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pearlandhorn

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  1. Probably the best advice in this thread that I’ve ever seen.
  2. Update on my dad. He has a rare form of cancer called a Chordoma (Gary Senise’s son had it as well but his was in his brain stem/upper spinal cord). My dad’s chordoma is in his tailbone. He’s been going down to MD Anderson every three months or so for MRI, CT Scan, and blood work, monitoring the size and growth of the tumor. It’s sitting right inside his tailbone and pushing on his sciatic nerve, causing terrible pain in his lower back and traveling down the back of his leg along his hamstring and into his feet. He went down to MDA about a month ago and found it hadn’t grown. Two weeks later, he had been hiding from my mom and I that he’d been in terrible pain, couldn’t sleep, etc. He went to an urgent care and took some shot that I can’t remember the name of and is able to sleep now. He’s been taking so many different meds (muscle relaxers, pain meds). I told my mom that she needs to take all the meds and be the pharmacist. I’m afraid he’ll take some stuff and not know what he’s taking. Hell, 3 weeks ago, I threw my back out and was laid up for a week and I didn’t even need to go get a prescription because he had everything the doctor I went to see told me he was going to write me a script for. That’s when I knew it was bad. Anywho, he’s supposed to be going back down in April and starting Keytruda. The cancer is so rare that no one really knows how to treat it. They want him to be the guinea pig. He’s also unimpressed with how MDA is running now compared to what it was in 2016 when he was last there. Sorry for the long post. Y’all keep up the good fight.
  3. Thats what I have planned out. Anything longer than 12 and I feel like I have to take a day off the next day for recovery.
  4. 7:30 miles “not a fast run”. I had a two hour spin this morning. Long run tomorrow, probably around 13 or 14 miles. After this weekend, I’ll be doing weekly Saturday bike/run and Sunday long runs. I think I did 4 bike sessions in the last 8 days.
  5. I think it’s more about being able to run a half marathon after a 3 hour bike ride. I was at 200 per hour last training cycle and bonked at mile 5 of the run in Waco. At 300 per hour, that’s about 75 grams of carbs per hour on the bike. I may even get up to 90 if my stomach can handle it. The last thing I want to do while running is to feel under fueled because you can never catch up on fueling during the running portion.
  6. Nerd clusters. I have a sweet tooth. Miserable as in you think it’s too much or too little?
  7. I made my formal training schedule yesterday evening. May 10th seems so far away. Goal for me is more runs after long rides and more calories and hydration on the bike. I’m going to bump up to 300 calories per hour on the bike during training. And a ton more salt.
  8. Had a decent 9 miler this morning at 8:30ish pace. It was rainy and wet. First morning in two weeks I was able to get out of bed and not wince in pain from my back.
  9. Shoot. I ran the Pearland half last year and the provider of port-a-potties didn’t drop the shitters off until I was crossing the finish line. Needless to say I found some bushes that needed a wizzing on before the race. Houston Running Co. is a terrible race sponsor. They misspelled ‘Marathon’ on the race medal and only remade them after a bunch of people called them out on their shit (no shitters, misspelled medals). I thought the misspelling was funny. A half marathon isn’t a big deal for me but it’s a big deal to a lot of people. People are super proud of that medal and it can make someone disappointed if their medal is misspelled. I didn’t think the port a potty thing was a big deal because I shit like clockwork when I wake up in the mornings but a lot of folks aren’t like me. My wife was pisssssed and swore them off even after they sent a $5 off coupon for this years race. She needed to use it before, during and after the race. Fuck Houston Running Co.
  10. 70.3 Gulf Coast just posted the race day schedule. Ocean swim starts at 5:40 in the morning. Jeez that’s early
  11. Swam Saturday. Yesterday I did a 1:45 bike and a 5 mile run after. Made it to the gym this morning for a light lifting session. My back is getting better slowly but surely.
  12. How’s the ankle?
  13. Definitely. I think the cutoff is 8:30 from when you enter the water for a 70.3. There are people who can finish in 4:30 and people who barely make cutoff.
  14. 😂 that’s fantastic
  15. It wasn’t bad at all. Granted we weren’t in lake Waco but in the river to the east of the dam. It was very smooth and probably the best swim I’ve had not in the ocean.
  16. Couldn’t agree more with @Clintonaldo on this. Once you learn how to breathe properly, it gets a lot easier.
  17. 55 is the new 25. Once you get a good fitness base, even at 55, you could do a 70.3. Just start slow. Do a sprint, then an Olympic distance.
  18. Cadence on the bike is in the lower 70s. I think I averaged around 19 mph in Waco. I was completely unprepared for the fresh chip seal they had put on the main road in Waco for about 25 miles of the bike course. It completely wrecked me. Back is feeling a lot better and I’m slowly getting back into the training. I’ve ridden twice and ran once this week. Off today and probably run tomorrow, brick Saturday and swim Sunday.
  19. No longer in Pearland. I’ve done the Pearland half twice and Houston half (in October) and the Houston full (in January) twice. I moved to Tyler about 4 months ago.
  20. Big oof man. So sorry. Hey, 3 weeks is plenty of time if you rehab correctly. Stay off it, give it a week of no running with rest, ice, compression, elevate. You may be surprised how you feel next weekend. I did the same thing last year as well on a 16 miler. Didn’t run for a week, went out and did 18. My back is finally starting to feel almost back to normal. I’ll probably do one or two more rest days then get back to the grind. My wife and I were talking and we may run the blue bell half in late March. Anybody ever do that race in Brenham?
  21. I had to bite the bullet and go see a doc in the box today for my back. Doc did his assessment and said I had a strain in my lower back causing back spasms. No shit doc, give me a shot and some meds. I gotta get back to training.
  22. This right here. It doesn’t matter if you’re first or last. If you can’t run, walk, if you can’t walk, crawl. Just don’t stop moving forward.
  23. Watch Effortless Swimming on YouTube. He’s great.
  24. I forgot that your half is in May and your full is in September. Timing makes sense.
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