Clyde/Athena Tri-N-4- Weight Loss Mentor Group -OPEN AGAIN!! (Page 15)

Originally posted by Woodaman09




That would be cool! I'll look at the 5k and see if it works into my schedule. I am also doing the tour de cure in Durham ct to benefit the american diabetes association it's a ride of 7, 30, 60 or 100. I am doing the 60... If it ever stops snowing

Originally posted by chirunner134

Monday and Wednesday I did my run .25 miles then walk .25 miles for 3 miles. my running pace is my ideal pace I would like to have come April 1st for 4 miles. Also pretty good because that run pace is the pace I ran at (mostly) when I weighed 30 lbs less. I need to refocus and get that 30 lbs off. I guess if I can build up my run at this weight when it comes off I will be flying.

I wanted to do biking or swimming last night but I feel like I am getting sick. So I took it easy. I think if I feel up too it I will take it easy today or at least try a more of a tempo run at lunch. I think mixing it up will help burn more calories and ideally make me faster also.

For Lap counting I leave a water proof stop watch at the end of the pool. It stores 300 laps so I can know how far I went and how long it took.

I got my tax refund today so maybe I can get the garmin 910 and use that for swimming.

Originally posted by Vancouvertechie

Hello Everyone,

I am currently fighting the weight roller coaster! I have been meaning to get myself back in gear with training, but unmotivated at the moment.

I am 42 and I live in Vancouver, USA. I am a Systems Analyst so I have a cubicle and sitting around all day was an issue. About mid-year last year my employer changed out my chair, and desk height to a standing format. I am 5' 11" and I was a bit north of 240 lbs.

My goal is around 200, but I would love to hit 185. That is a stretch. I was diagnosed with bladder cancer over a year ago and I am striving to be as fit as possible and to eat right. But I love sugar.

I did my first sprint tri last year along with my first duathlon. Also, I completed the STP 204 mile bike ride from Seattle to Portland in 12 hours for the first time.

I am rebuilding my tri-bike which is an older Schwinn Prologue frame along with some misc. parts. I had a KHS Flite last year, but I am eager to try the new ride. I have a Bianchi as my training and long distance ride bike.

I look forward to reading everyone's progress.

Cheers,

John

Originally posted by Mfechter67

Nice job on the run!

As far as the 910, check out the new Polar V800. It looks sweet, but unfortunately it's not coming out until April. I too have refund money that is going to a watch. It'll be one of those 2 as far as I can tell. DCRainmaker does great product reviews.

Originally posted by TRI - AJ

NAME: AJ / Username: TRI – AJ

STORY: I played NCAA Division 1 soccer in the late 80’s (I know I am old) and wrestled, played baseball and football throughout high school. Once I graduated college I stayed active by playing soccer, running, cycling (a lot) and participated in many other active sports. Then I got married not long after and things seem to get busy. We then had children and everything went crazy however my activity slowed but not my eating. Many years passed raising kids and working……and now finally I have found time for ME as my son is now at Texas A&M and my daughter has decided to stop playing competitive volleyball at the age of 16 (whew…and that provided me a raise! HA). I currently weigh around 280 and of course fluctuate up and down depending on the week. I love cycling and running some, but I seem to swim like a rock. However, I have been following this event on TV called the Ironman – Kona for about 8 years and finally got to the point where I want to attempt to “TRI”! My downfall is that I am truly built like a middle linebacker/wrestler and will never look like your “typical” triathlete. Lastly, this “TRI” thing has been haunting me for years and is my next adventure and there are no more excuses. So…hello to all and I will need much support to get and keep going!

FAMILY STATUS: Married for 21yrs. We have 2 kids (19yrs & 16yrs)

CURRENT TRAINING: I jog 4x a week and ride 2 – 3x. I am not sure what plan to start. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

2013 RACES/ results: A few 5k’s but they were not timed as they were for charity.

2014 plans and RACES: My 2014 plan is to find the right plan and stick to it. I would like to complete my first TRI by the summer.

WEIGHTLOSS: Not fast enough however I have lost 20lbs since January 1st but need to become active at a more strenuous pace. I would like to lose another 60 – 70lbs by years end.

Originally posted by diablo243



Does the V800 track swimming workouts? I see it's waterproof but can't find anything about it tracking stroke rate or anything like that

Originally posted by chirunner134

Monday and Wednesday I did my run .25 miles then walk .25 miles for 3 miles. my running pace is my ideal pace I would like to have come April 1st for 4 miles. Also pretty good because that run pace is the pace I ran at (mostly) when I weighed 30 lbs less. I need to refocus and get that 30 lbs off. I guess if I can build up my run at this weight when it comes off I will be flying.

I wanted to do biking or swimming last night but I feel like I am getting sick. So I took it easy. I think if I feel up too it I will take it easy today or at least try a more of a tempo run at lunch. I think mixing it up will help burn more calories and ideally make me faster also.

For Lap counting I leave a water proof stop watch at the end of the pool. It stores 300 laps so I can know how far I went and how long it took.

I got my tax refund today so maybe I can get the garmin 910 and use that for swimming.

Originally posted by Mfechter67

Hello everyone,

I was away for the weekend. Seems like the weather has everyone trapped, or people are too busy working out to post. Either way, I hope you are enjoying the weekend. I was on a "camping" trip this weekend. It was our annual scout troop's trip to a hunting lodge. It's a totally fun weekend that includes the adults cooking, target shooting, playing in the snow, etc. unfortunately it also meant no running and eating worse than I normally do. Tomorrow I'm back in training, I have a 2 hr 15 min run. Because of all the recent snow, ice, melting, freezing, it looks like its a long treadmill run again. I know I sound like a broken record, but I can't wait for some good weather so I can run outside without risk of breaking something.

Originally posted by Mfechter67 Hello everyone, I was away for the weekend. Seems like the weather has everyone trapped, or people are too busy working out to post. Either way, I hope you are enjoying the weekend. I was on a "camping" trip this weekend. It was our annual scout troop's trip to a hunting lodge. It's a totally fun weekend that includes the adults cooking, target shooting, playing in the snow, etc. unfortunately it also meant no running and eating worse than I normally do. Tomorrow I'm back in training, I have a 2 hr 15 min run. Because of all the recent snow, ice, melting, freezing, it looks like its a long treadmill run again. I know I sound like a broken record, but I can't wait for some good weather so I can run outside without risk of breaking something.

Originally posted by WebFootFreak Quick update: I'm doing a C25K style program, and I started week 2 yesterday. On the 9th I walked 1K at 10:04. The goal yesterday was to walk 1K 10% quicker, ergo my goal was 9-flat. I ended up walking 1K at 9:08... so close! of course I kept walking and my second 1K was 8:57... Tonight is strength training, and tomorrow is running 1K 10% quicker than last week... fingers crossed! On Saturday, we joined the Y in downtown Memphis. I went this morning for a physical eval. I was mildly surprised! My body fat and HR recovery was unsurprisingly sub-par. However, all of the fitness tests came back with me being average for a 40-yr old... quite happy. As a bonus, my flexibility test came back way ABOVE average! Very happy with that, but it's also kind of sad because I've lost a lot of flexibility over the last few years. Rick

Originally posted by TRI - AJ Been swamped lately with my brother's move from one house to another. We have been busy with tile/wood flooring, painting, and all the other work prior to moving anything. So next comes the boxes, furniture, etc. So hopefully tonight i can hit the bike or run as the temps south of houston should be hovering around 80 degrees today!

Originally posted by ceilidh

You must have been (and still are) pretty bendy! Nice on the fitness test. Now you have some actual numbers to watch as you improve.

Originally posted by diablo243 So for people that have been reading since the beginning or have joined late and read all the posts to catch up, I have posted in the past I have a heart thing that I was born with. I have no medical restrictions but sometimes it pops up during activity and basically what happens is a take a quick pause, 1 HUGE beat then goes into a rapid beat. Use a breathing technique I can usually get it to go back into sync pretty quick, but tonight at the end of my bike workout it happened! Why do I seem excited about this, well because for the first time ever I had my heart rate monitor on and caught the data while it happened!!! Over the years the docs have had me wear 48 hour ekg monitor things but it never happened while I was wearing the thing, so here is a little look into my heart during its tripping out phase: Can you see the spike?!?! lol that's a 238bpm spike right there

Originally posted by TRI - AJ 2 mile run on the treadmill....not how I wanted to spend my time. The weather is suppose to hover in the high 70's this week so maybe hit the bike for a few miles. I will surely be happy once the time changes!

Originally posted by ceilidh

WOW! That is pretty darn significant! How log till you get it back to normal after that happens. It is an interesting pattern before it too. rapid, then steady then rapid.

Were you thinking about your upcoming tri.. is that what caused it?

  In this case it took a few minutes to get back to normal but that is prob because my heart rate was elevated from the workout. I can usually get it back to normal in under a minute if it happens when my heart rate is normal. So the pattern you see before is actually my workout and if your not using heart rate monitor to train with this is the kind of feedback you get that makes it worth while. My workout had 6 x .30sec pushes then 1 minute rests after, so after a 10 min warmup I would crank the bike level up to 18 (from 10) and just push to keep cadence at 100 or as close as I could. It is very cool to go back and look a the data over a training period or in my case from when I decided to just start working out and be able to see how my effort increases and my heart rate reduces showing my aerobic stamina increasing.