ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 68)

Tony I have butterflies in my stomach just reading your post, knowing it is time for you to get ready to go. I can just imagine you at the start, it will feel surreal I'm sure. I will not be racing anything next weekend and you can bet I'll be on the computer tracking YOU!

That is hysterical!

Hey check out the main forum about your lump. There is a thread started called Strategy for 112, she has a saddle sore and is getting a lot of advice from experienced people.

That is hysterical!

Hey check out the main forum about your lump. There is a thread started called Strategy for 112, she has a saddle sore and is getting a lot of advice from experienced people.

Race results are up and OMG, pro triathlete Thomas Gerlach was at our little country race and I didn't even know it!!!!!!!!!!!! He just raced IM LOU last weekend where he finished 3rd overall then smashed this course. 25.1 mph average on the bike. How do you do that?!

I'm home from the race now. I really did this race just to say I've done it, so I wasn't expecting great things. What really happed was I got my butt kicked. 10th out of 13 in my age group. Though the top 5 in my age group were around top 30 overall out of 300. There are some fast 40-44 year olds out there.

I came out of the craziest swim I've ever been in among the top half, then hammered on the bike until my calves started to threaten cramping. They held off full on cramping until the long uphill during the first mile of the run. Then, the left one especially, they went into full pain mode. The rest of mile one was ugly: walk/stretch/jog/walk/stretch/jog. After that it was a slow uphill second mile+. Once turned around and coming downhill I was able to stretch the legs out better and run. My transitions went pretty quick, but I did forget to put my sunglasses back on when starting the run.

I made several mistakes leading up to not having a great day.

1. I did not train enough for hills on the bike or the run for this race.

2. I needed to hydrate better the day before

3. I needed to get more than 4.5 hours of sleep last night

Yep!  It's a doosie of a race!  Fun, huh???  Good thing I didn't do it this year since I have been sick.

Cool!  Mike Pigg is a local around here.  I'm always in the same races as him.  We're not going to talk about the time I was seeded into the same swim wave as him. 

Quick fly-by post.  I haven't read anything.

Vero....I hope the race went well.  Did you like it?

I've had a cold.  It hit on Wednesday during my run.  I know that in retrospect.  I'm on the upswing now.

I'm eating some super yummy abalone that my husband dove for TODAY!  He BBQed it like no one else.  It's so tender that it melts in your mouth.  I'm enjoying it on quinoa with some kale and avocado.  He and the munchkin are across the street at a neighbor's sharing the wealth.  (One abalone can feed four people or two greedy people.)  He got his limit of three!  The shells are beautiful, too!

I am having a hard with recovery from Saturdays race. I'm kinda surprised. Mentally I'm ready to jump right back into and try to keep my momentum to race one more event (weather permitting) the first weekend in October. But gosh, maybe I better just take this whole week a bit easy? I took off the day after the race. I'm really tired, muscle fatigue and a few spots of muscle soreness in my lower legs.

Yesterday I tried to get back on the wagon with an easy 3 mile jog on the trail I always go to followed by one more super easy swim at the outdoor pool before it closes for the season. The run was fine, but my heel was a little sore the rest of the evening. I was so disappointed because it was not bothering me AT ALL just walking around doing normal daily activities which includes hopping, jumping, skipping, galloping and all the other fun stuff we do in the Toddler Gym class I teach. But it feels pretty good today so maybe I can manage this enough to squeak out one more race.  The swim was terribly slow and even then my shoulders just did not feel good. My allergies are terrible right now so I know this is not helping. And I am sleeping a lot more than usual.