Comments on: Lakeside Sprint Tri (HSBC) - tales from the Clyde http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/ Running, Triathlon, Adeventure Fri, 18 May 2012 08:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mike http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7776 Mike Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:15:13 +0000 http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7776 Thanks Mark and Gary...yea agreed, the prerace meal was not ideal...that's what I get for sleeping in and missing my alarm...hope that the issue is purely the cold...we'll see how Gravenhurst goes. Thanks Mark and Gary…yea agreed, the prerace meal was not ideal…that’s what I get for sleeping in and missing my alarm…hope that the issue is purely the cold…we’ll see how Gravenhurst goes.

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My guess is that your tough day had more to do with the impending cold than it did with undertraining. Agree with Mark your IM training/experience would allow you to gut it out in a sprint. You also may want to rethink your pre-race meal strategy, pretty sure that wasn’t helping either:)

Have a great race in Gravenhurst.

]]> By: Mark Cairns http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7744 Mark Cairns Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:55:04 +0000 http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7744 Beauty Tree House by the way! Beauty Tree House by the way!

]]> By: Mark Cairns http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7743 Mark Cairns Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:53:52 +0000 http://www.teamrunningfree.com/blog/2008/06/16/lakeside-sprint-tri-hsbc-tales-from-the-clyde/#comment-7743 Hey Mike, don't sweat it man - just shake this one off if possible. To be honest with you, I had this killer virus in and around the end of May - and it pretty well had me bed ridden for a week. During that week I had a Mountain Bike race to which I barely made it through it, what I'm trying to say I guess is I believe it was more the flu than the lack of fitness. To finish an Ironman requires strength and a lot of focus - I beleive it would take a lot longer than 7 months to lose that. Rest up, bring your A-game to Gravenhurst and I look forward to reading about a great race with a podium finish. Hey Mike, don’t sweat it man - just shake this one off if possible.
To be honest with you, I had this killer virus in and around the end of May - and it pretty well had me bed ridden for a week. During that week I had a Mountain Bike race to which I barely made it through it, what I’m trying to say I guess is I believe it was more the flu than the lack of fitness. To finish an Ironman requires strength and a lot of focus - I beleive it would take a lot longer than 7 months to lose that.
Rest up, bring your A-game to Gravenhurst and I look forward to reading about a great race with a podium finish.

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