Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 11)

Originally posted by Asalzwed

I'm planning on doing the beer mile in a few weeks, for those of you that don't know (http://www.beermile.com/) the basics are: 

Start - Beer/Lap - Beer/Lap - Beer/Lap- Beer/Lap - Finish

The beer has to be a min of 5% and the bottle/can can't be modified (so no shot-gunning etc.)

Anyone have a recommendation for a beer that is 5% but a  tolerable to chug? Any other tips/tricks?

 

Originally posted by Qua17


Andres - The Double Agent IPL was based on the IPL from my friends brewery. The place is called Jack's Abby and all their beers are lagers as they are all made with lager yeast. Jack's has gotten some good press and Jim Koch "stole" the recipe. Stole is a strong word since Jack's Abby tastes damn good and Sam Adam's tastes like crap. Just my opinion.

Originally posted by podemma

Pool Success!
I tried everyone's suggestions out on my last two trips to the pool. Apparently even thought I thought I was swimming slowly I was not. I really focused on slowing down and this helped a lot. The last two trips I have managed around 22mm in the pool where as before I was struggling to make 15. Even though I'm swimming slower I'm swimming further in the same time frame since I don't need to rest as much. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Originally posted by Burd

What a nice solid group we have going here. Looks like everyone has been getting in some great workouts.

How's everyone doing on Thor's monthly challenge? 6/17 here

Originally posted by hoenninger



Jared,

Best thing to do to improve your swimming and breathing techniques is to take a class with a good teacher. I took a 6 week group course and it has made a world of difference. I never realized how important technique is to swimming!!

What knee issue(s) are you battling?

I am currently delaying my 6th surgery on my left in order to try and compete this summer. When I have surgery, it will be to address 1 or 2 meniscus tears, 2 floating fragments, and a small cyst. :-(

George

Originally posted by thor67


A couple of breathing tips.
-one goggle breathe-only one goggle comes out of the water when breathing.
-take note where you are looking while swimming...you should be looking straight down.
-breathe into your shoulder
take a kick board. stretch it out in front of you.kick and take a stroke, almost like a catchup drill. you can work on your stroke and concentrate on your breathing. Don't start next stroke until your hand is back on board.

cheers!

Originally posted by jlangene

Boy do I feel stupid. Here I have been asking everyone online for advice on swimming and all this time, my wife has been telling me, "I can teach you how to swim honey". Well, we finally had an afternoon with nothing else going on and got to go to the pool together and you know what, she is a heck of a good swimmer!!! I never knew I would have my own personal swim coach sleeping right next to me

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

So, updates and updates.

We closed on our house, and we're all moved in, so that's a major, major source of stress down. I'm visiting family in Southern Illinois right now, but still managed to get a great ride in this morning.

Actually, I managed to get lost on roads I spent most of my high school years driving on, and what was supposed to be a 25 mile tune-up ride before my sprint triathlon on Saturday, instead became a 45 Tour de Southern Illinois, with 1,700 feet of climbing.

Feeling pretty good right now, and looking forward to my race on Saturday.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon So, updates and updates. We closed on our house, and we're all moved in, so that's a major, major source of stress down. I'm visiting family in Southern Illinois right now, but still managed to get a great ride in this morning. Actually, I managed to get lost on roads I spent most of my high school years driving on, and what was supposed to be a 25 mile tune-up ride before my sprint triathlon on Saturday, instead became a 45 Tour de Southern Illinois, with 1,700 feet of climbing. Feeling pretty good right now, and looking forward to my race on Saturday.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

So, updates and updates.

We closed on our house, and we're all moved in, so that's a major, major source of stress down. I'm visiting family in Southern Illinois right now, but still managed to get a great ride in this morning.

Actually, I managed to get lost on roads I spent most of my high school years driving on, and what was supposed to be a 25 mile tune-up ride before my sprint triathlon on Saturday, instead became a 45 Tour de Southern Illinois, with 1,700 feet of climbing.

Feeling pretty good right now, and looking forward to my race on Saturday.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Ohh, I had a Burnside Sweet Heat last night:

 A wheat ale with an addition of 200 pounds of Apricot puree, then dry hopped with imported Jamaican Scotch Bonnet peppers. 

Originally posted by Ajokisch



Can I count this weekend's Tough Mudder as a workout? If so, that's 3, behind the curve but working to catch it up.

Separate question: when you post your weekly goals, what's the norm: Mon-Sun? Sun-Sat?

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Ohh, I had a Burnside Sweet Heat last night:

 A wheat ale with an addition of 200 pounds of Apricot puree, then dry hopped with imported Jamaican Scotch Bonnet peppers. 

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

So, updates and updates.

We closed on our house, and we're all moved in, so that's a major, major source of stress down. I'm visiting family in Southern Illinois right now, but still managed to get a great ride in this morning.

Actually, I managed to get lost on roads I spent most of my high school years driving on, and what was supposed to be a 25 mile tune-up ride before my sprint triathlon on Saturday, instead became a 45 Tour de Southern Illinois, with 1,700 feet of climbing.

Feeling pretty good right now, and looking forward to my race on Saturday.

Originally posted by thor67


So how was it??
I have had a chili beer(had chili in bottle....sucked) and just had a apricot wheat beer...sorry David, did not like it either. Luckily, had some friends over last night and got rid of it on them....

Originally posted by podemma

Just drank a Bud Select at a friends house. Guess that was my punishment for not training today.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

Race report incoming, as soon as I get the photos sent to me.

Estimated time: 1:20:00, and I am happy with the result.

The swim was a serpentine pool swim, 400 yards total. I was expecting a 2:15/100 pace, so hopefully around 9:00min total. What I was not prepared for was the depth of the pool. All my previous swims were in shallow lap pools. This pool hit 15' in the deep end, and I have a fear of heights, so every time I looked down in the deep end, I panicked, badly. I did a few warmup laps, so at least I knew what was going to happen, but I was not ready for it at all, and my swim suffered for it greatly. After the first three laps, I stared to close my eyes over the deep end, and let the lane line guide me.

I have never been more relieved to get out of the water than today.

Both transitions went well, and were smooth.

The bike was excellent, with an average speed just north of 20mph. I didn't spend as much time in aero as I wanted to, but I've only had the aero bars on the road for about 4 hours of ride time, so that to be expected. Also, on Thursday my light 25 mile ride involved me getting lost and riding 45 miles, including 1,700 feet of climbing, so much more effort than I wanted to put in. Yesterday we rode the course as well, but my wife's bike got two flats in 7 miles due to the rim tape shifting over to expose about half a milimeter of spoke hole, which was pinching the tube, so I rode back to the car and came and got her, and rode back rather harder than I should have. I brought a bit of deep muscle fatigue into the race with me, which slowed down the bike a bit. I still passed 9 people (the pool was a time trial start).

The run went well, a little over 8:30 pace, and given the fatigue from the previous rides and my killer bike split, it was a good effort. Not quire a 5k PR, but a close second. Passed three people on the run as well.

I am also very proud of my wife, who had some panic issues pre-race; she did very well, finishing about 1:40, and she passed two people on the swim.

I am waiting on the official results, but it was a good first triathlon.