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did my 5k on Sat... overall it was a slow 5k, there was no high school or college kids running... the first place guy was 20 mins or something...

i finished in 23:02... which got me 3rd place in my AG... this is my first ever AG award.   I was feeling pretty good until about 1.5.  I still felt good, but i was afraid to push myself to go all out.  I've had this fear since i've been doing tri's.  I can't get past it, i know it really doesn't matter if i blow up in a 5k, and by pushing myself during training will help my fear, but i just don't do it... If i had to work on one thing this year, this is the thing...

I don't think 23:02 is anything to sneeze at.  And CONGRATS on the hardware!!!!!!

I'm with you on that all out thing.  I blew up at my first Oly distance and have had some hesitation ever since.  I've been toying with the idea of a mental training book I saw at Amazon. 

 http://www.amazon.com/Triathletes-Mental-Training-Ultrafit-Multisport/dp/1931382700/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_10?pf_rd_p=258372101&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=list&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1REPQQ2N3QT2KZJB16JR

My other thought was to do my first tri this season all out ... what's the worst that could happen?  I blow up on the run? 

I read in Runner's World this month that if you have the legs to sprint at the end, you didn't leave enough out on the course.  Food for thought ...

thanks for the book... sounds like a good read...

here is some advice for my mentees.  Get over this fear early in your triathlon life...  do yourself a favor do some training (running) all out, about 95% of your max, not a full out sprint, but as fast as you can hold for 3 miles. In fact blowing up would be a good thing. This training will help you know what it feels like to go all out and blow up, this way when you are racing you'll know when to back off a little bit so you don't blow up...  this is the training that i lack and i need to work on...

with that being said do as i say not as i do...

Of course you don't have to do this for your 1st triathlon, but it's something to think about in the future...

John that's great advice ... I never really thought about that aspect of the race.  Great suggestion that I think I will have to think about where I might be able to do that prior to my June 15th race.

For the swim questions (sorry a touch late on this one).  IM order is always Fly, Back, Breat, Free if you are swimming individually (order changes if it is a relay).

3x50 (Kick) would mean a Kick set ... with a kick board is typically the case unless you have a hard a** coach like I did and made us do our kick sets in streamline position without fins.

100's on 1:55 you are correct ... you are trying to stay consistant with the pace ... if you come back on 1:50 then you have 5 secs before going again.

Hope the week has started great for everyone! 

doing another race this weekend...   I am doing a 1/2 marathon on Sunday.  I am going to do my best.  my PR for this race is 1:52 and change, needless to say i hope to beat this time. 

I'll keep you posted.

You'll be happy to know i did PR that 1/2 this weekend.   Like i said before my PR WAS 1:52, yesterday i ran 1:48.  Needless to say i was very pleased. 

This 1/2 marathon like some other 1/2 marys have pace groups.  So i put myself in the 1:50 group.  I started the race in front of the 1:50 group, hoping i could stay in front of the group, if not then i would hope just to finish with them.  1st few miles i was doing well i was keeping a 8:09 pace, i mean mile 2, 3 and 4 were all 8:09s.  Mile 5 and 6 were a little slower (8:16 & 8:11).  On the way to mile 7 two girls asked if i was keeping my 1:50 pace, i said "I am a little ahead of the group, but i make no promises" so i could hear them talking saying they wanted to stay with me.  I don't know if this got my ego all pumped up but i ended up putting in a 7:49 mile.  And i have no business putting in a 7:49 mile.  Now we were in the park, the park is so nice to run in, but i don't like running on the trail it seems my foot slips from under me and i feel like i run slower. Mile 8 was 8:31, mile 9, 8:00. I knew i had to pick my pace up, so mile 10 (semi-hilly) 8:57, where did that 8:57 come from??  Finally got my pace back at mile 11 with a 8:00.  Then it went back down to a 9:00 at mile 12, not really sure why, i didn't feel like i slowed down at all.  The last mile i knew i had to pick up the pace so i could get under 1:50.  I started to pick up the pace i entered the track made the last turn, saw the race clock and knew i had it.  I got my PR 1:48:46!!   Oh yeah my last mile .1 was 8:57 

I knew i wanted to PR the race, i didn't put any pressure on myself, i just wanted to run as steady as i could and that is exactly what i did.  Hooray for me!!!!!   Thanks to my training partner Kevin for pushing my on those Thurs and Sat runs.

When are the first tri's?  I've got my first one on the 18th of May.  Nice and chilly for the Midwest.  Last year it was 45 degrees out when I got out of the pool and ran to transition.  That was one frosty bike ride!  I started to feel sorry for myself but then I figured everyone else was dealing with the cold too.  And honestly, I'd rather be cold than hot.  Makes me run faster.

Hope everyone is well!!

erjewels32 - 2008-04-30 3:24 PM I, too, missed my goal for the month. I could go out today and run the last 38 minutes, but I have a workout already planned and a run planned for tomorrow. If I hadn't missed my run this past Sunday I would have made my goal. My first tri is also on May 18th. It will be my 2nd triathlon and first Olympic distance. I'm getting excited, but definitely nervous. I hear the bike and run are all hills and the lake water is going to be freezing. I don't feel that I have trained as much as I would have liked on the bike, but it'll be a learning experience. Any suggestions? I'm also running in a 10-mile run this Sunday. I ran it 2 years ago when I was very early in my pregnancy and had a great time. Wish you were able to run this year, John!!!! Happy Wednesday!!!

The bike really isn't that bad with a ton of hills, if i remember a handful of the hills you go up after coming down, so it's not bad.... Now the run is a different story.  The run is hilly, no doubt about it.. The run for some reason does go fast, i guess cause you focus on the hills so much next thing you know the run is over.... The water may not be that cold, we've had a lot of sunshine the past few weeks, so that might warm up the lake....   it's very very normal to feel you haven't trained enough, but trust me you have.  Look back at your logs, you have done a ton of quaility training.  You are ready and you are going to do GREAT...   And kick your sisters a$$.... 

How did you do on the run???     I can do Broad St next year, may work thing is in June...

I was wondering where the swim was in Philly but wow ... sounds like it should be fun.  My brother lived in Philly for about 12 years.  Was a chef at Le Bec Fin.  I miss visiting there.  Maybe I'll need to do an out of town race next season .....