XanderIV

It is hard to believe that I have been on the board for two years already! I first served as Director of Events and followed that as Director of Membership.

I encourage all members, who want to make a positive difference in the Club, to apply. We are all volunteers that care!

Since my time is officially up, I too have to reapply for a board…[Read more]

That’s right, it’s this week! 🤣 Thanks for the inspirational message! It hasn’t sunk in yet, but guess that will change once I am onsite.

Race plan is mostly done! Taking a different approach on it this time. Tapering is very exciting indeed. It gives you time to work on your race plan – LOL!

I am sure to have questions once I get onsite and everything starts to sink in that this is actually happening.

Feedback from IMLP and previous IMMT participants has been very helpful!

Rob

Congratulations to everyone who raced IMLP. Thanks Jon, for the race report. Lots of helpful info! Helped to ease some of my concerns.

Here are a couple of questions in advance as they relate to running and hot/humid weather.

1) When it is hot/humid I adjust my run/walk ratio to be something like 60s/30s. Are there any other racing strategies to help dealing with weather? For instance, I find it harder to breath in the heavier air. I do keep an eye on my HR to make sure it is in…[Read more]

Sorry to be missing this, will be flying back from Atlanta.

Rob

Lessons learned

1. All I could think about on the bike was the bike-run HR seesaw. I let my HR climb into Z3 since it was a short ride, but aimed to keep it low so as not to mess with my run.

2. Need more protein on my bagel.

What went well

1. Both bike and run went well. I decided to do liquid nutrition for the whole race, again since it was…[Read more]

Looking forward to the weekend!

I was very sad not to be able to attend – I was working a conference in Las Vegas. Will definitely listen to the recording.

Rob

Here is some feedback from my work colleague, Dan, who I suggested attend, “The seminar with AJ was outstanding.“

Rob

I have a 2 hour run scheduled for May 6. Would it be better to do the 2 hour run or use Peasantman as a practice race; or some different combination of Peasantman since it is so flexible, like swim (Oly) and run (Oly x 2)?

Rob

I can personally vouch for Stu at Parvilla. He fit me for both my road and tri bikes ensuring I could easily switch between them.

Rob

My biggest takeaway was from the Race Planning session and the conversation around the Event itself and the 5 bags you have to pack:

1. Bike Bag (Have to hand in day before the race)
2. Bike Special Needs Bag (For retrieval halfway through bike course)
3. Run Bag (Have to hand in day before the race)
4. Run Special Needs Bag (For retrieval halfway…

[Read more]

What time will the facility be open to leave bags, etc if we did something before registration?

Rob

I am not one of those lifetime athletes that is super fit and super fast. In fact, I didn’t really do any physical activity until about six years ago. I realized then, that unless I started doing something, I was just going to keep layering on the pounds. When I started running, I could barely make it a mile! A couple of years later I started b…[Read more]

Next run will be on 4/18/17. Aiming to do these every second Tuesday. Meet outside District Taco (656 Pennsylvania Ave SE) at 6:30 pm, go for a 45 min run and then partake of Tacos afterwards. This will be a great opportunity to meet other folks. All are welcome.