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Diane, you are excused....hopefully that's where everyone else is too.....don't let work get in the way of training....LOL

WAEF - no issues at all

Gary - sounds good....keep working....

My training volumes are starting to build....

Mav - glad you're recovering....while I hope you don't need surgery - having you come to IMAZ would be cool....keep me posted.  The volumes are growing....quickly. 

Diane - I like doing races that are well run....sounds like then the answer would be do the 26th - party like a rock star that night and then get to work for your Oct A race.  No freaking out...that's why we are here.

FBP- no excuses on the Oly...you would be fine - and we all know how fast you are.....(sandbagger).  Good job on the group ride...that was very nice for the roadie to slow down and pull you....many would have just ridden off.  Did they know you were a triathlete?  A lot of roadies don't like us for some reason.

Dan - so you are becoming our little guppy - good on you - one thing you will begin to realize is that masters serves a great purpose - however, most masters groups focus on swimming fast and in reality while we all want to be fast - what we really want is to come out of the water with a reasonable heartrate, feeling good and ready to ride and run.  Not bashing your masters accomplishment, just letting you know what many masters groups are like.  Although, a good friend of mine in Plano, TX, goes to a masters class taught by a triathlon coach and they swim for endurance as well so hopefully you have a coach who teaches that way too.

me - well, the training is ramping up....I was supposed to ride a metric century yesterday but ended up doing 70 miles....that last 7.5 was pretty grueling....a lot of hills.  Then I got in my truck and turned into SAG man....ended up picking up two riders who didn't feel they could finish....you can imagine the relief on their face when somebody pulled up giving them an option.  One of them was really hurting - he had been drinking water and had 16 oz of Gatorade.  Nothing else in almost 6 hours.  I had grabbed a sandwich on the way to get them so he got my potato chips, pickle and my recovery drink to put some calories and electrolytes in his body.  He was on the verge of getting sick.  It was 100 degrees when most everyone finished....I got in under the wire at only 96-97 degrees.

Please be sure you are taking in electrolytes and calories in any workout over one hour.  In really hot temps remember you will need some extra sodium.....do a sweat test and be sure you are drinking enough.  Let me know if you need to know how to do a sweat test.

sTRIve

Gary - yes I meant you....my apologies....I think I was wondering what happened to MSUDan who was a regular last year.  Excellent on the coach and your goals.  I have just seen some people for whom masters did a great job for a short period and then becames less effective.  Sounds like you are with a great group.

I joined a Masters Swim - but it's focus is for Triathletes... we meet once per week - most of the time out at the lake which is great that I'm getting OWS experience... BUT... for the next 9 weeks (A race prep) they want me to swim 4 days/week (3 on my own) and they are providing the work-outs (isn't that nice)  I should add that out of 11 people, only 2 of us are doing the Sprint... the rest are training Oly & Half.

With running 3x per week for Half Marathon Training, I have run out of days.. as it is, I haven't been on my bike enough AT ALL... I KNOW I can ride for 12.5 miles, but I would like to do it well... 

Taking Friday off I think helped my long run this morning... I did 9 miles and a min faster per mile than last week!  Not sure where that came from - but I'll take it!

I just don't know where I'll put in another swim - ugh...  

Diane - you are fine on trainer/treadmill.  BUT - 4 freaking swims a week....no way for me...I RARELY swim three times much less 4.  Every group you play with is the same - cyclists say you need 3 or 4 or even 5 rides per week, running groups want you to run 3-6 days per week and swim groups want 3-4 swims....Trying to satisfy these groups with their well intentioned ideas seems to me to be a certain recipe for disaster (over training).  Do not forget the importance of a day off.  You are all training a LOT.  Be careful and don't overdo it to the point of injury.

sTRIve 

We are in the midst of a real heat wave up here. Temps are around 90 and very humid. No air conditioning in our offices so it is just wicked. How do y'all survive in the southern states???? Next up - Hurricane Bill is supposedly going to impact us later this weekend. Sheesh.

University pool is closed for 2 weeks of annual maintenance so no swim training possible. I hope to get out on my bike this weekend. I had not one but two flats while I was away on vacation. Hopefully I can get more than one or two rides out of this tube!

Have a great day everyone.

FBP

FBP - since you are perfecting your flat repair skills --- do you have any tips?  We haven't seen a FBP video or slideshow lately.....in fact - our newer peeps have never seen you strut your stuff.......

Gary - send some rain our way....we are in a 10000 year drought....now that I said that it will probably rain on every bike ride between now and IMAZ.  Good plan but don't blow up on the bike....remember your finish place only matters after the run....

sTRIve

Here is my flat repair process:

1. Look at flat tire and curse loudly;
2. Curse a second time because it is the rear tire which is a pain to get on/off;
3. Undo the quick release mechanism and frig around with the chain and derailleur to extract the rim;
4. Look at hands to assess how much grease is now on hands;
5. Wipe hands on the grass (if minor amount) or curse a third time and go find somewhere to wash hands (if large amount);
6. Use 3 tire irons contained in handy-dandy seat pouch to lever the tire off the rim;
7. Extract old tube;
8. Examine tire to see if there is a nail or glass that has punctured it;
9. Offer thanks to my higher power if there is not because tires are expensive;
10. Reinstall tire and new tube (also contained in seat pouch);
11. Attempt to use CO2 cartridge to reinflate as practise for if this should happen to you while out on a ride;
12. Curse when the C02 cartridge discharges improperly without inflating the tire;
13. Search for pump and use to inflate tire;
14. Frig around trying to get rim back onto the frame with chain in place;
15. Repeat Step 4;
16. Repeat Step 5;
17. Go for a ride;
18. Stop by LBS to purchase another tube and CO2 cartidge;
19. Explain to Mrs FBP why there is yet another charge on the Visa account from the LBS;
20. Repeat Steps 1 through 19 two days later.

FBP - video...video....video....video....video....video....video....video....video

Mav - glad you are recovering nicely....hang in there....hopefully the NH trip is good....

Here's a little disclosure - I just put Jacques Steinberg on a plane for NYC - Jacques is an author (and a NY Times reporter) who I met last year at IMAZ.  He is doing a book following 6 first timers doing IMAZ.  It so happens that your fellow turtle is one of those 6.  I just spent two days with him....hopefully I didn't say anything to humiliate myself.  I will let you know as I find out more.

sTRIve

Gary - there is no complete stop rule.  Your flying dismount shouldn't be a problem.  I have always been concerned about stubbing my toe.....no seriously, I watched a guy tear up his big toe so proceed with caution but there is no doubt it is faster as long as you can run on the surface heading into T2.  Your bike distances are fine...I would like to see you get a ride or two in the 30-34 range before your olympic.  Also, you should try to run at least 5-10 minutes off several bikes.  One or two a week would be fine.  Just get the brain used to the feeling after a 25+ mile ride.  You will beat more than one in your age group (I have confidence in you)  -- no more negative self talk.

sTRIve