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Topic: On the way to Triathlon
5:10.

Yeah, I cried a little bit at the end. Bottom of the barrel number, really, but heck, it's my first one.

Lessons learned: tossing clothes is worth it to stay warm before the race

Take GU every 30-40 minutes was perfect
breakfast at 5:30 was perfect
Underarms got chafed, towards the shoulder blade. Must put bodyglide there next time. That's right folks, there will be a next time.

By the way this is a big deal to me because this is the first time I completed the distance required for one of the 3 Ironman triathlon events. I've yet to do a continuous 2.4 mile swim or 112 mile bike ride, but we are getting there. So... maybe, some day.

Did I mention that running for 2 hours is not that big of a deal anymore?

More lessons learned:

-sc00si reservation needs to be made way way in advance
-do not eat the bannana on course because I get cramps.
-shoes, socks worked. Get shoes a month or two ahead.

-getting into Pierce 4 days out was great. But next time... Maybe an 18-mile training run 7 days before the marathon... not a good idea. D'oh! And the errr... 3 hour swim the day before - maybe not next time.

- take tylenol 8 hour
-bring more gum
-bring more gu or make sure it's on the course for me
-ice legs afterwards

breakfast: bannana, bagel, yogurt, gatoraid
nite before dinner: pasta; break; pre-bed snack: leftovers, apple slices, grapes, yogurt, and gatoraid, per hal.

- training: switch to Gatoraid endurance formula. regular is outdated.

Highlights:
-the people with the nose/mustashe glasses.
-the kids the kids the kids - giving high fives to sweaty runners till their little arms hurt
-the guy in the peach bathrobe
-the people in the lifeway bags, running
-the supporters
-the kids in the "go dad go" shirts
-the 50 and up crowd, running waaay faster then me
-the blind marathoners
-the cheerleaders
-the mimes and clowns
-the dragons in chinatown
-the drag band in boys town

A day to remember.

Aftercare:
-tylenol 8 hr
-gu recovery tastes bad but heck it was free and is probably a good idea
-more gatoraid
-bananna
-yogurt

salad dinner with soup - my pie