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Sunday - September 12

Bike

2h 44m 53s
56.00 miles
20.38 Mi/hr

Rev3 bike

Run

2h 03m 02s
13.10 miles
09m 23s /Mi

Rev3 run

Swim

37m 10s
1931.21 meters
01m 55s /100 meters

Rev3 swim

Health data: Sleep: 2 Soreness: 2 Hours slept: 6

RACE DAY: Revolution3 Cedar Point Half

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Saturday - September 11

Run

05m
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UNDERWEAR RUN!!!!
Smoak was our winner!!!

Swim

15m
500.00 meters
03m /100 meters

pre race swim on coures...total washing machine out there! Awful!

Slept like crap again...keep waking up with hot flashes and then I got a text from my favorite bike shop... before my alarm went off. :( So I toddled off to the Snoopy Suite aka the bike shop with my red devil so Steve and Russ could affix my race numbers, check every thing out on the stand (it really was a bike shop in there for heavens sakes!) and be sure she was ready to be checked in. Ranger joined us, and then we all headed down to the swim.

What a soupy mess! It was terrible out there! Props to all the racers in Tawas who actually had to race in that crap! It was cold and windy, but I finally figured out I could demo a TYR suit, so I went for it with MSUDan and Dave Zarans goggles. :) We all get by with a little help from our friends no? It was total crap, I couldn't see (didn't want to mess with Dave's goggles) and I didn't even get to the first marker buoy. Screw that crap! So I head in...start to take off the wetsuit, fall on my ass (of course Ranger saw from the beach! :0) and proceeded to be stuck in said demo suit for like 5 minutes....at least! DOH!

Before I knew it, Coop was there, my hero, with my wetsuit and it was time for the underpants run! What a hoot! A bunch of goofballs in their skivies running circles in front of the hotel entrance! LOL! Trixie is just awesome for getting us all to get out there! It was a great stress reliever for all of us (if not a tad embarrising!) I'm kinda scared to see the pictures from Russ! :0!

Next up...check in the bikes. I've never had to do that before. Leave my baby the night before a race! :( But it was fine, even though it rained. I had dinner with Russ, Paul and Steve at Famous Daves and watched in wonder as Paul had 3 glasses of wine, a half rack of ribs with fries and coleslaw. Um, yeah...not really the optimum meal I'd choose lol! :) Paul has a foot injury, so he really didn't think he'd be running the full half mary, so I guess it wasn't such a bad idea!

Tricia and her gang were in the park, then we were both in the room chilling and getting stuff ready and in bed by 10. It's almost race time!

Health data: Sleep: 2 Hours slept: 7

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Friday - September 10

Bike

40m 39s
11.26 miles
16.62 Mi/hr

check out start and finish of Cedar Point course
avg 87 rpm
avg 117 watts

Run

19m 54s
1.82 miles
10m 56s /Mi

Cedar Point fromn lot with breaks to hug up Kimm, KL, Andrea and chat up Ranger and Nell!

Drove down to the park after packing all morning. AND forgetting my bloody wetsuit! GAHHHHH! Coop and my hubby are my heros...they made arrangements for Dave to drop off the suit at Coop's so he could bring it to me! Bless you boys!

We had a nice dinner in the dark at TGIF's in the hotel and I got to hear all the stories from the park from Steve, Russ, Ranger and Nell. I did my workouts instead and saw Kimm, KL, Andrea, Steve, Russ, Ranger and Nell during them! Whew! That's a lot of socializing while "training" LOL!

Got to bed at a decent hour, but slept like crap again. :( Getting excited and nervous!

Health data: Sleep: 3 Hours slept: 7

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Thursday - September 9

BIG FAT REST DAY?....PACKING,MASSAGE, TOENAIL PAINTING,PASTA EATING, TRANSITION PRACTICE,UNDIES SHOPPING, GETTING GEEKED FOR REV3!!!!!!!

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Wednesday - September 8

Run

15m 06s
1.30 miles
11m 37s /Mi

recovery run from shop

Bike

1h 00m
17.07 miles
17.07 Mi/hr

taper repeats
wu 20
4x1:30 vo2max, 3:30 ar
cd 20

Night sweats, a text that I didn't want to get to start my day, and a headache. Awesome. Not. Felt better after riding in the lab with Sue (so glad I didn't have to ride alone!!!) and getting the red devil checked out and a speedfil put on her. Of course, in my prep, I had Ron show me how to change a flat just in case with those chip seal roads and if I flat, I don't want it to cost me 18 minutes darn it (Sue came in the shop with one! How convienient!) and didn't figure out I'd left my tire tool at the shop till I was home in Troy. :(

My shoulders are in my ears from stress, and it's not my best look. I feel like I need another bike ride to chill out, but its taper!!! Thank heavens I have the massage tomorrow. It's gonna hurt, and I really don't care at this point. I just want my life to settle the fock down! I know I know...FAT CHANCE!

Health data: Sleep: 2 Hours slept: 7.5

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Tuesday - September 7

Run

40m 01s
4.05 miles
09m 53s /Mi

taper repeats
10 wu
4x1:30 vo2max, 3:30 ar
10 cd

Bike

16m 50s
4.21 miles
15.01 Mi/hr

recovery ride to shop to pick up edge

79 avg rpm
97 avg watts

So nice when training and lifes chores mesh! :)

Felt nice to get the sticks moving under 7mm for the first time in a looooooonnnnngggg time! It was only for a few moments in the sets, but it felt great while it lasted! :)

Got lots of chores done today. More to do tomorrow! Wheee! Rev 3 is coming!!!

Health data: Sleep: 2 Hours slept: 5.25

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Monday - September 6

Bike

1h 30m
25.00 miles
16.67 Mi/hr

taper repeats
30 wu
6x1:30 vo2max 3:30 ar
30 cd

Swim

20m
700.00 meters
02m 52s /100 meters

500 wu
porpoising
ac work...run into pool, run through h20, porpoise, swim, get out of pool, run pool deck repeat for 5:00
drafting swimming, 4 in a lane swimming
100 cd

Fun fun fun in the lab and pool tonight. Only Dominoe can sing AND dance while pushing 340 watts in a threshold interval. I love that kid!!! :) Lots of laughter and singing tonight! Holidays are fun in the lab! :) I got to give Andrea a BIG hug to send her on her way to Worlds in Budapest too. She will do great I'm sure. I'm so excited for her!

We did goofy stuff at the pool. It was fun, silly and hopefully helpful. I actually liked the ac in and out of the pool, except for when John yanked on my big ole feet and then passed me the stinker! :)

I also got to talk to Coach about REV3 and his lofty goals for me. He reminded me I want to race it. "So yeah, you should be almost dead "were his words about taking a day off afterwards. Gulp.

Will enter all my data tomorrow...it's a bloody school night! :(