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Oh that sucks - I also waited til the last minute and if I had not put a reminder on my phone for last Monday I would have also forgot.  If you are looking for a nice laid back race you should check out the Rockford Tri on June 6 (I think).  Did it last year and was a nice small well run race.

Simone - Congrats on registering for IMOZ! The scary part is over now just find a good plan, stick to the training, execute your race day and you will be an Ironman!  

KC - That is coming up quick.  Was that one of the races affected by the new time trial swim?  How is the IT band holding up?

Jen - good luck this weekend.  Glad to see you are back in the swing of things.  How is your Racine 70.3 training going?

Lori- Sorry to hear about your knee.  Hoping that the MRI comes out all clear.  Injuries can be so frustrating. Is this the same issue you have had in the past?

So I put in the new group request .  I agree with you Kathy, the spring session is so short and you just kind of get going into the season then they change  it up.  I will let everyone know when it goes live.

First race of the season is this Saturday in Galena.  water temp is a balmy 61 (but in reality it is probably 55 since I really think they rig that number so people don't freak haha).

I am really curious as to how I feel racing...My training has been going "ok" but I think I just realized I am now using my last years training for IM as a baseline which is probably wrong to do.  I pushed myself at the pool yesterday and hit 12 x 100Y all on 1:34. This was almost what my pacing was like at my swim peak last year for IMWI, granted the effort was a lot harder yesterday, but I hit the pace for the workout so I am pretty happy and feel better going into Saturday.

My band played a private corporate event in Grand Rapids, MI last night and they ended up being Wolverine Worldwide Inc. who owns a whole bunch of shoe line - Saucony, Merrell, CAT, Wolverine boots.  Anyways they called me the morning of and asked our shoes sizes.  We had two cases of running shoes waiting in out dressing room haha.  They wanted us to wear them on stage so I got that pair and took a second pair - Merrell's Barefoot Minimalist running shoes.  Curious to see how they feel running.  This was the "Performance Group" event so the marketing lady introduced me to one of the design guys so I got to talk shoes and endurance racing for a while.  I was like a kid in a candy store haha.  And I though it was going to be just a boring shoe convention haha.

Congrats Simone on getting in to IMOZ!! That will be great!

Tim - training is progressing! I'm a little behind because of missing a month of training but overall I can't complain. I'm not going to bother trying to make up the time I just want to be prepared for the distances and I'll be fine.

Enjoy your first race of the season! Our water temp is supposed to be 68 (they took it twice) for this Saturday but I don't know if I should believe them.

Tim - enjoy your first race of the season. Hey I meant to ask you too, how has the Trainer Road work you did over Winter shape up your bike? I'm thinking about trying it myself for the next couple of months when the weather is inclimate. I really need to work on my bike it is woeful. My running and swimming will improve, but I am a little worried about the bike leg cause IMOZ is pretty hilly. I mapped out a 100km ride today which has some good climbs, but at the moment I'm at around the 40km mark on the roady. I've been thinking bout just doing some hill circuits closer to home to also help with my strength on climbs. Also I bought Don Finks book, haven't read through it yet, but I know you did his plan for IMWI so I'm interested in what you thought of that. I was planning on using a gold beginners plan from BT and modifying it, but I don't want to go in under trained. I know it's early days yet, but its never to early to panic, hahaha!!

I'm interested to hear how everyone elses IM training is going too, how have you found the volume, etc. and have you found your ave speed increasing just by default of the amount of training, etc.