Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? (Page 72)

I did the brick because of the race in 2 weeks, wanted to get used to a run off the bike again. 

I can ride fast or I can run fast, the way today went I won't have both for my race. 

We shall see.....

I rode in my neighborhood, then over to the high school and back on my tri bike.  I love riding the Blue but am soooo skittery in aero on those roads.    No real bike lane or shoulder for most of it. 

Quick question - At what point will this thread close?  100?  99 pages?  What will the new name? 

Now that I know we are getting close I want to pad it a little to get us there.  Exciting!

They don't really close.  They just get too wide and hard to follow.  As for name....Since we refer to ourselves as NUTSO's we could use that or Am I Nuts part 2....Look over in the Challenge forum.....there are 2 teams been around forever Nibbs and Ghoulies.  They just start new threads with their name and a new number assignment.

My reference to Challenge forum was only in reference to the Teams that have had several threads.  Not to move us from out home here.  NUTSO's are fine right here

I took my road bike up to Performance for a spring tune up.  He took the pedals off my dead hybrid and put them on the road bike.  I know he's got to replace the brake pads and is going to re do bar tape for me.  I let him know the chain was replaced last spring but I rode over 3000 miles last year so have a look at all the components as the chain is the only replaced part on the bike in 4 years.  There's a wheel that needs a bit of truing as well....

Hello All - hope everyone had a great Easter.  We went to Pueblo for the weekend so we got some biking and hiking in but nothing I logged...although I should have been smart enough to bring my garmin.

I am thinking about bailing on the HIM in July in Wisconsin and doing one in September in Colorado.  My training has been so lackluster due to my work schedule and stress that I don't think I can get in the miles.  I would like to do a Sprint while back in Wisconsin but there seem to be so few in Southeast Wisconsin.

I am leaving for Wisconsin on Wednesday so today and tomorrow are sucking.  I also just got trial dates for a 5 day trial that are  either two weeks before or the week of the HIM I am looking at in September.  That also sucks.

I am going to try something new this week and that is to lose weight while I am back in Wisconsin as opposed to putting on 5lbs due to the food I love to eat. 

Talk to you guys soon.

Scott - if you don't feel like you are going to get the training in, I vote to push it back.  I feel like I trained but still think I should have done more.  If you don't put in the time you will have a miserable experience.  I know you can do a HIM, but you need to give yourself a chance to do it well. 

Leah - I'm so glad you had a great experience with the bike guy today.  That is exactly what I hope to do this time around.  I need technique!  I have a feeling you are going to kick butt on IMAZ with all this training and the new bike!  Go LEAH!

MY TRAINING DAY:  B+

I'm pretty proud of how I did today.  I used my HR monitor and actually did the assigned work out.  How about that?!  I think I said before that I usually just do the times recommended without diving into the details.  It felt good.  I gave myself a B+ today b/c I didn't wake up to do my work out and I didn't eat well.  I'll see what tomorrow will bring. 

Keep up the good work everyone!!  Go NUTSOs!! 

My pool was closed today cause of lightning.  Sigh....I did spend some time talking to Bill....think I may scrounge up the cash to pay for a few private lessons.  He is one who knows that if a swimmer "isn't getting it" that he has to change the approach.