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Gary - I use Endurolytes as well.  You really need to watch your sodium in the heat that you and I train and race in all the time.  I ran yesterday in 88 degree heat.  My face actually got sunburned.  I am not sure our northern friends will feel sorry for us....they will probably reply that the 110 degree weather is coming....are you reading this Mav?  The bike sounds like it is coming along very well.  Keep working on clipping in and out....stopping and starting....these techniques are important to be confident when the need arises.  The long ride in May sounds nice.  I am doing a 10k on Saturday and a 50 mile ride on Sunday next weekend.  You were talking about a race in May - CapTexTri is one of the biggest in TX but it is quite a ride from Baton Rouge to Austin....it is on Memorial Day and there will be about 3000 participants flying around downtown Austin...it is a great race and a great race course.  You might also check out Houston....not as far and there are some great races around there.

where is everybody.....

sTRIve

Mav - I am sunburned.....hehe.....sorry it was so cold....it was windy here too.  I just ordered a new bike seat from CobbCycling.....this guy designed the Adamo ISM seat a few years ago and ran Blackwell Research for a while as well.  He is on his own now and has manufactured the V flow plus....it really looks nice.  I have the Adamo on my tri bike and am going to put this on my road bike....then we will see if we need to order another one for the tri bike....looks like a great seat....I can't wait for it to get here.  Sounds like you are ready for your HIM now....keep up the great work.....

Leston - you could have built a house from the ground up by now.....where are you?

Dan - Florida.....did you swim/bike/run as much as Mav on the vacation challenge?

sTRIve

Hey folks - I'm back. Seem to have been in a "funk" lately. No idea why and nothing serious. Just a wee bit of "woe is me" and less motivation to train than is the norm.

Enough of that - here's some good news to share:

• I am heading over to Prince Edward Island after work  to pick up my daughter Stef who writes her final exam to complete year 2 at UPEI.
• My son received his offer of admission to UNB for Sept '09 in first year Business.
• My wife, daughter and I are going to be doing a 5k fun(draiser) run this weekend called the "Transplant Trot". It'll be Stef's first ever race.
• Weather has improved to the point where I have my mtn bike out of storage and will probably restart bike commuting in the next two weeks - a month earlier than usual.
• Got in a decent swim session on Tuesday and am heading out for a 5k run in a few moments.

And of course, Monday is Boston marathon day so I'll be sneeking a few glances at the on-line coverage as I work.

Cheers!!

FBP

Hope you guys don't mind, but I'm going to mosey on to another mentor group.  It's been great getting to know you guys.

Shark - nothing to worry about.  There are a lot of races coming your way....just take your time, get well.

Scuba - stop in from time to time...hope all works well and you find the right group for you.

FBP - welcome home...I am getting more and more geeked up about IM training starting soon.  Keep up the work....Send us a race report about the 5k.....sounds like 3 finish lines to come.

Mav - enjoy the start line....next year.....toes on that line!

Gary - work your way through it....nerves are a good sign...just don't let them control you.  Taping the gels - I tape with electrical tape wrapped around the top tube with a strip of tape over the top of the gel.  When you rip the body of the gel off the top tube, it tears the perforated top off the gel.  Start taping back from the head of the top tube so you can layer the second gel over the first as you work up toward the head.  Hope that helps....By the way, your swim will be fine....BREATHE!

I may not get to run my 10k in the morning...it looks like a bunch of rain coming....and I don't think I will run it in the rain....so it may be treadmill day.....oh well......we need the rain.

sTRIve

Finished, choked the swim.  Bad weather, winds, white caps, made the swim miserable for everyone but I finished the swim.  Bike did pretty good I think, run was okay but I was tired.  May be an RR tomorrow, don't know my results as I didnt' stick around but pretty good guess I near the bottom.

Gary - congrats on the Finish Line man!!!!  Updated on page one.  White cap swimming is TOUGH......great job....keep up the good work....but take tomorrow off.

My 10k this morning was on the treadmill....I bagged the run outside due to weather concerns....very threatening....of course, I was running on the treadmill looking outside as not a drop fell while I was running....go figure....you just never know.

sTTRIve

A short race report ... as befits a short race.

It was a lovely early spring day here in Fredericton. Temp was just above 0c (32f), sky was lovely and blue and just a light headwind on the route out so nice tailwind on the way back. Only about 50 or 60 people by my estimate. The run was a fundraiser for Organ donation/transplant and was called the "Transplant Trot". This was my daughter's first 5k and she and my wife ran together with me a little bit ahead - great for being able to take a couple of pictures. I finished in 30 minutes, Jill and Stef in roughly 36 minutes.Lots of door prizes afterwards and both Jill and Stef won $10 gift cards to our Running Room store (race sponsor). Great technical t shirt in the race kit so no bad for $22 per person!

After the race a lot of the participants went to a local pub for a breakfast buffet. The restaurant donated $3 from every meal (bkfst was only $10) to support a big relay race event that is going on in a few weeks. It is in memory of a local Mountie who died while out running. Every year teams do a 300km relay in his memory to raise money for defibrillators. The relay has teams starting in 2 different cities and ends in a third. I hope to do the run some year.

Will post some pics once I get them downloaded from Stef's camera.

FBP

It's been kinda quiet out here.....Gary, I have never switched bar end shifters so I really can't help there.

Diane - you will do fine in the swim meet.  Go for it!!!  Just relax and enjoy.

Gary - Try this....swim your 100....but at the end just push off and swim a couple more strokes.....do this after each 100 until you finish.....then....I want you to add another stroke or two.....then the next time....add another one or two....pretty soon you will be there.....much much much of this is mental...I know it doesn't feel that way but it is.  You might try swimming non stop for a specific amount of time instead of distance....forget how "fast" you go....just cover the time you want to swim....maybe 7 minutes or 10 or 12 or whatever you want....any amount....you can do!!! I promise.

Mav how was the marathon.

sTRIve