CONGRATS

Congratulations to Dean and Jordan for completing the Arkanthaw this past weekend. According to Dean it was a pretty hilly bike and even worse on the run.

Way to jump-start the season fellas!

Photo is courtesy of Jordan.

Efficient Triathlon

What's a great way to do a triathlon but eliminate the swim? Easy, ride your bike in the rain. Heather, Shannon, Rory, Troy, Bird and myself did just that.

We did the river trail loop twice and then a few of us finished with a 30-minute run.

Riding in the rain is really not that bad. You certainly need to be more careful with the slippery roads and it's more difficult to see with all the water droplets on your glasses. But, once you're wet, you're wet. One thing is certain, you pretty much have the road to yourself.

Make sure you ask Trey how his ride went! Oh, wait, never mind!

BEWARE

I came across this article/warning today. If you take any of these products you might want to click on the link and read this article.

http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2009/05/fda-warns-consumers-to-stop-using-hydroxycut-products-.html

Arkanthaw or Ride

Jordan and Dean (any others?) are doing the Arkanthaw Oly tomorrow a.m. According to a comment Dean left if you haven't already signed up, no worries, you can do so @ 6a at Lake Norrell. The race starts @ 7:30am.

Good luck Jordan and Dean!

For anyone else interested several are meeting at Cook's landing at the crack (6am-ish) and rolling soon after. I'll probably throw the running shoes in the car for some brickwork.

Good Ride

Dean, Doug and I did the Wye Mountain loop this morning followed by a 2 mile transition run. It was a good ride and the hills were....well...the Wye Mountain hills. 45 or so miles total.

The wind was a little tough especially on the highway 10 eastbound portion. It almost seems unfair to grind up hill into a 20 mph wind with 30 mph gusts. We survived though.

Long Ride Saturday

Planning on riding about 2:30 hours Saturday morning followed by about a 20-minute transition run. Anybody in?

Scott

POWER BREAKFAST

Nutrition is obviously a big part of the game when it comes to endurance sports. What am I putting in my body? It's a question we all need to ask ourselves.

Here's a link for a recipe that can answer one of the breakfast questions at least:

http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2009/03/super-oatmeal-makes-for-a-super-olympic-breakfast.html#more

Happy training (and eating)

Scott