Rumpus in Bumpass International : Official Thread

That's awesome Kent on your run milestone!

Sorry to hear about your injury QZ, but glad you'll be coming out to the race.  We'll be on the lookout for you!  I hope your injury heals up quickly for you.

In the past the water temp has been 60-65 degrees.  I have done it in sleeveless but you may want sleeves if you have access to it.  Last year it was really choppy.

Finally signed up for this today, I hope it's not cold, I remember a few years ago it was freezing on race day.

HillSlugger - 2011-03-04 12:39 PM I signed up for this race, in part, to ensure that I'll have at least one OWS before my early-season Oly in May. My coach says it's just "a training day" for the Oly.

This one is a good OWS practice, it was my first OWS ever last year and it gave me a lot of confidence for my HIM, in fact it was much harder, so it prepared me for the worse.  It was just a little colder and choppy than my HIM.

Edit: wetsuit for sure, I have sleeves and used sleeves last yr.

Well, I started behind plan with less base for IM due to an injury, but I have been completing all the workouts for the BT 20 week Beginner IM program.  It starts to pick up weekly hours at the end of this month, so we'll see how that goes.  But yea, the Olympic is just an early fitness test and practice for OWS, my plan says to do a longer day, but I think I might be able to race this one and be ok.  I also have the Kinetic HIM on my schedule, but I'm doing that as a long catered training day and "practice" for OWS, transitions, pacing and nutrition for IMCDA. 

I'm in for my first Oly!  And my first wetsuit swim.  I'm pumped and scared at the same time. 

QZ - I'm sorry you are still injured.  That stinks! 

Thanks, Carly.

I am just about at my wits end dealing with it.  8 months of PT......they had me out the door once but unfortunately my other leg went crazy on my last visit (official one for the left leg) I went back in a week later and they didn't think it was the gastroc.  Did some soft tissue work ....waited another week to try and run and after a 15 min warmup on the elliptical had to end my run at 2 min.  Emailed the PT, he said "if if doesn't hurt do it" so I rode my bike for 2 hours......went back in to see him the next day and he was like "what the h3lp did you do to your legs?"    It seems the left gastrocs is still a bit tender and the right one is more soleus. 

So for now I am a gym rat who swims and has just been allowed back on the bike as long as I don't push my intensity level (hard to reighn myself in sometimes)

The good side is that I am finally improving my swi with the forced swim focus!

any advice on where to stay? driving from va beach the day before. 

thanks!

Check out the VTS website, they had several places linked on their web page last I saw.

we're coming down from MD and staying at:

Hampton Inn & Suites Fredericksburg South   
4800 Market Street   
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA 22408
1-540-898-5000