bschulte mentor Group - Closed (Page 11)

mburkhart - 2009-07-28 12:52 PM

rymac - 2009-07-27 2:12 PM

mburkhart - 2009-07-26 8:53 PM Well, other than a few early morning showers at transition, fairly uneventful race. Really concentrated on my HR, fatigue level, stroke/sighting technique and pacing - learned alot about myself and know what things I need to work on coming up in the next few months. never really looked at or cared about my time, just focused on me which was kind of cool. Finished 3:11:39 - 6 minutes shaved off last year - not bad for not really racing and being so early in my training season. (I know not quite as impressive as most of the mentor group - but for me not bad). Off to do my RR now!

nice improvement from last year!  So how is it training in NYC?  Is it hard to find a place to ride without having to stop all the time or do you do most workouts on the trainer?  I am sure swimming and running would not be a problem - just curious.

Ryan

It's tough - I do do a lot of work on the trainer and lots of "circles" at Central Park and Prospect Park in Brooklyn - CP has some pretty good hills, there are great open roads if you travel far enough upstate, over to Jersey and Nyack which I haven't yet explored, but will definitely have to figure out once I start hitting the 70+ mile rides in the next few weeks. You must have amazing rides where you are... (when it's not snowing )

I was thinking long rides might be a problem for ya!!  The problem with MI roads is the toll the winters take on them as you probably know in NY too.  We have absolutely zero hills where I am at although there are some great rides along the shoreline.  Can't beat living near lake michigan in the summer though!!

Well I have gotten the green light from the powers that be to get a new tri bike - the one I have is my sisters old one and is wayyyyy to small for me (51cm) and I am pretty sure i need a 54 or even a 56.  I think i am going to get the 2009 Felt B12 although I need to verify that its a good fit for me and then shop that sucker around.  It is MSRP for 3 and hoping to get down around 2600 if possible.  I am hoping that end of the year clearouts will start happening soon and I can hop on it.  This is my exciting news for the day just wanted to share.  Have a good week of training!

Ryan 

I know you posted this a while ago - but just a suggestion - I know that alot of people don't subscribe to the distance based training schedule mainly becuase one person can do say 20 miles in 2:30 hours and another person may only be able to do 12.  So if the plan said to run 20 miles you may be out there for 4 hours (an extreme example but you get the point).  I may try to look for a different plan as this may do more harm than good.  Also - you may want to try cut back on the tempo and speed work until you get closer to your event (Oct 12 i think was the date).  I ran 90% of my run miles at an easy pace leading up to my HIM training and it worked very well - I was able to stay energized for future workouts and recovered quickly to do the subsequent workout.

Just my thoughts.

Brent - A question on swim aides and sets - I have not used any paddles, pull buoy, kick board at all really in my swim training.  Do you use these and do you think they can benefit an "average" swimmer like myself.  I was planning to get paddles and a pull buoy to build strength and I mostly do kick sets on my back and do not do them very often either.  I know you are a good swimmer and was wondering if you use them now or have used them in the past.  Thanks.

Ryan

Yeah, I had another bike crash. This time I got taken down by uneven pavement and was actually moving. But I scraped off the scab from my clip-in incident two weeks ago and blood was everywhere. Luckily we were near a gas station and I could get wipes, band-aids and ice. But then I got a flat and the spare popped and the second spare was seen bulging out of the slit in the tire that I didn't see the first time I changed it. Bah.

The funny thing is... I drove 30 min. south of me to meet up with a friend for this ride. Then we road north with the goal of a place 40 min. north of me. I got the flat.... 1 mile from my house! So I just walked home and she kept on biking to the event we were going to. So it all worked out. :D

The guy at the bike shop asked me if I wanted a heavier tire. I asked him if it would be slower and rejected it on those grounds. I think he thought I was nuts, but that's how I think now.

Edited by MacMadame 2009-08-16 1:28 AM

Hey, my Garmin Forerunner 310XT came in! I'm going to try to hook it up to the bike tonight. I wore it to track on Tues. and it was awesome to be able to track my pace and adjust it right then and there.

Edited by MacMadame 2009-08-27 11:20 AM