Rev, It's funny that you posted this today.  I have a buddy at work that wanted a wetsuit and was only looking high dollar.  I reminded him that no one can see him under the water and what the purpose of a wetsuit is.  He then went on Xterra and ordered one with the code BT and got it for like 151.00 shipped.  I don't know what kind of shipping he got (1day, 2day, how much of it is in that price).  I have an Xterra myself but have never found an event where I needed it, but I will in Racine.

Thanks, I'll check that out. 

I wanted too see what types of supplements, if any, you all are taking. I have a friend who owns a local shop and he told me to stick with a basic protein shake with a scoop of creatine and glutamine and that's really all. 

Wanted to see all your thoughts. 

No supplements here, I only have a protein shake (muscle milk) or glass of chocolate milk (who knows Miranda Carfrae might see me having a glass and asked me out) after a really hard workout, but by no means all of them.  I also take a one a day Vitamin.  My thought has always been that my body produces what I need and the protein is just to aid in muscle recovery.

The one on it is a Shimano 50 / 34

By short, do you mean it does not have as high of a big gear as others

For those that didn't get the chocolate milk comment!

I have a 35 mile ride on the 24th, and then a akward sprint on April 7th (300 swim, 16 mile bike, 3.5 mile run).  These are what I have signed up for over the next 30 days.  I gotta find more tri's before Racine and would really like to knock out at least one olympic.  I plan on doing a 62 mile ride on June 1 to ensure a distance ride in the heat to see what it will feel like and to work on my hydration and nutrion.

Just peeking in and reading some of the posts......

I am a friend of Josh and we actually met in a mentor group here on BT and have raced with him and cheered for him at IMKY last year and will race an IM with him this year at IMWI!  Just checking in to see how much he is going to whip my a$$.

I have dissapeared over the last year with a growing family and started my own business which has grown well beyond my expectations and a possible surgery (tonsils removal) in the next 30-45 days.  Its going to be a rough go at it in WI but I am bound and determined to get things going again.  I was a sub 13 Ironman at IMKY in 2011.  Not sure what this year will bring but if I can hold onto Josh during the swim and draft off him in the bike I have a chance of finishing with him.

My past logs shows the time and effort that went into my first ironman and this one will be less so need to trade a little quantiy and get a bit more quality workouts in.

I will start logging and checking in every once in a while as this will help keep me honest. 

Keep up the good work and I am off to the pool!

Any questions let me know!

Kevin

Josh correct me here if I'm wrong, Cadence is the number of pedal rotations per minute on the bike.  It is measured via a wireless piece that is placed on the crank near the pedal and another is placed on the frame to where the crank one passes right by it.  This in turn counts and calculates the average number of rotations, Your Cadence.  You can have this through a bike computer Cat Eye or if you have a Garmin watch you can buy the wireless compenents that your Garmin reads.  I think it was the best purchase I have made becuase it gives you your max speed, average speed, total time, total distance, and cadence.  If you have it with a Garmin you also get an exact map of the ride, with heart rate, elevation, pace, speed, interactive charts for the entire ride, which shows you exactly what happened at what point.  For reference I have a Garmin 305 Forerunner, with HR monitor, and Wireless bike reader.  I love it you can see in my logs how it downloads, but understand my Garmin File has maps / and interactive charts I'm speaking of.

Examples:

My first sprint isn't until June 23. I knew training would be a slow thing for me because of my work being very physical, pregnant wife whom is on bed rest and having a toddler. I wanted to make sure I had time to train more slowly than most.

The only other race I have planned for is an Olympic in September. Wish I could do more races but it's just not in the family plan at the moment.