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Have fun! I would wish you luck, but you have trained hard for this and you don't need any luck.

You are ready

I don't know if I am the right person to ask about the wetsuit. I always wear one in a race, for two reasons.
1. Buoyancy. I rarely kick if at all during the swim and the wetsuit keeps my legs at the surface of the water, so basically I am pulling myself along. Saves my legs for the bike and run.
2. It's my safety blanket. The time spent peeling it off in T1 is not worth the stress caused by not having it on in open water. I know it's weird. I am super comfortable in the water, I once swam 10K in a pool and am a Swim Buddy for crying out loud. But in a race, I need to have one less thing to think about, and drowning is one of them

Really, you need to weigh out how much speed gained in the water vs. time lost in transition. I have practiced taking my suit off so many times that the difference in transition woud be small. Buuuutttt, The more efficient your swim stroke is, the less beneficial your wetsuit will be.

So if you are a crappy swimmer and but a fast clothes changer then the wetsuit is good.
If you are a good swimmer and a slow clothes changer, then the wetsuit won't help much. If you are a crappy swimmer and a slow clothes changer then you will end up a place or two higher than me.

I am an attorney, in-house thank goodness, so I don't have the crazy hours most attorneys work.  I am also blessed with a boss who understands the need for balance in one's life, and is herself a marathoner.

Still, scheduling in training can be interesting, particularly with hubby also being into endurance sports.  At this point, we're pricing out another trainer so we can do a few "rides" together.  I can't wait for the days to get long enough to do evening runs/rides again!

I'm manage a team of healthcare representatives who sell to clinicians.  This job could be 25 hours a day, 8 days a week like so many other careers.  Wife and two sons under 6 and the schedule is full.  Most work outs come EARLY morning.  Wake up before 5AM on workout days (not weekends) and do what I can and am at work ready to roll by 8 AM.  It's all time management...its just not the prime time you get to manage.  Nothing like a great workout before starting your day though!!  All the Best .

Any suggestions on a good "CORE" work out.  I've go the huge ball and my wife does Pilates...just looking for something consise and productive and that you may have found beneficial in training for Tri's.  THANKS!!

When I do actually do core workouts, I use the Around the world exercises that is on the BT training page

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=486

I like that you can do as many as you like and it works!

Thanks for the core suggestions.  Great Stuff!!

All the Best,

H

TC-

This one actually bothers me. Well kinda

I can't download music in my Ipod. I consider myself somewhat computer savvy. I can't do a hostile takeover of a company from my computer, but I can find my way around. Happycow has to download all of my music. It's lame, I know

Honeychile, if you can't download music to your iPod, which involves, um, simply plugging it in, you aren't computer savvy. Just sayin'.

And that, my mad friend, is why happy is your first, your last, your everything.

Ok, go back to being a role model now.

You all are scaring me.

I take the 'percussive maintenance' view.  Just smack it until it works.  Is that why I'm no longer married?

iPod I can do.  Play lists are another thing.

Pics?  Figured that out, they just need to be small.  

This week, I plan to replace my damaged disposal.

What I can't do is gear up for a 1/2M. 

Ok here is a group challenge for us

it is a run challenge. I don't want this to be a "Do more than you have done before" kind of chalenge. It is more of an accountability challenge.

If you have a training plan, post what you have scheduled and we will hold you to it.

If you don't have a plan, post what you think you can do, again, we will hold you to it.

If you want to, you can post a total for the week (in miles or minutes or both). Or you can post what you are going to do on each day.

I will go first:

I will do 16.5 miles for the week

Tuesday: 3 miles, Thursday: 1.5 miles, Saturday: 5 miles, Sunday: 7 miles

I don't start training for the double until June

This week is more of a brick week than a run focused week for me.

25 miles is a good amount of running. I'll hold you to it