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Jason and Michael, thats a very generous offer.  I'm 72 1/2 inches and 190 lbs.  I have a biking buddy who is going to let me use his.  I will try it first out at the pool and see how it fits.  Thanks!!  This site is so supportive!!  you guys rock!    TGIF too Rene! 

I am working too much.  I did get up reluctantly at 530 am to get my run in as I have work all day then my son's highschool football game tonight, and don't get home till midnight after team festivities.  I'm really glad I got this done and it seemed more mental training than physical getting through this run.  I guess thats important too for my IM training.   Jim

Jim, I hope your buddy's fits! I am 67in and 140, so mine might be a bit constructing!

I've been hard at it at work too. No end in sight, really, but I'm going to take it a bit easier today and pay the price for that tomorrow. TGIF indeed. I need a break. I'm stopping at 3:00 for a bike ride with a friend.

Looking forward to meeting Jamie and Nate on Sunday. Have a great weekend everyone!

Here's one that gives me hope for our retirement years

100km rider

I'll be forwarding this one to my father-in-law :-)

Did a 40 mile ride yesterday in the mountains.  Off for a lunchtime run/swim.  Happy weekend, everyone and good luck to racers!

(only sleeveless here as well... and only worn once... didn't think much of the experience)

Stu

Good Day so far ... got woken up with some birthday hugs and kisses from the wife and my kids. I went out a had a cup of coffee with a friend and then decided to go for a 3000 meter swim. Good workout ... I felt like I could have gone longer ... really nice and easy swim. Started working on bi-lateral breathing and switch between one side and bi-lateral every 100 meters. 

Good luck to all the racers this weekend ... gotta go for a run.

Happy Birthday!

I've liked Andy Potts ever since I knew about him.  Just watched this interview, and like him even more!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Uz29Bdyl4

He just seems like a super-nice guy, always happy, and so generous with his knowledge.

Michael-I like Andy Potts as well. He posts his bike workouts on facebook pretty interesting stuff.

Randy

Yeah ... its raining alright in Dallas today .... up since 6am with my 7 year old daughter. There is a kids triathlon this morning that she wants to watch for a little bit. She is always super excited to see me race and she wants to do what daddy does!?! :-)

If she enjoys it I will sign her up for a Kids Triathlon in October. Its called the Monster Triathlon and is a Halloween themed triathlon. 

Two thumbs up for good influence ... :-)

Other than that I hope for a decent trainer ride in the garage followed by Cirque de Soleil tonight .... yeah.

Again good luck to all racers this weekend!

Cloudy, warm and humid here today. Tomorrow we will be getting the rain the Texas folks are getting today.

6.5 mile run done. Never felt great but made it through. Just one of those days.  I'll try to get a little yard work done then plan on watching some football and the Ryder Cup. I rarely play golf anymore but always enjoy watching the Ryder Cup.

Michael-nice taper!

Randy

Pretty good race today especially considering residual fatigue and lack of recent training.

It was my first time on the master's podium (though only because one masters-eligible guy races open instead of open masters).  My crappy swim was once again brought into sharp relief.  I could have threatened a much higher finish if I could swim with the fast guys.  Oh well.

Report here:  http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=462869

I got to meet Nate and Jamie and had a good time talking to them after the race.  They both had good races!

Rene, I responded to your PM, but maybe I'll copy it here for all to see as well.  Got to go play with my kids for a while first, though.

A great race for me today! Race Report

It was, by far, my best swim ever. I felt good in the wetsuit, and my heart rate stayed nice and normal. My swimming work has definitely paid off. My bike was ok, I've improved, but I'd like to see my speed continue to increase over time. I felt good on the run, but, like Michael said, the course was definitely short; there's no way I ran that fast. Nate got 3.85 on his Garmin, I think.

Overall, probably my favorite race of the year. It was easy to get to, easy to park, a really nice course, and I did really well, especially considering this was a B race in order to get ready for the Rev3 Anderson Olympic in a couple weeks.

It was cool getting to meet Michael, and seeing him podium, those were some impressive splits! A good day!

Michael/Jamie/Nate-great job!

I've been following Augusta. I don't know Nick's last name to check on him but hopefully he had a good day. Looks like a guy from Columbia, SC "Jim Bob Wiles" won the 50-54AG in 4:03.....you know this guy Michael? They don't have his splits up so maybe its a mistake...that's smoking. The reason I was wondering is one of my future teammates was second in the 50-54AG at 4:25 and should have a Vegas slot.  Two other future teammates in the 30-34AG crushed it coming in 3rd and 7th at 4:09 and 4:16. Looking at the times for my AG there is no way I would have even sniffed a Vegas spot.  

Been a rainy weekend here but I was able to get training done. Light week ahead with a race next Saturday.

Randy

Here's my Race Report! Overall it was a good race for me. I wish I had trained more on the bike to keep my fitness up while I was resting my knee/IT Band. I'll make more of a conscious effort for the upcoming race in October. I was great meeting Michael and watching him podium. One heck of a fast guy!

The run course was a little short. I only wish I could run that fast for that distance! Only reason I want to mention if a course was shorter than reported is so that no one would be disappointed in my next race when I ran "slower" on the same distance that was reported accurately!

Next up: 2 hard weeks of training to get my lungs ready for my first Olympic!

Thanks everyone for the congrats!

-Nate

Clearly a mistake.  I've never heard of the guy -- he's certainly never done a tri around here with anything like that kind of speed because if he had we'd all know about it.  He does show up on athlinks and on some local running race results, but not with results that could have turned into 4:03 HIM, even in his fantasies (e.g., 2+ hour open half marathon, 1+ hour 10K).  Hopefully it's just an honest mistake all around.  Hopefully he accidentally cut the course and didn't accept the award.

Now, we do have a fast 50-year old in these parts. He kicked my butt today by swimming 1K in around 12 minutes.  No way I can come back from that deficit!