kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 110)

If you are going to lift in a weight room to build strength, lift to build strength -- meaning once you've done a week or two of adaption lifting (just to get your body used to lifting so you don't hurt yourself) lift the heaviest weights you can.  

The finish of the men's 10K was amazing (seriously these guys got 27 and change for a 10K, I know lots of people who would be happy with that time for a 5K).  Here's the last 100 meters:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248216-2012-London-Olympics-Games/article/13915-Mo-and-Rupp-Olympic-Moment-Mens-10k-Final-100-Meters

Pretty amazing to watch Galen and Mo finish 1 - 2.

If you can get the BBC coverage, its worth watching on the BBC (if you can change your computer's VPN you can stream all of the BBC's coverage). 

Eh.  I felt good on the swim and the bike.  The run was just wretchedly hot and humid and at mile 1 I noticed I was running 8:15-8:30 so I pushed harder.  My legs are shot.  Ice baths are my friend.  I caught a peek at the official board and it looked like I was 110 overall out of more than 1300.  So a good result overall.  I haven't downloaded any stats yet from the garmin.

Interesting pictures -- the TT positions of Kristen Armstrong and Bradley Wiggans:

The narrow elbows works for some body types, but not all. My shoulders would explode if I were to ride like that for more than 1 mile. 

Race report is up...Thanks again everyone for you support and best wishes!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=454424&posts=1#M4348331

Congratulations, Larkin!  You did a fantastic job.  

I had quite the experience yesterday.  LOL  Finish time was 2:52.  Not so great.  

It had stormed Saturday night, so the water had some chop to it.  Nothing too crazy for Lake Erie.  I was being pulled to the left, so I had to sight often (more than usual).  There weren't many women around me, as everyone spread out quickly, so I really had to focus on maintaining a straight line.  Ended up pulling off a 26:36, which is my best olympic swim time yet.  I was pumped when I got out of the water and looked at my watch.

My timing chip flew off my ankle when I removed my wetsuit.  Had to deal with that for a while.  By this time the sky had turned dark and the wind was blowing hard.  The bike course is extremely hilly....difficult without the wind.  I have NEVER had to deal with so much wind in my life.  I could barely keep my bike upright.  I usually stay in big chainring for the entire race, but I was in small more often than not for this race.  I went to take a sip of my Gatorade (decided to use the bottle they gave us at the expo) and realized I hadn't removed the seal under the cap (DUH).  No fluids for the entire ride.  Then a gust of wind blew some debris all over the roads and some of it got in my right eye.  I could feel some grit on my contact.  I kept trying to perforate my Gatorade seal but couldn't with the wind, so my lips were stuck together from dehydration.  Nice.  Honestly, I thought about walking off the course after the second loop.  Anyway, ended up with a craptastic 17.4 average.  Average HR was in the 150s and if it were any higher, I wouldn't have been able to run a very hilly run course.

Storms hit during the run.  All the crowd support left.  I want to hug the volunteers for staying!!!  Anyway, run was ok for me.  The wind was blowing so hard during miles 3-5...again, it was hard to keep running.  I think I have some mental hangups with running, which hold me back from going faster.  I can fade in the middle miles, and then the last 2 miles are my fastest....don't know what that is.

Glad to be done with the race.  It was a mental toughness day, that's for sure.  

Race report:  

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=454464&posts=1#M4348604

Could you give me some of your bike and run speed, please?  

Thanks, Michele.  Yes, it wasn't the best day to race, but I made the best of the circumstances.  It made me tougher, that's for sure. 

Come fix my swim and then sure.  It's all yours

Funny thing is that the swim matters the least.  I mean, doesn't matter how fast you come out of the water if everyone passes you on the run.