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ashort33 - 2010-06-13 4:50 PM

Someone asked the question about why OWS was slower and the answer came back "walls".  Here is my data from yesterday.  I have been swimming at about 1:50ish 100's in the 25yd pool.  In the 50m pool, I was right about 2:00 with the same effort - the only difference is that there are two less wall pushes in the 50 and the time goes up 10sec.  Take away the other two and logic would say that I would swim 2:10 / 100 in OWS and that is without any wasted time due to sighting or navigational issues...

SSMinnow - 2010-06-13 5:31 PM Hi Kids.....

Looks like a lot of us had interesting weekends!

Stan-you're the man! Between jet lag and the course screw up, you deserve the big "ATTA BOY" of the day!

Andy-when you figure out how to use that b-day present let me know.  Mine's in the drawer . Happy B-day big guy!

Had a fairly good race today.  Swim was not what I wanted it to be, but the bike rocked and I treated the run exactly the way I needed to....total shock that I won my AG today.  Highlight was meeting Dino!  I never saw him after he got in the water though.....I'm guessing he had a good day.  He looked pumped!

PS Side note, picked up the RU this afternoon.  And no I haven't ridden it yet.  It was pouring.

kkcbelle - 2010-06-13 5:31 PM

Don't look now, but if you're comparing yards and meters, meters are longer!! The basic comparison we used to do in my youth was 7 seconds different/100 comparing 25 yards to 50 meters.  

SSMinnow - 2010-06-13 8:39 PM Race report is up....where the heck are the rest of them? HELLO!

badgerintx - 2010-06-13 8:57 PM RR is up....   http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=212693


Overall, good race.  Met my time goal, finished in the top ten, worked through some stomach issues, and Met Suzy!
Hope everybody had a safe and good racing and training weekend.  

Dino

kkcbelle - 2010-06-13 9:25 PM

Goal time: Awesome!!
Top Ten: Awesomer!
Meeting Suzy: Awesomest!!

Well done, my friend! Sorry 'bout the tum tum issues, but yay that you conquered and overcame them! 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-14 5:26 AM  

PS Next time your in town, I want to see how I really measure up to Shelley!

SSMinnow - 2010-06-13 9:39 PM Race report is up....where the heck are the rest of them? HELLO!

Havin'Fun - 2010-06-14 8:46 AM Nice job Suzy and Dino.

Great racing guys!
Linda

Havin'Fun - 2010-06-14 8:46 AM Nice job Suzy and Dino.

Looks like Tracy has braggin rights at home

tahrens - 2010-06-14 9:25 AM


Afraid not,  somehow they got our numbers mixed up so I swam the 40 minute mile and my hubby did the 34 minutes.  The women went out after the men so there are an extra 4 minutes tacked onto my official swim time. 

Still very frustrated with my swimming.  I'm considering joining the masters swim group at my gym for a few pointers. Overall I thought it was a good swim, just slow for me.  Except I did try to exit the water using the wrong boat ramp, so that added another 20 seconds onto my time I'm sure.  Such a crisis right?

On a more positive note, my family had a great day of running on Saturday.  It was the Susan G Koman 5K for Breast Cancer and we took the girls with us.  My youngest ran her first 5K ever and she did it in 40:30!   I am so proud of her. That beat the heck out of my first 5K time.

Later that day the hubby and I went out to get me to a sub 30 5K.  He wore the Garmin and lead me on the attack.  After a mile warm up (that is a relative term considering it was 95degrees outside) my first mile was too slow so we had to pick it up to meet the time.  BUT I RAN MY FIRST EVER SUB 30minute 5K! = 29:38.   Last mile was a 9 minute mile.   I know for a lot of you that isn't a big deal that was very tough for me.  I had the full mouth drool going on and didn't care.  I kept telling myself, "you are tired, not in pain, keep going."    I am so excited that I did it because now I know it's possible and I want to do it again.  I think that was the first time I ever visitied, "race pace" and it was not a happy place to be but a great place to say I had been.

tahrens - 2010-06-14 9:25 AM


Afraid not,  somehow they got our numbers mixed up so I swam the 40 minute mile and my hubby did the 34 minutes.  The women went out after the men so there are an extra 4 minutes tacked onto my official swim time. 

Still very frustrated with my swimming.  I'm considering joining the masters swim group at my gym for a few pointers. Overall I thought it was a good swim, just slow for me.  Except I did try to exit the water using the wrong boat ramp, so that added another 20 seconds onto my time I'm sure.  Such a crisis right?

On a more positive note, my family had a great day of running on Saturday.  It was the Susan G Koman 5K for Breast Cancer and we took the girls with us.  My youngest ran her first 5K ever and she did it in 40:30!   I am so proud of her. That beat the heck out of my first 5K time.

Later that day the hubby and I went out to get me to a sub 30 5K.  He wore the Garmin and lead me on the attack.  After a mile warm up (that is a relative term considering it was 95degrees outside) my first mile was too slow so we had to pick it up to meet the time.  BUT I RAN MY FIRST EVER SUB 30minute 5K! = 29:38.   Last mile was a 9 minute mile.   I know for a lot of you that isn't a big deal that was very tough for me.  I had the full mouth drool going on and didn't care.  I kept telling myself, "you are tired, not in pain, keep going."    I am so excited that I did it because now I know it's possible and I want to do it again.  I think that was the first time I ever visitied, "race pace" and it was not a happy place to be but a great place to say I had been.

SSMinnow - 2010-06-14 10:43 AM

Tracy! You've been around long enough not to say crap like that!  That is playing yourself down and we don't allow it!  I could preface every swim with that phrase (and used to), but it is self defeating.  YOU HIT YOUR GOAL WOMAN!

Ok, public service announcment over....

tahrens - 2010-06-14 9:51 AM


Thanks.  I didn't mean it to sound self defeating, more to put in perspective the awe I have for fast runners.  It took so much out of me to hold a 9 minute mile for one mile that I am amazed at runners that put in 8 min/miles and faster as their regular pace.  Damn impressive.  

trying1 - 2010-06-14 10:17 AM Tracy great job on your run!  a goal is a goal and it's great that you accomplished it.  It's also great that your whole family is supportive of each other and so active.  That's one of my goals.  At my race i was racked next to a family of 4 doing their first race together.  It was pretty cool.

tahrens - 2010-06-14 10:25 AM


Afraid not,  somehow they got our numbers mixed up so I swam the 40 minute mile and my hubby did the 34 minutes.  The women went out after the men so there are an extra 4 minutes tacked onto my official swim time. 

Still very frustrated with my swimming.  I'm considering joining the masters swim group at my gym for a few pointers. Overall I thought it was a good swim, just slow for me.  Except I did try to exit the water using the wrong boat ramp, so that added another 20 seconds onto my time I'm sure.  Such a crisis right?

On a more positive note, my family had a great day of running on Saturday.  It was the Susan G Koman 5K for Breast Cancer and we took the girls with us.  My youngest ran her first 5K ever and she did it in 40:30!   I am so proud of her. That beat the heck out of my first 5K time.

Later that day the hubby and I went out to get me to a sub 30 5K.  He wore the Garmin and lead me on the attack.  After a mile warm up (that is a relative term considering it was 95degrees outside) my first mile was too slow so we had to pick it up to meet the time.  BUT I RAN MY FIRST EVER SUB 30minute 5K! = 29:38.   Last mile was a 9 minute mile.   I know for a lot of you that isn't a big deal that was very tough for me.  I had the full mouth drool going on and didn't care.  I kept telling myself, "you are tired, not in pain, keep going."    I am so excited that I did it because now I know it's possible and I want to do it again.  I think that was the first time I ever visitied, "race pace" and it was not a happy place to be but a great place to say I had been.