad is doing well.  Please let him know that we are all pulling for him and lifting him up in prayer.  please let us know if there are any specific prayer requests or any little thing we can do to help.

Danny 

When you guys get a chance, check out Cortney's training log:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=24703

She has been really putting in alot of great training time. Stop by and give her some good support!

You could try:

- a racebelt with a small pouch and carry some Thirstquench gum. You could have ziploc bag in there to put your used gum in when done with it.

- there are alot of different water systems (belts with different configurations for bottles).
you could have a bottle with just a enough in it to wet your mouth and would not be too heavy.

- make one of your sisters run next to you and carry your water bottle

I think I would consider some other options before going to the camelback

Has anyone checked out MUTRIs race report?  Josh must be part fish, he swam so fast.
He swam a 1:16/100yd pace.  The elite swimmers average about 1:10 (at least on the long course).

I think he was serious when he said he wanted to get on the podium soon! 

Hi Ronn,

How's the training going?  Did you pick up those new shoes?? 

Danny 

Hi Carol,

There is some stuff earlier in this thread about tapering that might be useful.
For you, I would say your last hard bike workout should be next Wed (20th) at the latest.
You might try a smallbike/run brick workout on Thursday, but I would definitely be winding down for the Sunday race.  Short/moderate swims, versy brief bike rides, 1 mile or less easy run, amd light stretching are all candidates for Friday/Sat (not all of them, just whichever appeal to you).  You just want o get a little bit of blood into the muscles and then shut it down.  be sure to get a lot of rest next week.  Remember about all teh different landsmarks we discussed to use for pacing!  Feel free to ring me up if you have more questions!!

Danny

PS - Tell your gang I said Thank You for all of the prayers! 

You're definitely in the fine tuning mode. You have a monster base/build for the season already.

As you know, your training progression is base, build, race specific peak training, and then taper.

The race is July 8th (3 weeks) and its a sprint. based on that I would suggest:

- spend the next 2 weeks doing shorter, more intense workouts (until July 1st).

- taper from 7/2 through 7/7 (raceday the 8th).

Your biking is outstanding. I would focus on OWS (I know you are already doing this) and your run. I need to know what you goal times are for each event to be more specific. But I think some track work running your goal pace is in order (during the next 2 weeks). Some of that could be combined with biking in order to get a short but intense brick workout in.

You have been racking up huge miles/hours. Your biggest challenge may be reigning it in during that last week during the taper.

Fine tune the nutrition and transition plan....need any input there?