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  1. 1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Feel free to call me out after the game, but I think Mizzou is gonna win fairly comfortably. 

    I don't think the Tigers are a great team by any means, but they have a functional passing offense. They are coming off of a bye week, and probably circled A&M as their first real test heading into the season. As it has been mentioned many times, Kyle Field might be loud and filled with pageantry, but it's been proven over and over again that it is not intimidating. 

    Arkansas - as they do every single year - completely shit the bed vs. A&M and gave away that game. I haven't seen any real improvement from the Aggies even though they continue to sneak by with wins. 

    I like that most of the pundits are predicting a close A&M victory. I think their back end gets exposed this weekend (pun intended) and they don't have enough on offense to keep up. 

     

     

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  2. We're picking up the RV on Thursday and spending the majority of the evening packing.  I'm leaving work at noon on Friday and picking up the kid on the way home.  Hopefully we'll be out of town by 2 and in Waco by 6 at a campground on Lake Waco about 15 minutes from the start line.  Hang out that evening and head to registration Saturday morning.  There's a group meeting at 7 AM Saturday morning for an early swim in the Brazos that I might join.  I'm making a list of all the stuff I need to bring with me. I'm also taking the day off work on Monday so we can leisurely leave and head back to Houston.  It'll be a nice getaway for the wife and kid as well.

     

  3. 21 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Pretzels and chips and water. They finally had one aid station with caffeinated gels and I was good. The salt had done most of the work at that point. The longer you walk the harder it is to start back running so I kept giving myself landmarks to get to. 

    Good deal. Get some rest!

  4. 10 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    I was in a dark place mile 13-20 and had a lady grab me before I walked into traffic as I was bonking. I even slowed my pace down on the first 13 and still ran a 1:51 ish. There are 4 big hills that aren’t a joke. It rained all fucking day and it was cold and windy. It really poured in the middle of run and I started shivering. My one piece of advice is bring your own running gels. It’s never really affected me on the 70.3 but the Maurten’s they were passing out were non caffeinated and that fucked me up. I thought about you in the middle of my 6 mile walk. I was like yeah he knows I’m feeling it. 

    Ohhhh man. I saw the splits at around mile 15 and I had a feeling you were bonking. 

    I hear you on bringing your own gels. I’m bringing Gu and going to grab a few maurtens on the run. I’ll do Clif bars on the bike for the first two hours then switch to gels.
     

    That really sucks about the weather. How’d you get through the bonk? Fruit and coke?

    You earned that beer! Congrats again!

  5. 5 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Thanks man and I appreciate it. Still disappointed but it will be fun tomorrow. My ride home already has the car beers chillin in the car cooler. Sub 6 on bike and sub 4 run. I could probably average 20.5 on bike but saving legs and hanging around 19

    You got it! I did a 45 mile bike this morning. Felt nice. No run after. I’ll do an 8 or 9 mile run tomorrow then officially be in taper mode for the week. 

    Salt intake and calorie intake was good this morning as well.

  6. 32 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Thinking about it. I need to clear my head. My buddy who did Kona said 6 weeks might not be enough rest in between and I haven’t swam in ocean 

    Very sorry.  It really is a kick in the nuts.

    Given that IM Florida is only 6 weeks away, might be tough to recover.  The bike probably wouldn't be that big but combine that with two marathons would be very difficult.

  7. 10 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    They did that at Oceanside because they never should have attempted the swim. Ironman is a business and you know it’s a risk when you sign up. My buddy at the airport said he saw a good crowd trying to get flights out. I am too cheap to walk away from shit like that b

    Same here.  You could do the bike and run and then sign up for IM Florida as well?

  8. 4 hours ago, Clintonaldo said:

    I need to get over it. They didn't have a choice as the tributaries that feed into the Tennessee were already stressed and some of the rain stayed longer the past few days. It rained 4 inches last night at my house and will rain for awhile today. I am sure I will be disappointed until race morning. Panama City has a full first of November but I really don't know if I want to spend another $,1000 on entry fees. I really wish Ironman would offer us a small discount but they won't. I am going to see how I feel after Sunday and make a decision.

    I think it's bullshit that they won't even offer deferment or another slot at a race that has entries available.  I thought they did do that a few months back at another north america race.  Maybe Oceanside?

  9. Just now, Clintonaldo said:

    I appreciate it. I am ready for that cold beer to hit my lips Sunday. I am curious if I will be emotional.

    I was thinking about what it's going to be like to cross the finish line in Waco.  It'll probably hit me when I get to the finish line area.  Granted, it's not a full, but the preparation required and commitment that I've given it and it all coming together is enormous.  I've been training for this for like 7 months.

    I think it'll hit you.  You're dedication to it and it all paying off.  Enjoy that beer.

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  10. 4 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    Feeling good and I won't be able to ask for better weather. It is raining a ton here and they are spilling a ton of water over the dam right now to make room for all of the rain. I still don't expect the swim to be as fast as last year where they were dumping out 40,000 a second. It will probably be closer to 20,000 which will still be decent. The 70.3 was 13,000 so I can still have a sub hour swim. 

     

    I go to check in at 1 and then I will swim a little at the Y.

    Good luck again.  Be safe and enjoy the journey!

  11. 51 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

    This time next week I will be in my lane, moisturized and thriving. 
     

    I’m kind of getting emotional about it. 

    You’ll do great man. I’ll be monitoring your progress.  If they stream it, I’ll have it on. Rooting for you bud!

     

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  12. Great brick session this morning. Took the QR off the trainer and went about 31 miles. Started around 7:15 and got nervous about traffic so headed home not quite ready to be done. I could have definitely ridden the whole race distance. This thing flies in comparison to my road bike. Went for a quick 4 mile run right after. Completed that 4 miles in under 33 minutes at 8:09 average. I really have to slow down right off the bike. It doesn’t feel like I’m running as fast as I am because my heart rate is already at 110-120 while on the bike.

    @Clintonaldo are you wearing carbon plates shoes for Chattanooga? I’m debating to use the vaporflys or the novablast. I’m leaning to vaporflys but I’m not sure. Probably won’t matter much as it’s only a half marathon but I’m curious as to your shoe selection: speed or comfort?

  13. On 9/13/2024 at 7:23 PM, Clintonaldo said:

    You really didn’t lose anything much with your injury. My best advice is to bike bike and more bike. 

    Got back on the saddle Monday after work for a short 45-minute ride.  Did an hour this morning.  Soreness in the legs feels good.  "Surgery" if you want to call it that has done it's job.  Knock on wood but I think I'm healed.  Taking the QR out this weekend for a good ride on the road and keeping it off the trainer until after race day.  I'm getting nervous.  I know I'll do fine.  I think it's more mental right now than physical.  Doc said I can get back in the pool today so I'm heading to the pool in the morning before work to get a long swim in and knock the rust off.  I'll be in the pool 3x per week until race day.  It's nice to be full go again.  Just gotta get through another week of hard training then taper it out.  Already done my long runs and long bricks.  I may do one more shorter brick (25 mile ride + 6 mile run or something) before race day just to calm the nerves.

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