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Ouch, Jason, that's rough.  Get some rest -- far more important than training.

I've started really coming back to running, so my legs are fried right now.  And then (does this make me officially stupid?) tonight I agreed to race a 5K tomorrow morning.  The good part is that my kids will do it to -- I love it when they participate.

Blanda -- get well!

Went in to the 5K today with very tired legs, but managed 2nd OA, so I'll take it (and take it easy the rest of today).  Have a great Saturday everyone -- I hope you're having the same wonderful weather that we've got here.

Looks like everyone has been busy this morning. Had a solid race  this morning although I never got into a great groove where I felt like I was really racing well.  Good news was that I won Grandmasters (50+) and was 15 of 880 overall. Will put together a race report later. Interesting trophy for 1st overall, masters and grandmasters.  Going to try and attach a picture. Its a hand carved, two foot tall Tiki. Definitely unusual.

Randy

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Catwoman - 2012-10-06 5:15 PM Randy, Congrats! 50 is now Grandmasters? Hmmmm... I feel like I'm finally coming into my athletic potential at 49 and racing 50 next year. Very awesome trophy. You need to take that to work.

Rene- Nice work on the trainer! Turning 50 has its benefits when it come to racing triathlon....although there are some fast older racers out there. I've got a friend here locally that is one year older than I am and I'm not sure I will ever get close to catching him in a race.

All my trophies/awards go to my office......my wife says we have enough crap that we don't need around the house. I did point out that the finish on the Tiki was almost identical to the finish on the dining room table and that it would make a great center piece.

Showing my age but everytime I look at the Tiki I think of the old Brady Bunch episode where they went to Hawaii. Greg and Peter bought "cursed" Tiki necklaces and as you would expect bad things happened. Hope my Tiki is happy...hard to tell from the expression.

Randy 

Blanda-careful on that knee. I have periodic stiffness in my right knee from 2 surgeries 18-20 years ago. If you have time and a place to do an easy spin on the bike that may help with your range of motion before heading out on the pitch. Good luck!

Michael-great job on the 5k....sounds like the running machine is getting tuned up! You going to hit any 100 mile weeks over the Winter?

Randy

Hi All - congrats Michael and Randy (cool Tiki - and I remember that Brady Bunch episode -- and not from reruns!)

Blanda, sorry to hear about the knee... though it probably goes against your personality... rest and ice!

Well, didn't turn out to be a good day for me, except that it is always good to race on a nice weather day.  But my performance left much to be desired.  Not much better than the OLY I did Aug 4th with little prep.  And that is discouraging.  I really had hoped this would be a breakthrough OLY for me.  But just didn't have it today, especially on the run.  May be due to fighting some virus or something.  Hard to say right now.  Will digest for a few days, and then I'll be ready to start thinking about off-season strategies to improve this.  And also start aiming for the half mary.

Race Report

Stu

Stu-still a solid result. I'll put my money on you coming down with something. When we are training we typically know what the typical aches and pains are associated with fatigue or hard efforts. In your race report you identified several issues that you felt were unusual. Hope you are not getting sick but that would be my guess. Hope you can have a good Fall and get a HM PR!

Randy 

Randy -- you win the coolest trophy award! I got a pink ribbon... (not complaining, as it was all about the charity)

Stu -- I hope you recover well. It sounds like you were off game, which can happen for lots of reasons. You will come back from it!

Good morning all-a little cooler here as well. I've got to clean up my race gear and swap out wheels this morning. Probably a light spin on the bike later to work out some stiffness.

Jason-sounds like a triathlete in the making. Wish I would have learned to really swim as a child....way too hard to become a decent swimmer as an adult.

Blanda-glad the knee made it through the game. Keep it easy this week.

Race report: www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=463729&posts=1#M444037

Randy  

Just got back from a 18 mile bike ride ... temps 48 degrees feeling like 44 with winds gusting up to 20 mph. Dallas sure is cold today ... another 9 mile run this afternoon.