kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 116)

With a bunch of races approaching, I thought I'd share an e-mail I sent Chris about preparing for transitions in a sprint triathlon.  Most people over do transitions and it leads to cluttered transition areas and wasted time.  Here's the e-mail:

Essentially what you are going to do before the race is rack your bike (I'm not sure if Polar Bear has designated rack slots or if its first come first serve -- I'm guessing the race info they send out next week will include that) and arrange what you need for the bike and run next to or on your bike.  This is a sprint, you really just need the basics:
 
Bike
Helmet
Sun Glasses
Bottle of sports drink on the bike
Bike Shoes (if its going to be cold you may want toe covers on the outside of your shoes)
A long sleeve top (once again if its cold out)
Race belt with your number attached (I have tons of extras and can bring on for you)
Running shoes
Hat for running (if you want one)
Towel (to place all your stuff on)
 
When you finish the swim you're going to hop out of the pool and run to transition and put on your shoes, long sleeve top, glasses and helmet.  Make sure your bike helmet is on before you un rack your bike.  Run (carefully) to the bike out and mount your bike once you hit the mount line.  Once you're on the bike its all out for the entire ride.
 
When you come back into transition, dismount before the dismount line.  Run your bike into the transition area and re-rack your bike.  Helmet off, bike shoes off, run shoes on and then head to the run out.  Again, once you're on the run course, its all out. 
 
Nothing complicated. 

Scars are sexy. How are you feeling about the tri? I will send good vibes your way. My first tri is next weekend...and am already feeling nervous.

With a bunch of races approaching, I thought I'd share an e-mail I sent Chris about preparing for transitions in a sprint triathlon.  Most people over do transitions and it leads to cluttered transition areas and wasted time.  Here's the e-mail:

Essentially what you are going to do before the race is rack your bike (I'm not sure if Polar Bear has designated rack slots or if its first come first serve -- I'm guessing the race info they send out next week will include that) and arrange what you need for the bike and run next to or on your bike.  This is a sprint, you really just need the basics:
 
Bike
Helmet
Sun Glasses
Bottle of sports drink on the bike
Bike Shoes (if its going to be cold you may want toe covers on the outside of your shoes)
A long sleeve top (once again if its cold out)
Race belt with your number attached (I have tons of extras and can bring on for you)
Running shoes
Hat for running (if you want one)
Towel (to place all your stuff on)
 
When you finish the swim you're going to hop out of the pool and run to transition and put on your shoes, long sleeve top, glasses and helmet.  Make sure your bike helmet is on before you un rack your bike.  Run (carefully) to the bike out and mount your bike once you hit the mount line.  Once you're on the bike its all out for the entire ride.
 
When you come back into transition, dismount before the dismount line.  Run your bike into the transition area and re-rack your bike.  Helmet off, bike shoes off, run shoes on and then head to the run out.  Again, once you're on the run course, its all out. 
 
Nothing complicated. 

Thank you for this!  It is exactly what I had planned to work on this weekend.  Is there anything different that needs to be done for an Olympic-distance?  A gel or two, I imagine, for starters.

Happily I'm finally starting to feel vaguely human again.  Maybe there's hope yet.

Larkin, your race on the 19th isn't the Columbia Triathlon, is it?  I'm doing that one and it'd be great to meet up (as you pass me)...

It could be that the two sensors aren't aligned properly.  I've found the ones I use can be sort of persnickety.  One other possibility is that the battery in your cadence meter is out.  That's what it usually is when I have tried everything else.

I hate to admit it, but there have been a couple of times where I have done the head bob thing ever so slightly and quickly while with a patient...working on about 5 or so hours of sleep, an early early morning workout, and about 6 or 7 patients back to back...today is one of those days.

Oh there's no way in H3ll I could do 6 hours on a trainer.  It's supposed to be low to mid 80s here tomorrow with only a 4-5 mph wind.  Hoping to get 115+ in.  There is a very safe 60 mile out and back about 10 minutes from my house.  I'll be hitting that close to twice.  Gives me a chance to top off hydration at the halfway point as I'll go through 7-9 bottles of Perform.

kidtri33 - 2013-04-26 11:08 AM

uhcoog - 2013-04-26 12:05 PM

kidtri33 - 2013-04-26 10:43 AM

uhcoog - 2013-04-26 11:17 AM 6 hours on the bike tomorrow and then the volume starts to come off and I can stop obsessing about being tired and start obsessing over race nutrition, swim start position, and pacing.  LOL.

OMG 6 hours?! Hopefully that is outside not on the trainer!

Oh there's no way in H3ll I could do 6 hours on a trainer.  It's supposed to be low to mid 80s here tomorrow with only a 4-5 mph wind.  Hoping to get 115+ in.  There is a very safe 60 mile out and back about 10 minutes from my house.  I'll be hitting that close to twice.  Gives me a chance to top off hydration at the halfway point as I'll go through 7-9 bottles of Perform.

I have 2:45 tomorrow. I want to ride it out because I will be in a rural area of NC but bringing the trainer just in case. It is much flatter in NC as well

I have a 230 ride tomorrow and it will be the first time since I began officially training that I will be outside, as the weather has not permitted until lately. I am looking forward to it and also curious how I will do since there are really no flat areas to ride and since i really have no idea how fast I can actually go.

So there are a couple of lectures/seminars at the University of Southern Maine in June that may be of interest to some of you NE folks.

Psychological Preparation for Competition

Understanding and regulating anxiety in sports competition

The seminars are from 6/26-6/28. Not my area of clinical focus, but I always need CEUs. Maybe I will check it out.

What is your area of clinical focus?  Just curious.  My sister defends her dissertation in June (study has something to do with eating disorders and graduate students) and then she has 1 working year (residency?).  She'll have her Psy.D. after that.  She is one of my best friends.  When we speak on the phone, she often uses psych terms with me.  LOL  Recently she told me I often catastrophize events (like after the HM a couple weeks ago ).   

Are you doing any races after IMTX?  Or will it then be your off season?