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Triguy98 posted 3 years ago.
bluebirdbiker wrote:
What a fantastic clear sunny great Sat. and Sun. we have here in beautiful BC lower mainland! I just love it.BBB
If I we had a smiley giving ya the finger, you'd be seeing it. Stupid hurricane. Rain/ winded out my race prep yesterday and caused some major changes to the race venue (they radically shortened it) Race report to follow. Stupid hurricane. :mad:
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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RV posted 3 years ago.
Made to first week of taper for my next 1/2IM!
Yesterday, did a 3 hour ride followed by a 1.5 hour run. This time got my wife to ride along to carry water bottles - it is pretty hot here right now.
Then did a short open water swim.
Today did an hour recovery ride and some strength training.
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Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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christri25 posted 3 years ago.
had a race today, sprint tri
1/3s -13b - 5k
Chris
``It's not as if I'm going to sit around and be a fat slob,''
Lance Armstrong 2005
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bluebirdbiker posted 3 years ago.
oh ya! I forgot about that hurricane Chris Wow, I hope all is well with you guys. Sorry 'bout the sunny comment, guess I should have thought first hehe. Seriously, those things can be pretty bad. Have a safe recovery. All the best.
Just think of it this way, what a great opportunity to go and bike against the wind doing intervals...headwind training :D
:p
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johnj919 posted 3 years ago.
Sat. - 70 miles on the bike (high of 97 degrees) - A few too many hills for my taste. Man, were my knees hurtin'.
Sun. - 18 mile run. Another scorcher.
Training solo sucks! :mad:
~John
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PrinceofClydes posted 3 years ago.
It's strange. I rode 70km in 2:30:00 and I feel like I was slacking, having ridden the IM bike course each of the last two weekends.
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virturace posted 3 years ago.
10 miles on the Las Vegas Strip. Woke up at 6:00 am and headed down to the strip from the Bellagio. Took a right and headed for the Mandalay Bay/4 Seasons end. I counted 13 hookers on the way.
Turned around, crossed the road and ran past the Tropicana, MGM, Paris, Wynn and on down the the Stratosphere. I counted 18 hookers on the way. A drunken frat guy tried to race me for about 30 feet and a very drunk, very angry guy started cursing and screaming at me from about 50 feet away. He was flipping me off as I ran toward him. I started laughing and he tried to jump up in my grill. I wanted so badly to smack him as I ran by, but I'm pretty sure that he would have hit the pavement with a slight nudge.
In all, it was a fantastic run - I whole-heartedly recommend the run if you ever find yourself in Vegas on vacation. It certainly takes some of the guilt away ;)
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Dkidd posted 3 years ago.
i feel like a slacker compared to all of you.
Sat:
ran 7miles saturday to start the day
swam with the kids and got in the lap pool for maybe 500yards tops. 5y/o is learning to swim and had to show me her "new" stroke.
Sun:
40K TT on the bike
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Tamara posted 3 years ago.
Actually Dkidd, I'm feeling as though my training is right in track, comparatively speaking, with the uber-studs training for the IM distances! At first I was feeling intimidated but I just now kinda realized that I'm on track to meet my goals the way PoC, BBB and others are focused on meeting their's. It's all good.
Fri -- Did my first race-length brick -- 30K bike/5K run
Sat -- 1000yd swim (250 more than is needed in my first tri in August)
Sun -- Ran 9mi, and threw in an hour of tennis for good measure (more for the October marathon than the sprint tris)
"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." ~George Sheehan
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triandsing posted 3 years ago.
I rested on Saturday and had my first race(ever) on Sunday. It was a sprint with a 750m swim, a 500m uphill run to T1, a 20k bike and a 5k run. I was 3rd out of the water(4th to T1), won my age group, and was 12th overall. Gotta work on my running though, 8:35 isn't really a pace to write home about...I'll post a real race report when I have a few minutes...
Oh yeah, and I'm hooked. Bad.
Jason
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bluebirdbiker posted 3 years ago.
triandsing, congrats, sounds great. Your age cat. that's good AND in THAT age cat. Bravo. Keep at'er. Way to go!
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DJTubs posted 3 years ago.
no cardio at the mo, as i have sore knees, and im hitting the weights for that beach body when i go away next month :D
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trainDaBrain posted 3 years ago.
Shooting Star Adventures - SVS 2 at Joseph D Grant Park. Holy cow, what a great race. If anyone is considering getting started in Adventure Racing, these are great races to come out and try your hand at.
Excellent nav set-up, challenging courses that will test ANY athlete out there.
Randy and I raced together and finished in 9 hours and 30 minutes. We had some technical difficulty as Randy's front wheel taco'ed on a descent, but he was fine, a little scratched up, but was in good shape. And despite better judgement to take the race director's truck back to the finish because of the bike's lack of ride-ability, we headed back on our own power, with Randy carrying his mountain bike down the mountain for the last 6 miles.
What a great race. Will provide a more in depth race report later.
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brittda posted 3 years ago.
20 mile run and a 90 mile hilly bike ride...fun fun :)
NOTHING today!
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ccollins posted 3 years ago.
Fri evening - 15 mile run
Sat morn - 1 hour cycle, Afternoon - 2000m swim
Sunday - 9 mile run, 1 hour cycle, Body Pump
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toni posted 3 years ago.
Sat - 117 miles - Seattle to Napavine - Passed out
Sun - 92 miles - Napavine to Portland - Happily passed out
This is a great ride! And if you live in the PacNW or will be in the area for it in the future, you should definitely do it! It was fabulous. I'll blog about it later. :D
-Toni
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - FDR
What a fantastic clear sunny great Sat. and Sun. we have here in beautiful BC lower mainland! I just love it.
Sat. 09: Went for a long ride with vanjames to Univ. of BC and up Cypress Mtn., both of us panting our hearts out (151kms). It's so nice to have someone to endure the pain with. Man was it cold up top :eek:, both of us froze on the descent. This was followed by a quick 5km brick to punish the legs a bit after the ride hehe.
Sun 10: Run 35km (3:30hrs. slow) with the headphones on along the dyke (fall asleep), followed by rest and a 3800m swim late afternoon, then watch the Tour and eat, eat, eat ,followed by SLEEP!!!!
48 days to go!! :eek:
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