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  1. 5 hours ago, Basil said:

    That sucks (and I find it hilarious) you felt the need to buy your own water in the middle of a half.  Sounds like some shit planning on their part. Congrats - that's a long way to run.

    Shoot. I ran the Pearland half last year and the provider of port-a-potties didn’t drop the shitters off until I was crossing the finish line. Needless to say I found some bushes that needed a wizzing on before the race. Houston Running Co. is a terrible race sponsor. They misspelled ‘Marathon’ on the race medal and only remade them after a bunch of people called them out on their shit (no shitters, misspelled medals). I thought the misspelling was funny. A half marathon isn’t a big deal for me but it’s a big deal to a lot of people. People are super proud of that medal and it can make someone disappointed if their medal is misspelled. I didn’t think the port a potty thing was a big deal because I shit like clockwork when I wake up in the mornings but a lot of folks aren’t like me. My wife was pisssssed and swore them off even after they sent a $5 off coupon for this years race. She needed to use it before, during and after the race. Fuck Houston Running Co.

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  2. On 2/1/2025 at 3:49 PM, wild_turkey said:

     


    I registered for the Cowtown full marathon (Feb 23) and my training has been going really well, had a great 20 miler last week and planned for a 21-22 miler today, and then I sprained my ankle during my run this morning.

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    There was a car sticking out a little bit at an intersection and I ran slightly out of my path to go around it and my foot planted awkwardly where the asphalt met the curb. It was maybe a 1” lip but somehow my foot/ankle fully rolled over and now I can’t put any weight on it. It’s fairly painful and swollen so I’m doing the whole RICE thing. The Cowtown seems out of the question and I’m moderately concerned that my ski trip next weekend will be screwed.

    Nothing much I can do about it except let it heal and hopefully find another race later in the year. It sucks to feel marathon ready and not get to run the race.

     

    How’s the ankle?

  3. On 2/7/2025 at 9:06 AM, Basil said:

    Question: In most marathons there's a bunch of folks running 5-6 hours.  Are there a lot of these types of athlete's in a 70.3 or, by the time you get to that types of race, with the expenses, the multiple disciplines and training schedule, is it mainly a bunch of nutters?

    Definitely. I think the cutoff is 8:30 from when you enter the water for a 70.3. There are people who can finish in 4:30 and people who barely make cutoff.

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  4. 23 hours ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Yes. There are many from all walks of life and fitness level. I remember my first 70.3 I was nervous and saw a bigger guy with his wetsuit pulled halfway down ripping a cig waiting to swim. 

    😂 that’s fantastic 

  5. 2 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

    How did you handle Lake Brazos? I took sailing on that stretch in college, and we had to capsize on purpose to learn to recover and everyone ended up covered in fire ants from the 10 minutes we were in the water. 

    It wasn’t bad at all. Granted we weren’t in lake Waco but in the river to the east of the dam. It was very smooth and probably the best swim I’ve had not in the ocean.

  6. 2 hours ago, lonestarsooner said:

    The swim part of any tri, sprint, Olympic, 70.3, is the part that concerns me. Grew up in the water on lakes skiing and swimming so comfortable in the water. But even swimming the 750 meters in the sprint seems daunting. That seems like it would be challenging. Like anything though, it’s all about the training. 

     

    1 hour ago, Clintonaldo said:

    I was the same way growing up and thought swimming would be easy and boy was I wrong. What I learned is I had a breathing problem in the water.

    Couldn’t agree more with @Clintonaldo on this. Once you learn how to breathe properly, it gets a lot easier.

  7. 4 hours ago, lonestarsooner said:

    Finished day 1 of getting back at it. @Clintonaldo you gave me too much credit, lol. Did a full 10k but combination walk briskly/jog lightly. Did jog a straight 2 miles in 22 minutes at one point. Way off of my old 27 minute 5k pace. I have a lot of work to do and a lot of sedentary to undo. Fortunately we habe 10 weeks to get ready. You guys that do the Ironman stuff are awesome. Don’t know that I’ll ever have that desire. Right now I’d be happy with getting in good enough shape to run a half marathon. 

    55 is the new 25. Once you get a good fitness base, even at 55, you could do a 70.3. Just start slow. Do a sprint, then an Olympic distance.

  8. Cadence on the bike is in the lower 70s. I think I averaged around 19 mph in Waco. I was completely unprepared for the fresh chip seal they had put on the main road in Waco for about 25 miles of the bike course. It completely wrecked me. 
     

    Back is feeling a lot better and I’m slowly getting back into the training. I’ve ridden twice and ran once this week. Off today and probably run tomorrow, brick Saturday and swim Sunday.

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  9. 8 hours ago, Basil said:

    I have not done the Blue Bell half before but if you're in pearland the H-Town half is pretty fun.  It starts at MinuteMaid, goes through downtown and then on the running trails along White Oak in the Heights.  Not that big but a lot closer to Pearland.  I think its March 23.

    No longer in Pearland. I’ve done the Pearland half twice and Houston half (in October) and the Houston full (in January) twice.

    I moved to Tyler about 4 months ago.

  10. 5 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

     


    I registered for the Cowtown full marathon (Feb 23) and my training has been going really well, had a great 20 miler last week and planned for a 21-22 miler today, and then I sprained my ankle during my run this morning.

    giphy.gif

    There was a car sticking out a little bit at an intersection and I ran slightly out of my path to go around it and my foot planted awkwardly where the asphalt met the curb. It was maybe a 1” lip but somehow my foot/ankle fully rolled over and now I can’t put any weight on it. It’s fairly painful and swollen so I’m doing the whole RICE thing. The Cowtown seems out of the question and I’m moderately concerned that my ski trip next weekend will be screwed.

    Nothing much I can do about it except let it heal and hopefully find another race later in the year. It sucks to feel marathon ready and not get to run the race.

     

    Big oof man. So sorry. Hey, 3 weeks is plenty of time if you rehab correctly. Stay off it, give it a week of no running with rest, ice, compression, elevate. You may be surprised how you feel next weekend. I did the same thing last year as well on a 16 miler. Didn’t run for a week, went out and did 18.

    My back is finally starting to feel almost back to normal. I’ll probably do one or two more rest days then get back to the grind. My wife and I were talking and we may run the blue bell half in late March. Anybody ever do that race in Brenham?

  11. I had to bite the bullet and go see a doc in the box today for my back. Doc did his assessment and said I had a strain in my lower back causing back spasms. No shit doc, give me a shot and some meds. I gotta get back to training.

  12. 4 hours ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Exactly. My first time in the pool I couldn’t even go a length and it mentally fucked me and the guy I train with was laughing at first but through hard work I am a swimmer now. Triathlons are about improving yourself and I can tell you I respect the hell out of anyone who signs up and puts it out there to see what they are made of. I love hanging out at the end of the race and cheering people on during the cut off. Those are the people that are really challenging themselves and it chokes me up sometimes. 

    This right here. It doesn’t matter if you’re first or last. If you can’t run, walk, if you can’t walk, crawl. Just don’t stop moving forward.

  13. On 1/26/2025 at 1:06 PM, Basil said:


    How hard and how much time, relatively, is the swim part of the tri? I suck at it and never do it. I’m good with biking and running.

    For me, I did the swim in 50 minutes in Waco. It wasn’t hard at all. @Clintonaldois a much better swimmer than I am. He’s around 40 minutes I believe for a 1.2 mile swim.

     

    Tweeked my back this morning…putting on my riding shorts. I’m out for at least 3 days.

  14. On 1/22/2025 at 9:02 AM, YChang said:

    That's amazing, are you qualified for the majors now?

    I’m not a burner at all. I ran 2023 Houston with my wife. She’s a lot slower than me and I think we did 4:50. I told her I’m running on my own for 2024 and ran a 3:49 which I was very happy with. We then met some friends in Vegas to run in April 2024 and I ran about half of it with a buddy. If I had gone by my own pace I would have gotten under 3:30. I really only look at Boston qualifying times and I’m wayyyy off for my age group. I think 35-39 is under 3 hours now for a qualifying time. I’ll try doing sub 3:30 for MCM in October.

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  15. 32 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    For 70.3 this year I will be riding every weekend at least 40-60 miles and running 6- 8 after. Still doing spin twice a week with most of them being about 1:20 and running some after. In previous 70.3’s I just wasn’t biking enough. Speed work will be on Wednesday’s 

     

    For the 140.6 I am not changing much. I will still do at least 3 century rides and after one of them I will do a 16 mile run. Somehow for my first 140.6 last year I nailed training and just fucked up not bringing salt tablets on the run. 

     

    One thing I have learned over the last 4 years is I need Ironman’s to keep me on a good path otherwise I drink too much. This might be my last full as there is a promotion at work coming up and if I take it my work will get hectic for awhile. 

    To comment on your last paragraph, I can totally relate to that. If I don’t have a race to concentrate on, I’ll lose focus. I don’t drink, but I’ll get lazy, lose motivation. Having a race allows me to set goals. I may do Waco again if I don’t do MCM in October. Not 100% sure yet.

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