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Well you are right I could "finish" but it would be ugly.

Plus my oly on the 11th will take me 2 weeks to recover from anyways. Also trying to come up with an inticement to get a rematch with my buddy.

It's more like "Howdy" here in TX.    I'm not a huge fan of BBQ but it something you should eat while you're here.  FAJITAS and MARGARITAS are much better though!

Nice shots Todd!

Dude I am so freaking jealous!  I wish I could come to TX and meet everyone. 

That's going to be a super fun race Kelli!

Nice pics Todd.

Great pics Todd, like the jersey!

Happy Friday everyone! I'm excited for the weekend, heading to New Braufels tomorrow AM to meet up with Todd and go toobing Hope to get in a long ride on Sunday too, might head over to the Katy Flatlands... not for the century though I leave that craziness to Justin!

You can, it's a short flight We'd love to hear your cheers in person!

Heck yeah Nichole. With your skirt and my pigtails we can be a great team. Plus I can bring my boombox and blast some Bonnie "Waiting for a Hero" and give our peeps some motivation.

x2, x2!!!!!  It's not that far

Awesome pics Todd!!!!  Are you sure that run was painful bc you don't look like you were in pain!!!  You look like you were rockin' it!  Sweet jersey, btw!

This would be awesome!!!!  Maybe you John Cusak 'Say Anything' style???  Could very well be the highlight of my race.  And for someone who loves his BT, I do believe it 'Holding Out For a Hero'.

For energy boost after long bike/run, I REQUIRE a coke (no diet crap either). You will feel tons better after some of that sugar hits ya!

During a long run, I'm pretty plain... no food just water

For long bike, I normally have 3-4 bottles... one gatorade and rest water. Food for race day (olympic/him) is shot bloks (1 pack for olympic, 2 for HIM), for training it's really whatever is in the pantry... granola bars, fig newtons, rice krispes, etc

That's cool about the calf sleeves, I haven't brought myself to wearing them during trianing/racing yet... Do you plan on wearing them for your races?

Come on kids, I don't even have time in my schedule right now to squeeze in a 45 minute bike ride.  Unfortuantely, a trip to TX just isn't a possibility.

*Whimpers*

Not happy about that.  It would be so awesome to be there to cheer everyone on!



Kelli, as far as nutrition goes, I can't do gels at all either.  Burping those babies up makes me gag.  I like the cliff shot blocks, and for long rides actually like the cherry lara bars.  I tend to like stuff that I have to chew and that feels more like real food.

Holy crap 15 miles!!!! I have my long of 5 and getting a little worried. Now I know I am being a sissy about. Nice run. You are going to rock it on TX.

It would be awesome if you guys could be there too!    Boombox huh?  Do they even make those things anymore?

For my marathon training, I used shot bloks and they never seemed to fail me.  I would take some every hour (even without water if I wasn't by an aid station).  Had no problems at all getting (and keeping) them down.  I stuck to the basic flavors - orange, lemon-lime, strawberry. 

BTW - Nice AM run Kelli!

Aside from a diet coke here or there at work I'm not really a soda drinker.  BUT, the other week I had my first post-long run Coke.  I feel like my life was revolutionized!!!!  It was like a wonder drug.  when I was done this morning I ran/limped into the first bodega I could find to get a Coke.  Thinking about this now makes me giggle...I must have been a real sight walking home this morning....literally drenched in sweat, wearing calf sleeves (apparently these look silly to the general public) and drinking a Coke at 8am.  Hehe

Won't bother with the calf sleeves for the oly, not sure on HIM yet though.  I felt a noticeable difference wearing with them...and they're a lot faster to get on than I anticipated.

Since Kelli recently asked about food, thought this was interesting...
http://www.trainingbible.com/joesblog/2009/07/real-food-performance.html

"Generally, if you are in decent shape and the workout lasts less than two hours all you need is water, assuming you had a meal sometime in the last few hours before starting the session"

So the float trip was last weekend and I met up with Eric and Betsy and we floated the river and had a blast. Eric almost got me arrested and we found out he is a sneaky thief. Betsy even agreed to do a 70.3 next year and I agreed that if she signed up I would too. She does make some good margaritas. I cant wait to see some pics. I must say it was great to finally meet some of the group and it was even better on how much fun we had hanging out from just being online friends. Then we went and had dinner at Rudys BBQ. Here is a break down of what I ate.

1/2 lb Jalepeno Sausage
1/2 lb Brisket
1/2 lb pork ribs
1/4 lb prime rib (wife only ate part of hers so I had to eat the rest)
a few bites of a pecan pie

Total calaries = 2300ish
Well good thing I ran my 5 miles that morning. Longest run I have ever done btw.

LOL - Todd clearly had too much to drink!  It was nice meeting you, the wife and friends.  Good times were had by all!

Here are the pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.vondohlen/071909River#

Trip was a lot of fun, can't say the drive home was enjoyable so next time we need to crash in NB after the river.

Hey now, it's not my fault you started chugging the beer when the officer said to drop it. I might have said "chug it or drop it" but you picked chug it

Sounds like a great time guys... Sorry I missed the fun!  I think I would have rather done that, rather than ride a frickin' bike for 4.5 hrs the next day.  I guess I could have picked both ~ but the suck level for Sunday would have been off the charts!  Given the consumption of food and adult beverage on Saturday.

I am planning on the meet and greet ~ cheer session in Austin for the Longhorn!  That should be a good time!

I was away from the computer for the better part of three days... and when I logged on last night to check the marathon registration... it frickin' sold out!  22K runners in 3 days!!!  WTF?  It wasn't 3-4 years ago, you could register up to the day before the race.  Unreal!  I have one other avenue of trying to get into the race - we will see how that works out... if not Austin will serve as my new course for PR and BQ!  But damn, I really like the local race! 

Woo hoo!!!  Booked my plane ticket this morning.  Now I just need to figure out whether I'm going to ship my bike or rent a case, have it packed up and carry it with me. 

Happy Monday all!!  I've been swamped and finally logging on now.  Sounds like you all had a blast floating down the river.  Love the pics!

Justin is alive!  Thank goodness.  I beginning to get worried. 

Sorry to hear you missed out on Houston.  I cannot believe it filled up that fast.  It has to be some sort of record.  I registered on Friday.

YEAH Kelli!  Now you need to get Eric to register.

LOL!  Sorry, life & work were getting in the way of my BT time...  Ebbs & flows!  Glad to hear you got in.  Are you doing the full again?  I may be able to get in through the company spots, but if not, then I'll be going for my BQ'er in Austin.  I ran that course (half) in '02 and loved it.  The course has changed some now, but it has always received great reviews.