Gray Guy/Girls Tri--Masters Sprint/Olympic Mentor Group CLOSED (Page 13)

Originally posted by tkatzhyman

Great Chesapeake 4.4 Swim is this Sunday . I did 2 miles in the pool in 75 minutes, it is hard to maintain a pace that is slower than your normal workout pace. I'm planning to have an average between 37-41 minutes per mile, just don't want to go out to fast on the first 2 miles and have nothing left for the last 2.4 miles and have to take a boat ride to the finish . Rest of this week is easy maybe a short bike ride tomorrow. TNT will do its silent mile on Saturday morning will stop in Virginia Beach on way up eastern shore to join the team and run just 2 miles out and back. Swim has an early start this year , buses start leaving for star at 5:30 AM wave 1 is off at 8 AM.

Originally posted by k9car363

I am entered in the Muncie Sprint Triathlon on Saturday.  Reluctantly I have decided not to compete.  When I entered back in January, we called Terre Haute, Indiana home - about 90 miles from the venue.  Then in February I signed several new clients, all in California, and my wife was laid off.  It was like someone was telling us we should move back to California, which we did over late February and March.  As I still have clients in Indiana, I have been telling myself for the past several months that I could justify flying out for the race.  The unfortunate reality is that it will cost over $1,000 dollars between air fare, hotel, a car, transporting my bike, etc.  I just can't justify that expense so that I don't 'waste' the entry fee - more accurately, my other half can't justify the expense (although I have to agree with her).  She was more than happy to point out however, that when I qualify for Kona, she is planning on three weeks in Hawaii and has no problem with whatever amount needs to be spent.    Go figure.

Anyway, this weekend I will go down to the beach and go through the motions of a Sprint - couldn't do that in Indiana.  Grand-kids will be happy, they get a day at the beach out of it and I am happy cause I got out of the honey-dos since it's a "race weekend!"

Originally posted by charlotte hobbs

About 5 years ago,I completed my first sprint triathlon. Prior to that i had completed a century bike ride the year before i turned 50. I consistently trained for triathlons for about 3 years when family tragedy occurred last year that made training very difficult.


Thank you for allowing me to join this mentoring group. I wish everyone a fun and successful triathlon season.

Originally posted by tkatzhyman

Great Chesapeake 4.4 Swim is this Sunday . Swim has an early start this year , buses start leaving for star at 5:30 AM wave 1 is off at 8 AM.

Originally posted by k9car363

I am entered in the Muncie Sprint Triathlon on Saturday.  Reluctantly I have decided not to compete. 

Originally posted by charlotte hobbs thanks everyone for welcome to mentoring group. i would like to join weight challenge. today, my 56th birthday, i weigh 145. My goals today are to attend crossfit class and complete training as planned for today - run + bike. I am hoping that in my 57th year i can have renewed enthusiasm for training and racing, and stronger adherence to healthy nutrition plan. Cheers, to everyone.

Originally posted by charlotte hobbs

thanks everyone for welcome to mentoring group. i would like to join weight challenge. today, my 56th birthday, i weigh 145.
My goals today are to attend crossfit class and complete training as planned for today - run + bike. I am hoping that in my 57th year i can have renewed enthusiasm for training and racing, and stronger adherence to healthy nutrition plan. Cheers, to everyone.

Originally posted by charlotte hobbs

thanks everyone for welcome to mentoring group. i would like to join weight challenge. today, my 56th birthday, i weigh 145.
My goals today are to attend crossfit class and complete training as planned for today - run + bike. I am hoping that in my 57th year i can have renewed enthusiasm for training and racing, and stronger adherence to healthy nutrition plan. Cheers, to everyone.

Originally posted by charlotte hobbs

thanks everyone for welcome to mentoring group. i would like to join weight challenge. today, my 56th birthday, i weigh 145.
My goals today are to attend crossfit class and complete training as planned for today - run + bike. I am hoping that in my 57th year i can have renewed enthusiasm for training and racing, and stronger adherence to healthy nutrition plan. Cheers, to everyone.

Originally posted by Bull

Just finished tri number 4 for the season (sprint). Overall 8 th place! The new bike my wife bought me for father's day made all the difference in the world! On my old bike which is a tank, i was usually among the last finishers in the bike, today in the bike i was 3rd overall. I'm stoked, my best performance to date. Usualy after the bike ride i'm so spent I struggle through the run, not today....I can't wait for the Triangle Triathlon next month. While i was doing the tri, y wife was running the 10k, her first ever.

Originally posted by Bull

Just finished tri number 4 for the season (sprint). Overall 8 th place! The new bike my wife bought me for father's day made all the difference in the world! On my old bike which is a tank, i was usually among the last finishers in the bike, today in the bike i was 3rd overall. I'm stoked, my best performance to date. Usualy after the bike ride i'm so spent I struggle through the run, not today....I can't wait for the Triangle Triathlon next month. While i was doing the tri, y wife was running the 10k, her first ever.
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Great news! Congratulations on a great performance.

Originally posted by b2run

I had been doing distance running and last year dabbled into triathlons. As I aged (currently 58) I found myself running less times per week because I seemed to get more injuries. Now, working up to my first sprint triathlon, I went from exercising 4 - 5 x per week to six and these last two weeks I've exercised every day. My rational is that since I'm not using the same muscles, I'm not going to hurt myself. Is this reasonable?

Originally posted by lutzman



I think it's very reasonable to think you can exercise more often without the same injury risk as running 4-5x per week. I'm in the same boat as you (58). As a runner I was really struggling with constant injuries because my legs just could no longer handle the stress of running that much. As soon as I switched to triathlon, my injury problems pretty much went away...even though I'm now working out six days a week, sometimes with 2 sport days.

There is a great book called "Run Less, Run Faster." It was written by a couple of exercise physiologists at Furman University. What they concluded is that as long as you have the right running program (intensity, duration, tempo) you can actually run faster on 3 workouts per week and drop in other sports on the off days to build your aerobic capacity. But the run workouts really have to be focused. It's pretty good book and you can probably pick up a used copy pretty cheap on Amazon.

Steve

Originally posted by Kay Ewing

Race Report for Lakewood Valley Triathlon in KY

Good/Best news first, I was the Overall Female Winner. Not the fastest time recorded for the overall winner in the 11 year history of the race, not the slowest time either. Haven't seen the official results but around 200 individual participants and I would guess around 40 females.
Race Report:
Beautiful weather for a triathlon with temperatures in the low 70’s.
SWIM – water was cool and felt great, did have some difficulty spotting and swimming through the crowd starting in a back wave. Second Female out of the water. Distance 880 – time 15:35.
BIKE – this bike course is challenging with all types of hills, curves and turn arounds. Average pace 19.7, time 45:1. First female off the bike with over a 5 minute lead.
RUN – Was told first female when I left transition. Survival is all I did here. Course is hilly and only about half the run is on pavement. I counted my steps to keep fast feet when I could, relaxed and recovered on the steeper climbs, then back to counting steps. The last hill is very steep and long; most participants walk up this hill. I could not let myself walk, in my heart if I got passed at the end I would never forgive myself if I walked. Time 28:00 – longer than 3.1, most people had 3.5 as the distance. They moved the transition over the years but have never moved the finish line.
POST RACE – All smiles –I love my 50’s.