Daffodil and JuniperJen’s New Parents Tri’ing Group - OPEN (Page 13)

Originally posted by Cseabrook

I am really ramping up the training. I am trying to pick one discipline to be a primary focus then the other two are secondary. Each week I am switching the primary focus. This past week I picked Swimming as the focus, in total I swam 3500 meters (3827 yards) over the past 4 days. I have ran 25 km (15.5 miles) 2 runs and still on the indoor cycle bike and hit 40 miles on 2 sessions.

I guess the current question that keeps coming up for me has to do with swimming drill. I am confused by the terminology.... kicks , pulls,ect ect is a glossary of terms somewhere? or if someone has some time can you give me the intro into swim drills????


The other thing that is on my mind is do I up my commitment and do a sprint instead of a try a tri....uhhh

Originally posted by sethjk

Hi all,
Well, Sunday was finally the Rutgers 1/2 marathon and it was brutal. New Jersey jumped straight from Winter into summer (and back to Winter with snow on Tuesday). The course wasn't necessarily hilly but much hillier than where I live/train, so the 440 feet of climbing was brutal for me, especially coupled with a temperature well into the 70s during much of the race. It also didn't help that I had never was able to run more than 9 miles leading up to the race- which certainly contributed to me hitting the wall hard somewhere between miles 9 and 10. Despite taking water at every aid station and gatorade at a bunch of them, the legs just stopped working. I had been keeping my pace around 9 min/mile, but somewhere before mile 10, it all fell apart. I ended up finishing in 2 hours 12 minutes for a pace of about 10:06/mile. But, I've been really sore the entire rest of the week. The previous 1/2 marathon I did (3 years ago), I felt fine the next day, but this one really kicked my butt. Nevertheless, going to do at least one more this year and look to improve, especially with better weather ahead.

In other news, I'm paying for my procrastination and got shut out of the race I planned on using as my "A" race- the NJ State Triathlon, Olympic Distance. I'm on the wait list so we'll see. I am going to register for the Tri Rock Asbury Park Olympic distance, but the ocean swim concerns me.

I almost forgot- one other thing about the race. I bought a new pair of running shoes back in November (Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14s) and had been holding onto them until the spring. Basically, I didn't want to muck them up with the bad weather. Well, a few weeks ago, I realized my old shoes were really starting to shoe their age and had over 200 miles on them. But, I knew it was too close to the race to start breaking in a new shoe. Well, I felt every single stride of that race. THe soles are GONE and I think there's a slit in each one that goes all the way through. I'll try and post a pic later.

Hope everybody's having a good week and has a good holiday, no matter what you might be celebrating this week.

Seth

Originally posted by Happyinmarin

The past few weeks have been really good with training, and I am feeling good about my half coming up in June. I am a slow swimmer, which has me very concerned for the full in July, and so I am reaching out to local swim coaches, to see what my options are regarding my technique. Hopefully I will get some good points soon. Nutrition is still a learning experience, and apparently having a banana for breakfast before a pool workout is not a good thing. Live and learn I guess. Hope everyone is doing well.

Dan

Originally posted by Daffodil

3000 feet is a lot for a half! I think that is comparable to the wisconsin full course in terms of amount of climbing per distance biked. Do you live in a hilly area? I live in a flat area so I simulated hills by doing hard intervals in the highest gear possible. It helped some. I was also able to get out and do some longer rides in hillier areas. (One Saturday I drove about an hour away to get some hillier terrain and did two long rides while we were away for the weekend in hillier locales.)

Training here has been non-existent. It was one bad cold, then getting the house ready for sale, then vacation then another bad cold. Finally got out on my bike for the first outdoor ride of the year. Slower than I was for IMWI, but at least I am faster than I was this time last year (at 6.5 months pregnant).

Enjoyed my first mother's day yesterday. Tried not to do any "work" but that didn't really happen, not my style. Hoping to get a swim in tonight. Finally starting to feel human again after the cold.

DS still isn't sleeping through the night, but we finally have naps down. He is usually up three times a night now, so at most I'm getting about 2 hours of sleep at a time. I think we are going to cut him off from night nursing this weekend though, he really is just suckling at night time to soothe himself back to sleep, not really nursing. he is able to fall asleep on his own for naps and at bed time, so hopefully he will catch on quickly. (He turned 9 months last week and is a BIG boy. He is 18 month clothing! crawling like a champ, pulling himself to standing and getting into a sitting position - not from his belly, he does a full on sit up from lying on his back.