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I KENOTT swim - 2010-02-19 1:54 PM Justine and I are now signed up as part of a Texas Indepence Relay team (11 runners).  Our team "Succeed or Secede" will run 203 miles from Gonzales, TX to Deer Park,TX at the San Jacinto Monument.  Justine is signed up for 4 legs of 21+ miles and I am in for 4 legs for 24 miles.  Since we were the last two in we also get the fun legs in the middle of the night (yes, no resting someone on the team is running for 33 hours straight).

We run March 6/7.  Should be interesing. I am looking forward to the challenge.

Thank god our team is not trying to race.  Justine and I just need to run 9 min / miles. 

bzgl40 - 2010-02-19 3:00 PM You guys should have fun.  They have a Hood to Coast relay out here that is huge.  I have a lot of friends who do it and they have a blast.  I got one piece of advice.  Headlamp.

KeriKadi - 2010-02-20 10:40 AM Sooo.... around 5am I had a panic attack when I realized I have an Olympic distance tri in 6 weeks!  And I've never swam 1500 straight in open water and haven't run a 10K since December!  I got the information for the A.R.T. guys and will give one of them a call Monday but am thinking about testing the knee today on the treadmill for maybe .5 mile before hitting the pool.  At least I know the bike won't be an issue.  I guess that's the good news.

ETA: I have swum 1800ish at the lake but not without chatting it up around the docks.  I need consistent warmer weather so I can get to the lake to build up my confidence.

KeriKadi - 2010-02-20 9:40 AM Sooo.... around 5am I had a panic attack when I realized I have an Olympic distance tri in 6 weeks!  And I've never swam 1500 straight in open water and haven't run a 10K since December!  I got the information for the A.R.T. guys and will give one of them a call Monday but am thinking about testing the knee today on the treadmill for maybe .5 mile before hitting the pool.  At least I know the bike won't be an issue.  I guess that's the good news.

ETA: I have swum 1800ish at the lake but not without chatting it up around the docks.  I need consistent warmer weather so I can get to the lake to build up my confidence.

bzgl40 - 2010-02-19 4:00 PM You guys should have fun.  They have a Hood to Coast relay out here that is huge.  I have a lot of friends who do it and they have a blast.  I got one piece of advice.  Headlamp.

Newtons1st - 2010-02-22 9:49 AM Well I didnt race. I am having a horrible let down Monday.

My twins were down this weekend and they both got sick on Saturday and through the night. So I really didnt sleep great. Last year I got a room close to the race I thought I would just make the 1-1/2 hour drive in the morning to save money. Up and looking to leave about 5 am the radar looked horrible. I would say no chance of racing at 8:00am. Maybe a 2 hour delay. Were my issue is I have to take them back on Sunday and a long delay of the race start makes it so I cant race. Plus now its leaving everyone at the house since the twins are sick with the wife and baby while I go and race/sit and wait to start. The wife is a trooper and said to go but if the race doesnt start by 9:30 I will have to leave the race anyways. So I stayed home. Just keep telling my self no biggie its not an A race just a warm up for fun race.  

Newtons1st - 2010-02-22 6:49 AM Well I didnt race. I am having a horrible let down Monday.

My twins were down this weekend and they both got sick on Saturday and through the night. So I really didnt sleep great. Last year I got a room close to the race I thought I would just make the 1-1/2 hour drive in the morning to save money. Up and looking to leave about 5 am the radar looked horrible. I would say no chance of racing at 8:00am. Maybe a 2 hour delay. Were my issue is I have to take them back on Sunday and a long delay of the race start makes it so I cant race. Plus now its leaving everyone at the house since the twins are sick with the wife and baby while I go and race/sit and wait to start. The wife is a trooper and said to go but if the race doesnt start by 9:30 I will have to leave the race anyways. So I stayed home. Just keep telling my self no biggie its not an A race just a warm up for fun race.  

jezzieswims - 2010-02-22 9:54 AM Hang in there. I know missing a race is frustrating. Life gets in the way of our hobbies sometimes.

bzgl40 - 2010-02-22 8:04 AM Anyone ever true their wheel?  My mountain bike rear tire is in serious need of truing and I am trying to decide where it is on the frustration scale of bike maintenance.  Given that I have 5 bikes to keep up (two are not mine) I got a bike stand with the intent of doing all my own work except maybe the occasional overhaul and shock maintenance.  But, I also get frustrated pretty easily.   I'm willing to be frustrated though if I can still get it done in a reasonable amount of time.

Emmanem - 2010-02-22 6:05 PM I officially have 33 days until my 10k. Question: what should my running workouts look like for the next 33 days? Yesterday I ran 4 miles for the first time ever and felt pretty good with that. The plan is to run every other day (we'll see how this goes with school and group commitments but it's definitely looking doable right now). When should I increase the distance I'm running and by how much?

Newtons1st - 2010-02-23 10:33 AM Thanks everyone for the cheer ups yesterday it helped. So to help me get back in good spirits I went and got me some new shoes. I need them anyways. Broke them in last night. So today will be finishing out my goals evaluation. Need to get that finished up today. Also I have convinced the wife that since I missed a race I get to add a race to the plan. Will be looking for something in August to add to the plans. Just to remind everyone, its a lost night.