Dominion's Sprint/Oly/70.3 Group--Closed (Page 14)

Congrats to Burner and Scott on some pretty great performances!
I raced this weekend also, but did not preform nearly as well. If you want to see my race report follow the link. http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...

This was a super sprint, and took place a little more than an hour and a half away.
It was cold and rainy when I got up with temps below 40. Fortunately it stopped raining and the skies cleared.
I had seeded myself at 1:40/100 for the 250 yard swim. I was seeded 31. 29 and 30 didn't line up. Since it was a pool swim they started swimmers every 10-20 sec. I was about 100 yards in when I was on the heals of the swimmer in front of me. There was a pile up so to speak, and one person grabbed the wall and let four of us pass. I was still faster than the other three and actually had to breast stroke because it was that uncomfortable. Again one person let us pass at the wall. Things still to slow. Finally got to the last person in front of me and he wasn't stopping at the wall. I gave him an opertunity and then decided to pass him midlane, and almost collided with a swimmer going in the other direction. My actual swim time was 4:02. I was pretty happy with that. This was good for 3 of 13 in AG and 23 of 123 overall.

Short run to TA, which was where the mat was. T1 sucked. Couldn't get my shirt on. It was 41 degrees and I was starting to get numb. Time here was way to long at 2:18. This was 11 of 13 in AG and 70th overall.

The bike was an out and back. With a few hills. There was a bit of wind that was really hard to fight against at times.
There was 2 160 degree turns, and one turn around. At the turn around you went back against the wind. It was really cold and I just kept trying to make myself small. In the headwind I focused on my upstroke which allowed me to catch a few people. Only one person passed me on the bike while going down hill. I only had one outdoor ride this season and wasn't willing to open it up (the roads were a little pitted and cracked), but I passed him on the up hill. Overall I think I passed 8. Time 22:28 for 7 miles. I was 5th in AG on the bike, and 23rd overall.

T2 was a little better, but not great. 1:06 8th in AG and 70 overall

The run killed me. My legs felt pretty frozen. I started out at about an 7:50 pace and was passed by two people quickly. I was hoping to hold an 8 minute pace and knew I wouldn't be able to stay with them. One was in my age group, one was 25. I took my first mile in 8:26. My legs were really heavy. felt frozen. Had wanted to push the last half for a 8 min mile. I could here some people behind me I and held them off for the next half mile when one caught me on a hill. I stayed with him. He was in the age group above me so no pressure for either of us. A fourth guy came up in his age group and they both beat me out. My second mile was 8:36. My GPS had the race at 2:07miles and I didn't have a satellite for 20 seconds, I think this was 2.1mile course. Although they called it 2 miles. Time 17:52. 9th in AG and 42 overall.

I ended up finishing 34th of 123, and 8 of 13 in age group. I would have won the 30-34 age group, and been fourth in the 40-44.
over.

Overall pretty satisfied. It was a reminder than I had been slaking on the run. I haven't been putting in the bike or run miles. I only started interval and temp training midmonth and my long runs have only now gotten up to 5 miles.

My age group seems to be deep. Don't know if I will reach my goal of a podium this year.

Nice race, Nate! Sounds like you're really doing well with your swimming. I'm sure it was frustrating having to slow down for others. What was the gap between you and 1st for the swim?

Not sure what your age group is, but it always seems to be the case that my age group (40-49) is full of strong competitors. I remember doing a 5K a few years back. I beat my younger brother's time by half a minute, but he got 2nd place in his age group (30-39) and I ended up 8th in mine! So not fair.

But that's a great swim time. Put in the work on your run and the podium will be within your reach.

The winner was a 1:34 in front of me on the swim. He also finished held a 6:30 pace on the run! Ringer!!!

I had an "interesting" moment during my run last night. About mile 4 of my 5 mile run I started feeling a pain towards the outside of the lower part of my leg. It was a little ways below the knee and it was in the front (rather in the back, so not the calf). It wasn't horribly bad, but it was noticeable and had me a little worried. I decided to keep running to see if it got worse or what would happen. After maybe 2 minutes of running, it actually went away and I finished my run not feeling any more pain. I did some research last night on shin splints and looking for any other possible "diagnosis". It didn't exactly seem to fit the description for shin splits. I pressed around the area where the pain had been and there was no discomfort, so I ruled out a stress fracture. I thought possibly even just a cramp, but it really didn't feel like a typical cramp, so I wasn't sure that was it either. It seems fine this morning, so no lingering effects. I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea what it might have been. Anyone experience anything like that before?

While my March totals weren't quite where I had hoped, it was a nice bounce back month from the low numbers of February.

S: 16,842 yds     

B: 225 miles

R: 74 miles                  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Edited by Dominion 2015-03-31 8:28 PM

S: 10,000 yards
B: 112.62 miles
R: 38.62 miles
Strength training: 9 hours 35 min.

My numbers are way down this month because I spent most of March feeling not just like I was hurting, but like I am hurt. I'm always pretty much hurting and have been since I started this journey a year ago, but now sometimes the pain is such that I feel I wouldn't be wise to work through it. So, I took quite a few days off in March. Mostly, it cut into my running as I get this weird pain behind my left knee that comes on strong any time I run, even short distances, and lingers for days. I'd see a doctor about it, but that's a half day off work and a four-hour drive to the city and back. Sometimes, rural living is a real inconvenience. But, only sometimes.

I've started meeting with a performance trainer. Since, again, it's a four-hour drive to the city and back, I will meet with her once a month until June, and then twice a month through the summer. She gave me some strength training exercises and running exercises, which I haven't been able to do because I've been hurting. Oh, well. Just trying to take it easy for now and let my body heal, which is really difficult for me. I have a really hard time sitting still. I put up a basketball hoop so I could at least shoot hoops in the driveway when I'm too sore to run or swim and get some exercise that way. I don't know if it helps me so much physically as it does mentally, LOL, because at least I feel like I'm doing something without putting too much stress on my body.

I finally bought a new bike! My plan had been to buy a nice, used triathlon bike for $1500 to $2000, but then my landlord decided to sell my house, so I bought an entry-level road bike (Specialized Allez) and my house, instead. I got the bike new locally, and it was assembled by the same mechanic who maintains my current stable of bikes, and I trust his work. That was a real plus for me, as well as the fact that it will have a local warranty and I can get it repaired without having to make that four-hour round trip. I'm taking it to the city on Saturday for a professional fitting. It'll be the first time I've ever had a bike professionally fitted.

My only race in April is an off-road 10K run on the 19th. It will be my longest run to date and gets me a little closer to the Bloomsday 12K distance. The Bloomsday race is the first Sunday in May and expected attendance will top 50,000 people. It is HUGE!!! After that, the tri season starts.





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This sounds like pain over your tibialis anterior or peroneal muscles. But this doesn't sound like tendonitis (persistent pain). Have you started running outside?
Your stride on a treadmill is different than your natural outdoor stride. If you have increased your outdoor mileage I would guess it is a little strain or fatigue and stretching it before and after may help. Some times these muscles are stressed by changes in running surface or running on a pitched road.

Nate

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I finally bought a new bike! My plan had been to buy a nice, used triathlon bike for $1500 to $2000, but then my landlord decided to sell my house, so I bought an entry-level road bike (Specialized Allez) and my house, instead. I got the bike new locally, and it was assembled by the same mechanic who maintains my current stable of bikes, and I trust his work. That was a real plus for me, as well as the fact that it will have a local warranty and I can get it repaired without having to make that four-hour round trip. I'm taking it to the city on Saturday for a professional fitting. It'll be the first time I've ever had a bike professionally fitted.

My only race in April is an off-road 10K run on the 19th. It will be my longest run to date and gets me a little closer to the Bloomsday 12K distance. The Bloomsday race is the first Sunday in May and expected attendance will top 50,000 people. It is HUGE!!! After that, the tri season starts.

Consistency was key for me in March. I generally haven't had much time to get any long workouts in yet due to weather, job and kids but I worked out every day in March except for 3 days:

Run: 56.9
Ride: 85.6 (still on the trainer!)
Swim: 13,311

I was planning on Ironman Princeton as my big race this year and learned yesterday that it's been cancelled so I think I am going to focus on some smaller local races - probably Oly distances primarily. Bummer

Todd

Is anyone on this list using strava? If so, it might be cool to follow each other on there. Let me know and I'll look you up.

Todd

No, I haven't started running outside yet (other than races). Even during the summer months, I'll continue to do a fair amount of running on my treadmill. I will run outside when I do bricks or when I want to just get out of the house. But I wouldn't be surprised to find that at least 50% of my run only workouts last year were done on the treadmill during the summer months.

Still no negative effects from whatever it was. I haven't had any pain in that same spot since then. As I've become a stronger runner, I now find that I run towards the front of the treadmill much more than I used to. The problem is that my foot tends to strike the plastic cover on the front of the treadmill repeatedly during my runs. I started to wonder if it was somehow either related to me constantly hitting that cover and it maybe putting my foot in an awkward position when it lands. Or, possibly that I somehow change my stride to try to avoid hitting it and that puts me in some kind of position that led to the pain. I'll just see what happens the next time I run. If it comes up again, then maybe I'll be a little more concerned.

I think I did a decent job getting in more workouts this month than I did in February. But most of that may have been on the run. I didn't get on my bike trainer at all in February, so that technically increased. But only doing 2 trainer sessions in the month isn't good. I'll be back on the bike tonight. I have only been swimming one day a week and missed one this month, so my swim volume was down as well. I'll probably continue with only 1 swim a week until towards the end of April and then I'll start going 2x/week. April is going to be a busy month with work, so I'll have to focus more on bike trainer and run workouts since I'll need to stay close to my home office.

March totals:

Swim: 2h 30m 07s - 6350 M
Bike: 1h 14m 30s
Run: 4h 58m 07s - 34.15 Mi

I'm dreading this season as I age up to the 35-39 group. Not that I was ever a serious contender for the podium, but at least I was steadily moving up in the ranks and could pretend I was within striking distance. This year I'll definitely be dropping a few spots.

Edited by Fourteenkittens 2015-04-01 8:14 PM

Swim 7 hr 50m
Bike 11hr 47 m
Run 11 hr 47 m

First tri ever coming up...sprint on May 16....
Looks like everyone else has been doing great so far!

Swim: 4h 46m - 12350 Yd
Bike: 13h 21m 04s - 201.83 Mi
Run: 7h 08m 06s - 37.71 Mi
Strength: 2h 45m
Walking: 2h 00m

My run volume's still low, but increasing it month by month until my HIM in September.

I'm on there... look me up. name: Enrique Pasos

Enrique, I just followed you on strava. Todd Rodriguez

So WTC canceled Princeton 70.3 this week. I signed up yesterday for a bunch of local races which include three Olys and a sprint. probably for a total cost of what I would have spent on Princeton!

Todd

3rd time's the charm on this post?

March Totals:
-Listed my house for sale
-Got 5 offers in the first 72 hours
-Took the offer that was 10% above asking price with the inspection waived (got to love Boston real estate!)

I'm pretty sure I had a run or two in the month, but to be honest all the late nights painting, cleaning, and fixing small projects to get the house listed killed any drive I might have had to work out. February and March have both been a wash this winter. On to April!



I actually just downloaded Strava a few days ago. A coworker was talking it up, and pointed out there was a segment on one of the routes I run during lunch, and that got the competitive juices flowing. I only have two activities (today's run and ride from last year the first time I tried the app), but you're welcome to follow me: Dennis Bachman. I'll be using it for at least the rest of the month to see how it compares to RunKeeper, which I've been on for the last 5 or 6 years.

Edited by Fourteenkittens 2015-04-02 2:17 PM