SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 139)

A cold 4+ miler this morning, at an easy pace (yesterday and tomorrow are fast days, and Sunday is a long run - should be interesting in the snow we're going to get).  Went to the pool and lollygagged through 2,100 - just getting the muscles used to it again before bringing intensity back.

My back is still keeeeeling me from stacking wood last Sunday, but I'm able to work out without making it worse (actually feels better with activity).

Swim question - when y'all swim, how much do you try to rotate your torso?  I've seen 90 degrees, 45 degrees and Tarzan (0 degrees).  I have read that resistance is halved with a shoulder forward and torso rotated as compared to swimming flat.  Could that be so?  How far do you aim to rotate with each stroke?

And as for kids swimming fast?  My 9 y.o. and 11 y.o. are swimming easy laps that many of my tri peeps would love to put down in a race.  The reeeeallly fast kids on their teams (one on each that is just a different beast - my kids are fast, but these other two are just nuts) are incredibly fast - and not even breathing hard at the end of some killer sets.  Another meet tomorrow, so I'll look at the times (really cool app - mobilemeet - gives results for each event and all heats… all 80-odd events) and post some of the memorable ones for fun.

Matt

<----  About that much.  

I haven't seen anything from Ron about the next set of groups, but I don't see why not.

And I think most of you already know this, but just in case, you are always free to create your own mentor groups on the side and still participate here.  In fact, I highly recommend it if that's what you want to do.  Like the title of this thread still reads, we are always open to everyone...so don't worry about getting "in" before it closes.

You guys probably saw it on ST, but holy cow, this is like SOS on steriods, O till O sweden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36o9M4i4hVA

Yeah, it's one awesome looking race.  I've had it on my "must do" list for a couple of years.  I just keep struggling to get past the whole marathon and a half of running thing...

Marc, come east.

http://challenge-standrews.com/

Wouldn't surprise me if it was an ITU long distance qualifier as well.  I don't think there any other long distance races in New Brunswick.

It's on my short list.  At this point I'd probably have to have a reason to NOT do it.  There is a pretty decent sized crowd from here that are going.

The only qualifier I've seen officially listed is the Grand Rapids 70.3.  Are there others?  I would SO rather race St. Andrews (not just because it's logistically easier and I still have family from the Scots side there, but it's just way prettier!) - even more so than the Patriot half (a lot of local friends race this one - great feel, from what I'm told).

I have next to zero chance to qualify, but the prospect - however slim - of taking the family to Sweden and doing a monster race (triple-Oly!) is almost too tempting…  and motivating.

OK, let the ridicule for such delusions begin, but that looks like a really nice race regardless.  

Matt

Matt, Grand Rapids is the only US qualifier. Arend & Marc would be looking at Canadian qualifiers. And for long course qualifying, there is a much better shot of making it than you think as it hasn't been as popular in the past from what I know. People do it, but there isn't nearly the buzz like for short course this year, or other more normal years. I think your chances of making it are realistic. Your Timberman time would have been well within the top 20 at Rev3 Anderson this year.

That looks like a crazy race!  But seriously, NOT ENOUGH BIKING!!!

Fun group ride in the (light) rain, fog (in a couple areas), and wind this morning.  My bike is so dirty you'd think I went mountain biking!  Last year, you wouldn't have caught me out riding in conditions like that, but I told myself I needed to be a big girl this year and it's paying off....not only is my biking getting stronger, but I'm having so much fun

How disparate is your L/R power?  I kind of figured mine was going to have a big difference because when I first came back from knee surgery, I babied my left knee....and then I felt like I started over compensating and pushed harder with my left knee.  My Quarq tells me L/R power and it's almost always 50/50....and when it's not, it's 49/51 or 51/49 -- heh.