kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 162)

Ran in 34 degrees last weekend, 10 mile race this weekend expected to be 65 degrees!

My nephew is running his second 10K and is totally excited!  He won a 2nd place AG award for a 5k a few weeks ago and has a good chance to win another this weekend at the 10K!

That is awesome.

My daughter ran a 6:45 mile last year at 9.5 in the spring. Her teacher told them for their birthday they can pick an activity that lasts for 15 minutes and then entire class has to do it. So she picked running the mile much to the chagrin of some of them. She came in at 5:59.

So I took her running last week to see how she would hold up on a longer run. We were about a quarter of a mile in and she is just talking smack because I told her two warm-up, three tempo and 1 cool down. "I'd already be done with a mile if you weren't slowing me down....." and with that she steps on an acorn and lands on her . Once I knew she was ok I just kept laughing and she turned red, LOL.

So we get a mile in and she is just talking non-stop so I'm like OK time to pick up the pace. So we got from a 10/mile to an 8/mile for mile two and she's still talking like it's nothing. I keep that pace for miles 3 and 4 and she literally hasn't stopped the entire time. Mile 5 we hit a hill and I decide to power up it to see what the effect will be. I look at the Garmin and we're running 7:15 pace up about a 3% grade and she is finally quiet. We hit the top and she takes a big breath and declares I hate hills and goes back to talking non-stop.

I'm going to do a few races with her and I think she can break 20-21 in a 5K and 46-47 in a 10K.

Yeh, the kids are so much fun and they do learn to talk smack pretty quick!

We don't even make it too the start line before he is sneaking up to the front of the start lines ... He doesn't really like running that much I don't think, but he like the medals and accolades he gets when he does well. So I think that is what is driving the interest right now.  It is hard to find 5k's and 10k's that give medals though.  Not alot out there.  I don't care, it is something fun we can do together so we always have great stories.

You should do a turkey trot with your daughter.

Again?!!  Yuck, I'm sorry, Michele.  Is it back on yet?

Bwahahaha.  Enjoy your rest

Lots of all out 100s in the pool today.  Improved my times by 3-5 seconds per 100 from last week's effort.  I think I try to increase turnover and sacrifice form when I'm doing these sometimes.  Today I tried to stay long and use a powerful pull, and it worked!  Woot!  Maybe I can get those 100 times down to 1:10 in a couple weeks.  

It's supposed to be in the upper 60s here on Sunday, and I'm excited to get back out on the roads before the snow hits.  I'm going to give my bike a good cleaning, too.  

power just came back on....really cold night though

I SOOO wish I had your natural talent in the pool and the desire to get back in the water. Good job Jen!!

But I won't.  It will make me antsy and I feel less energetic. 

Anywho I'm considering dropping my gym membership and joining the masters class at the local pool.  Same price per month.  I could swim M-Th with M and W being coached or T-F with W and F being coached.  I've held onto my gym membership because I love lifting, but I think maybe just an investment in a TRX (or build one myself) would suffice.  Decisions, decisions.

I know.  I hated it too.  You get used to the endorphins, and when you don't have them, you just feel gross.  

I think masters is a great idea!

Thank you, Michele.  Something about my work in the pool doesn't translate to open water though, so I still need lots more work.  I went 26 at the olympic distance and 38 at the HIM distance.  That doesn't add up, IMO.  My HIM time should have been closer to 34.  I'm frightened to know how long the 2.4 miles will take me.    

I like TRX with Masters for you.  I know you love lifting but you are not stregnth limited.

Masters swimming would be good for oyu, I would just check out the coached sessions before you commit.  You want to make sure the caoch is worthwhile.

Its so tough to compare OWS swim times.  Courses are genreally not accurate and conditions play a huge factor.  For all you know the Oly course was short and the HIM long. 

I've kept it a little under wraps -- still not sure how I feel.

I know the coaches.  Pretty much the best on this side of town.  This option has been on the table for a long time but I'm stubborn in my gym addiction.  I get a free week to evaluate and the I have to make a decision.  I'll keep y'all updated.

Um why?  I know you don't think you look great but really who does at that point of an Ironman?  The fact that you're happy and still able to talk is really all you can ask for.  LOL.

Actually there are alot AFRAID OF THE SWIM period!

I will say that relays are a total blast if you can fit it in your schedule.

Yeah.  I was asked to handle the bike, but I'm already in for the whole deal.  I'd love to handle the bike portion one day.  Just let it all hang out for 56 miles.  Sounds like a lot of fun and a lot of pain.

For people starting out the swim is usually the hurdle, especially and ocean swim.  Murky water, waves, people hitting you on the head.  I think a lot of people have a natural fear of drowning (kind of like a lot of people have a natural fear of heights). 

I have a friend who has panic attacks almost every time she's in open water.  It's to the point that I think she brings them on by obsessively worrying about it.  I don't really get it, but I suppose if you're going to have some kind of fear of something, the water would be the most logical because it's not like you can pull over to the side of the road and take a break.  The bottom of the lake or ocean is not a great place to rest.

Count me in as one who would not consider an ocean swim. I was fine with the ocean as a kid, but since becoming a parent I have developed anxiety over it. We live very close to the ocean and I hate taking the kids there. I vividly remember as a kid being pulled under and not knowing which way was up - I do not want my kids knowing that feeling. Now I can't even imagine going in to swim a tri - I still have anxiety over lake and bay swims although I made huge improvements last season.

Talking to my coach today and have started to sketch out the 2013 season (I think I get to see quite a few of you racing).

Galveston 70.3

Eagleman 70.3

IMMT

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