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Someone is getting serious about his training!

Day 3, 4 miles in 47:13

3 day total, 2hours 21 minutes

How about we post once a week on Sat or Sunday?  If you are logging your workouts, BT keeps track of the times.  If we're curious, we can just look at everyone's log. All we need to know is who hasn't missed a workout.  So, I say once a week post if you're still in and what your total time is.

Having said that, 3 days down.

Total 2 hr 30 min 19 sec

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Chris - you're kicking a$$!  I better get back to my multidisciplinary workouts if I want to hang with the big dogs!

Today: 3.25 mile run - 00:30:32

Total: 4 days; 02:33:32

4 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes. Tomorrow I'll try a long ride, I'll probably suffer after such a long time off the bike...

I think I'm getting a Computrainer for the winter, easier than setting up to go for a ride with all the gear and clothing. Also, this weekend (on Sunday) I will try to sign up for Ironman Florida, it goes for sale at 12PM EST (11 here in the big D) and it usually sells out in less than ten minutes. It will be my third Ironman if I get to toe the line.  This doesn't void the plans to do France 2013 (or Mt Tremblant or St George).

Good luck this weekend to all of you on your training sessions, I hope you get to the holidays strong and fast.

Keep your number posted! This challenge is HOT and everybody seems to be focused!

What is the rule on workout and points for day before and day after races?  I'm thinking of racing through the time change at 1:50 AM on Sunday. 

4 days: 4h 36m 01s  Today was long slow run.  It was long and it was slow.

Hola,

I just arrived back in Guatemala a few hours ago and went straight home to get my late night indoor bike workout (it really helps having the group support along with the daily reporting, in order to not to miss your daily workout!)

Today: 12 mile indoor bike training - 00:40:00

Total: 4 days; 02:43:56

Today - 7.4 mile run; 01:08:22

Total: 5 days; 03:39:54

Ernesto - wondering if I can piggy back off any research you did on the computrainer.  I have a Kurt Kinetic trainer and it works great.  I'm thinking of getting some form of a pwoermeter for my bike in the next year to train/race with.  I was wondering if you have a powermeter today and/or did a cost/benefit analysis between a standard fluid trainer and a power meter versus the computrainer.  I have a friend who loves his computrainer - leaving me trying to figure out how best to spend my dollars.

Another gear question - has anyone checked the Garmin 910xt - I think I have some serious lust for it and am thinking of buying.

I wish I could have held out for the 910xt but my 410 gave up the ghost (my fault for swimming excessively in it). I can tell you that the 610 is a huge improvement in gps performance (locking in on a signal and accuracy) and the battery life gets me through 8 hours of exercise or 2-3 weeks of standby. I'm pretty sure the 910 builds on the 610 with the swimming added.

3.5 miles last night. 40:45

Total through day 4 = 3:01:16

A lot of pros have switched to their Computrainers and swear by it, some like Andy Potts has completely abandoned outside training (which I believe is crazy). The guy that sells them here in Dallas has an cycling improvement guarantee of some sort, but I don'e know exactly.

Today I did a long ride with my teammates. 5 days, 5 hours 15 minutes.

It is my first day off in exactly 20 days but tomorrow back to work.

Day 5, 15.7 miles cycling 1:07:15

Total = 4:08:31

Thanks - the downloaded courses sounds like a great feature allowing you to really train to the course.  Funny how expensive our sport can get - Wife and I just bought a treadmill today so she can workout while little one napping and I can workout early in the winter or when inclement weather without dragging myself to gym.  Would love to get a powermeter but other necessities like wetsuit, etc. prob should come first.  Good luck with your computrainer!

Well, weekend is over and so far my result is: 6 days (7':56"). So far so good. We will be travelling to Colombia at the end of the month to visit my wife's family so my consistency will go down the drain, but that's at the end of the month.

Today rode the bike to the running club and did a hilly 10.8k run with them followed by a ride home. Hope you guys are all having a great weekend!

Today: 10x400M intervals at 5K pace; 00:51:11

Totals: 6 days; 04:33:05'

Nothing like dragging your butt to the track in 30 degree weather to run intervals at 5:30am. Amazingly saw either a homeless person or local resident going through the trash for cans at that hour of the morning - bit unsettling coming upon someone doing something other than running at that time of the morning.  I guess it's a sign of the times.