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Recovery week "long" run, 10k

On the nutrition front, I tried a mix of gatorade and chia seeds for long-workout fuel, it sat well but I dod not have time to actually get a feeling for it, has anyone used chia while working out?

Thanks Primeaval! Will do! I certainly hope so!! Saturday long ride was, well, short, I started to feel really tired, bike was acting up and I felt a leg muscle "pulling"; it was actually discomforting me from the moment I woke up, and got worse as I pedaled, so I decided to call it a day and get on the car before things get complicated, I'm not sure if it was really bad or I was just tired, I may count it towards recovery week and do a long ride this weekend, or not, depending on how I feel this week. There are still two hard weeks (after this one, which is recovery), before the taper begins, which is almost two weeks long, so I think I still have time to make it in good form! Sat: 45k bike ride Today: 1800m swim

I did a small, RAK, offering a cold soda to a gas delivery guy on a hot day, it's not something I would do (I'd give them water if they ask for it), it's a very small thing, but I totally did it because I remembered the mini challenge, so I think it counts! About week 3, I'd probably have a hard time adding some new exercises, but I definitely will try some beast mode!

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That's hot even for me! you guys ARE BAKING!

Today 1hr "tempo" run After that it was swimming time, but I did not really felt like swimming, but I monkeyd-up and swam 3000m, in one hour! Tomorrow long ride and Sunday rest, eagerly waiting for next week, recovery week seems like a great idea right now!

Thanks Mathieu!, I have to increase the distance, remember I'm supposed to run half a marathon AFTER a 2k swim and a 90k bike ride! Thanks IF, I need to keep it simple, and effective! Today 1hr bike ride + 2000m swim

Thanks Mathias, PB was unintended actually (one and a half minute improvement on 10k is not much). On the nutrition thing, I agree that I may be over-thinking things a little, I recently read an Article on 70.3 nutrition, and the bottom line is eat your carbs the days before, drink a well-formulated sports drink to thirst, and that's it, it actually makes a lot more sense than articles detailing how many gels, power bars, electrolite tablets, water, sports drink, sports beans, coca-cola and so forth per second you must be consuming on every part of the race depending on the phase of the moon the moment you were born!

Spaghetti legs!, one awesome feeling, isn't it? Yesterday was supposed to be long run day, but I woke up with a headache and decided to sleep in, so today I changed my tempo run+swim for the lost long run, 17k (yes! s e v e n t e e n kilometers!!), in 2:20, with PB for 10k, 1:18! I actually start to feel like I will be able to run that half ironman thingy, I just need to keep on training according to plan!

Great info!, I've been over complicating things, I think now that I probably need to have a healthy, early breakfast and just fuel with some sports drink while on the bike, and water/sports drink on the run. I'll keep on researching.

Yep!, now all I need is to find out how the heck am I going to run half a marathon after that! Hmm, thanks, I'll do my homework.

Hmmm... some sort of Cardio I don't already do.... that's a tough one for me, you know?, but I'll find something, probably jumping!

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Your running is impressive!

Great result! kudos on another awesome IRB race!

Thanks Tinessael! Saturday long bike ride, 90km in 4hrs, first 90k ever!, time was somewhat slow, but the course was a lot harder than usual (hills, lots of them, well, actually one, but many times around). Sunday well deserved rest day. Today 2000m swim

Awesome!

Long swims are the best!, I enjoy them the most, last time I was not even counting laps, just swam until the pool was closing (I started late) and estimated the distance, feels great and it's a huge confident booster for the actual race (1900m open water swim). And about the nutrition and hydration for long runs, have not tried yet, but I will on my next long run, which is Tuesday.

Great storytelling here!, I like your goals, and motivation, but it would help you a lot to establish, measurable, concise goals, such as establish how many runs, and how long each week, as well as your strength training, how many days and with what program, it helps a lot to keep track of what you've done right and what needs to be done each week. also, remember that You can't outrun your fork!, weight loss has to go inevitably through smart food choices, Do you have a plan for it? Best of luck with your recovery, and Keep us posted!

Great goals! I also started working out with a triathlon goal, and have continued doing it for more than a year (and counting). I swam a lot at first, it's extremely low impact, and weight has no negative issues on it, as opposed to running, I would suggest to keep on running and biking, but add some swimming as soon as you can!

Hey! great to see more triathletes around here! Best of luck with your training, What distance are you training for?

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No bike yesterday, I fixed the flat and changed the spacer on the aerobars for tomorrow's ride though Tempo run today, 5k in 35:39, not bad, swimming tonight.