Team No DNF - FULL (Page 11)

trysprintolympic - 2009-05-06 5:33 PM I'm picking up my bike tomorrow!! I am really pumped - it's a great road bike with Kyrium racing wheels, Shimano Tiagra gears and derailleur, and new IRD road brakes. It's also coming equipped with a Cateye bike computer, spare tube and tire changing kit, and some other cycling apparel goodies. This is going to make a huge difference in my races and training!

Speaking of training, I'm following the 13-week sprint program and just realized there is zero swimming this week. That seems strange to me! I'm going to swim tomorrow instead of biking since I'm sure I'll put in a lot of extra time on the bike in the next few days. But how often is everyone else swimming in their training plan? Is it smart to rearrange the plan or should I stick to it but just add some swim sessions?

zachkoe - 2009-05-07 6:04 PM I'm trying to figure out what would give me a respectable finish in my first triathlon. Could you give me an idea of what are the average times people run, swim, bike for a sprint? I know that its different for everyone and each course, but I am curious.

zachkoe - 2009-05-07 3:04 PM I'm trying to figure out what would give me a respectable finish in my first triathlon. Could you give me an idea of what are the average times people run, swim, bike for a sprint? I know that its different for everyone and each course, but I am curious.

trysprintolympic - 2009-05-08 2:43 PM I registered for the Belle River race (my very first tri!) today - yahoo! And I bought a race belt, sunglasses, and some other goodies today too. I'm so excited.

trysprintolympic - 2009-05-11 4:30 AM Happy day-after-Mothers-Day everyone! I hope all the other moms had a great day and were treated like queens. I dragged my family around all day watching me play soccer and then OWS - it was fun.

But in my OWS, I had a hard time battling the waves and keeping my stroke together. Are you supposed to swim the same way you swim in a pool? I just couldn't keep my head down and I didn't feel like I was raising my elbows high enough or getting enough rotation in my shoulders. On the way back (we were swimming parallel to shore), the waves kept pushing me toward the beach and I had to keep swimming back out into deeper water. Just keep doing the same thing to get used to it or is there something I'm missing here?

zachkoe - 2009-05-11 5:45 PM My daughter gave me her first mother's day gift, the flu. i'm jealous of all of you getting to train. I'm going crazy being stuck on the couch.

alexenafi - 2009-05-12 1:13 PM It depends on your health insurance. Check to see if you need a referral to the physio from a doctor for your physio to be covered.

The physio will do a proper assessment including range of motion and certain diagnostic tests to  pinpoint what is wrong. Some clinics have a doctor associated with the clinic - this is best as your general doctor will have no specific knowledge on injuries. But a physio is all that you need for a proper assessment.

In Ontario expect that the first visit will be around $70 and follow-up is around $45.

Question: I'm going to do a try-a-tri June 28th and was putting off the sprint till end aug/early sept. But am now thinking of adding in a end July Sprint and then doing the end Aug/Early Sept sprint as well. I guess I want to use the July one as a warm-up and not have all this training hinge on just one event.

What do you think? And is a month a good time to have between events? Will I still just taper down the week or 10 days before each events - and/or do I do both but choose which one to zone in on?

esc - 2009-05-12 6:23 PM

Random and mildly silly question...

I'll be doing my first race with a wetsuit on Saturday.  Where do you generally put your wetsuit in transition?  I'm trying to envision T1 and I'm thinking if I plop it on the ground it's going to be covering stuff I'll need for T2 and if I hang it on the rack it will be in the way of other racers.

Can you tell I'm starting to freak a bit about this race?  I've been obsessively checking the weather, too.  I hate pre-race jitters.

CGunz - 2009-05-13 8:21 AM

Question about swimming... I feel like my swimming is not really improving.  I can swim 2 minutes / 100 yards, but after the 100 yards I'm so out of breathe I nearly die in the water.  And I try to swim more slowly, but that doesn't seem to help either.  What can I do to gain endurance in the swim?