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I wear a tight but light weight sports bra under my tri-top. The shelf bra in the tri top would probably be enough support for me (sadly) but I like the extra. I'd wear one under your swim suit. Trying to get one on when you are either wet from the swim or sweaty from the bike is going to be a serious wrestling match! Just…

You don't have to eat those exercise calories back, but you are welcome to. the way it works is MFP had already figured in the calorie deficit based on the info you gave it. So if it's saying you can eat 1200 calories per day you are already in a deficit of approximately 500-600 (average calories you need to eat to…

Not a Dr., but could be an irritation of your sciatic nerve - http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/sciatica/what-you-need-know-about-sciatica

5:00 am, usually in bed by 9, lights out by 9:30.

I would agree. It sounds like you need to slowly increase your conditioning WHILE holding your technique together. I'm not very fast but I will hold the same speed (2:05/100m) consistently until I get tired. Once that happens, technique goes out the window and I consequently slow down.

I'm sorry, but a difference of 0.2 miles over a 40minute period is your idea of a "bad run"?!? Seriously! dropping a full mile, or adding over a minute per mile I could see. That or having to walk half of it b/c you're just not feeling it. But 0.2miles?! ...I don't think you've had a real bad run yet.

I use this one. love it! I also use it for tracking bike rides (pace/distance/time) since I don't have a bike computer yet.

I commend you for being so healthy at your age. According to the BMI charts at 5'4" and 116lbs you are in the 39th percentile so you are at a perfect weight for your height and age. Congratulations! With your current activity level, to maintain the weight you are now (which should be your goal) her's the info I found: "A…

Splitting my time between DTLA and the Westside. Los Angeles, baby!

Love the blog! The entry on swimming was something i really identify with. I know many people struggle with it, but its my favorite leg. i just find swimming (especially open water swimming) so peaceful.

I'm a daily weigher.. I've learned that if I'm not getting on the scale that means i'm avoiding it, and that leads to me not logging or watching what I eat. I'm not one who freaks out at whatever the scale says though. I can vary as much as 5 lbs from day to day depending on how much sodium I ate and how hard my workout…

Great job and welcome to the club, fellow triathlete! Your experience this weekend will help you with both your training and your next race more than you can even imagine. Now you know exactly what you need to work on. You'll do great in September!

[deleted as someone else already covered slowing down in the heat...] ...but yeah, bad runs just happen sometimes. Shrug it off and if it happens again you'll know it was the heat for sure.

I used PodRunner intervals. He uses beats per minute in the music to increase/decrease your speed. For something more fun, I'm also playing with "Zombies, Run!" app for iPhone. That one has zombies chase you at various points through your run. :laugh: you either have to outrun the zombie mob, or drop items you have…

Thanks everybody! I have be floating on air all week - i'm still amazed that i placed. I can't let it go to my head though. I still have 3 hard weeks of training ahead of me for my "classic" distance tri on Sept 16. That first sprint sure was a morale booster though! LOL!

Nice to meet you, and congratulations! I'll send you a friend request. I did my first sprint Tri this past Sunday, my next is September 16, and then I have half marathons in November and January, and I'm planning on running the Great Wall of China marathon in May of 2013. Races keep me motivated to train, and training…

This^^ Do something to really warm up though - like jumping jacks or a short jog. And be sure to cool down and stretch afterward.

Here's a couple more tips and things I wish I'd done on Sunday at my first sprint Tri: 1. if its going to be hot where you are, freeze your water bottles over night. They will melt before you need to drink them on the bike, but this way they'll be cold. 2. bring a headlamp or flashlight for the morning. You're more than…

^^^^ THIS!!^^^ Do not run the day before. OR, do not run on Thursday and then only run a light 10 minutes or so on Friday. Its called a taper - gives your muscles time to recover and increase their glycogen stores so you have energy on race day.

"Do you experts think I can just skip a week or run more often than three times a week and therefore catch on? " Depends on what week you're on now and how you feel. If you're toward the beginning of the 9 weeks, like week 2 or 3, you could probably jump ahead a week depending on how you feel. I wouldn't run more than 3x a…

Absolutely mix it up! Extend one run a week into a longer distance. Take one of your mid-week runs and use it for speed work (fartleks, intervals, a tempo run, etc.). On your third run do hills. Run up the hill, walk or jog down, rinse, repeat. Your body does adapt if you don't shake things up.

www.swimplan.com it will give you various workouts based on the time you have, the equipment you have, if you want to work on other strokes, and based on your baseline 100m time. Some workouts you just need to go and swim as non-stop as possible to build the endurance you'll need, but on other workouts you'll want to work…

Right now, its the Zombies chasing me. I'm using a new phone app "Zombies, Run!" and it gives you this ongoing storyline and intermittent zombie chases. So fun! Takes your mind off things. Just don't try to sprint uphill to evade the zombies. That's how I pulled my calf. :angry:

My first sprint is on Sunday and I have just started thinking about the transitions. I found this article very helpful: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=115 My bike is getting a quick adjustment but as soon as I get it back I'm going to do a couple of run-throughs. My swim may be in a…

I was so busy with my workouts I forgot to post them. Catching up on everything since Tuesday: 8/8 - Masters swim (approx 2000m) 8/9 - Run 5.5 miles 8/10 - off 8/11 - run 5.5 miles, swim 500m 8/12 - 2 mi ocean swim / 12 mi bike Event - Total - Did - Left __________________ Swim - 2.4 - 3.16 - (-7.0) Bike - 112 - 38 - 74…

I can't do anything on the floor, or the kitties come "help". the yoga mat must die, according to the younger one. Oh, and he loves loves loves the treadmill. I finally have him trained to stay off when I'm on it, but he has to have his treadmill time afterward. He likes to walk on it with it on its lowest setting, then…

your body will adjust. Keep eating your salad - its good for you!

Here''s 2 of my stand-bys. Mango Black Bean salad: 1 mango (peeled, pitted & diced) 1 can drained Black beans 1 serrano pepper, finely chopped (remove seeds and veins if you don't like that much heat) 1/2 cup chopped onion (rinse after chopping in cold water to remove the bad flavors) 1/4 cup chopped cilantro juice from…

I had knee surgery in November and I have to say I did put weight back on. My activity was severely limited (obviously!) - I wasn't even allowed into a pool for the first 3 weeks. Cardio is the only thing that keeps me sane so I started to get a bit depressed 6 weeks in and wasn't faithful about eating properly. I don't…

It does really come down to how much of your breasts are mammary tissue and how much is fat. You may be one of the lucky ones where its mostly mammary tissue - I was not. I went from a 38C to a 34B and i'm not exactly filling out the Bs anymore (so sad!). On the other hand, the girls are quite a bit perkier, I can now go…