Stoop Dog's Tri Group - CLOSED for 2010! (Page 10)

SAWFISH50 - 2010-01-13 1:24 PM Do we need Tri shorts or can you do the whole race in bike shorts with the thin Gel pad?  Oh and one other question.  My bike has old Shimano pedals that are mountain bike size clips will I have to buy a Mountain bike shoe or will any of them work? And What is a TRI shoe how does it differ from a regular road bike shoe or mountain bike shoe?  Thanks

pastoops - 2010-01-12 10:56 PMSo, compliment of the day...After spin class today my friend Denise said..."Hey Phil, do you mind if I tell you something and I hope you'll take this the right way..."So, I'm like, sure (being the ever friendly and really thick skinned happy guy I am...I mean, what could possibly offend me???)She said, "Well, me and a girl friend were walking into the gym past the pool and she said.."Wow, look at that guy, his a** is smaller than mine!" She said, Phil it was you she was talking about.So I guess all my working out is going well if strange women think I have a nice small rear end......I'll take it. (and I haven't had a compliment like that since, ah, high school...I think)LOL.Keep working everyone! You too can have a small a**.Phil

SAWFISH50 - 2010-01-13 2:24 PMDo we need Tri shorts or can you do the whole race in bike shorts with the thin Gel pad?  Oh and one other question.  My bike has old Shimano pedals that are mountain bike size clips will I have to buy a Mountain bike shoe or will any of them work? And What is a TRI shoe how does it differ from a regular road bike shoe or mountain bike shoe?  Thanks

SAWFISH50 - 2010-01-13 9:19 PMI read "Marithons for Mortals"   and they have Run walk programs in that book and I used that meathod some to get back into it. Run 3 minutes walk 2 then later it has you running 4 minutes and walking 1.   I blieve the first person to put this training meathod on the street was Galloway.   I have not been able to find his book but from what I understand he has his runners walk for a minuit or Two every aid station on a marathon.  The guy that lives across the street from me has ran several marathons and said once he droped his ego enough to do it he set a PR in a marathon using this meathod.  So I Know it will work.  I was also a bit suprised when I Run/walk a given distance there is very little differance in my total time to complete the distance compared to running it the whole way. (Well at least for my slow @$$ ther isnt LOL!!)

As far as the Goals in your Log goes I have not tried that so someone else will have to answer that one.  

pastoops - 2010-01-14 9:06 AM Got a good swim/run in this morning. Got my a** kicked by a former NCAA D1 swimmer too...and it was a female, so there goes the old ego...(of which I have none left, sorta like my hair)

<<snip>>

Phil

brentrolf - 2010-01-14 12:48 PM I know this is a bit off subject, but I just had to share this experience.  So my GF started working out with me about a month ago and I have been doing it about 2 months and SLOWWLY, but surely, the weight is coming off (1 lb a week or so).  Recently though, I have been paying closer attention to calories and how much I take in vs. Metabolic rate and calories burned during exercise.

Anyway, my GF and I were chatting last night and I was saying that, in a weird way, I was happy that the weight wasn't just falling off fast.  The reason for that is because I have to work for it, it doesn't come easily, which forces me to really monitor myself in the way I eat.  It also is a great motivator to get out of bed knowing that if I don't, I will fall off track with my training schedule and not burn ANY calories that day.

The reason I bring this up is because today, my team at work won a Pizza Day and it arrived at noon.  Normally, I would have been the guy to have about 5 slices during a day like today.  But today was a new day for me, when the pizza arrived, I was not excited.  I was too busy calculating calories and whether or not it will fit in my calorie limits and taking into account my workout from the morning, etc etc.  Well, the typicals on my team divulged with 3 trips to the pizza buffet.  I was able to hold back, limit myself to two little pizza squares (600 total calories) and walk away still feeling good.

I just wanted to share a personal victory for me because this is the first time in years I outsmarted my stomach.

bwingate - 2010-01-14 12:58 PM You didn't say - did she like your butt?

brentrolf - 2010-01-14 1:48 PMI know this is a bit off subject, but I just had to share this experience.  So my GF started working out with me about a month ago and I have been doing it about 2 months and SLOWWLY, but surely, the weight is coming off (1 lb a week or so).  Recently though, I have been paying closer attention to calories and how much I take in vs. Metabolic rate and calories burned during exercise.

Anyway, my GF and I were chatting last night and I was saying that, in a weird way, I was happy that the weight wasn't just falling off fast.  The reason for that is because I have to work for it, it doesn't come easily, which forces me to really monitor myself in the way I eat.  It also is a great motivator to get out of bed knowing that if I don't, I will fall off track with my training schedule and not burn ANY calories that day.

The reason I bring this up is because today, my team at work won a Pizza Day and it arrived at noon.  Normally, I would have been the guy to have about 5 slices during a day like today.  But today was a new day for me, when the pizza arrived, I was not excited.  I was too busy calculating calories and whether or not it will fit in my calorie limits and taking into account my workout from the morning, etc etc.  Well, the typicals on my team divulged with 3 trips to the pizza buffet.  I was able to hold back, limit myself to two little pizza squares (600 total calories) and walk away still feeling good.

I just wanted to share a personal victory for me because this is the first time in years I outsmarted my stomach.

Karl1965 - 2010-01-14 5:40 PMhi all its been a while since I last posted ive been working away for a few weeks but now im home with no more trips planned so im hoping to get some training in im starting the 16 week olympic program so lets see what happens also happy new year to all i hope u all had a good one.   Karl