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the first to post a comment…woo hoo!! I’m so excited for you, can’t wait to track you throughout the day at IMC and watch you meet your big hawaian goal!! Safe travels and GOOD LUCK!
Sounds like some good stuff except for the Garmin issue. You’re gonna do great for sure. I rode the Reston Century on Sunday with a guy who lost his file on his Edge too. Major bummer.
5 min/mile? That sounds high. Anyway, enjoy your taper and trust your training. You’ll do great!
Ooo wow, only 5 more days! Have fun with your tapering!
those are some good workouts! did you overheat in the pool with your wetsuit on? yay for taper!
I cant believe it’s just next week! good luck on final preparation!
I’m so excited for you! You are going to do awesome.
re: previous post….super props to your mom…wow….
you inspire her…but I am sure its always been the other way around
How’s this for turn of events, the high temps for Penticton are higher than Louisville. All this heat training I’ve been doing for naught. IM Louisville race temp high of 74 degrees.
My only advice is to remember all the mistakes of the past…and don’t do them during the race.
I really don’t have any helpful advice, you have done the training and you know what needs to be done race day. Stay controlled, eat and drink more than you think you should and you will have a successful race.
Strength!
Wow!
The summer has gone by so fast and here it is with the big race this weekend. You are going to have a great race. I am feeling sunnier skies with a chance of warm Kona winds and no walls on the run for this year!
GOOD LUCK!!!
Sorry to hear about the Garmin. I was thinking of the 310xt but decided to wait until either my current one dies or another manufacturer comes out with a better product. I still haven’t gotten over the decision to buy and then shut down motionbased.
Good luck on Sunday!!!
have you put the new 2.90 software on your 705? 2.80 was very short-lived… must have been problematic for a lot of people. i’ve had no problems yet with the new software.
Hey Courtenay-
I haven’t had a chance to put the 2.9 on there yet. Unfortauntely, in IMC my Garmin 705 was sorta killed. I think it’ll be back from Garmin tomorrow. 2.8 had some power dropout issues primarily – which was why 2.9 was released. 2.9 though is getting rave reviews from both power folks, as well as regular folk. From everything I’m reading (which is a LOT of posts), 2.9 is hands down the best firmware release for the 705 to date. So I’d definitely go and grab it.