Disturbed275's Mentor Group - CLOSED! (Page 16)

fungi32 - 2010-05-04 4:36 AM Officially back from the race, went pretty well 5 minutes faster than last year at the same event so pretty pleased. I think in retrospect some of my issues 2 weeks ago were dehydration related but no issues this race quick little flip out in the run start for the swim then pretty smooth sailing. Going to take a couple days off regroup and then start official training for the 1/2.

fungi32 - 2010-05-04 6:36 AM Officially back from the race, went pretty well 5 minutes faster than last year at the same event so pretty pleased. I think in retrospect some of my issues 2 weeks ago were dehydration related but no issues this race quick little flip out in the run start for the swim then pretty smooth sailing. Going to take a couple days off regroup and then start official training for the 1/2.

scotty930 - 2010-05-04 1:49 AM

Congrats on your PR and finish!!! Good luck with your HIM training! Which HIM are you planning on this year?

retiretotri - 2010-05-01 5:13 PM

Bryan, that course is like IM WI condensed down into an olympic tri bike course.  Very tough bike course.  Nothing on the IM WI bike course like Observatory!

Planning on a 90' bike tonight, 4 mile run tomorrow, and maybe a swim or another bike on top of the 4-mile run.

Has anyone used dry land training for swimming?  Specifically resistance bands like these: 

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I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

 

scotty930 - 2010-05-03 3:34 PM

I had a great first half-mary. 1:42:03 was my time. My race report is up if your interested in reading. My legs also feel like lead weights, but I still manage to get my workouts done for today.

fungi32 - 2010-05-04 6:36 AM Officially back from the race, went pretty well 5 minutes faster than last year at the same event so pretty pleased. I think in retrospect some of my issues 2 weeks ago were dehydration related but no issues this race quick little flip out in the run start for the swim then pretty smooth sailing. Going to take a couple days off regroup and then start official training for the 1/2.

yogachic - 2010-05-04 11:14 AM Kip, I'm in the same boat as you!  I guess I officially just started my HIM training plan last week, except that I was also supposed to be recovering from my marathon.  So it worked out by me just cutting out all the runs from the HIM plan and just doing the swim & bike workouts.  And even then I scaled those back since I took a couple of days completely off and wanted to ease back into a workout routine. 

I'm worried about nutrition for my HIM, too... But I'm actually more worried about the bike, since I know that what I do on the bike will definitely affect my run later on!  I'm thinking it might be better to go with liquid nutrition on the bike (I'm planning on trying infinit, heed, and whatever other brands people recommend) rather than gels + water since that seems like it'd be cumbersome on the bike unless I want to pull over.  For the run, I'll probably just use the gels I used for my marathon.  I think the next couple of long runs & rides will be chock full of experimentation with nutrition!


Judi, gingerbread vanilla gu sounds amazing!

fungi32 - 2010-05-05 8:32 AM

I will also be doing alot of experimenting. Starting with a bottle to mount on my tri bars

yogachic - 2010-05-05 11:25 AM

Oh yeah, I have to get one of those too.  Actually, first I need to mount my aerobars onto my road bike!

PinkPrincess - 2010-05-05 10:47 AM

Having an aerobottle is the number one reason why I can't wait to get clip-on aerobars.  I'm waiting until after my HIM though - it's only six weeks away - way too close to be making such a major change.  I think I'm FINALLY comfortable enough on a bike to add them afterwards though.  Yay! 

scotty930 - 2010-05-05 3:32 PM I was actually just going to ask about aerobottles. Right now all I have is two cages mounted on the down tube. I find this to be more work to drink and find myself putting off the drinking a couple extra minutes if I can. So since it seems to be that a aerobottle makes it a little easier to drink from, what type is everybody using? Also I have clip on aero bars on a road bike. How does the aerobottle you have fit with the type of aero bars that you have?

Kman2011 - 2010-05-05 9:42 PM

I use a bottle horizontally mounted between my aero bars and one bottle off the back , which seems to work as far as volume.  I haven't been able to find any GU that works for me, my stomach just can't take it, so my nutrition will come from liquid too.  Although I'm pretty poor at planning ahead, so I haven't tried anything other than gatorade yet.

There was a thread in the general forum about special needs bags at IM.  Do HIM's have special needs bags?  I'm pretty clueless about most things triathlon related, but can someone explain what a special needs bag is and how on a 56 mile course i would ever get the bag if I needed it?  I figured I'd show my naivete here rather than embarass myself infront of the entire site.

 

disturbed275 - 2010-05-06 7:50 AM

I don't think most HIMs have a special needs bag, although I have never done an IM branded 70.3 so I can't speak to those.

The purpose of the special needs bag is hold stuff you may need on the bike but don't want to carry with you,  Most people will put in extra nutrition, spare tubes, maybe some clothing if the weather turns bad.  The downside of the bag is that you do have to stop access it.

I think on a 56 mile ride you can carry everything you need with you.  On a longer IM ride it is peace of mind to know you have that extra stuff that you can stop and get if needed.

QueenZipp - 2010-05-05 12:11 PM

Having an aerobottle is the number one reason why I can't wait to get clip-on aerobars.  I'm waiting until after my HIM though - it's only six weeks away - way too close to be making such a major change.  I think I'm FINALLY comfortable enough on a bike to add them afterwards though.  Yay!