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<p>I raced my first Oly last weekend.  It was a disaster.  Excessive heat + excessive humidity + faulty inhaler = Scooby can't breathe.  The legs were there.  The nutrition was right.  Lungs notsomuch.</p>
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<p>I'm signed up for another on August 13.  Still gonna be hot and humid, but I'll have a working inhaler this time.</p>
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<p>I have no idea what to do training-wise between now and then.</p>
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<p>Please and thanks.</p>
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<p>I'm sorry your race was a disaster.  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131048484143414"><img alt="sad.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131048484143413" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span>   Did you finish it anyway?  Are your legs trashed now from the effort?  I'm assuming you finished based on your post (legs were fine, nutrition was fine), so here's what I'd do.</p>
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<p>(But I'm in no way an expert!  So take it for what it's worth.  Which is not much.)</p>
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<p>I'd do this week really easy as a recovery week.  Some light bike rides and runs.  Easy paces.  An endurance swim or two.  No bricks.</p>
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<p>Then I'd repeat the last three weeks of your original training plan with any tweaks you deem necessary.  Then I'd taper for a week. </p>
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<p>Then I'd race the hell outta that course on August 13 and get a shiny new PR! </p>
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