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Stu-good luck on the race!  You may surprise yourself.

Randy

July Training... I'm pretty happy with the way my training is going.  The evening pop up thunderstorms everyday is killing my swim training.  This month was focused on building the run.

 I have my first OLY distance race this Saturday, nervious but think I'm prepared as much as I can be.  This is my target race for the season.

-Steve

Steve-nice month of training. Good luck this weekend!

Randy

Great swim (for me) today.  I did a ladder -- 100,200,400,800,800,400,200,100 -- and most important was able to ignore those little voices that gave me reasons to make it easier, shorten it, outright quit, etc.  That's a mental breakthrough for me.  I daresay I even enjoyed this swim. 

I'm packing the car now (well, in a moment) to head for the mountains.  I'm not sure when we are coming back, but I'll do my daily check-in from the coffee shop in town (my only internet access while there...).

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and keep up all that great training!

Did a pilates class since I need to work on my core. Holy cow, what a way to feel weak! I was one of 2 guys out of 15 total in the class and I felt like I was the only one struggling the whole time. Hope this improves my S/B/R performance somehow. I'm trying on switching to Pilates/Yoga from heavy lifting to see if it makes any sort of a difference.

Anyone else have experience with this?

-Nate

Morning, all.  Thanks for those thoughts, Jason.

We've arrived to a disaster area of a yard, so I'm going to try to get that sorted today.  I'll throw a short run in there somewhere, and probably hit the trainer tonight for a bit.  Long ride tomorrow.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

I'm here:

(Not my pic, but it's where I am to within a few miles.)  Jealous now?  

The cabin is in the middle of nowhere (left on the gravel road, right on the dirt road...).  It belongs to a good friend of mine who lives in Massachusetts and cannot get down here very often to take care of it.  So, we take care of it for him, in exchange for the use of it.

Speaking of which, I'm headed back there now to rebuild his front steps.  Enjoy your day everyone!

Micheal, I am salivating!  Are those hills in the background paved for riding?

Good luck to all racers this weekend, kick some serious butt!

I work this weekend but hope to get a long run and bike in.

Michael-the view from my office window is not nearly as nice!

Good luck to all of our racers. Go hard and finish happy!

Randy

Hi All,

My olympic tri is in the books (seemed like a good week to do an Olympic length tri, yes?).  About as I expected.  Tough course and I wasn't as prepared as I should have been.  It was hot, but it could have been worse.  3:05 total time (which was my training adjusted goal time for the race).  Will try to get a race report together later for those who are interested.  Thanks for all the good wishes!  You all were among the voices in my head that kept my feet shuffling on the run :-)  Have a great weekend, everyone.  Hope Steve's first OLY went well and good luck to anyone else racing this weekend.  Drink all you can!!

Stu

Great job, Stu! Glad it went as expected. It's good for me to read posts like this to keep me motivated for my own races coming up. First OLY in October!

-Nate

Way to go Stu! Thanks for the drinking advice....makes me feel better about that glass of red wine I'm drinking.

Randy

Tough ride for me this morning. Not long but some challenging intervals.  It had just rained and the humidity was just shy of 100%. Short run following the ride.  Then home for 1.5 hours of yard work.  Watched the Olympics including Galen Rupp getting the silver in the 10K.  Huge accomplishment for USA distance!!!!! Then bike cleanup and maintenance. Hour run on deck for tomorrow.

What's everyone else doing?

Randy

Good job, Stu!! Knew you could hang.

Determined to get my miles in this week, I ran my scheduled three miles and then played soccer. I thought I rehydrated well, but in the 70th minute of the game I went down with a cramp in both the shin AND calf of my right leg. Right up there with labor pain. Can't flex or point your toe for relief.

Three miles today and then a movie with the kids.

Here's the race report for anyone who is interested. One last comment after putting together the race report is that I think experience played a bigger role in this race than others. I'm almost shocked as to how close I was to my race plan/goals. Two years ago, I would have bonked / died on the run, even if I was in better shape. Last year's marathon, and triathlon race experience really helped me stay within myself for the course conditions (and my own lack of condition!). Thanks again for the comments and support, everyone!

Today, I shall watch the Olympics from a prone position on the couch.  Degree of difficulty, 0.0.

Stu

Stu-you crack me up!  Make sure you hydrate appropriately!

I'm watching the end of the women's Olympic marathon then heading out on an easy hour run...humidity at 90% already.

Randy

My first OLY is complete Race: Stumpy Creek International Triathlon in 3:15!  I have to say it was a great experience, it was the challenge I wanted.  The key for me to be successful was consistent training.  I hit my expected s/b/r splits within ~1 minute on a bit more difficult course than my normal training routes.  No real surprises, just tried to stay within myself and trust my training.  My legs were shaking after crossing the finishing line and almost fell over when the volunteer was taking the timing chip, so felt like I gave all I could.   I think this will be my preferred distance going forward into next year.

-Steve

Great job Steve!  Sounds like both you and Stu did well with your race management.  Enjoy your accomplishment.

Randy