shmeeg's Winter Madness Mentor group - OPEN TO HIPPIES (Page 12)

Meulen - 2011-01-26 8:34 AM 56 miles for someone that did 50 last month is great. But 56 miles for someone that did 25 last month may end up with someone hurt. My group asked for a run challenge for February. We did swimming for January. I'm just going to ask for a 10% improvement on last months number or a reasonable and safe personally selected number of miles. Besides, I'd have 56 miles done in the first 2 weeks! LOL

rachel5576 - 2011-01-26 1:45 PM I'm game for 56 miles, but some of it may be walking.  I have a goal to  run, walk, or hike 1000 miles in one year anyway (year ends in august).

lsmapp - 2011-01-26 1:52 PM I meant running 56 kilometres! That would be a lot of swimming for me too! I measure everything in kilometres anyway though. My longest run is about 7 km, and that included a fair bit of walking, so 56 miles (90k) of running seems like an awful lot.

rachel5576 - 2011-01-26 7:25 PM I have 680 miles to go, i had to take almost a month off due to an injury maybe i should extend my deadline.  I guess i'll wait till i get a little closer to decide that.  My miles should add up a little faster once i start getting more long runs in.

Mtb63 - 2011-01-27 9:26 AM no idea on the rules, but I'll guess A) 15-20 seconds, B) bad timing!

brick94513 - 2011-01-27 12:26 PM I'll stay quiet....  Doesn't happen to often! 

swomen1 - Answer to QOTD:  Interference and 2 minutes in the penalty box?

rachel5576 - 2011-01-28 7:28 AM Geesh i hadn't given any thought to rules. I'm just hoping to survive

Been a crazy busy week here. I'm exhausted. Purposely did not set my alarm last night.  I figured the way i was feeling if i didn't wake up naturally i needed the sleep.  so i slept in no swimming for me today.

But I'm super excited the local high school is offering adult swimming lessons next month!!!! I was going to take lessons in April at the Y but thats an hour from me. win!

Hope to get in the run that i missed yesterday.  We'll see. my first priority is laying my butt on the couch (yawn)  lol

Have a good weekend!

Mtb63 - 2011-01-29 3:22 PM Thanks for the schooling, I also haven't given any thought to the rules.   I'm doing a duathlon next weekend so I did a little test run today to see how things went.  Ran a 10k then biked 34 miles, backward brick because that's the order in the event.  Even with some light planning for the transition, I was surprised how inept I was and felt during it.  It took me 11 minutes to get changed, refueled, and back on the bike.  I forgot to fill my bottles up prior to starting, I ran in running clothes and biked in biking clothes, had to scoop out and mix my endurance drink, had to use the bathroom, you get the picture.  I'm glad I did this because it highlighted for me an area I need to start practicing.  I was genuinely more worried about the 10k, and like the rules mentioned above, I hadn't given the transition much thought.

brick94513 - 2011-01-29 6:35 PM

Transitions are the fourth discipline of triathlons!  This isn't any area to hang out, sit down, chat, change clothes, or eat.  By not being efficient here, you are just giving time away to your competitors.

Here's some tips:

1.  For the duathlon, run in tri shorts.  You never want to be changing clothes in transition.
2.  Invest in Lace Locks for your running shoes.  No time wasted tying and untying shoes this way.
3.  Have all food and nutrition ready to go on the bike.  Eat while riding!
4.  It takes practice, but have your shoes mounted on the pedals and slide into your shoes while riding.
5.  Remember to don and buckle helmet before unracking your bike (penalty otherwise).  Have the helmet upside down on your handlebars for a quick flip onto your head.
6.  Run your bike past the mount line and the other people trying to get on their bikes at the line.  People will fumble here.  Get clear of the congestion.

Usualy a couple weeks prior to an event, I'll start to dry run the transitions.  Basically, this is the same as a T2 transition, which you should be able to do in less than 1 minute.  I think Jay had a blistering T2 last year under 30 seconds.

brick94513 - 2011-01-29 6:37 PM I had a great week of training.  In fact, with getting ready for this century ride in a couple weeks, I hit my biggest weekly hour total ever.  I logged just shy of 15 hours for this week! 

shmeeg - 2011-01-29 9:00 PM

Holy crap, that's a ton!  I did my long ride today instead of tomorrow so that put me just over 13 WITH my commute rides.  I like <10 hrs total since I can't seem to prioritize more than 6-7 hrs of sleep a night.  Makes me drag a$$ during the workday.