Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED (Page 84)

Originally posted by marysia83 I hope everyone has had a a great summer Congrats to all racers, and good luck to all of you getting ready for Chatt I just got back from vacation and wanted to see how you all are doing. Have a fantastic rest of August!

You know, if you don't have any other plans for mid-May 2020, you, too, could be part of the fun that will be Chatt 70.3. 

Yup, kinda normal. Fortunately, for me at least, everything heals up -- chafing ,saddle sores, etc. -- during taper. 

I'm sure that humidity in the SE doesn't help us any as the mileage increases.

This! I switched to Gold Bond Friction Defense because I can buy it at the grocery store or WalMart (and it works the same for me as BodyGlide brand). I buy it in pairs during peak IM training!

SMH! So, he wears extra clothing that -i assume, doesn't fit well, so he can unzip his tri top and get down to the same amount of layers of clothing.

I've not had the chafing issues, but i think it's pretty normal to start having things pop up around this point in training. I think their annoyance is elevated bc of fatigue and anxiousness!  

No chafing?! Clearly I need your brand of shorts! My New Balance shorts got me bad on Tuesday! The do well up to about 8 miles and then all bets are off.

I definitely think that all of the things that pop up are more annoying because you just have not bandwidth to deal with anything "extra." 

I also know that my spending starts to go up.  The race will go better if I have this. My training will go better because I got that. It's like I get tired and I can no longer resit All The Things.

Nodding my head to all of these "getting closer to IM race" nuggets. All true. 

Also, for me, the closer I get to the race, the more I have 'Ironman brain.' Which means I forget things and am kind of in a fog - which in the past has resulted in ridiculous events like tripping over my own two feet and tumbling to the ground, scraping and bruising myself up. One time it happened on my "shake out run" the DAY BEFORE THE RACE! Fell on my shoulder and it hurt most of the swim. So... my advice is to pay extra attention to little things (like where you put your feet when you walk or run haha!) as you get closer to the race. 

Assuming you're talking about running shorts, I'm a big fan of Oiselle, in fact, i don't think i have any other running shorts these days. I used to wear a lot of Brooks and never had issues with them either, but I like Oiselle better.  For tri specific clothing, I'm a Roka girl. Once i find a brand I like I tend to stay with it, so there is not much variety in my brand of clothing!  

I have one pair of Oiselle now. I did notice that they will be on sale at REI for Labor Day ;-)

Oh yeah, gotta get them on sale or they are expensive!

This is supposed to be FUN.  If the thought of training was giving you a rash, that is definitely a sign that a change was needed.

No get out there and enjoy your training!

Confession: I really enjoy training way more than racing.

Definitely need to keep things fun and you rash free!! Sprint and Oly (international) distances are so much more reasonable, especially from a training perspective. As a race, they tax you in a whole different way than halves or fulls; hurt just as much just in a different way and for shorter periods! 

I'm not sure whether i enjoy training way more than racing or not, but i do know the morning of every race regardless of distance or type (tri or running), I question the wisdom of my decision to sign up. With the shorter races the questioning disappears about the time i exit the swim with the longer it last until I'm just about to cross the finish line!  

Racing Manatees!!!

August 24-25

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