Ironman Texas (Page 108)

I use a Hed Jet 6/Jet Disc combo at every race.  Works great.

I still don't *get* Texas (Hey I'm a Prius driving Californian!) but I can now say ya'll are a great, friendly and fun bunch of people.  I've never been at a race with volunteers as good as they were and spectators going nuts everywhere. Wish I got to meet some of the faces from the thread even though I'm a lurker. I misjudged how long (and boring) it would take me to get there... driving i10 was almost as hard as the IM... glad I took i40 on the way back. Whew.

And major thanks to you who suggested Rudy's - I brought back a big bottle of their BBQ sauce and am going to order more online... and overnight me some brisket.

I hit a rough spot at the start of lap 3 of the run. I was overheating, felt like puking, had to walk to bring the HR down. Then it became a total mental game. I just couldn't convince my legs to start running again. I ended up walking close to a mile.

Coming over the bridge towards North Shore Park, Patricia and Sonja came trotting by me. That was all the motivation I needed. I stayed on their trail for a couple miles and got to witness them weaving in and out of traffic, "blicking" tons of people along the way. They were really inspirational - it was just what I needed to get me through "the wall".

Congrats to both Patricia and Sonja!

Couldn't help myself.  Being from Texas I felt it was the best combo to represent who I am!

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2477312300088813167yNhXYZ

That is awesome! Congrats!

Damn!  I like that.  That's cool.  If I would have seen your post sooner.  I would have printed it and took it to get my M-dot. ;-)

By the way it looks really good, pigment colors look sharp.  Did you use neosporin?

I still have 2 toes that are numb and some mild soreness in my knee, but it feels good to be moving again. this morning was the first real 'run' and despite the rust, it felt good!

i ran a 10k pr on saturday (a little foggy from the night before too!).  got an olympic this weekend.  however, unlike many of you, i really didn't have much to recover from other than some ant bites.  ha. 

Have you checked your spam folder? 

The only thing that really was bothering me were some pulled tendons on the top of my feet and some blisters.  I *think* I'm past those issues - will see for sure during my run on Thurs.

I'm trying to figure out my race schedule for the rest of the year.... and feeling blah about it.  If I were still living in Houston I'd be signing up for my favorite races, but since I'm newly moved, I don't know which races would be fun.  I did sign up for the Denver Rock n Roll Marathon (early October) - they had a special price of $89 on June 1 for Nat'l Running Day.  Figured I can always downgrade later.

If you're in the Denver area, there are a ton of fun events around here!  Triathlons: check out the Boulder Peak oly (if it's not full), Lookout Mtn sprint, Harvest Moon half iron, Rattlesnake oly, Irongirl sprint, Xterra Lory (again, might be full), SheRox sprint.

Cycling:  Triple Bypass, Copper Triangle

Running: Georgetown half mary, Boulder Backroads half mary, Imogene Pass (down near Telluride), Aetna Park to Park 10 miler or a relay like Colorado Relay - super fun!

Aquathon: Boulder Stroke & Stride series

No lack of fun events here!

Thanks ersmith - I'm planning on the Rattlesnake Oly, still not too sure about what to do with July.

VERY COOL Erin!!!  If you need a buddy or a place to stay, feel free to bug me!  I'm not close to downtown, but I am fairly close to a light rail station.  I'm just hoping the weather will be nice and it won't snow!  Hopefully all my snow-training-for-IMTX-karma-points will be cashed in for good marathon weather in October.

I rode my tri bike (trainer) for the first time since IMTX.  I'm very unhappy because TriBike transport, in addition to breaking part of the piece that holds my aeropad, they also broke my front shifter.  Response back from them on my aeropad was less than stellar.  First they said they'd fix it at the expo when I dropped it off after the race.  I picked it up in Denver and found out that they didn't fix it.  Called them and left a message... nothing.  Then emailed them and had to wait 3 days for a response, only for them to say "someone is taking care of it".  Then a day later (yesterday, I think), I got a call from the bike store that I dropped it off at - they recieved the replacement part but the only instructions were "bike is already at the store".  Poor guy looked everywhere but couldn't find my bike - DUH, I picked it up 2 weeks ago!  So I have to drive all they way over there (not close to my house) to get that repaired... Guess I have to do the same for my front shifter.  If I don't hear back from TriBike by COB tomorrow on the shifter, I'm going to start pinging their facebook wall.  THAT should get their attention.  UGH.

well I sign on for the IMNYC and will pass on IMTX next year - great place The Woodland - maybe in '13