kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 15)

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Shaun and I arrived in FL.  Got to eat at my favorite place for dinner -- Sweet Tomatoes, I love being able to get a monster salad.  Tomorrow morning is pancakes for breakfast, a massage to loosen my neck & back, which always tighten up when flying and then an easy swim-bike-run. 

Hoping to be able to sleep well tonight because I know it won't be easy tomorrow night.  The weather seems to be co-operating not too windy and temps in the mid-80s.  Looks like the water will be 80-81 degrees so no wetsuit for the swim (a good thing for me).

Hope everyone has a great Saturday! 

Will kelly's race be live on internet anywhere? or where can we see results, besides BT when kelly posts them.

Day off today, sort of. Started with Peanut Soccer Pictures, followed by coaching peanut (3-4 yr olds) soccer.  Immediately left that for opening day of baseball/teeball, which started with a parade to the little league complex.  Then coached my 6 yr old in a tee ball game.  Quick stop for lunch, then more yard work.  It never ends.

30 miler on the bike tomorrow, early

80 degrees and windy is February here.  Watcha complaining about??? 

Paid my last 2 entry fees, or planned entry fees, of the year.  A sprint that's may be closer to Oly distance on 6/12 and another Sprint in August.  Might pick up an Oly late in August that I did the sprint version of last year for my first tri ever.  Kinda a sentimental thing. 

1.5 to 2 hours on the road by myself at sunrise tomorrow.  Should be tranquil. 

Good luck Kelly.  Have fun and more importantly kick rear end.

glad orthotics work for you.  nothing worse than foot pain.  I have very tight, well everything, i try and devote some off season work to flexibility and strengthening doing lots of lunge variants and squat variants (body weight only).  also, i find pilates and yoga also really help, but that is all strictly off season stuff as i barely have time to do SBR.

TOday I go up early and rode lots. an hour on the trainer while it was dark and then outside.  I felt very good on the ride. twas cold however.  I rode some of the toughest hills in my neighborhood and spun up them nicely keeping my HR done.  Totoally under threshold this ride.  could easily have rode another hour or so.  I was home my 8 AM, to Little League opening day at 9, game at 1.  I has musings about going for a short run, but figure I have 2:30 to run tomorrow morning so missing it is not the end of the world.  I'm pooped but have a birthday party to go to tonight. 

Umbilocal Hernia Update:

I had my surgical consult.  apparently umbilocal hernias are actually abdomenal fat that presses through, not intestine like groin hernias.  basically the doctor said dont bother doing anything until after race season, at the earliest, and unless it bothers me there is no need for surgery.  He said there is no issue with a medical emergency as can occur with a groin hernia if the intestine "gets stuck".  at worst if the fat "gets stuck" its just hurts and you get the operation sooner.

Side note: as the doctor was examining my belly button he said have very stong abdomenal muscles "with good formation." I suppose that is a complimental, however, since the doctor was another dude i found it pretty funny, only the type of thing a doctor would say.

How was everyone's April?

Heading off to transition, I'll give y'all an update when I get back!

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

This month I missed 2 swim workouts and 1 long bike (due to a race though). 

Goals for May:

360 bike / 100 run / 20,000 yds swim

Jen, awesome month!!!

Fell short of 50 on the run!! Ughhh.

May goals: 300 Bike, 55 Run, maybe 1 lap swimming, but definitely some more core work.

Check out this quick story that happened at the St. Anthony's Tri in Florida yesterday, where kelly is competing today. Amazing!!!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=250325&posts=5&start=1

Good luck Kelly! Have fun and KICK !

I bailed on the Breast Cancer Walk this morning. Too dang windy (currently 23mph gusting around 30mph...and 40 degrees). We got some good money donated at work, so the cause still gets the benefit. 

Windy day in the country today.  It's always good when you're thinking "This is gonna suck coming back in."  Knocked out a quick 30 miles and now it's honey do time.

Not too bad of a month for me, since I was just able to start back running.  Need to swim more.

So yesterday my friend and I did the "5k run, 100k bike, drink a beer" triathlon.  We had a lot of fun, but the bike course was much hillier than I expected.  Riding in Georgia I expect hills, and actually prefer hills vs. flat, but it just seemed to never end.  And it was hotter than heck!

Today I did the 30 min. run field test - which was brutal.  Not fun at all, but it's done and I can now update my zones.  Funny thing is today's result is only 1 beat higher than what I have been using based on a 10k race I did 2 years ago.

WHOA! Congrats, Kelly! 

Great job!