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I barely slept, but managed to get about 2-3 hours of sleep, got up and took a shower. I ate a PB&J on wheat bagel for breakfast around 4am, and then caught the hotel shuttle to race site at 4:30am. Lots of nervous pacing and walking. SwimI seeded myself in the far right rear of group (possibly the last person) in order to avoid the washing machine effect, because a kick to my face or any

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My bro was suppose to run this race and I was going to pace him. We with my busy schedule I was not checking up on his progress and he became injured. A couple of things may have happened.To many miles and no stretching. Planters does a body no good. Anyway I trained in the heat and was hoping for cooler weather but no luck. I wore my fuel belt and carried heed, endurolytes, gels and tums.

Grizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711151805382644137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1017268743796452742.post-43411939832276571362008-09-09T20:19:00.002-05:002008-09-09T20:27:00.570-05:00

Wow, I never knew how much fun it would be to volunteer. I met a lot of nice tri athletes.It was good to see how different people get water on the bike and pulling over to mix their drinks.I was at the cross plains aid station with a bunch of pirates. We stocked the water and handed out lots of water. Everyone worked hard and had a good time. I arrived at 7am and left around 3pm.I would have

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Swim was cold and short. I kept my hr down on the bike and was able to have some energy for run. No cramps except towards the end but I slowed down or walked. I made some mistakes but overall still god.

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I had an early bike ride on the schedule but I decided to do it on the trainer.All day I was noticing what a sunny day it was. I made it home early and decided to take the bike out for an easy ride through the woods. Filled up the water bottle and off I went. I had been experiencing some hip pain but I believe it was gone. As I completed the first route of the forest preserve I decided that

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First time in Galena. I have heard its a great weekend get away.I called Rique and confirmed I would arrive around 3pm.I also heard from Jim's buddy Eno whom I met last year.Eno called me while I was in route and mentioned they had a 5 br home.He asked if I would be interested in renting one of the rooms.I told him I would pass. I like my privacy and don't want to share a bathroom. As I was

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The SCTC had their first bike ride of the season. We had a decent turn out. We were able to create groups which helped big time with pace. Of course I was in the B-Group. I can only hang on to the fast guys for a little bit and then I get dropped. I was hoping people might be up to a 2.5 hour ride but most only wanted 1.5 or 2 hour ride. Well we rode out to Water Fall Glen and met up with

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Around the middle of March I started to do some research on what do for anniversaries.Every year I ask my wife what she would like and she saez nothing. So I buy her nothing.This year I researched on the web and found a great idea. Personal Chef, so i started emailing a bunch. Lots were replying that they were booked for that date. One person emailed and said they were available. Chef's

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I have a knee injury nagging me since the Cary half marathon.I have been swimming a lot and riding on the trainer for an hour.The doc said to take it easy but thats up to interpretation if you ask me.Last year I bought a new tri-bike and it was carbon and rode like the wind.This year I did not look forward to jumping on my old giant bike with junky components.I poured on the latin charm and my

Grizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711151805382644137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1017268743796452742.post-45114062832428513672008-03-19T07:43:00.017-05:002008-03-19T16:44:21.439-05:00

I received an email from my from Kelly about the March Madness half marathon.She is wondering if I would be training on the Cary course. I informed her I have not started training at all.I figure I have 4 weeks to go. I tell Kelly its a great idea and off we go. We meet up with Chris and Laura after the training run for brunch. I only ran 1.5 hours since my longest run had only been 1 hour on

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My kids martial arts instructor kept bugging me to join the class.My kids have been participating for almost a year. My son is always wanting to try different sports and had asked about martial arts lesson several years ago. We finally gave in after both kids trying soccer, basketball, football and some other sports. Anyway the instructor corners me in September. He ask when my season ends.

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Well I joined the community Martial Arts class along with my kids. They are yellow belts so I have to get directions from my kids. Also I join the church choir. Dang singing church music is hard. I also had some time to post a couple of video's on you tube. One is music and the other is my kids 2nd Triathlon. Enjoyhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=zFuJWKm4zikhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=jbsCoZn82W8

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Well after a long hard look back at the Tri season I have decided not to compete in an Ironman next year(2008). I would like to work on my nutrition first. I think I am close and would like to compete without any cramps in a long distant race. I competed in a couple of sprints and no problem. My first race of the season(Terre Haute) I noticed I cramped slightly on the bike and then the

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Last year at the marathon I cramped out at the end of mile 18. I cramped out in many Triathlons this year. Fine tunning my nutrition I thought I may have figured it out. Then the weather reports hot and humid for the race. Last year it was in the 30's, this year in the high 80's.My brother decided to run the first couple of miles with me and then drop out and meet me at mile 23. After my 6

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It was my brothers first half mary. He was nervous and did not have confidence in himself so I ran with him. We have been training for about 6 weeks but he could have used more training. I had been busy with triahtlon training and could not help him out. When my season was over we met on the weekends for the long runs. I gave him some training plans from Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway. Told

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I almost did not compete this year due to power outtage for several days amongst other issues. I wanted my kids to compete in the Mcdonalds kids triathlon but because we had no power and flooding we put everything on hold. Power finally came on Saturday morning around 2AM. I could hear the sump pump going for hours. Then after we get a clean up cure in to clean my wife lays a bomb on me. She

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Well last year my kids competed in their first triathlon. It was the McDonalds kids triathlon at foster beach. I was not impressed with the race. First the adults get to race first, so the kids have to wait till all the adults are off the course. This could take all day with some of the slow pokes we seen. Anyway around 10 am they finally started, it was about time since we were there around 7am.

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Finally have time to write in the blog. I did however create a race report on BT. One of my tri-mate had a cancellation for her hotel so she offered a room. At first I said naw I will catch a ride with my other nutty buddy (Big D). Then my wife said I would be better rested if I had spent the night. I told her okay you talked me into it. I had to drop of the bike the day before anyway. I

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