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Training ideas?
What are your plans for staying fit under social distancing? I've been working hard on my swimming since October but every pool in the city is now closed. Hopefully I'll be able to do some open water swimming in a month or so when southern lake temps are bearable with a wet suit. For now, it's running and at-home strength…
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Plans for 2020
Happy New Year everyone! What are your goals and racing plans for the year. This will be the year I really learn how to swim. I joined a masters swim group in Oct (mostly triathletes), and plan to do a 5K OWS, The Ray Race, on Memorial Day weekend.
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Race food
Since we've moved away from carrying stuff to nutrition, a new thread seemed like a good idea. For my hot century ride yesterday, I had a substantial muffin and granola for breakfast and almost all of my ride nutrition came from lots of Gatorade (bleck, too acidic) and bananas. Dried fruit is probably a bad idea - the…
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IM marathon
I'm exactly one month away from my first IM and feeling pretty good about my training. However, now that the race is looming closer, the mental aspect is getting scary. So my question, what's your favorite strategy to keep yourself going at mile 18 when the finish is so close yet still so far away?
