Artemis's Mentor Group - FULL! (Page 14)

pole_dancer - 2009-07-12 3:54 PM

So now I can say have completed a full Olympic triathlon.  3:44 - no records broken, but I had a great time.

surfnturf - 2009-07-13 6:25 PM WAY TO GO SHELLEY! That is absolutely awesome that you completed an Oly!! You must feel SOOOO excited!

Artemis - 2009-07-13 5:37 AM

I would try for at least two per week, but three (especially of running) each week would be better.  You also want to schedule a rest day in there.  Maybe a sample could be something like this (2x per week of swimming, biking, running):

Monday - swim
Tuesday - run
Wednesday - swim
Thursday - bike
Friday - rest day!
Saturday - long run
Sunday - long bike

Obviously, you could switch the days around and do multiple workouts per day.  Setting something simple like this would help give you a very basic plan.

Does that help at all?

m55morris - 2009-07-16 5:05 PM Going to be driving to Bismarck ND this weekend for my wife's Alumni at U of Mary.  They are hosting 5k fun run on Saturday.  It starts up on a bluff and then you run down the road turn around and run back up.  Map my ride has a change of elevation change of 250 and a grade of 8%.  Should be a PR day for sure.  Ok maybe not.

m55morris - 2009-07-19 5:33 AM 4th place overall and an age group win for me!!!! 

m55morris - 2009-07-19 6:33 AM

4th place overall and an age group win for me!!!! 

Ok you can stop reading now and just stick with the the first line. The 5k was pretty informal, much more of a wellness walk/run than organized race.  I did get 4th with a time of 31:04 and I wasn't to far behind the leaders.  The main hill in the race was about 3/4 of a mile long and got up to about 8% grade with about 250 -300 feet of elevation change.  There were also a couple small hills of 20-30 feet which made the run so much better.  Managed to run the whole thing without walking.  It likely didn't help me too much that the day before I did hill repeats on the bike.  Went up and down 6 times.    I actually wish this hill was close to were I live because it is a great training hill, just long enough to make  you hurt a little or a lot.  I will try to remember to post a picture soon so you can all see the fun you missed.

m55morris - 2009-07-19 6:33 AM 4th place overall and an age group win for me!!!! 

Ok you can stop reading now and just stick with the the first line. The 5k was pretty informal, much more of a wellness walk/run than organized race.  I did get 4th with a time of 31:04 and I wasn't to far behind the leaders.  The main hill in the race was about 3/4 of a mile long and got up to about 8% grade with about 250 -300 feet of elevation change.  There were also a couple small hills of 20-30 feet which made the run so much better.  Managed to run the whole thing without walking.  It likely didn't help me too much that the day before I did hill repeats on the bike.  Went up and down 6 times.    I actually wish this hill was close to were I live because it is a great training hill, just long enough to make  you hurt a little or a lot.  I will try to remember to post a picture soon so you can all see the fun you missed.

m55morris - 2009-07-29 3:34 PM Finally completed my first 40+ mile bike ride today.  The legs are so shot.  I think the wind doesn't like me I swear it changed direction every time I was about to get a tail wind.

pole_dancer - 2009-07-29 11:32 PM Here is my race report-

Music City Triathlon Intermediate Distance

I feel much better about it today.