SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 87)

No idea how much I was sweating, but definitely had that heat soaked feeling like on a hot day.

Have a great run!

Good luck Kev! Have a great race!

Just got back from a lovely, breezy 84 mile ride. 60 miles was with the group. I was in a 4 person breakaway the 2nd half and way out of my comfort zone but I held on...I am stubborn and my pride was at stake LOL...now I'm exhausted but happy Going to spend the afternoon at the skate park with the kids and hubby...then out to eat at my favorite restaurant...we didn't get a chance to celebrate Valentine on Thursday.

Good luck to both you and your daughter. Enjoy the course. 

HM. in PEI. in Feb. They should give you YaxTrax in the goodie bag. Can't possibly be that many people signed up so it's not like they'd have to buy bulk.    Good luck tomorrow. Stay warm and upright. 

Good luck and be careful. Looking forward to some race reports

GO, AXENCHILLY!

I really don't know how you do it. I get cold after swims in 85F water here.

I have no idea what any of that means but it sounds great. No really, I am thrilled for you that your foot, and you, are doing so well. I think often about the little boy at your school who was so kind to you after your surgery .

That is Wonderful!!!!! what a great role model and buddy you are ! My 17 year old met my at the pool at 545 this morning... trying to butter me up so he could be with his friends rest of the day ! it worked. 

its been SUper windy here. like blow our jacket of your back on a bridge all week. Hardly anyones been riding. SOoooo yesterday i realized i had not ridden since the dog chase event i had last weekend and i did NOT want to ride (scared).

I made a deal with myself either a) Spin Class at the gym ....or B) get bike on carrier and go ride. Well there was a 20 mph wind the last four miles of my "loop on the lake" place i go to. Found out 20 mph was my top speed on those downhills. Then i ran a few laps around the parking lot after biking. When i got home the temp had dropped ten degrees and the dog was cold and didnt want to be walked! So....I can ride cold and into the wind. Oh Boy ! 

That is Wonderful!!!!! what a great role model and buddy you are !

Sally: Awesome ride, I'd love to be able to do something like that.

Arend: Good Luck on your polar bear trek tomorrow :=)

4 miles in the thunderblizzard.  First real snow here in two years and it was thundering.  Fun stuff.

Ha, that's great!  One of the joys of living and training in farmland.  

My hopes for bare, dry roads have been dashed as it snowed overnight.

Arend, hope you had enough snow for some traction. It's windy/cold here this morning and I have a short run planned then masters swim this afternoon.  I believe several of you read TJ's blog and I've put it on my weekly "must read" sites. Good stuff. I'm going to get to the pool early today and try his high elbow drills. Thought I'd put the link here for anyone who hasn't been following. 

http://badig

Personally, I'd say it depends on how well you're trained to race a 1650yd swim race (not just the swim leg of an Oly) up to that point. If you haven't done much or any swimming lately (up to the date), I'd do the 500 free as a TT.  A 1650 isn't going to tell you much if you're not prepared for it.

However, if your season opener is major, an A race, and you'll have done a good bit of swimming prep for it ... 1650yd TT would hurt so good and seems like it fits in with your schedule. It also shouldn't hurt your Oly swim one bit if it's 10-11 days later.

Your run reminds me of a song on an album my dad used to play ALLLL the time when i was really little..

Blizzard Song

It's sad

With that in mind, swimming has been a point of emphasis since the end of the season. Last month was just over 60,000. This month will likely be in the 50's, and the next two (leading right to the swim meet) *should* be back over 60,000 each. Sessions are done moderately hard to hard for the main set, maybe an occasional moderate if I'm really burnt up at the time since I'm not exactly taking it easy on the bike or run either.

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

Great job !!!

X2 - got to think you'll shave a couple of minutes off that time in good conditions.  Showing some great improvement Arend.

Thanks guys.  This is what it looked like at the half way mark.