Tony's Xterra & Short Course Tri Group - OPEN (Page 15)

Ok... perhaps its just the idea of the water that freaks me out because I got to the pool this morning and I was able to do Ruth Kazez's 0-1650 in 6 weeks program Day 1 without much of a problem.   Surprised myself too as I did an extra 100 (2x 50s) 

I will stick to this program for now and make sure that I get a minimum of 3 swim sessions per week until I am comfortable swimming a mile non-stop.

Thanks Rob.   We can sure use it (woke up to -6.7*C) but hoping to get some good road time as temps may reach a whopping 10*C.  It will be nice to get a break.  

Regards,

Frank (because thebodybuilder sounds so formal)

Tony - Glad you were able to get out to the trails! I'm still waiting for my chance. I miss it!

I ended up straying from my original plan of running my 8k Race then just tacking on 15 miles for my long run today. There were a few variable for the race I wasn't planning on, so I just did my 20 miles nice and slow on Saturday so that I'd have something left for Sunday. I didn't really care much for the 8k, so I didn't have high hopes. Ended up turning out a decent 31:14 official for an average pace of 6:17. Not too bad. Didn't feel too bad after the race. After I got home, ate, and napped for a bit, I feel a little more beat up. Easy day tomorrow. 

- Joel

Also just figured out I PRed my 5k in this race too. Came through it at 19:42. Beat the 19:49 from November. Neat bonus.

- Joel

That's fast 5k! Awesome job!

This past weekend I got in a 1500m swim and most of the Xterra Bike Loop in for training. Good day. Monday I had 1200m of 100m sprints, and today I had hills with the MTB. I'm enjoying having an actual training plan. Check calendar, and just do it.

Had my 1st flat on the bike and learned how to change it out watching youtube. That that was pretty cool.

Happy training!

Too bad about getting sick! You still have time until Maui, so no huge deal.

I'm in my last big week of marathon training. Llllooonnnnggg run on Saturday (22 miles) then starts the long taper. I'm nervous about this long taper. I have never taperd much for races in the past, but it seems like it's more common for longer races, which I'm fairly new to. I decided to follow the advice of the experts and am going with it. I'll get 55-60 miles this week, then next week I'm down to 40, then 26 or so. Wow...getting close.

Hope your feeling better Blanda!  Sucks getting sick, but you have plenty of time before your big race so you should be good to go!

Thanks a long run!  Have fun with that.  Don't worry about the taper, it's good for you!  You'll feel tired and question the shorter days, but come race day it will all be worth it!

Hope you feel better Blanda!

Nice going Chup!  you'll do great, just trust the plan!!!

I went down to Brown County IN last weekend and had a great day on the MTB.  However, I ate some bad fish at a restaurant the night before.  So I started to suffer out there.  I came down with full blown, no pun intended!, food poisoning by the time I got home.  Spent a few days in or near a bathroom, and had to go to the doctor.  He got me on meds, but I'm still not feeling all that great.  Haven't done anything since Saturday and California is in 9 days!

Lesson learned, don't eat fish in Indiana!  Or anywhere else where you can't see the fish being pulled out of the water... can't wait for Cali! 

LOL, It was a fancy restaurant in Naperville! 

Oh ok, Naperville, the fresh water capital of IL... 

I got food poisoning from Sushi out there too! 

Well that's sushi!  you can get sick from sushi anywhere..............that's what you get, IT'S RAW!!!!!! LOL

I've heard good things about Brown County trails, but have never been. Is it worth the trip?

Last summer I made the trip to Chequamegon Nat'l Forest in Northern Wisconsin and had a blast up there. Ever been up there?

Trails are GREAT out in Brown County.  Definitely worth the trip!  Never been to Chequamegon.  I've done some other places in WI though.  I raced some of the WORS series about 5-6 years ago now.  I've also gone up to Kettle Morraine, which IMO is a little overated. 

Cool. I'll have to plan a trip down to Brown. Kettle Morraine is where I usually get my mtb rides in. I like it. It's the same distance (driving time) from me as Palos and I prefer KM to Palos. It could just be that I never got to know the web system at Palos well enough. 

Ended up with a 21 mile long run this weekend. It actually went pretty well. I was able to pick up the pace at the end to see how uncomfortable it was. It wasn't any more uncomfortable than my long run pace (7:45-8:00). Keeps me encouraged. Ended up with 55 running miles last week. I'm down to around 45-50 this week, then next week is the big drop. 

 Happy training everyone!

Hey Rob!  a good book for you is The Time Crunched Triathlete

I'm a couple days away from meeting Tony out in Callifornia.  The first race of the year will be an MTB race at the Sea Otter.  Got my bib number over email last night.  Had to ease back into the week after that nasty bout with food poisoning last week!  READY TO GO!

Runs 10 miles seemed outrageous to me until I just decided one day that I was going to do it and there were no 2 ways about it.  

You said swimming comes easy to you...and it does not to me. I swim about as good as a rock. Running has always been easy for me. I made a mistake when I first started training for tris by focusing so much on swimming that I almost dropped running and I lost a lot of fitness there. Keep up your A discipline while building the others, even if its just for self-esteem and feeling good about it.

As far as how to fit everything in, it takes creativity. I'm a teacher and have work outside of normal work hours to do, but also have shorter than normal work hours. I've found that for me, it works best to do my B (lower priority workout) of the day before work and then my A (priority) workout after work. I know some people recommend the opposite, but I've always had better workouts in the afternoon. I say it's because of years of track and soccer during my schooling. That was always in the afternoon or evening.

I've heard that Vancouver island is awesome! I've always wanted to get out that way but never done it. Hope you get to enjoy that weather and scenery a lot!

Keep up the consistency! Happy training everyone!

I am set to race the Xterra Whitewater Tri here in Charlotte, NC... 1K swim 26K MTB 6.5K run - July 14th.

I have been running about 16 months... run 1 marathon, 3 HM, a few smaller races... best race 1:48 HM.  Started running trails just recently, did trail HM a few weeks ago.

I have 0 swim experience, unless you count growing up in MI and swimming in lakes ALL the time as a child and young man.

I was an avid MTB rider back in MI from 16-20 (33 now), and have ridden maybe 10 times (on trails) here in NC.  My bike is a 2000 Kona Cinder Cone... old hardtail with airshock on front.  

I run 25-40 mpw, running not a problem.  I casually ride my bike, but will try to hit the trails maybe 8-12 times before the race.  Plan to do some stationary biking at gym as well.  Swimming - need to find a place, but maybe 10-15 sessions someplace, sometime?  Will this get me by?