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I raced the Grand Haven Olympic this weekend.  One of my favorite races.  Swim is in Lake Michigan which flipped overnight.  It was 76 degrees and then was 63 race morning.  Actually I would rather have 63 than 76 for a wetsuit swim.  The thing that kind of sucks is the transition area is 0.75 miles from the water so its a long arse run.  Came out 3 minutes slower than last year most likely due to going against the current this year. 

Bike and Run were really solid - cut 3 minutes off my bike and 3 minutes off my run this year compared to the same course last year.  1:05 bike and :40 run.  Legs were ready to rock and knew it from the get go on the bike...always a good feeling.

Finished in 2:21 which comparibly is around 2:14-2:15 if you take out the long transition run.  I really wanted to break 2:15 this year at an Olympic so happy with the race.

I've used the beanie, arm coolers and coolwings from De Soto, most recently in Las Vegas on a very hot day.  Kept my arms cool with water but was wearing an aero helmet.  After the race, I noticed that any little breeze actually made me cold, and it was near 90 out.  I found what helped more or as much was ice cold water down the crotch

holy cow

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=449889&posts=4#M4301904

Yeah, it's official.  This whole thing is a schtick.  I would love to know who it is, because it is well done.

holy cow

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I've got a roadie. Took her out for a short check-out ride, and I'm pretty sure I'm in love.

No big miles this weekend - got my long ride in during the week. 12 weeks out from my A race.

Getting back to Masters has been awesome - and tiring!

Good morning!

Very sleepy and sunburned today - my race yesterday went well. The run was very hot - on a country road with absolutely no shade but I am still happy with the overall result. The bike was short of 90k and my only other HIM was more than 90k so it's not really an apples to apples but i was about 35 mins faster on this course!  I really faded in the last 4k of the run - i was having conversations with myself about just keeping going between aid stations but I also had to remind myself not to push too hard because this was not my A race i didn't need to totally wreck myself. I needed to be able to resume training asap so I walked a bit but still not all that much.

Really happy with how calm I was on the swim - it was a mass start and i stayed a little back but didn't wait as long as usual. 

I raced the Grand Haven Olympic this weekend.  One of my favorite races.  Swim is in Lake Michigan which flipped overnight.  It was 76 degrees and then was 63 race morning.  Actually I would rather have 63 than 76 for a wetsuit swim.  The thing that kind of sucks is the transition area is 0.75 miles from the water so its a long arse run.  Came out 3 minutes slower than last year most likely due to going against the current this year. 

Bike and Run were really solid - cut 3 minutes off my bike and 3 minutes off my run this year compared to the same course last year.  1:05 bike and :40 run.  Legs were ready to rock and knew it from the get go on the bike...always a good feeling.

Finished in 2:21 which comparibly is around 2:14-2:15 if you take out the long transition run.  I really wanted to break 2:15 this year at an Olympic so happy with the race.

holy cow

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=449889&posts=4#M4301904

i have actually chatted with her, she is real, and she does really try, although some of her posts are a bit.....ok...WAY over the top.  She is actually quite nice, but sometimes common sense should dictate.