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Who's stepping up to the line this weekend?

How about each of you post a question for the group?  Help me out.

I'm attempting my first 50-miler this Saturday.  Race starts at 6am and the cut off is 9pm.  Send me some good vibes.  I'm running it with a friend and we have made a pact that there will be NO discussion of quitting and we WILL cross the finish line together.  We'll be running with Boston in our hearts.

Julia and Bruce,  I'm so glad everyone is safe and no one from our MG family was hurt in Boston.  Another BTer, DirkP (from my very first MG) was running his first Boston Marathon and his wife and two daughters were there supporting him.  They are all ok as well.

It was one of those days that you never want to go through again.  Where I live, someone had made a threat to kill 20 kids from various schools in Elkhart County on Monday the 15th, so we had extra security and only about half of our students in attendance on Monday.  Nothing happened here, but Mean People Suck!

I am doing a dualthon on Sat. 3 miles on the run and 13.5 on the bike. I am sure my legs will not be happy. I am going to just go out and race to kinda gauge where I am. I hope my legs feel better than they did last Sunday.

What do you do to get legs prepared for running after biking?

Woo Hoo Jayne.  Good luck!  It will all be good just pace yourself and stay upright.  It's amazing how the brain will work with your body to get you through the day.  My one piece of advice (not sure what kind of support is out there) but eat as often as you can to keep the energy up BUT eat only "safe" foods not matter how good something looks like at the moment. 

I made the mistake of eating from powerbar protein balls.  I knew lab food would not sit well in my gut.  Big mistake and I suffered for the next 5 miles and 45 min which is a really long time 30m into a 50m race.  It's defintely a different beast.  I never thought I could eat so much real food but I lived on uncrustables during my race.  Every stop - 1 sandwich.  Oh so yummy!

I am running a 10miler on Sunday after a brutal Sat. workout.  I just hope my legs still work at the end.  I will be ready for my recovery week after this weekend.

As far as prepping for bike/run transition.  Bricks are the key.  Even if you do a short run after a tough bike, just getting your brain to trigger those run muscles into action really helps.  I've been doing race simulations for the past 10 weeks and I am amazed at how peppy my legs have been the past 2 weeks off the bike.  It has made a real difference.

Use the Fatty method and take a really long time in T2.  Take several minutes, don't be in a hurry, maybe even sit down and give yourself a break.  Afterall, you just rode XX of miles, you probably deserve it!   

I actually quite like running after biking! Maybe it's because I prefer running and maybe it's because you're already warmed up???

Hi David!   How's our next IM'er doing??? 

I also like to drop down into an easier gear so I am spinning at about 10 rpm over my normal and that seems to help.  I also try to jog out of transition at an easy pace and ease into a harder effort.  I am not much of a brick person, maybe one or two 30 minute runs off of longer bikes just for practice sake, but honestly not convinced they are very helpful to me.

Quick question for IM'ers: next weekend is the Noosa Ultimate Sports festival and there's 3 ocean swims on offer, 1 km,2 km and 3.8km. My plan has a 1 hour swim then a 2 hr bike 2 hr run brick that day and my IM is the following weekend.

I am doing my first race of the season half mary at Rutgers....running for those in Boston to carry on. Good luck Jayne holy crap can't imagine going a full Marathon never mind 50. You will do awesome !!

All the best to everyone else that is racing this weekend

I think it's a great idea!  Enjoy!

Another disaster long ride today! My rear derailleur snapped off! Luckily it happened just outside my house as I went home to refill bottles. I grabbed my wife's old heavy steel shopper bike and did the last 2 hours on that before my brick run. How long does it take to get a rear derailleur replaced?

If you have a replaceable derailleur hanger it can be done in about 15 minutes. 

Yikes!!! Good to get the mechanicals out of the way, so count your blessings, I guess!! And way to power through on a different, heavy bike! Race day will be a breeze!!!

Words can't describe how happy I am that the Boston Marathon bombers are dead and captured.  I hope the gov't doesn't screw it up and the remaining bomber gets what he deserves.  

Good luck to our racers.  GO SAM, GO JAYNE and anyone else I missed.

Happy Weekend!