June Battle of the Triathlon Sports Challenge (Page 11)

Yikes is right?! What's the distance?

This month the Crushers are bringing you a Battle of the 3 Triathlon sports challenge.

Rules:

~There will be 3 teams (Swim, Bike and Run)

~Each participant will need to pick a team/sport (your favorite or one you need more, etc) 

~Teams members will set a goal for the sport in yards, sessions, minutes, miles, km, etc

~The team/sport with the highest percentage of goals completed wins.

I will try to get spreadsheets up today or tomorrow, for now just let me if you're interested and what team you would like to be on.

Good luck to everyone this month!

Kids, I have a 5K tomorrow and I'm worried about it. I haven't run in weeks, haven't trained properly in running in months, and I'm already psyching myself out believing that I'll be disappointed in myself during and after tomorrow's race. And because I haven't run outside at all this year (100% of my 'training' so far has been on a tready) I'm worried about re-injury - pushing myself too much on the pavement.

And have I mentioned I hate running?! I like the idea of running, I love that I've run after I've ran, but actually don't enjoy the sport one little bit. Used to - used to happily do 1/2 marathon distances - running was how I lost the 50 lbs I lost in 2005 - but something's changed the past year or two. Lost my running mojo, somewhere.

But I also used to hate swimming, so it's funny how tastes change over the years.

When I decided to get back into tris this year (after losing last year due to a decimated shoulder) it was February, and it seemed like such a good idea at the time! I had 4-6 months to train for the races I'd chosen, that's plenty of time to increase speed and endurance for these short events ... yet here I am 3 weeks out from my first sprint of the year, and I'm terrified. I'm SO terribly undertrained ... and it's no one's fault but my own.

Tomorrow my race plan is to try to run 3 walk 2 the duration of the 5K, and my goal is to finish under 40 min.

I guess the moral of this rant is: I'm disappointed in myself because I had plenty of time to get ready (and lose this 20 lbs I've been carrying around since I got hurt last year) - but I blew it. I took the lazy path, haven't lost a pound and haven't increased my fitness level at all.

But I'm taking it as a lesson. And starting today - things are going to change. I'm going to get my body and my athleticism back!

Thanks for listening.

Congrats!  Nice pace with pneumonia recovery!!

Hahahaha... too bad you won't be flip turning in the lake.

I think its that new math they teach in our public schools.  Be careful though, you can't actually tell someone their wrong, you might hurt their self-esteem....

As for swimming, I'm just a swim session from hitting my goal.  I'll probably up my goal for the month since I was swimming a lot more in the beginnning of the month.

Come on swimmers, get in that water!

Kids, I have a 5K tomorrow and I'm worried about it. I haven't run in weeks, haven't trained properly in running in months, and I'm already psyching myself out believing that I'll be disappointed in myself during and after tomorrow's race. And because I haven't run outside at all this year (100% of my 'training' so far has been on a tready) I'm worried about re-injury - pushing myself too much on the pavement.

And have I mentioned I hate running?! I like the idea of running, I love that I've run after I've ran, but actually don't enjoy the sport one little bit. Used to - used to happily do 1/2 marathon distances - running was how I lost the 50 lbs I lost in 2005 - but something's changed the past year or two. Lost my running mojo, somewhere.

But I also used to hate swimming, so it's funny how tastes change over the years.

When I decided to get back into tris this year (after losing last year due to a decimated shoulder) it was February, and it seemed like such a good idea at the time! I had 4-6 months to train for the races I'd chosen, that's plenty of time to increase speed and endurance for these short events ... yet here I am 3 weeks out from my first sprint of the year, and I'm terrified. I'm SO terribly undertrained ... and it's no one's fault but my own.

Tomorrow my race plan is to try to run 3 walk 2 the duration of the 5K, and my goal is to finish under 40 min.

I guess the moral of this rant is: I'm disappointed in myself because I had plenty of time to get ready (and lose this 20 lbs I've been carrying around since I got hurt last year) - but I blew it. I took the lazy path, haven't lost a pound and haven't increased my fitness level at all.

But I'm taking it as a lesson. And starting today - things are going to change. I'm going to get my body and my athleticism back!

Thanks for listening.

Well, I spent a brutal day in the sun yesterday.  I decided to do the 8 hour MTB race instead of driving to Oregon.  I ended up doing 73.19 miles with 9,097 ft elevation gain in 7:47.  While really a nothing race for me, it was good training for my upcoming 100 miler enudrance MTB race.

Funny thing, I originally planned to do a swim and dash today too.  Hahaha...  not a good idea.  My legs and back are sore this morning.  So, I'm probably going to just head over to the pool for a short swim instead.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.  Happy Father's day to the fathers!

Kids I did it. I set a goal for myself and I stuck to it. I'm proud of myself ... :-)

Race report here:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=257195

 YAY, TR!! Off to read the RR!!!!