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Two days of NADA !! Little hectic at home this week. Going to try to either get out for a run or hit the gym at lunch today. Finally sunny again, so hoping to get to the trail for some outside time.

Nice Cycling Marianne & Mark !!
Happy to hear the knee is feeling good Mav!

Mark - sounds like the saddle tweak is working out great.
I would think those details become very important in the longer races.
Best of Luck!!

There is nothing I would change about my bike.  I can't believe I'm saying this.

I'm experimenting with a new electrolyte drink, Gatoraid Pro Endurance formula.  This is the on course beverage for the upcoming HIM.  So far I'm not a big fan.  I've tried the beverage diluted 50 percent, on ice and straight from the bottle.  Each mix was tested drinking 20oz total over 1 hour.  Sipping every 5 minutes with bigger gulps near the end of the testing session.  The taste is ok.  It's a bit rough on the gut.  It tastes salty but I'm feeling a bit crampy in the calves, quads and hammies after an hour of hard training.   Hard training means 3x10min in z3-4 and 4x3 minutes in z5a-b.  This is an effort above race pace but a typical F!T training session.

If I cannot tolerate G.Pro I'll need to carry my own electrolyte.  If I decide to go with 50/50 that complicates race planning but is doable.

Cheers,

That Gatorade mix was very rough on my gut too. I have a stomach of steel and I can use it. Try infinit. Most people have pretty good luck with it and you can adjust the calories to meet your needs.

I have my HIM aquabike tomorrow. Busy day today

hey everyone, looks like you are all having great times. I picked up my packet for the 5430 Tri Sprint in Boulder. Tomorrow is race day. Hoping to just finish, I've been on my bike and running, not to much swim just resting the shoulders as much as possible. Talked with a physical therapist and have been doing mostly stretches, so tomorrow we will see. Good luck to all for the rest of the race season.

Mav and all thanks so much for the information and support.

I'm alive

It's quiet...did everyone leave?

Here goes the update for me...I am starting to get back on the horse and unfortunately I have a long, long way to go before I will be completely back in the saddle. Ok enough of the references...I am starting from the absolute bottom and building my way up so that I don't kill myself - or get injured in the process I have my co workers thinking about starting a team up for next years ski to sea. Some of them are really active and others, well not so much but it would be fun if I can actually get it together

Everyone else needs to fill me in!!!!

It's been a loooong time since I've logged on but I'm back.  I had to get rid of the internet/cable for a while to cut down on my monthly spending.   If you remember I had signed up for a sprint tri and my (now) ex-husband laughed and told me I wouldn't be able to do it.  The past four months have been insanely busy with work, a new job, selling our house, moving, yadda yadda yadda.  With everything going on my training has been pretty limited and the tri is next weekend.   I've learned while training that I'm an incredibly weak swimmer and I'm very nervous.  (To the point where I want to back out of it.)  I've been teetering back and forth all week whether or not to drop out.  I want to do it for me and it will be a huge accomplishment to just finish.  But I am having a difficult time getting over this swim issue.  Any advice?  Tips? 

Welcome back. Glad life seems to be settling for you!

DO THE TRI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO THE TRI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whats the worse that can happen???????????? My goal of my first race was not to finish last and not to puke!!! SO what if you are not a "strong swimmer". You can do the distance. Place yourself at the back of the pack, count to 10 after the start ...get in the water and swim. Make the goal to finish. You can do this.

Getting close for you Mark!!!!!So glad you are well and made it to the start line uninjured Did you sign up to volunteer for IMAZ?

Michelle Happy to see you are back in the game. Doesnt matter that you took time off, what matters that you are coming back to training again. Slow and steady

Sorry I have been pretty absent. My father in law died unexpectedly so we were in Florida for a week. As sad as it was, I am glad it was sudden and there was no suffering. There are still alot of loose ends to tie up but I am glad to be home.

I rode a century this week. I have a friend who is doing IMLP and he needed to do a long ride . We did the ride on Cape Cod and it was beautiful. Gorgeous beaches dunes and scenery. I would do it agin in a heartbeat. One of the prettiest rides I have ever done. At mile 95 we jumped in a lake to clean off.Awesome day!!! Still not running but my knee is improving. My swimming has improved with masters swimming. If anyone needs to improve the swim I highly suggest Masters.

Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!!!!

Marianne - so sorry to hear about your father-in-law.??
Michelle - happy to see that you are back to training :D
ktaho - Welcome Back!! GO FOR IT !! Start in the back, just swim very relaxed, take your time and save your energy for the bike & run. The swim is the shortest part of the race. Hope you do it ! Best of Luck !!
Terry - good luck in rehabbing the shoulder.
Fit4Infinity - Sounds like your in great shape for your up coming A race !! Kill it!

ME - I'm Finally caught up on logging my workouts/races from this past weekend.
Finally put up a mini-Tri and a 5k. Mini-Tris might be all i'm going to be able to do this summer. Lots of stuff going on at home. Afraid to plunk down close to $100 on a race that i may not be able to make it to.

God knows you've worked your arse off so i'm not surprised that you are feeling good about your race

I must say GO FOR IT! Just go into it to have fun and learn from it for future races...don't put any pressure on yourself and you'll do great

I had to chuckle...here's a little feel good story:

My first tri was going to be the Honolulu tri. I went into it with the goal of finishing but just not last. 2 weeks before the race they changed it to a duathlon due to the dang jelly fish invasion. Crap..now I have to run/bike/run! I did it anyway and guess what?? I took first in my age division ~ funny thing is I didn't even look at the board to see where I placed since I "knew" it wouldn't be anything to brag about. Another HI BTer came up to me and was the one who told me

Marianne, I am so very sorry about your father in law ~ My condolences to you and your family!!!

However, your century sounds amazing I am happy to hear your knee (and swim) is doing so much better!

Thanks Bob! I am the first to get the "stuff going on at home" thing so good for you for just taking it easy and doing what you can!!

Soooooo, how was everyone's 4th?  What'dya do?

We went camping at a lake we used to frequent last time we lived here and spent the entire weekend out on our boat ~ it was FABULOUS!!!

Weekend on the boat SOUNDS fabulous !! I don't know what it was like around the rest of the US, but it seems like there were an incredible amount of home fireworks shows going on. Way more than i can ever remember. My doggy didn't like it ;(

When we finally heard sirens we first thought - the police are going to someones house.
Then - I hope no one got hurt.
Then - It's not police or ambulance, it's firetrucks!! And they are across the street !!
Turns out, it wasn't fireworks at all. My "electrician" neighbor apparently jury-rigged his water heater and it caught fire while he was away camping. Luckily, someone was watching the house and they took care of the water heater fire without any damage to the house.

Yikes Bob...sounds scary. Good thing they had someone watching.

HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME IN WISHING FIT A GREAT RACE!!!! His HIM is this weekend As  we all know he has trained his a$$ off. Cant wait to see how much fun he has

GO MARK GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Mr. Fit4 has been training like a madman !!

Hope it was a great experience !!

Half Rev3 Portland 70.3 was a fantastic race with an emotional eruption of joy at the finish line.  I'll post a complete race report after I have a few moments to compose my thoughts.  I still get goosebumps thinking about it, wow!!

Just stopping by to say hello and let everyone know I'm alive.  My legs are quite fried.  Working on soft stretching and pressure point massage.   The brite side is all my aches are muscle related which usually take around 2-3 days to recover.  I've been here before.  The only unusual is some soreness in my right foot.  I recall exactly when my foot complained loudly.  With just 2 miles to go my right leg cramped and locked out.  I took about three stiff legged strides before putting on the breaks on the run to work out the complete quad, hamstring, and calf cramp.   

Cheers