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Welcome to TRI-CHOTOMY.
I'm just an averge age grouper blogging about Triathlon Training and this complex puzzle of juggling life, having fun and the Tri(als) and Tri(bulations) of "My Reality Show". With the Miami Ironman 70.3 race now in the books I've set a new goal, competing and completing Ironman Louisville 2011 in August. Twice the distance, twice the pain, twice the fun. As a warm up race and I never would have believed hearing myself say this, I'll be doing Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island in July. Once again I'll be sharing these experiences with my great friends Chris and Justin and look forward to the next several months of training and racing with them.
I'll share my training, race and gear experiences and hope you'll comment and even offer advice from your experiences.
Remember,
"Pain is Temporary, Quitting Lasts Forever".
"Life shouldn't be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cliff bar in one hand, Gatorade in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
"You can sleep when you're dead!"
Sunday, July 11, 2010
I just can't figure this out
A brick today. Come hell or high water I was doing a brick today even if it meant crawling the run. Yesterday after geting home from my aborted run the rest of the day went great. No pain, no irritation, no nothing. Brendan, Danielle, the babies, Ryan and Erin all came over and we had a great time in the pool and steaks and potato salad and cake and not a once, not a single time of going up and down the stairs from the backyard to the deck did my groin even flinch. I can't figure it out. I iced again this morning while waiting for Justin to show up. Chris had just gotten back from 10 days in PEI and called me to see what I was up to so I told him to join us at least for the ride. He's 2 weeks out from Ironman Lake Placid and just beginning his taper so Justin's pace would be a good ride for him. We were looking at doing 70 km and a run afterwards. Chris had done a ton of riding out in PEI. 180 km and at least a couple of 90 km rides of all hills and wind so this was going to be easy for him. The wind was at our backs outbound so it was a fairly easy go of it. We rode up York-Durham Rd. to Bloomington/Hwy 47 and followed it into Uxbridge. Once again we let Justin lead so that he'd feel a bit of pressure with us behind and not dog it. Once in Uxbridge I stopped us and told Justin to get a Clif bar into him and rest a bit before starting back. We took a different route back and it started with a hefty climb out of Uxbridge going into the wind. I took the lead wanting to work my legs a bit and test my groin and went hard up the hill and stopped at the crest at a set of lights. So far so good, no pain, but I've read this story before. I had a feeling my groin could deteriorate at any moment. Justin and Chris caught up with me and I let Justin head off in the lead again but man he was moving slow. After about 5 km I pulled up beside him and said "you're hurting aren't you?". Yup, his legs had given out leaving Uxbridge and we were still about 30 km from home facing rollers and a headwind. Poor Justin. Give the guy credit though, he gutted it out and we got back into my neighbourhood where he asked me what our distance was. I told him we'd be at about 68 km when we got to my pace at which point he said lets do that extra 1 km out and back to round it off to 70 km. I think I may be rubibg off on him. We weren't finished though and he knew it and was dreading it. I told him even if we crawl we're doing a run which I guess wouldn't be a run if we crawled but you know what I mean. His legs were sore and he also mentioned he felt a little nauseous. Uh oh, didn't drink enough on the bike and he'd just downed a lot of water. I wasn't going to push him. We only did 3 km but it was important to do something even for just the mental aspect of it. I think he surprised himself and did the whole 3 km non-stop and that alone was a huge confidence booster. As for me, my groin held up but I won't be happy till I can get a long run in unhindered.
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