Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? (Page 74)

if it can't fit on half a bath towel folded you got too much stuff

rack bike w/ seat.  pur the helmet on the bars with your sunglasses in it

bike shoes on one end of towel, run shoes w/ hat (if worn) on the other....race belt can go under your tri top for the swim and get pulled out afterwards.  Your race # must be visible in front for the final run.  Have you practiced any transition stuff in your driveway?  It helps!

My first private swim lesson is on the books for next week!  I am stoked.  He saw me swim today and made some positive comments about the improvement since last week.  Wow, haven't had a positive comment about my swimming in a L-O-N-G time. 

Picked up my bike tonight.  Since I took the Look keo's off the destroyed hybrid I put those on my road bike.  Have the Performance generic look wannabe's as back up now.  Changed the cleats in my bike shoes. Did not realize how worn they were.  Check them over, folks.  If they are too worn you may not stay clipped properly which can have safety consequences!!

I have the tri club video swim session where I can go see how craptastic my swim really is and why.

Hubby and I are doing tour de Phoenix tommow.  72 miles  I'm excited to wear our matching bike shirts.  We did the Rainier Beer cycling jerseys.  http://www.primalwear.com/p-93-pbr-rainier-mens-cycling-jersey.aspx  Our last name starts with R so we thought it was very appropriate. 

I just got back from a business trip so I didn't get anything done the past couple of days.  Good luck racers!! 

Can't wait to hear about the video.  Way to be optimistic Leah!!

Video session was really awesome.  They were kinder than I thought....details in my blog

Ok I finished my race and it was a lot of fun. I could have done better if I had trained more but i finished in 1:47:18 so it wasn't that bad.

A few mishaps- 

I put my shirt on my friend's transition area while we were getting our wetsuits on and forgot it there so that cost me some time in T1 looking for it. I had an extra one so after I couldn't find the first one I wore the backup.

At the turn around for the run we started running on sand/gravel which I wasn't expecting after we ran up and down 60 steps.

After the steps I couldn't get my heartrate in check and my avg hr was 187 with a max of 202.

Sounds like everyone is having a great day.  Good weather for Kir, Strong ride for leah, Great video for Queenie, and a successful 1st race for Heather!  GO NUTSOS!!

My race was AWESOME!  Hubby and I were very proud of how we did.  We took about 20 minutes off our time from the 66 mile ride in November.  Hooray for seeing training pay off!  I'm so happy we found something we can do together.  Our matching jerseys were a hit too.  I'll give you the link for photos soon.  We finished the race in 4:46.  We would have been faster but Ron got a flat.  That added about 11 minutes to our time.  Ron said he could really see my training paying off when we hit a 4 mile climb (the climb Lisa and I did together) at mile 60.  He usually leads up the hill but this time I lead and he was wiped out.  We both agree we would be much better if we weren't carrying so much weight around. 

Heather - Congrats on making it through your first race.  With every race their is always something you could do better or differently.  Just enjoy a successful finish!  When's the next one?!

Had a nice ride.  Tried a new gu flavor.  Jet Blackberry.  Too fruity for me but not bad for occasional use.