kaburns1214 and UHCoog's Mentor Group-Closed (Page 76)

I've only known her for the few months of this thread, but something tells me that's not even remotely an option.

LOL

Oh I know. 

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!!!

Almost 50 on the bike this morning.  Felt stronger as the ride went on so that's always a good thing.  35 minute T-run after. 

Going to simplify my diet.  Lots of chicken breast, brown rice, and broccoli or asparagus.  I really need to lose 10ish lbs around my midsection.

All kinds of congestion in the pool this morning.  Since this is the Tri It Now series and is meant to introduce people to the sport I'm thinking it's just a bunch of people who don't understand swim seeding, or just are randomly guessing, because I was having to breast stroke numerous lengths since people were 2-3 wide in front of me.  I need to get more aggressive when it comes to this.  There were a few people that would shoot gaps between people I wouldn't have considered doing.  

Bike felt good, passed a lot of people.  It was a two loop course, so unlike last time on this course where it was one loop I was able to get into a better rhythm.  Getting off the seat and putting power to the pedals at turn arounds, and pedaling through turns where I could.

No knee pains this time during the run and I pushed myself a bit faster than usual.  I did have some slight cramping a couple times, but slowed down a bit and breathed my way through them.

My wife and two good friends of mine came out to cheer me on.  We all stuck around after I finished and cheered on people as they were nearing the finish line.  It was great to be able to help motivate people for the final sprint to the finish line.  My one buddy showed no favorites when cheering on close competitors.  As the people come towards him he's cheering on the leader with "hurry up, you got one closing in on you", and as soon as the leader goes by he switches to "you're gonna catch em, c'mon you can do it, pass em!".  We had several people come up to us afterward and thanks us for the support.  Felt very good.

Looking forward to reading everyone's race reports from yesterday.  

Today's a rest day after a big ride yesterday.  Had planned to do a brick, but forgot to bring my shoes along to the ride start - oops!  Then in the middle of my ride, I unknowingly rode onto the bike course of a local triathlon that was going on.  I suddenly started seeing all these people with numbers written on their legs.  Turns out it is a small event - the Ft. Ritchie Triathlon - but it looks like fun.  I was sorry I didn't know about it sooner.  Yesterday would've been a perfect day to race here.  

Whoa.  Gonna be one of those days.  Got to the pool to notice I forgot my clothes.  Had to drop into Walmart to grab some jeans and luckily I had a backup shirt in the car.  60ish minutes in the pool and 60 on the trainer.  Good way to start the week. 

Originally posted by jarvy01 Set a PR at my olympic tri yesterday with a 2:33. Swim was cut short bc the RD didn't alert the coast guard and ships were cutting the oly course (WTH!!!! epic fail), and the run course was long by 1/2 mile per my Garmin.....exactly what I don't want out of a triathlon Anyway, I feel like I earned my time with the course changes. I beat last year's bike time on this same course by 10 minutes and felt fresh off the bike. If I could learn to run, I'd actually be a decent triathlete. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses, and my weakness is the run. I was right behind the women's OA winner until the run, and then she rocked it.

Way to go!  That must have been pretty nerve racking for those that were still on the swim when ships started cutting through it.