Lori Bowden spoke at my Tri-Club last night!

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dan, that's great! i am such a big fan of Lori Bowden (more so also of her husband), what a great time you must have had! please do share whatever tips she gave you!

I must admit to being quite envious of your having met, or at least listened to, Lori Bowden. She is one of my sports heroes among a very short list of sports figures. I am also envious because you have been able to locate a tri club; there is only one club around here and it is a woman's club!?!

Dude! Had to be an awesome experience!

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall.

Training:

She said she swims almost every day. She swims with a Masters group. She highly recommended it.

She makes sure that she gets her time in on the bike at least twice a week, with a moderate run afterwards. She really felt like the area she viewed as the most critical was her biking (I'm not sure if she actually called it her foundation).

She also mentioned that she has at least one very long run a week. She sometimes stops for a snack/treat about 2/3 of the way through. She also mentioned that she sometimes breaks her runs up into one moderate to long run early in the day, followed by a short run later in the day. This short run sounded really relaxed and enjoyable. She mentioned that if she felt like stopping to pat a dog, that that would be totally consistent during these fun runs. She was really into the fact that the triathlete life is and should be fun/enjoyable.
She said she tries to run on trails most of the time to avoid the pounding on the legs, but tries to run on the pavement a least once a week, so that her legs know what that is like.
She wears orthodics while biking, but not while running. I was surprised by that.
She talked about the fact that she usually starts training for the season earnestly by Feb, although usually it was supposed to start sooner.

She talked about doing drills and speedwork on football fields. I think she said she didn't have a real big set routine, including intervals. I had the impression that she did not always have a real specific structured training plan, rather just some general routines.

She said she came from a running background. She did alot of 5/10 Ks with her Mom growing up. Always enjoyed running, but never had a major accomplishments/dominance early on. She said she basically kept plugging away and she just kept getting better. Someone asked when she knew she could be a great triathlete. I think she said she had been doing the races for awhile, and really enjoyed the friendships and kept coming back. One day she found herself in the top 10 finishers (sounded unexpected) and she just kept chipping away from then on. She was really into keeping positive, enjoying the sport, and just hanging in there.

I'll post some of her Nutritioncomments and other misc comments later.

Dan

Wow!

That's for the info. Looking forward to what else she had to say.

Thanks for sharing!

very cool. sounds like a great experience. thanks for sharing dhyte.

that's amazing! thanks for sharing tips from an Ironman Hawaii Champion!