SWBKRUN MENTOR GROUP - OPEN (Page 17)

It's at the bottom of that next cup of coffee!!!

HOLA!

Home from Cabo - need a vacation to recover from a vacation in Mexico with teenagers!  Home yesterday, racing a Oly tomorrow.  Probably not a good plan.  Spun a bit on the bike today, truly not a good plan!

Ayayayayayay.

If you're looking for me on FB, Linda Nollette!

I'm working on the MG, but I'm really struggling with the new format!!!

Welcome back.  Good luck on the Oly!!!

You raced back to back.......had a very fast 5k on Sat, and then ran a 1/2 Marathon on Sunday??  I've never raced on back to back days.  It sounds like your body was still tight from the fast 5k, but you adapted, modified, and adjusted to finish the HM and still finished with a faster than planned pace.  I'd say it was a successful weekend for you, Nadine.  You learned that when everything hurts, and you're feeling mentally discouraged, you DO have what it takes to finish.  That's the attitude you will take with you to your IM.  Congrats on a great weekend.

Linda,  How did your race pan out?

Suzy, did you do your 100miler on the Parlee?  How's she feeling?

I did my second hilly ride in NJ yesterday.  These hills are pushing me to my limit, especially given the gearing on my TT bike.  Didn't go any faster yesterday, but went a bit further and enjoyed it a lot more. 

Carry on!

Nope, the SEVEN.  I need to attempt the IM course before I can attempt using the Parlee for a ride like HHH.  Very few TT bikes on that ride.  We are making one modification to the Parlee before IM.  Bars are about 1.5" too long which makes shifting more of a challenge.  I'm still riding it since I'm not sure when the new bars will be in or when I can get back to Chicago to get them installed.

It was a good day, all things considered!!  2:51, with a good swim, great bike, stunningly fast transistions, and a horrific run!  I beat Zach by a minute on the bike - woot!  He made it up elsewhere, and beat me by 10......minutes.  Won his AG, qualified for Nationals, and now we're trying to figure out if we can get him entered before it closes (waiting on official results) and fly him/us/his bike to WI.

Good weekend, but I feel like poop now. 8 days of partying and then a race......too old for this cr*p.

Nice job Linda - sounds pretty good all things considered.  Congrats to Zach for his awesome performance (even though Mom beat him on the bike).

Woot!!!  We are in Minocqua the week leading up to the race and for the race itself, but please tell me you won't leave until sometime on Monday so I can drive to MKE and meet up with you.  I am sure DINO would feel the same way!

Happy Wednesday Team!! Time to lace up the shoes and toe the line.  Who's getting ready to race this weekend?

Part 2:  Here's what I want you to do this week......Post something......ANYTHING on here.  We've been on the same page for over 5 days, and it's unacceptable .  Tell us about your training, your races: past, present, or future, your personal life, your kids, pets, the weeds in your garden, ANYTHING. 

Part 3:  I want to challenge you to send out at least 2 inspires every day this next week to people in our mg.  We need to keep encouraging each other.  I know the new format here on BT has thrown us a learning curve and created a challenge, but we can do this.

It's summer vacation for me, so I need to give someone homework

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Ok I will start. No racing here again. It seems every race I want to do there is a scheduling conflict but that is life. The MG has been awfully quite.

I started my 70.3 group training 2 weeks ago. It is going well more swim than I thought I think the last 2 weeks have been over 12000 yds. This is a good thing though. I sure need it. I also need help on the run but not a runner but am in line for my goal of 30 mi for the month I am at 20 so i might even pass it.

The MTB time trials have not been going well. The last 3 weeks have had mechanical problems and it is to the point where I am not having fun. This last week right After we started i went over the handle bars and had a flat nothing was not hurt but it DNF sucked. I will try again this week and hope I have fun.

No triathlon racing for me this weekend!  The man got back from his 10 day Euro tour last night so we're headed to Minocqua on Friday.  YEAH!  We're nearly in June and we haven't been to the place since Memorial Day Weekend!  I will be getting in some OWS while I'm up there even if the H20 temps are still Eskimo like.

Jayne, you will be pleased to know that I made fairly big progress on the Parlee today.  I've taken the whole concept of shifting at the aerobar out of the equation and it rides like a dream.  Means I will be looking for shorter bars, but it also means I can ride it in the meantime as is.  Very happy about that one!

Me!!!  I have an Oly on Sunday.  I've done this course 3 times previously and this was the course I DNF'd the swim on last year.  I think I am in better shape than I was this time last year so if the weather holds, I should do fine.   I have no high expectations.  I'm saving those for my HIM on Sep 1.

While you may have different priorities this year, I have no doubt you will give it 110% and deliver an outstanding result.  True that! Kyla's phrase...where the heck is that girl?