Hi,

I'm leaving tomorrow AM for the Island of Elba, Italy: SFO, then Washington, then Zurich, and finally the Island.

I'm quite excited about this (so much so that I'm writing this, which I never do!). It's my first time flying to a race. I have also organized a bit of a family reunion there, with my parents, sister, in laws, and of course wife and daughter. They all will be travelling to the Island the day before the race and we will stay together at a villa for a week.

You're not cheating yourself if you ride a shorter distance than Group 1. If we all rode the same distance, Group 6 would end up training at the lowest relative intensity. For this ride, we're training by time, not distance.

The causes of muscular fatigue are not fully understood, but a major component is biochemical. One goal of training is to deplete biochemical substrates to stimulate adaptations that increase the size of stores and the recovery (replenishment) rate.

It seems like every web site I'm on these days has a blog. Rather than try to post to all of them, I just have one blog where I post everything.

So come visit me at:

http:://fattyfightsback.blogspot.com

This blog is about my struggles with my weight including my recent weight loss surgery and my current training to do a Sprint Triathlon.