JFord's Mentor Group-Closed (Page 15)

Yes, you should be counting them.  But does your program not specify a WU and CD for each swim already?  That seems strange.

Yea, especially when your swims start getting longer!  My WU/CD can add up to 5-700 yards sometimes.  Heck yea, I'm counting that!

Here is my season of events (paid and registered):

4/2   Gateway Triathlon (Sprint) in Gatlinburg, TN
5/22 Columbus Easton Tri (Sprint) in Columbus, OH
6/5   Warrior Dash in Logan OH.....Doing this just to get the viking helmet
6/25 Med Express Mountaineer Tri (Sprint) in Morgantown, WV
8/28 Outer Limits Tri (Sprint) in Columbus, OH

 Had a couple of the dates wrong.

Current Schedule:

3/5       Charlotte Duathlon
3/26     Cool Breeze Sprint (pool)
4/9       Elizabeth 8K (looking to shave about 11 minutes off last year's time)
4/30     St. Francis Mud Run (Greenville SC)
5/14     Clemson Sprint
6/11     Tri Latta Sprint
7/30     24 Hours of Booty ride
8/27     Lake Norman Sprint
10/8     Rev 3 South Carolina - Olympic
10/29   B2B Half Relay (bike leg)
11/12   Thunder Road HM
11/24   Greensboro Gobbler 5K

Good question!  Nice to see all of these in one place.  For me:

3/27 - Powerman Alabama (Long Course Duathlon National Championship, 10k/60k/10k)
5/7 - White Lake HIM (trying to qualify for the Long Course National Championship)

Everything else depends on the outcome of these two.  I may throw in a 5k swim just for fun.

It's a thought... ^^^^

OR, just don't beat yourself up!    There will be good days and bad days.  Just know that EVERY day you are out there, makes you better and enjoy it.

I run with my garmin every time, but mix up the routes, depending what's on the books...  Do I get disapointed when I get home and my pace is slower than I wanted?  Sure, for about 60 seconds, then I move on to more important things.

As a side note?  Surounding yourself with good/encouraging/positive people, like those in this mentor group, ALSO makes you and your life better.  So enjoy that as well!

Have a good weekend everyone.  Train hard and safe.  Oh, and have FUN!

Agreed.  Too many people in this sport forget that it's a sport, it's supposed to be fun.  We do it because we enjoy it.  The vast majority of us are not paying the bills with triathlon, so let's keep things in perspective.

Another thing I wanted to add is that I think most of us are following some kind of plan.  But even if not, or I should say especially if not, we need to remember that, when running especially, we HAVE to incorporate easy days.  As the old saying goes, most triathletes go too hard on their easy days and too easy on their hard days.  I just had to hear this from the coach yesterday when he gave me a Z1 run to do (if anyone doesn't know, zone 1 is 1 of 5 when talking about heartrate, it means REALLY easy).  I thought I would have to walk to keep it that low. I know it's not as fun, but it's necessity for anyone that wants to get better, and avoid injury.

10k for me tomorrow morning.  Looking for a new PR.