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[ilanarama]

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up." — Dean Karnazes

(BTW, his book Ultramarathon Man is an entertaining read; I listened to the audiobook version this winter while running, and let me tell you, listening to him talk about running in the Antarctic kept me from wimping out from a 10-miler in the snow.)

So, runners! How was your week? What are your plans for the upcoming week? Are you meeting your goals? Do you have any new goals?

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[ell]

Is it Monday already?

Last week managed 3 days of running for a total of 13 miles or so, about 60 on the bike, no swimming at all, but Sunday was a "brick" - 13 miles on the bike with 4 running immediately following. Now if I can just swim 800 m without drowning, I'll be ready for next month's sprint Tri. :-) This week's goal is 20 running and same biking as last week

[gnomad]

Yay swim/bike/run!

And I feel as though perhaps we are doing the same triathlon next month?? :)

[ell]

(I haven't actually signed up for it but it's 88% full so far. I'm officially signed up for Nations in Sept but last week made me realize that I could actually do the sprint on June 20 as prep. And yes, my first tri!!!!

(are you doing either or both? wanna give advice to a newbie?)

[gnomad]

I am doing both! I signed up for Nation's first and then realized that doing a shorter tri would be a good idea, so I'm doing the sprint in June. It'll be my first tri too! I've been doing the new triathlete program with the DC Tri group and that's been a great help. They have a training schedule and they put on clinics and practice events and give you advice about what works and what doesn't. I highly recommend them as a group in general, even outside of NTP. They're always putting on events and workshops. I'm super excited but still feel totally unprepared to do all three sports at once. One more month to go!

[ell]

I was too late to sign up for that with DC Tri so I figured I'd train on my own for Nations since it's a bit farther away, but one of my co-workers is trying to convince me that the sprint in June would be useful and very doable for me (but the swimming scares the crap out of me)