Sport Beans

With the NJ State Tri coming up this weekend, I have been training with the thought of tapering later in the week. I did a solid 1000m TT on Monday (19 minutes at a cruise) and then did a 1000yd TT yesterday and clocked a 16:45 with alittle more effort by not pushing too hard. Went for a CRAZY ride with CB on Sunday. 99 degress, high humdity, and we did 30 miles starting at 2 PM. Rode the NJ course easy and then rode home with the (hot) wind. Not taxing in terms of effort, but definitely in terms of hydration. Feel pretty good going in to the weekend.

I think I zeroed in on my bonk at the DQ. I ate a Clif Bar on the ride over, but did not hydrate very much other than half a mug of coffee. I had pre-hydrated the day before, but I think the combination of the super-dry Clif and then having flat coke in the aerobottle and not drinking much water before race did me in. So, this race I am going to continue to hydrate more, and I am going to try a powerbar gel before the race, and then another on the bike. Water only in the bottle. I will test out the gel this week on a brink to see how it feels.

I also dropped some coin on both a USAT lisence (shame on me for not doing it sooner) and also put down the money for the Sport Beans club membership. I like sport beans, and our previous club has died out. There is another one in the area that is starting up, but it is mostly a masters swim group with some tri folks. Once the new pool is in here at Peddie, we will have a monster training facility, so I am hoping that maybe starting a sport beans club in the area might get people more excited. We'll see. Plus, they have great schwag for the price. Also found another pair of shoes on ebay to try out to see if they fit ok. My current Tri R3s are slightly too big and a pain to get on pre-clipped. Got a good deal on a once worn pair of the new Tri Fly2s, so we'll see if they both fit and work in a race.

All quiet on the crazy sister front....meaning bad moon rising!