Kati's MOMMA training group - Closed (Page 15)

Baowolf - 2010-02-25 8:02 PM Any swimmers please take a look at my swim video under my albums.  I hope it is not too dark, say if it is and I will try to brighten it... er well have my wife try to figure out how to brighten it or take a video during the day. 

My swimming is so slow... any help will be appreciated.

Mommyintraining - 2010-02-27 11:04 AM I have been sick for just about the whole week.  Head cold that I got from my son and know we are passing it around in our house, YEAH! I am feeling much better today but still have a wicked runny nose.  Hopefully no more sickness but with a kid in daycare I think that that is wishful thinking!! I'm going to keep following my training as much as possible.  I do have a half marry coming up and I am going to constrate on that for know.  Get to a pool has been a major issue for me, I haven't swam in over a month know and that is really stressing me out.   We don't live close to town so I have to travel and my husband has been laid off again so money is tight at this moment.  I'm hoping that in another month I can get in the pool and hopefully that will be enough before my big race the end of June.  I do live on a lake and once I get a wet suit I'll just go down and swim in that freezing water!  I don't know have to see where everything is at once hubby goes back to work offically.   Hope that everyone is doing good!!

christina322 - 2010-02-26 9:36 PM Hey all!
I'm still here too.  It's been a busy week with work so I haven't been checking in as much as usual.  Swims are getting much better.  I am still following the training from the book by Terry Laughlin.  It seems to be progressing well so I am happy! 

Runs are a different story.  I have developed some shin splints in my right calf now.  I will have to back off on the runs to let the swelling subside.  It's getting really frustrating   I am re-thinking my shoes too.  Although I got fitted at a running store, maybe all of these issues I am having ar due to shoes.  Grrrr.......

FWSquatch - 2010-02-28 1:14 PM I ran the Cowtown 5K this weekend!  It was my first one ever and I was very pleased with the results.  We had some good friends come into town and run it with us.  One of them runs a lot and even has a tri under his belt.  He ran with me the whole way motivating me and helping pace me.  The added bonus was that talking to him really made the race fly by.  I couldn't believe how many people were there!  They had around 20,000 turn out and downtown Fort Worth was really hopping.  The start was a madhouse and even after 5K I felt surrounded by runners.  I think I could have run another mile and been OK.  I wore my HR monitor and noticed that my HR was pretty high the whole race even when I wasn't feeling that tired.  I think it might have been the adrenaline making me excited.  The course was more hilly than I thought it would be, but I kept up a very steady pace the whole time.  It felt GREAT passing people, especially at the end when they were gassed and walking!  My main goal was to run the entire thing without walking at all and I accomplished that and then some!  I flat out sprinted the last 200 yards or so and man did I feel it!  I thought I was going to puke about 50 yards from the finish and so I dialed it back just enough to keep my breakfast down.  I didn't want to be "that guy" who threw up in front of 500 people gathered at the finish!  It was the first big race I've been to like that but it felt very well organized.  Overall it was a LOT OF FUN!  Afterward, I ate enough bratwurst and drank enough beer to feed a small German village.  Talk about a great reward!

 

FWSquatch - 2010-02-28 4:14 PM I ran the Cowtown 5K this weekend!  It was my first one ever and I was very pleased with the results.  We had some good friends come into town and run it with us.  One of them runs a lot and even has a tri under his belt.  He ran with me the whole way motivating me and helping pace me.  The added bonus was that talking to him really made the race fly by.  I couldn't believe how many people were there!  They had around 20,000 turn out and downtown Fort Worth was really hopping.  The start was a madhouse and even after 5K I felt surrounded by runners.  I think I could have run another mile and been OK.  I wore my HR monitor and noticed that my HR was pretty high the whole race even when I wasn't feeling that tired.  I think it might have been the adrenaline making me excited.  The course was more hilly than I thought it would be, but I kept up a very steady pace the whole time.  It felt GREAT passing people, especially at the end when they were gassed and walking!  My main goal was to run the entire thing without walking at all and I accomplished that and then some!  I flat out sprinted the last 200 yards or so and man did I feel it!  I thought I was going to puke about 50 yards from the finish and so I dialed it back just enough to keep my breakfast down.  I didn't want to be "that guy" who threw up in front of 500 people gathered at the finish!  It was the first big race I've been to like that but it felt very well organized.  Overall it was a LOT OF FUN!  Afterward, I ate enough bratwurst and drank enough beer to feed a small German village.  Talk about a great reward!

 

katimomma - 2010-03-02 9:36 AM

Who is doing a pool swim and who has an open water swim for their first race?

Baowolf - 2010-03-02 10:28 AM My first tri this year will be my first OWS mass start with 2500 people.  I have done them with fewer, like 350, and have done time starts with 250 per wave x 14 waves, but this will be my first full combat start at CDA.

katimomma - 2010-03-02 6:36 AM

Who is doing a pool swim and who has an open water swim for their first race?

katimomma - 2010-03-01 6:15 AM

Huray for Mondays and new training weeks!  Hope everyone kicks off the training week on the right foot!

katimomma - 2010-03-02 9:36 AM

Who is doing a pool swim and who has an open water swim for their first race?

Mommyintraining - 2010-03-03 8:34 AM @ FWsquatch and Donto: Congrats and Great JOB!!!

Ok I'm hoping that March will be a better month for training.  I had some issues with my husband I don't know if he is depressed or what but man he was just hounding me all the time.  Espically if I was doing to displine trainings a day.  Told me that I can't read, or train, or do my crafts...... what gives with that.  He is back to work so know I can "sneak" in two trainings again.  He was really bringing me down.  Its not like I've never ran, or read, or did crafts, none of this is new.  We've been together for 6 years and I've always ran and biked!! Plus I've been sick know with a head cold for a week and a half.  Makes it hard to run when My head is all plugged up and I can't breath.  Brodie doesn't have RSV, thank god and he is pretty much all better, know hopefully I don't give it back to him.  I'm really nervous about signing up for the Tinman b/c I have not been able to make it to a pool.  The tinman is at the end of June and I'm hoping I will have a enough time to get my swimming up to par.  I don't know things just didn't work out the way I wanted them too.

Hope everyone is well and training Hard!!! Have a Great day!!!

sealiongirl - 2010-03-02 8:20 PM

I have a race this weekend (though not my first) and it is a lake swim. I'm glad it's not ocean, because I have been more scared in the ocean lately. But, I haven't done a wetsuit swim in a while. I think I'll be fine, but wish I had time to get down to the beach for an OW swim. Oh well! Swimming is my strength so I'll just go with it!

katimomma - 2010-03-02 12:26 PM

Sharpen those elbows!

Donto - 2010-03-03 10:17 AM

You need to train the way they race!!!