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Jeff and Ellen - Good luck today on your raes.

Kasia- I had the lemon lime heed yest which is one of my favorite, the flavor is not strong at all.  I use the strawberry recoverite which did take a little to get used to.  I like it but for the 1st 4 months of my training I was drinking 100% whey Banana flavor with skim milk and about 5 whole strawberries.  Now I use the recoverite with water so the texture and flavor is different but I really like the recoverite over the whey protein shakes.  Im like steve, I do not like the chews or jelly beans. I like the gels, to me they taste good except for the vanilla and espresso ones. Yuck.

Steve -  The plan im doing is one from BT 20 week 3xbalanced but since I only have 16 weeks before the race I decided to start at month 2 week 1 on the plan. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=41

I met with the coach with team in training when I signed up and she was really nice, but not sure how much experience she has in tri's.  I decided I was going to us my plan for the race and use my resources like this group for input and help.  I heard they have a really good swim coach but I have not met with her yet.  The training with the team is going to start around the 1st of the week and Im only doing 1 swim, bike and run with them during the week.  I still like to train alone, but I want to use a good strong group once a week for eah sport just to puh me harder.

Steve are you doing Nations, I know Ellen signed up and you were talking about it.

Hi! A whirlwind weekend! I finished in 3:20, way down my ag group but I am generally happy with the results.. We are still on the road and I will post a more detailed race report when we get back to Texas.

My swim went well, for me, no crisis, just slow. I did struggle with sighting and swimming straight, the only time I rolled on my back was to fix my goggles, I had lifted them to squint and see the next buoy and they didn't seal. The sun was rising in our eyes on the out bound leg. I did better than the guy from my wave my wife saw getting drug out of the water, undergoing cpr on a kayak and the hauled off in an ambulance.

I was prepared to be ok with a 3:30 finish, secretly wanted 3:15 but dared to dream about 3:00. The day before I rode the course and was excited about a potentially very fast course that suited my strengths, Saturday was perfect conditions, but storms rolled over Saturday night, wind shifted and picked up and that hope was dashed

Greetings,

I'm back. It has taken me a long time to catch up since you are such a prolific group.  So now I have read what has been going on and it is pretty impressive.  George, I'm very excited that you are going to be at Nation'.  If the weather is good, it  will be fun.  But Washington is a beautiful city and then you can cross it off your bucket list (although you could come back).   I keep doing it because it is about 45 minutes from my house (at 4:30 on a Sunday morning). 

So today I did the Columbia Triathlon.  That race may be like having children.  After delivery you swear you will never do that again, but then you forget.  So I did it last year and the run was not so good.  This year the swim, bike , run was not so good.   The difference is (of course) that I was slightly better prepared last year.  It is very hilly.  Since I am pretty new and don't have a lot of experience I can't compare it to other courses (I am sure Steve can).  However, I finished and for that I was happy. 

About 10 minutes after I finished the announcer said that a very special thing was going to happen so we waited around and then he called a woman's name coming across the finish line and he handed the microphone to this guy, who got down on one knee and proposed. She said yes.  It was pretty cool. They both did the race and they were there in ther tri suits posing for the cameras.

So, back to the race.  I can't swim straight.  I have to figure that out.  My goggles were very foggy and it was hard to spot the bouys.  As for the bike, last year I did these 4-5 hour training bike rides in a 90 degree studio with 20 minute pick ups where my heart rate would get into zone 4.5.  I did not do that this year.  I am a slow runner anyway but the Columbia course is pretty hilly and that did not help.  Plus after the bike my legs were not working so well. 

I think the morale of the story is that you need understannd what you are getting into and train accordingly.  I did not do that and the results indicate that.  But, life goes on.  I am hoping to not take such a boneheaded approach when training for Nation's.  I had a bunch of excuses, but today who cares. I am hoping with better planning and greater dicipline, it will work out.  The best time for me to run is at 4:30-5:00 in the morning.  The weather has not been great but I actually have a treadmill in my basement.  It is so hard to find in the dark.

That's my report. 

Ellen

Ellen... Funny report on your race. Marriage proposal?  And I can so relate to not being fully prepared and you are so right. but great job and way to go sticking with it. 

Jeff...great race. You did a nice job!

Johanne - hope your tummy feels better. When our digestion has issues, it can impact us on so many levels...and I am not one to want to barf or p**p in public so I get woosy fast. LOL

Steve..rode today but out on my road bike. So slow... really?! After a few years of this and I'm still at the same pace (basically) on SBR. OY! But I'll keep at it....

Race report posted:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=253352&posts=1&start=1

My nutrition is in doubt due to circumstances, traveling, unfamiliar city and area, limited options and just being tired. I think I started off with a deficit, I know I did as far as sleep goes. I had some gatorade on the bike and took one Gu, I just took water on the run. I suffered some stomach issues on the bike and run like last week but not as bad, I consciously burped a few times into the lake to try to relieve that

As far as the bike course, mostly fast rollers and some technical stuff, I blew through corners pretty quick, even made some passes that way, the corner marshals would be motioning to slow down and I would manage some pretty fast technical turns-the combination of just the right amount of cornering and good rollers suits me. There was one longish climb and some short steeper ones that I just down shifted and rolled over easy, grabbed the big ring at the top and power over.

My run sucked-I have been doing 10 k runs under 1 hour-in the 50-52 min range for several weeks and a few 5k bricks under 30..right off the bike I knew I was in trouble, walked alot never got a good pace going. My choices are nutrition or bike pacing which speaks to bike fitness. My training as been so run focused lately in addition to being pre-occupied with the swim, I haven't given my cycling the training it needs to turn a fast bike split and still be able to run-as evidenced by the fact that I did neither!

Jeff - Great job on the race.  Your T times are awesome.  If I had those numbers in a race I would be jumping for joy.  Keep up the great work.

Ellen - Congrats on completing the race, that is the main goal.  As for Washington Dc, I might have to cross it off the bucket list depending if the family goes with me.  It truly is on my bucket list which I made about 5 months ago when I decided to get off the couch and enjoy life.  Me, my brothers and a friend of mine would spend the days in Washington when we were little.  One of my childhood best friends dad and my dad lived in VA when we were young. My friends dad worked in DC so on the weekdays we would ride in with him and run the streets until he got off work.  I had so much fun doing that when I was young that I wanted my kids to experience it.  So if they dont come up to the race with me in Sept, then DC will remain on the bucket list.

Johanne - Awesome job on getting out and training even when you are sick, that takes a lot to do that and congrats.

Sarah -  Keep working at the bike, it will come and before you know it you will be hitting 20+mph.

Well off to do a 58 minute ride and I hope I will have enough juice to make it to the pool. Have a great day everyone

My stomach is a little better today. Luckily, I wasn't having any other problems from either end Whenever I ate or exerted myself during the workouts, my stomach would just cramp up. Oh well, I hope it's done! I swam this morning and took it easy. I didn't do any of the sets for time and I felt good. Just had breakfast and all is good so far so I'm just going to stick with that and call it over!

Weigh In Monday!

I lost 2 lbs. Yippee  I'm finding that it can be hard to get calories in when you are eating healthy. Go figure! I'm trying to eat 'whole' foods rather then frozen/processed type stuff and that gives me quite a bit to eat so it's all good.

No soreness, just tired. Glad I took Monday/Tuesday off. My HIM plan starts next week.

I plan to be more mindful of my bike workouts and more bricks after intense rides. I had nice 3 mile runs after 50 mile rides, but not after intense rides.

Focus on the swimming of course. The plan at first has lower swim volume but builds quickly.

If I find another Oly, close to home, I will do that one too. There are some coming but they are too soon for me in terms of entry fees right now. If I find something in July/Aug that would be perfect.

I might have a cheering section come down from KC to Branson in Sept. My wife will have something to do besides a triathlon supporters event-"Sit, Wait, Cheer"

Hot muggy weather has arrived and temperatures will begin to climb that will help me prepare for Branson

Jeff - Nice race log.  I know you wanted to have sub 1hr on the run, but you only missed it my 7min and to me that was a great time.  I would love to have the times you did.  Keep up the great work.

Gene  - Thanks for the donation.

Jeff, I think you did great.

And Steve, since you asked....Here are my times.  As you can see, I generally treat transitions as a chance to catch up and shoot the breeze with my neighbors.   Last year my times were much better, except the bike which was about the same. So I got slower.  Not good.  However, I'm not giving up. 

SWIM: 36:46

SWIM TO BIKE TRANSITION: 7:21

BIKE: 1:46:57

BIKE TO RUN TRANSITION: 3:50

RUN: 1:26:34

FINISH 4:01:25

I did take today off, but I'll be back at it tomorrow.

Ellen