Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 106)

Originally posted by Rollergirl

2022 Nat 1- 2024 Nat 0
Past Nats 2- 2024 Nat 0

But for 2022 Nat it was the last race of the season and this year it was the first one. It went according to the realistic plan.
1:27:58 (win for for those who had 1:28:00)

Details to follow

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Hey all!

2022 Gretchen 0/ 2024 Gretchen 1!!

Barely beat my 2022 overall time, but the run was longer this year!

Overall 1:32:17 (goal 1:42:24)
Swim 7:45 1:56/100 (goal 8:00)
T1 1:58
Bike 43:48 19.15mph (goal 45:24)
T2 1:08
Run 37:51 12:08/mi (goal 13:00/mi)

Was 2nd AG (would have been 1st if they used race age instead of actual age. I’m 44 years and 361 days old.). Overall 9th female, which I’m pretty happy with.

I wish I could get my run to look like a run, but I guess you can’t have everything!

Swim was great—only passed by one guy who seeded himself poorly. Didn’t pass or catch anyone, so pretty happy there.

T1 was way faster than I was expecting. There is a pretty long run between the pool and the bike racks. Even had to dodge some spectators.

Bike was great, except I couldn’t get any hydration after about my second drink. I think the tube was curled up and sticking out the top of the liquid, but I’m going to have to investigate the issue. I can’t be without fluids/nutrition on longer rides/races.

T2 was kind of a mess. Bike racking went well, but tying my shoes was a mess. It was like I forgot that basic skill. I had to change socks too, as mine were soaked and I hate starting a race with wet socks. (Wearing socks on the bike because on Thursday my bike left shoe started rubbing my heel for some reason and gave me a blister). Also…forgot my sunglasses.

Run was a run. It wasn’t all that pretty, but I feel like I gave it my all. Only walked through the one aid station at about the half mile mark (poorly placed). Was able to kick it in at the end and finish strong, so that feels good.

Final time is 1:29 faster than 2022 Gretchen, with an extra bit of running this year.

Originally posted by drfoodlove

An hour of strength training followed by 1800m of swimming amongst the lunch crowd (pool has limited hours today). It is wild to swim with the lunch crowd, they seem to have an entirely different set of etiquette, which involves jumping into the lane without notice, swimming in no semblance of a line, and doing water aerobics in a lane someone else was already swimming in. I miss masters!!

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Hour Z2 ride, followed immediately by a 1:04 run with 4x8’ Z4 intervals. Everything felt good almost like this whole training thing works!

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Great races, ladies!! 

@Nathalie:  saw you cut the bottoms of your wetsuit...I've been debating taking a couple inches of the bottoms of mine as well to help get the thing off in transition.

@Andrew:  yes a beach, and yes quite warm here as we head into summer

Got in three decent days of training, one 4-mile run, a 45-minute cycling session and a couple of short swims with some core work.  Taper is on this week so off today (though we're doing a walking tour of historic Savannah this afternoon).  Race weather is looking decent though a chance of some rain.

Have a good week, all.

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

As someone whose job it is to predict (and control LOL) human reaction to change, yeah. 

Originally posted by Rollergirl

 Yeah I'd recommend it Enjoy taper week! What's you race again? I am not tapering this week, I have a race on Saturday but I am counting it as training. Focus on the run, which I desperatly need to improve on this year and transitions (which always need to be practiced, just like the golf swing). Talking of running, I had a nice 3 x 1km at a 5 min/km pace yesterday (one minute rest in between). First time I can hold a longer interval at a nice speed this year. There is hope! 1000 m swim today + gettting out of wetsuit practice.

Originally posted by nicole14e

Had a pretty productive week in lots of ways. Got in walks most days, and have been pretty good about my PT, though am eager to go back. I'm changing to PT and have a session tomorrow with the new one b/c it was too difficult to get the sessions I need at the other place.

I've walked a lot over the last week. My step goal changes based on my activity and it's back up to over 11k (was below 5k 2 weeks ago). I've also been doing some core and upper body work. Got in 20 min of each this morning, and then walked to work (about a mile and a half) with a heavy bag on my back. Will have the same walk home, though hopefully with less weight.

I visited my boyfriend in NC, which was great. He's also pretty active so we did a good amount of walking, we put some chairs together (he just moved), and he wanted to run Saturday so I went to the Y with him and got a solid 2k swim in (200 warm up, 3 x (6 x 100s). Felt really good!

It's definitely warming up here and I'm trying to get as much time outside as possible! I'm also trying to schedule more short movement breaks into my schedule. I listened to a podcast that talked about a study that found the best way to battle the effects of sitting all day is moving for 5 minutes every 30 minutes. This can be tough with my job, which really requires me to be on a computer constantly, but I'm going to see how I can fit in some of this and set alarms or something.