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Jim - Yike, must've been a really tough current.

Anne - nice riding on your team race. Even with the headwind you had a really avg mph!

Did anyone else race? 

DUH - what i MEANT to say was you had a really HIGH avg MPH not an avg mph - sorry Anne!

Hi everyone!!!  I hope all your training & racing is going well this week.

I've been feeling a bit out of it and have just been going through the motions for the last couple weeks.  I have some things in my life that are really stressing me out, my weekdays are packed and I'm not getting enough sleep, so that might be why I don't feel too into my training.  This weekend I have the Camp Pendleton Mud Run with my twin sister, so I'm hoping after that I will feel recharged and able to focus on training for the Oly 6 weeks later.

LOL!! Thanks, I knew what you meant!

Hey Robin - I can totally relate to just not being into it - I'm a bit there too.  I signed up for the June challenge to keep me going but I "curse" it under my breath - I sat in the gym parking lot last night for about 5 min debating whether to go in or not.  Did, but did not have a stellar session.  I can also relate to the learning curve Bryan refers to on balance and consistency.

I'm HOPING the weather holds out so I can meet some fellow Tri'ers for a bbq and OWS on Saturday!  please oh please rain stay AWAY!!!  I'm thinking once I get around some other folks who are doing it that will help. 

I hope meeting up with your sis and doing the race will help give you some motivation!  Take care and hang in there. 

Nice job Jim - Esp the times!

Well, my May challenge goals didn’t mesh with my goals I put here, so I’ll put both.  My challenge goals were a bit higher. 

9 runs, 270 min total - (May challenge 4.5 hrs)

9 runs (2,1,3,3 per week) - 274 total minutes - YEAH!

9 swims, 254 min, 12,800 yds – May challenge 6 hrs

6 swims (1,1,2,2 per week) – 260 total minutes, 14,050 yds – Mostly YEAH! – didn’t hit 6 hrs though

8 rides, 8 hrs - May Challenge 10 hrs.

11 rides, 559 minutes – YEAH! – didn’t hit 10 hrs.

500 swim - 8:15

I didn’t  time this but I’m so so close – I’m not sure I’m there – I’ll time this weekend or on Tues when I swim in the pool again – I’d say no, but I feel good about my swim progress in general, considering I flaked out big time on the number of swims for the month

4.7+ mph with at least 5 mins of run at 5.0 mph

This one is super exciting for me, YES I hit it!  I’m so slow but can feel I’m getting faster and stronger! Yeah!  I’m averaging 4.7 & 4.8 on my runs and up to 5.3 mph for 5 mins at the end! 

15 MPH avg on bike

YEAH!  YES!!!

Enjoyed the article.  It's always interesting to me how some studies validate certain theories and others invalidate them.  My nutritionist just says what my Aunt Ruth used to say - eat balanced meals, lots of water and fruits/vegees...  limit sweets   that one is hard!

June Goals

Swim 5.5 hrs - 2 per week workouts!!!!  need to do this!

Bike 10 hrs

Run 4.5 hrs (already over an hour so hopefully will do more than this!) - continue to increase mph on treadmill, goal of 5.5 mph for 5 min at end of run by end of June.  Run outside 1 x per week at least 2 miles each

Strength/Core - minimum -  1 strength - 30 min, 1 core 15 min per week

These will be tough, we'll see.

Ok, so my goals for May were as follows:

Goal #1: Finish (and enjoy) Wildflower

Goal #2: Let my knee heal

Goal #3: Improve swim times (swim more and work on technique)

So let's see..........

Goal #1: DONE!!!

Goal #2: Oh God I hope it's over. I'm increasing my distances again, trying to up the volume, stretching, icing, feeling good, times coming down, no pain. Please let it be over!!!!

Goal #3: Um, this one kind of fell through the cracks. Scheduling issues have a lot to do with it, but I need to make it a priority. It's hard when I know I have so much room for improvement in biking and running too.

So for June:

Goal #1: Mud Run Sunday, my 27th b-day!!! Finish, have fun, and appreciate the milestone that this is for me - one year since I decided it was time to commit to getting in shape and exercising consistently (while floating in Lake San Antonio on my 26th birthday, beer in hand).

Goal #2: FOCUS, make a plan, and get 6 weeks of quality training in before my Oly on 7/19.

Happy Friday everyone!!!!!!!

Sounds like everyone's done pretty well with their May goals.  Way to go!

Here's what I had put down for my goals:

My primary goal for May is to survive and finish IM Lanzarote.  Intermediate goals are to not get injured leading up to it and to do a reasonable taper.  That and be very active with our mentoring group

Survived and finished IM Lanzarote - check!
not get injured - had the toe issue start before the race, but it didn't stop me - check!
reasonable taper - check!
active with mentoring group - mostly check although I was a bit in absentia while on vacation.

June goals for me - 
- get my toe healed/fixed
- enjoy a bit of a break before my next races
- complete hilly century ride (barring toe issue)
- restructure my swimming (more intervals instead of long continuous swims)
- run more frequently (was doing 3x/week)