Team Trisuppo - OPEN (Page 12)

Originally posted by trisuppo Gabe: Finished the 20' Test on Saturday. I was targeting Avg Watts of 240 and ended up at 244. My previous test in January was a complete bust as I was coming down with the Flu the morning I did it. That tested resulted in a number of 202. Another BT member (marcag) and I eyeballed a different number (232) to end up with a previous CP of 217. So - long way of saying my last CP of 217 was a guesstimate. This test along with my 5' result of avg watts of 303 (compared to January result of 277) yields a CP of 224 watts. I paced the test really well. Basically even avg power when comparing 1st 10 minutes to second 10 minutes. Don't think I could have given much more. Garmin says my estimated left/right balance was 50/50. All in all I am pretty happy with the effort and pretty happy withthe improvements I'm seeing in my cycling. This weekend I have the swim clinic with Sheila Taormina. She focuses mostly on improving and strengtheningyour pull portion of your swim stroke. I can't wait to learn how to improve my swim (besides the obvious of much more time in the water).

Originally posted by sisu13

Hope you are all doing well - I read of the heat some of you talk about and I'm jealous. The High in the 10 day forecast for the Detroit area is 33 with a killer wind chill. I have yet to join the Feb Challenge because I pretty much started swimming Feb 3rd... as in, teaching myself how to do the front crawl. If there is a March Challenge - I'm in. I've been keeping busy with Cycle 2 or 3 times a week for 60 minutes and swimming 2 or 3 times - adding laps each time I go.

Swim question - Do you wear a swim cap to block water from getting in your ears? Or do you use ear plugs of some sort? Any advice would be appreciated.

Bruno

Originally posted by Matthews

Gabe - If its 38 there already and you have not started summer I think I'll hang around here as it should cool down in the next month or so.

Originally posted by bryanwebb

Mitch,

First and foremost, thanks for taking the time to be a mentor (and for your prior military service).

So, I'm hitting that magical number this year in August of F.F.F.ifty. So, I'm out to prove something.

I'm 6'4" and weigh ~210-213 (I feel the best when I'm around 205). Not much fat content anywhere but a bit around the gut. Over the past few years, I've been training mostly for half marathons and have run three. The last was in January here in Austin, Texas where I ran a PR by approximately 8 minutes. I'd been training pretty well and had some help from a course that was a bit downhill but a PR non-the-less.

I'm a Self Employed Real Estate Broker in a very active market but that DOES afford me the flexibility to not make time an excuse not to train. I'm married (to a wife that likes to workout) and have one 12 year old boy still at home (he loves to play Squash). I'm a member of one of the best gyms in the country, so I have access to great facilities to train in everyday. Most of the time, the problem is between my ears.

I've been running although alot less than my half marathon training, doing 1-2 60 minute cycle classes a week and over the past few weeks I started working out in a Masters Swimming Program. In a perfect world, I'd swim 3-4 days a week, do a cycle class one day and run at least one day. I'm finding the swimming is an incredible full body workout as well as incredible cardio. Its cuts the weight and gut pretty quick. Working on swimming technique is helping alot as well. Sometimes I think I have the attention span of a gerbil, so I have to keep it interesting for I lose focus.

I signed up for a Rookie Triathlon here in Austin on May 4th, so I'm about 9 weeks out. This first Sprint Race is about the experience, having some fun and putting all three disciplines together at once. Longer term, maybe later this year, I'd like to try an Olympic Race. I'm a great mentee, because I'm looking to soak up the advice of others. I'm a positive encourager of others and looking to give and receive encouragement and accountability. In addition, its about the race but its also about working on my overall fitness to peak in early August for my Big B-Day (vain I know).

Regards,
Bryan Webb

Originally posted by bryanwebb

Thanks, I look to learn alot from other folks in the group. Then, as I catch a clue, I can help others. Right now I'm in, 8 weeks to a race, what do I do?

So a couple of questions (probably dumb so go easy on me):

1. Are there biking shorts that folks swim and run in?
2. Does a swim cap help guys much?
3. How much do you feel (in a sprint race) you need to have biking shoes and clips or should you ride in your running shoes?

Probably some real rookie questions but looking for advice.

Bryan

Originally posted by JoePetto

Mitch:

How was the swim clinic? Lessons learned?