Artemis' "WE CAN DO IT!" Mentor Group - FULL (Page 10)

New tires for my road bike!  and if all goes as planned i won't have to pump them up before every ride - what a pain....

Thanks everyone for the encouragement - keep posting as i still look forward to checking our group every morning!

Do you feel faster on your bike with the new tires? After a few weeks of riding my new bike I found I had to pump my tires up.... not much, but just enough to make a difference. Don't think that you won't have to do it from now on. You'll lose speed.

Pics of your new tires?

Nice job!! That's the start of being a runner.

With road bike tires, you need to pump them up before every ride.  It's annoying, but they are so high pressure (should be around 100 psi) that they leak a little.  You'll get the best performance if you do pump them up every time.

ok ok I'll pump those darn tires every time!

Went for short ride this morning before the rain came down and had a great lazy ride in the early morning hours.  I'm so pumped for Sunday!  The marathon has been all over the news, in Kalamazoo,  all they keep talking about are the hills!  I've been so close to driveing the entire corse, but never made time, now I'm to nervous to drive it.  lol      It will all be over Sunday.

No more excerise for me, going to rest up and enjoy a lazy Saturday and go to bed early!  I also made sure to drink all my beer Wednesday night so no temptation there. 

Thanks again for the great messages - hope everyone has a super weekend, trains hard and is safe.  I'll be back on Monday to check in.

Bill

Yay! I signed up with LA Fitness... the new one in town. It's only 5 months old, so all the equipment is new and the pool is sparkling. They have spin classes, which I've never done in my life. Can't wait to fall apart after one of those! They have tvs on all their treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes. Might make learning to run easier.

Tomorrow I begin training for the Sprint Tri in August while continuing to taper for my Oly Tri next week.

Cycled 20 miles this morning. Nice and easy.

Double yay!  I'm excited to hear how it goes for you!

Ugh.  I have my first ever 5k tomorrow and have a cold.  Lungs have fluid.  I'm imagining I'm just going to go do it.  Am I a fool?  What should I eat before the race?

This is so crummy.  I was feeling really brave and strong, and now I'm going to have to run sick.

Katie, I hate to tell you to drop out, but from what you're describing, you have pneumonia and not just a cold. This may not be the right race for you. Can you sign up for another one?

If you do go through with it, I recommend a breakfast similar to a bagel and peanut butter. That's a good source of carbs and protein that are quickly available. But only do this if you're feeling ok.

If it makes you feel any better, I've been suffering with tonsilitis for 2 weeks and expect to have it next week when I race. Not my ideal setting.

Feel better.

Thanks! I'm going in early tomorrow morning to start training for the August Sprint Tri. 0.8 miles on the treadmill. That should be good enough. Then a nice soak in the whirlpool to ease my muscles from all this training.

Not necessarily.  Listen to your body and see how you feel in the morning.  If you have to walk during the race, do it.

Yay!  I did it!  It was really fun, I drank a ton of water the 12 hours prior to running, ate some good peanut butter and jam on a rice cake and trotted right out!  

I passed all my rabbits (makes me feel guilty, but proud) and really ran very strongly at the last 100 yards.  I don't know my time, because I didn't want to stick around.  I think around 27 minutes, but I'm not sure.  Regardless, I signed up for, ran in (didn't walk except for two steps when I grabbed water) and completed my first ever 5k.  I feel so good, I want to go do another one RIGHT NOW.  Hmm... Addictive.

Thank you for your support!  Oh, I was running on Dayquil.  That might break drugging rules. Just in the interest of full disclosure. :-)

Congratulations, Katie! I'm sorry you were sick, but it sounds like you were doing ok this morning. Your speed is amazing! I'm a lot slower than you on a 5K! Good for you! Be a proud 5K'er!

As for me, I'm thrilled to be filling out my training log on here! It feels great to be exercising daily and posting my progress. Now to remember to post notes with my workouts so that I can follow my own thoughts. Today was running and I REALLY need to follow the C25K program. I tried to run the measly 0.8 miles and couldn't do it. How I ran a 5K for the Duathlon in April is beyond me. Probably just peer pressure. So it's time to dig out that program and start following it so that I'm ready in August to race the Sprint Tri. I know I'll be walking most of the 6 miles in next week's Tri. I feel bad that I didn't put enough effort into my training to be up to par for this event. But I found excuses and didn't follow through. Now I'll be more prepared for the next Tri.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Congratulations, Katie!!  It is definitely addictive. 

Congratulations!  How exciting!  Glad to hear that despite your illness you were able to get out there and finish with a great time.  Again, congrats!

Completed my first tri of the season! It went well, I say well because I totally choked in the swim. Literally!! I have done tri's before and never had this problem but today I jumped in and the water was cold, took in a deep breath and came up choking. It was only a 200 but I think I may have used an actual stroke for 50 of the 200, the rest was doggie paddling to catch my breath!! Yikes, won't do that again!

Bike and run went good. I need to train more for the next one that is in June, had a bit of an issue with the transition and heavy legs after the bike.

Congrats to all that have completed their first races/tri's. Keep up the good work!

Way to go everyone!!!

Great to see all of you kicking a$$.

I've taken a few days off from training due to a killer cold. Today is the first day of feeling halfway descent. I have a day off tomorrow (only one of the week after working 8 days straight) and still debating whether I should just take it easy and be a couch potato or get my butt back out and train. Of course it also depends on the weather. There's a chance of rain/snow.

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!

Way to go!!  Sorry the swim didn't go better, but hopefully it will be better next time. 

Super Job...........

Goofee

Try warming up at something else first.  I cannot just jump on the treadmill and start running.  I tried it the other night and it just turns into a run/walk series. Now yesterday, I spent an hour on the cross trainer and worked it hard.  I was able to run a sub 24:30 for a 5k right after that because my legs were warmed up.  I know I can do a Tri much easier than running a simple 1/2 or full marathon.  Give that a try (tri).....