My first marathon...

[Andyzee]

Congratulations Steve.

[steve]

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[mnflyfish]

Asandy, GREAT JOB on your first tri! Why was it backwards? Shouldn't it have been Swim, bike, run? As for your # markings, wear em and wear em with pride, woman!! Why would you take them off haha... they'll probably come off in the shower eventually- like a day or two.

Jay, am I "Ms C" who you are asking for advice from? I would say just get out there slowly and do it. Don't worry about diet, give yourself the fuel you need, and just ease back into it. The accepted rule is that it two weeks of training for every week you've missed to get back to the same point of initial fitness. Glad to hear you are on the mend. And... deer camp?? fun

Yes you would be Ms.C. Thanks for the advice. And as for diet, oh I'm putting in PLENTY of fuel it is the holidays! Deer camp was a blast, I got 4 so I have plenty of protein to fuel those cold winter runs. And a ton to take to GUYS WEEK in Montana for our little skiing adventure.

Thanks again,
Jay

[Andyzee]

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Damn, just wanted to say congrats and I get dissed like that. Not cool.

[steve]

I just finished a detailed race report/thoughts..

http://stevetursi.livejournal.com/29486.html
photos are included

there's more I'd like to write.. but i can't remember it all.

[mnflyfish]

Just a little FYI, watch what "supplements" you're including on your training program. Frankly this article surprised me, I don't think of marathons and steroids as a compatable mix. http://www.startribune.com/503/story/876038.html

Jay

[Tuckerman]

Just a little FYI, watch what "supplements" you're including on your training program. Frankly this article surprised me, I don't think of marathons and steroids as a compatable mix. http://www.startribune.com/503/story/876038.html

Jay

Not even in training for recovery?

[BeanDip4All]

Did a 10-mile NYRR Hot Chocolate road race in Central Park today as part of Ironman training. Because it was a training run, I wasn't supposed to let my HR get above 165 (my zone is 145-165 for training).

Anyways, my time was 1:43:06 which is 10:23 miles. I don't know how much faster it would have been if I could have let my HR go up... I felt really strong the entire time though, so I take that as a good sign. Maybe this HR training nonsense actually works!

And now I am off to swim 3000 meters at the pool

Oh- the one notible thing that happened was at the turn between mile 5 and 6- I got trampled by some dude who was trying to cut off the corner. He jumped back into the lane right on top of me and we both fell. I hit the ground rolling and cut open my elbow. Lame. So much for my cat-like ninja reflexes. Blood was literally coming down my arm so I mopped it up with my shirt, got up and kept running. I figured it was good to have something crazy like this happen during a race to prep me in case I crash my bike during IMKY. The race was REALLY crowded because they made us all stay in the road lane of the CP loop... think running a road race in a corral.