Ernesto's group (5th season) - OPEN (Page 15)

Originally posted by sirgab

I had a good race yesterday at the Vineman 70.3 and was able to come in with a new PR of 5:28. It was a moderate course in terms of difficulty, but with beautiful views of vineyards everywhere, which would make you go in with a smile, even in the moments of pain. I brought my wife and 3 kids with me and it was extra special to share the moments with them. I have limited access to Internet so will follow with a RR later on. Saludos!

Originally posted by rgarcia1501

I did the Racime HIM this weekend. This is a repost from the Racine 70.3 official blog.

Well this was my first HIM and actually only 2nd triathlon of any distance. I did a sprint at the beginning of June. More of a running background.
In hindsight I have to say I probably should have never started (or registered) I was very ill prepared for the swim, in fact I believe I may probably hold the record for the longest swim leg. 1:41:31. Before I reached the first buoy I was ready to get out but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I turned it into 16 individual swims from buoy to buoy. I saw a lot of people getting taken from the water and the only way I was going to let that be me is if my body shut down. I got a cramp in my right calf but managed to stretch it out twice while holding onto a kayak. Oddly enough I think running up that beach was the worst part....that sand was brutal. Being so late out of the water they had already picked up the pools with water so I couldn't clean my feet off. The strippers were still there but I took my own wetsuit off. A I was pulling out of T1 on my bike (why do people say its sometimes hard to find your bike in transition? I had no problem finding mine....maybe because there were only a few in there ;> )the mens leader was just coming in....only 56 miles behind! It was lonely on the bike course. I did manage to catch and pass a few people but that swim took so much out of me I didn't have much energy and by the time I got to the aid stations the drinks were warm. As I finished my ride I saw my wife and kids as I was going down the hill. Just what I needed to get me thought the next 13 miles. By the time I started "running" I couldn't wait for the day to be over but oh what I feeling to cross the line. My last two marathons I was either injured before or during the race and to finish with nothing more than a sore neck and calf I feel very lucky. Can't say enough about the volunteers, citizens of Racine and the various police agencies on the course, they were all great and I tried to make a point of thanking them as I went by. Without the volunteers it would have been even more miserable. So that being said it was one hell of a day. Next time I'll be better prepared.

Originally posted by davidfedez

Hi guys!

I apologize for being inactive this past week, but I have been traveling quite a bite and I had very limited access to my laptop.

I would like to share my biggest accomplishment so far in the triathlon world: this past weekend I did an Oly race and I won my AG and finished 3rd overall!!!! I couldn't believe it. Honestly, I felt great during the entire race and kept pushing and pushing hard until I crossed the finish line. I knew I did well, but I had no idea what my position was when I finished (we were sharing the course with a sprint and a duathlon races, so it was hard to see who was competing on each category until I passed them on the run).

Anyways, I am very proud of myself!! All this hours of training are paying off!

Originally posted by rgarcia1501

I did the Racime HIM this weekend. This is a repost from the Racine 70.3 official blog.

Well this was my first HIM and actually only 2nd triathlon of any distance. I did a sprint at the beginning of June. More of a running background.
In hindsight I have to say I probably should have never started (or registered) I was very ill prepared for the swim, in fact I believe I may probably hold the record for the longest swim leg. 1:41:31. Before I reached the first buoy I was ready to get out but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I turned it into 16 individual swims from buoy to buoy. I saw a lot of people getting taken from the water and the only way I was going to let that be me is if my body shut down. I got a cramp in my right calf but managed to stretch it out twice while holding onto a kayak. Oddly enough I think running up that beach was the worst part....that sand was brutal. Being so late out of the water they had already picked up the pools with water so I couldn't clean my feet off. The strippers were still there but I took my own wetsuit off. A I was pulling out of T1 on my bike (why do people say its sometimes hard to find your bike in transition? I had no problem finding mine....maybe because there were only a few in there ;> )the mens leader was just coming in....only 56 miles behind! It was lonely on the bike course. I did manage to catch and pass a few people but that swim took so much out of me I didn't have much energy and by the time I got to the aid stations the drinks were warm. As I finished my ride I saw my wife and kids as I was going down the hill. Just what I needed to get me thought the next 13 miles. By the time I started "running" I couldn't wait for the day to be over but oh what I feeling to cross the line. My last two marathons I was either injured before or during the race and to finish with nothing more than a sore neck and calf I feel very lucky. Can't say enough about the volunteers, citizens of Racine and the various police agencies on the course, they were all great and I tried to make a point of thanking them as I went by. Without the volunteers it would have been even more miserable. So that being said it was one hell of a day. Next time I'll be better prepared.

Originally posted by sirgab

I had a good race yesterday at the Vineman 70.3 and was able to come in with a new PR of 5:28. It was a moderate course in terms of difficulty, but with beautiful views of vineyards everywhere, which would make you go in with a smile, even in the moments of pain. I brought my wife and 3 kids with me and it was extra special to share the moments with them. I have limited access to Internet so will follow with a RR later on. Saludos!

Originally posted by trisuppo

Update for the group. I've been solely focused on running (listening to Jackie's critique of my early season HM and Joe's advice - thanks!) as I prepare for my A race end of season HM. I'm defnitely feeling stronger on the run and the legs seem to be staying injury free. This morning was a 7.5 mile run with 4x1200M intervals @ 5k to 10k pace with 600M recoveries. Tough but I got it done. I still need to hold back more on my long runs on the weekend and I've been cautiously and slowly adding days to my running. Goal is to get to 5 days of running this week and then in a few back to 6 days a few weeks from now.

Macmillan Running distributed an article yesterday with the following maxim: "It's not how much training you DO, rather, it's how well you recover from the training you DO DO. because if you get injured or sick from DOing too much, you are in deep DOO DOO". The quote is from Dr. Dave (?) who says, "the Do-Do- Rule covers a multitude of sins for the runner and has never been proven wrong".

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/articlePages/article/33?utm_source=J...

Thanks for listening Team!

Originally posted by JBacarella



I often find myself in Doo Doo, but not from running.

Originally posted by paradigm777

Mission accomplished ... Full Vineman on 7/27/2013 in 12:49:50. Here is my RR:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp...

Thank you all for the tips .... Next 140.6 will be HITS Lake Havusu (Long Course).

Joseph Wu

Originally posted by paradigm777

Mission accomplished ... Full Vineman on 7/27/2013 in 12:49:50. Here is my RR:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp...

Thank you all for the tips .... Next 140.6 will be HITS Lake Havusu (Long Course).

Joseph Wu

Originally posted by JBacarellaI did a small local oly today. I found out about it yesterday and sign up today. I took 2nd in my Age group, First podium in triathlon. Tough ride almost 1000 feet of climbing.