mcgilmartin's 2013 Mentor Group~ let's get swimming! CLOSED FOR TRAINING (Page 16)

What a good laugh!

SO this big box shows up at my house today. 

DW:  Dave I think something came for you today!  It better not be any more Bike crap!

ME: um Houston we got a problem

DW: WHAT???

ME:  It's a used Kurt Kinetic Rock and roll bike trainer...

DW: DO not even pretend like I would know what that means.  But WHY????  

ME: I got it off the classified section of BT    These things are like BULLET PROOF!  :-)

DW:  You might want to wear something bullet proof Dave,   WHYYYYY  DID YOU NEED THISSSSS????

Me: Before I answer, you are not going to throw something at me are you?

DW: This better be good, you already have a computrainer.  

Me:  I thought we could ride together! 

DW: I KNE..  Er, huh what?  awwww     Ok that's cool honey.

Yes it is.  The swim is under the St. John's bridge and the run is over it.  Then two weeks later I run that bridge again for my third consecutive Portland Marathon.  It's a beautiful bridge but a very steep climb to get there. 

Portland does an excellent job with their races.  They are wanting to make the Portland Triathlon an acclaimed national race.  I won't be a bit surprised if they do.

There's a hill at the end of the route I usually ride that is fairly popular with the local riders.  By the time I get there I'm usually tired and its a real slog to get up - its longish and gets progressively steeper on the way up.  Every other time one of the local hotshots comes shooting past me while I struggle on looking for one more easier gear.  One day I hope to be able to really hit it - my nemisis on the bike seems to be long hills - we just don't have that many.

I don't know why - this picture reminds me of that.

Goals time:  I missed my swim goal of 10,000 yard by about 3900 yards.  I probably could have done another 2400 towards that this week, but work and life got in the was.  I did make my very conservative run goal of 50 miles. 

Now setting them up for next month - I'm upping swim by 50% and running by 20%.  If I keep going to the pool and swim 3x a week, I should hit 15,000 yards easy-peasy.  I also plan on planning out and signing up for my races this year.

Goals this month:

Swim 15,000k yards
Run 70 miles
Bike something, anything, on the trainer
    sub-goal - buy trainer

Bruce, this is great!  Are you using any sort of training plan?  They are the framework for getting a goal accomplished.

Impressive!

For the swim its the 0 to 1 mile in six week plan, but I do the workout twice

For the run, I have a plan, but its been nasty here and I haven't gotten outside to run half as much as I want to.  Hopefully March will start to be OK and I can piece together a plan for the Long Island Marathon on May 5 (4?).

Right now I'm just trying to get the number of days I run and swim up then I'll judiciously add some distance.

Short answer - I don't have a plan.  I'm winging it, and I'm OK with that right now.

I've also been shopping around for some neat gadgets.  I found the DC Rainmaker site to have the most comprehensive reviews out there.  Based solely on what I've read (I don't own any training gadgets except a few handy GPS apps on my iphone), you'd probably be safe with the Garmin 910xt.  As for me, I've narrowed down my search to the Garmin 410 or the Timex Global Trainer.  Good luck.  I'm sure you'll be happy whichever way you decide.

I found this online today~

http://www.marcandangel.com/2013/01/30/8-happy-ways-to-spend-80-years/

Enjoy.

Mentoring this group is #2 for me.

Donor~

Sufferfest IS intense! anyone that says it is easy is lying!! it has been great for these freezing days when I cannot ride my bike outside.  The footage is awesome and keeps you going!

I haven't, but I will definitely look into Galloway. It sounds like a good approach, and so does the hot chocolate. That just might make a cold bath worth it - I'm a sucker for chocolate.

I own all the videos and LOVE THEM!!! I did *Revolver* this morning and I thought I was going to pass out LOL I can never go back to just riding my trainer while watching a TV show or movie~  I mean what would I  do without all those *Motivating* little tidbits they throw out at you by the Ministers of Sufferlandria?? I enjoy the thrashings and the  *Motivating* comments along the way!! I agree if you have not been to Sufferlandria yet... you have no idea what you are missing!!

OK, all this talk of Sufferfest is making me actually want to get my bike tuned up and to break out the rollers.

Did a Super Bowl 10K this morning, it was a frigid 17 degrees in Chicago.  2 years ago today I was running the beach at the Surf City 1/2 marathon.  I wish I were there now!

Remedial help needed here - I am stumped on how to properly install my Gramin Cadence transmitter on my bike. Garmin's directions are useless. Youtube has not helped. Anyone have a place that I can look to see some good pictures/diagrams to install this? I hate the thought of paying someone at a LBS to install this for me

Bryan

Good morning everyone!

Sorry for the delay in the New Skin shipments.  I ran out of anti-chafe after giving my Tri Club samples.  I was told I'm getting a big supply in the next few weeks, so be on the lookout.  I do have their liquid bandage which is freaking amazing for burns, cuts, and blisters.  If you've got a need, let me know.  Anti-chafe will be out soon.

I actually didn't even use the zip-ties on the crank-arm...I just used black electrical tape. I couldn't get the zip-tie to hold it properly and the tape works amazingly!

Once you have the sensor on the crank arm, line up the sensor on the frame (I did use the zip-ties for that one). Then, place the magnet on the wheel. As long as your lights light up properly, you're good to go! I have installed 3 now and it's pretty easy, however, I really had to read between the lines and study it some the first time I tried putting it on my bike!

Good luck - I'm sure that once you get it on there you will LOVE it!

I got a GSC 10 a while back and tried to install it over the weekend. Part of the instructions read 'push the reset button till it flashes'. Then I should hit the watch to start scanning for it. However, the button does not flash. I've tried a quick push, holding it down for ages, but no light (I even darkened the room). Watch never picks up on the sensor.

I tried replacing the battery as well. Am I missing something here or did I end up with a faulty sensor ?

Good question. I have had it where the light didn't light up, but when I steadily turned the crank arm, the watch would eventually pick up the signal. Have you tried calling Garmin Support? I have had luck with their CS in the past...

Good luck - I hope you get it working soon!

Does anyone have experience with the Garmin GPS bike computers? After my wife saw the data I was getting from my bike with the GSC 10 and my 910xt she wants one. What she basically wants is a Garmin that will give her cadence, distance and speed along with her heart rate. She doesn't want a watch but a bike specific computer (she has a Garmin 210 now). I know nothing about them and wasn't sure if there was a big difference between the 500 series and the 800 series and if a non-competitive person would even notice. She's starting to get back to riding after her knee surgery with the goal of BRAN (bike ride across Nebraska) in 2014. Any help would be appreciated!

Steve