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aaaaaah. recovery!!! i hope to do something similar in brasil after the big day. and great pics!! i was wondering how you got photos of you in action!
you got in on the good weather here too. the temps have dropped and we’re expecting rain. now at least you didn’t have THAT on race day!!
Perfect recovery session!
Great recovery plan!
(Margaritas have the Power of Electrolytes)
3 hours on a plane after doing a HIM must suck. But then again 3 hours on a plan is a small price to pay to go to Xtapa for 3 days of eating, drinking, and snorkeling. I tried to feel bad for you, but then I realized that I’m limping around HERE, back in reality.
You definitely know how to live. Your recovery plan is the best I have seen.
I hate you now, I’m just sayin’….
nice. yeah sunday night i had a nice big tri-tip (beef) dinner with some beer and hot tub action… this week i’ll do a light swim on wednesday but no running or anything til thursday probably. water polo tonight. very cool randomly finding your blog after spending bathroom-line time together! see ya next year! (my girlfriend wants to do it next year for sure!)
That sunset looks beautiful! I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted… won’t be seeing that when arrive back in DC!
Is this in the official HIM recovery plan? Cuz if it is, I might have to TRADE UP!
Great photos. You’re a magician. Don’t give away your tricks!
yeah, i was feeling sorry for you having to race to the airport and jump on a flight.
Not so much now.
and reality doesn’t suck. It BITES!
(P.S. I changed someone’s flat today at work. Just. Because. I. Could.)
:)
Oh so that’s how you do it! I just ordered a gorilla tripod off ebay we’ll see how that goes?
Some well earned RnR. Although I am more of a Daiquiri kinda guy myself!
I am glad that your Margarita recovery plan worked!!!
I am glad you got your ass back to reality here in the cold and wet!!!
There’s a margarita in the first picture…..I missed that :-)
Nice! Good job at CA 70.3! Those are some smokin’ times!
Sounds like a wonderful place to recover – except those gators would have scared the crap out of me, had I seen them on the side of a road while on my bike!
Tough recovery plan, you should have taken it easy, maybe relaxed in the warm sun….. oh, you did :-)
Sounds like a great trip, sometimes the best trips are spur of the moment. Hope reality warms up soon.
Man! I want that recovery plan. All I indulged in after my 1/2 IM this past Sunday was a Dr. Pepper made with pure cane sugar.
It was heaven though…
glad, i backtracked on your past posts while i was gone…great stuff her on your trip..
congrats on the race and wow..what a recovery session, globetrotter..