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Thanks everyone.  Yeah, I filed a police report, they were our first call.  Next call was insurance.  Actually 2 bikes were taken, the hybrid I'd been using in my previous races was also taken.  Luckily nothing else was.  But our insurance is very good and they are covering everything.  In fact, the reimbursement is being sent through direct deposit and I should have it in the next couple days.  I'm going to be ordering the same bike I had.  I liked it, it fit me.  Hopefully it doesn't take too long to get here and I don't miss too much training time.  When I ordered it the first time it was here in two days, so we'll see.

In the meantime I tried out the sets of Yasso's 400's today at a local high school track.  Did 8 at sub 1:40 each before the track coach said they'd prefer I didn't use the track until after 5 PM.  Oops.  He thanked me for using the outside lanes and said I could finish my workout if I wanted but I didn't want to impose.  Felt like I could have done 10 but more than that would have been pushing it.  Between the first few I was jogging the 200s and I was reaching the point where I was walking the full 200, so it was probably a good time to stop.  Good workout, look forward to going further with it.  Next Thursday I'm going to go to one of the local big parks and do a hill workout.

Very good track work!    Such a bummer about the bikes being stolen.   Its great you have wonderful insurance.   But sure stinks that they were stolen to begin with.

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Pretty quiet around here today.  Hopefully that means everyone is/was out training or having fun instead of sitting in front of their computers.  Masters workout was pretty good today:

Warmup of choice (I did 300 easy)

Main Set:

3x50 descending

3x50 descending

3x100 strong (not quite race but just under, very short rest)

8x50 First/Last easy, middle 6 strong

3x100 strong

6x50 First/Last easy, middle 4 strong

3x100 strong

4x50 First/Last easy, middle 2 strong

500 easy

Enjoy!  I ordered my new bike today, and all the replacement parts I had already installed before it was stolen.  Hopefully it gets here early next week.

Ha, Joe! It was pretty quiet around here yesterday. Nice work in the pool. It looks like you have a really good training program going. I'm glad you're getting your new bike, too. That's a relief.

I did a brick yesterday and then went to spend the afternoon with my 6 year olds. Warning *** this is a brag!! One of them took 2nd place at the science fair for 1st-3rd grade and is going to regionals in March! We spent most of the afternoon/evening celebrating with her...lots of fun!!

Can an onion bulb grow without soil if given only water, Gatorade, or coke. Her hypothesis was that it will grow with water only (she has seen me do it), it would die in coke, and it would grow best in Gatorade since it has extra nutrients. It grew best in water, died in coke, and started to grow in gatorade, but ended up dying after a couple weeks. She worked hard on it, and we are so proud of her! Her sister started an experiment with corn, but then decided it was too much work, so she didn't end up submitting it. My kids are not too into sports, but they are very "booky". I'm pretty sure they are already smarter than me...and I'm pretty sure they get that from their dad!

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Very cool project! And relevant.

I wasn't very into sports as a kid either. I was the kid who played baseball because his parents signed him up for it but I'd be in the outfield kicking the grass or following a bug. Then the ball would get hit to me and I wouldn't even notice. It wasn't till high school that I got even remotely interested.

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Hi Everyone,

Sorry I've been AWOL this week.  I did get some training in, actually did 3.7 miles for the first time outside.  Still run/walking but I'm liken' it!  The other news is I had 2 second interviews on Tuesday and was called back for a 3rd on Friday.  So my nerves and concentration has been on that this week.  I didn't realize I was so far behind on my H&M reading.

I like hashers, mashers, and splashers.  But what ever Sarah and Mike keep it at is fine with me. Nice photos TJ!

I appreciate all the reading on training, (still waiting for that cucumber gatorade though!)  I for one am also a non-athletic person when I was a kid, books and science. 

I haven't developed a plan, just use what I find on BT and try to stick to it.  Actually I'm a little ahead of it according to the calendar.

My main goal is I'm in it, to finish it.  And NOT get hurt doing it.  I'm too old to get hurt and I don't want to wear out the battery back-up.  LOL

Finally, I hope I will have new job by the end of next week, so thoughts and prayers are greatly welcome, and needed.

Have a great weekend.

Tom

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!  Got a good swim/bike brick in today...and that was after sleeping in until 8:30, which I rarely have opportunity to do.  It was glorious!

My January workout totals:  1 mini sprint triathlon;  126 miles biking (6h 27m); 42 miles running (6h 45m); 8,175 yards swimming (4h 35m); 4 h 13m strength training/Pilates.   And so begins 2013!  There's the pain of the work or the pain of regret.  I choose the pain of the work! 

Jax  

Ditto!

Boy...did my husband and I get a belly laugh out of this.  Chrispy...you sound like my brother from another mother!  This sounds like just the kind of experience I'd have.  Glad you had a good race in spite of it and glad you can laugh about it!  GREAT WORK!

Jax

LOL, but the main thing: you finished, not hurt, and will live to race another day!  Still better than a race I had last year when someone stole by tire repair stuff (all of it) during the swim.

Nice job,

Tom

This is funny, but I was there a couple of years ago.  Drive to to race that was about 45 minutes from home.  Realize I left my bag with swim cap, race bib, and other important but not essential items.   This made my whole pre race routine a mess.  Needed to find director to see what they could do about not have bibs that would match my timing chip.

It took awhile but got it all settled and had a decent race, but man I think I sweated more running around pre-race than I did in the event.

I also forgot where I parked but it only took me about 15 minutes or so to find it.

Hope the race went well though

Thanks for the sympathy, and great race story, sorry about all your troubles but at least you can laugh about it.  And at least it sounds like the race itself went well, so that's good.

I did order the aero bars, but thankfully they hadn't gotten here yet.  I ended up going with the Profile Design T1+.  The bike is on the way, as are the replacement parts I had already changed/upgraded (computer, gatorskin tire, tubes, bike tools, water bottle cage), and the aero bars, pedals, and shoes.  After all the stuff gets here I found a store not too far from me that will do a basic bike fit for $65, so I'm looking forward to getting that done some time next week too.  After that I'll be set and I'll probably be sleeping chained to my bike from now on.

How frustrating!   I knew I would be struggling as I ramp up training after getting fat, and recovering from a broken foot but man this stinks.

I was never fast but not even 18 months ago I was able to run a 5K at a 9:55 pace, and today I ran 3+ miles at over 13 minute pace.

Couple of days ago I did Jillian Micheals Level 1 30 Day Shred with my wife (who is in fantastic shape) and thought I was going to puke at the end of it.   Man I have a long ways to go just to get back to where I was, forget improving.

I'm just venting a bit and I know I will get there again, but dang now I really feel dumb falling from wagon so hard.

I asked this question in the Gear Questions section of the site (http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=476753&posts=1&start=1) but it's not getting any action, so I'll ask here.  I've got my eye on two cycling jackets (this race in April is supposed to be freezing) from Zoot because I get a good deal on Zoot stuff.  These are the two that look like they fit what I need them for but I'm wondering what the difference between them in that justifies any price difference.  The description looks the same to me (I'm probably missing something) the only difference I see is the design...The picture looks like the drop back of the more expensive one is lower, which is nice, but the description of the drop back on both of them is the same so I'm not sure the picture is accurate.  Thoughts?

http://zootsports.com/mens/apparel/m-ultra-team-cycle-thermo-jacket-f12

http://zootsports.com/spring2010/product/m-performance-cycle-thermomegaheat-jersey-f12

Hey has any body here ever used this site for cycling training.

http://www.trainerroad.com/

Looks interesting, and I might give it a shot but was wondering what others thought first.