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Have another beer and try again!!!

A fellow Savageman - awesome!   I didn't race last year but did the 30 the previous 2 years. I was bummed they changed the bike course.  Nothing like climbing Toothpick at 9% within 2 miles of getting out of the water.  And you need to go back and climb Frank Brenneman - even if you aren't racing.  That is tatoo worthy for sure. If you are looking for a half you should come back and do the Savage Half!!! 

Here is a photo of me and my girls coming down the shoot at my last Savage outing. 

Awesome finish line photo. I absolutely loved Savageman. It was by far the most fun and most difficult race that I have done. Are you saying that the 30.0 bike course used to be harder? I struggled with the one this year as it was. I would love to do the 70.0 but I don't know if I would be able to handle those hills, although I would love to tackle the Westernport Wall. 

Well.....This group just what I need.....I think?????

Name: NHJAKE/Jeremy

Story: I've struggled with being "Big" my whole life. I'm a firefighter and need to be in good shape. So about 5 years ago I was doing the C25K plan....As I was doing my first 5k I Fx my leg...didn't know it at the time and hobbled around for a week after not knowing!!! ...last summer I started to walk/jog routine again...Did a 5k...then slacked off until the first the year. Statred doing the eliptical at the firehouse and then on did the 2mile Shamrock Shuffle with my oldest daughter Emma...her first race!

Family Status: Married to Kerri (10yrs)...3 Daughters Emma(8) Lia(6) Nora (3)....And we recently found out we are expecting our 4 child in November!

Current Training: Have been doing S/B/R 6 Days a week....Plus light workout with weights 2 days. Have looked at several "free" plans, however they would be hard for me to use due to my work schedule at the firehouse....so I'm trying to develope a plan that works for me.

2011 Races: Half Way to St. Patricks Day 5K.......Hey there was FREE Guinness @ The Finish!!! What can I say.....

2012 Races: Shamrock Shuffle 2 miler.... Circle Triathlon Sprint 9/2....Half Way to St.Patricks Day 5k 9/23......And what ever else pops up.

Goals: Lose 25 lbs.....Finish My FIRST Triathlon....Be in the best shape of my life when I hit 40!

Well.....This group just what I need.....I think?????

Name: NHJAKE/Jeremy

Story: I've struggled with being "Big" my whole life. I'm a firefighter and need to be in good shape. So about 5 years ago I was doing the C25K plan....As I was doing my first 5k I Fx my leg...didn't know it at the time and hobbled around for a week after not knowing!!! ...last summer I started to walk/jog routine again...Did a 5k...then slacked off until the first the year. Statred doing the eliptical at the firehouse and then on did the 2mile Shamrock Shuffle with my oldest daughter Emma...her first race!

Family Status: Married to Kerri (10yrs)...3 Daughters Emma(8) Lia(6) Nora (3)....And we recently found out we are expecting our 4 child in November!

Current Training: Have been doing S/B/R 6 Days a week....Plus light workout with weights 2 days. Have looked at several "free" plans, however they would be hard for me to use due to my work schedule at the firehouse....so I'm trying to develope a plan that works for me.

2011 Races: Half Way to St. Patricks Day 5K.......Hey there was FREE Guinness @ The Finish!!! What can I say.....

2012 Races: Shamrock Shuffle 2 miler.... Circle Triathlon Sprint 9/2....Half Way to St.Patricks Day 5k 9/23......And what ever else pops up.

Goals: Lose 25 lbs.....Finish My FIRST Triathlon....Be in the best shape of my life when I hit 40!

Ok MG I am hoping you can assist me in creating my training schedule, I have “Anchor” workouts that I would like to build around. They are a coached brick workout on Thursday mornings, medium  group ride Tuesday mornings, Masters swim Wednesday & Friday Mornings, Coached speed workouts Wednesday evenings. I want to take advantage of the coached workouts provided by my club and masters (for the coaching and accountability motivation to show up).

So with that said that’s 2 swims, 2 runs, 2 bikes. The coached Bricks are only an hour long and are multi brick sessions, the speed workouts are usually about 20-30 mins of actually running after a dynamic warm up and some core work, masters sessions are 1 hour 2000 yds

I want to add a Long Bike, Long Run, Medium Run, and 2 Swims. My problem is the spacing of the workouts. I would prefer long rides on Saturdays and Long runs on Sundays

Monday: (AM)________, (PM)________

Tuesday: Group Ride (6AM), (PM)__________

Wednesday: Masters Swim (6-7AM), Speed Run Workout

Thursday: MultiBrick (6-7AM), (PM)_________

Friday: Masters Swim (6-7AM),(PM)__________

Saturday:

Sunday:

I am thinking Swim Monday and Tuesday, Long run Sunday, Medium run Thursday evening, Long bike Saturday

Thoughts?

Ok MG I am hoping you can assist me in creating my training schedule, I have “Anchor” workouts that I would like to build around. They are a coached brick workout on Thursday mornings, medium  group ride Tuesday mornings, Masters swim Wednesday & Friday Mornings, Coached speed workouts Wednesday evenings. I want to take advantage of the coached workouts provided by my club and masters (for the coaching and accountability motivation to show up).

So with that said that’s 2 swims, 2 runs, 2 bikes. The coached Bricks are only an hour long and are multi brick sessions, the speed workouts are usually about 20-30 mins of actually running after a dynamic warm up and some core work, masters sessions are 1 hour 2000 yds

I want to add a Long Bike, Long Run, Medium Run, and 2 Swims. My problem is the spacing of the workouts. I would prefer long rides on Saturdays and Long runs on Sundays

Monday: (AM)________, (PM)________

Tuesday: Group Ride (6AM), (PM)__________

Wednesday: Masters Swim (6-7AM), Speed Run Workout

Thursday: MultiBrick (6-7AM), (PM)_________

Friday: Masters Swim (6-7AM),(PM)__________

Saturday:

Sunday:

I am thinking Swim Monday and Tuesday, Long run Sunday, Medium run Thursday evening, Long bike Saturday

Thoughts?

Question: There is a new Irongirl race near where I live, a great lake and lots of good hills to ride and run. It cost $145.00 to register. It is a sprint tri. Is this price high? I have never seen a sprint cost so much.

Question: There is a new Irongirl race near where I live, a great lake and lots of good hills to ride and run. It cost $145.00 to register. It is a sprint tri. Is this price high? I have never seen a sprint cost so much.

GAWD that's alot of $$$ for a short race. We have an Olympic here thats $100 and that seems a bit much.

 But on the otherhand, it's a whole lot of chickies running around in spandex. how do you put a price on that. I've heard they even sunscreen each other and all that jazz in T1.

Maybe Julia should volunteer. She could be the 'sock-puller-upper' girl.

I would say that 145 dollars is a bit high for a sprint. The ones that I have done have all been under 100.

On another note, I have a quick question for anyone who is familiar with trainers. My Triathlon Team just bought 10 new trainers to use for training (duh). Well our "A" race is in 2 weeks and the trainers just arrived a few weeks ago so everyone is still excited about using them. As a result we have about 3-4 trainer practices scheduled for this week and a similar amount for next week. However, I've heard that using you're regular tires on a trainer can be very harmful to them and result in flats. I'm worried that our whole team is going to practice on these trainers, wear out their tires, and then all flat during the race. Can anyone let me know if this is the case or if i'm just making it up. You could save my whole team a lot of grief!

I would say that 145 dollars is a bit high for a sprint. The ones that I have done have all been under 100.

On another note, I have a quick question for anyone who is familiar with trainers. My Triathlon Team just bought 10 new trainers to use for training (duh). Well our "A" race is in 2 weeks and the trainers just arrived a few weeks ago so everyone is still excited about using them. As a result we have about 3-4 trainer practices scheduled for this week and a similar amount for next week. However, I've heard that using you're regular tires on a trainer can be very harmful to them and result in flats. I'm worried that our whole team is going to practice on these trainers, wear out their tires, and then all flat during the race. Can anyone let me know if this is the case or if i'm just making it up. You could save my whole team a lot of grief!

Question: There is a new Irongirl race near where I live, a great lake and lots of good hills to ride and run. It cost $145.00 to register. It is a sprint tri. Is this price high? I have never seen a sprint cost so much.

Ok MG I am hoping you can assist me in creating my training schedule, I have “Anchor” workouts that I would like to build around. They are a coached brick workout on Thursday mornings, medium  group ride Tuesday mornings, Masters swim Wednesday & Friday Mornings, Coached speed workouts Wednesday evenings. I want to take advantage of the coached workouts provided by my club and masters (for the coaching and accountability motivation to show up).

So with that said that’s 2 swims, 2 runs, 2 bikes. The coached Bricks are only an hour long and are multi brick sessions, the speed workouts are usually about 20-30 mins of actually running after a dynamic warm up and some core work, masters sessions are 1 hour 2000 yds

I want to add a Long Bike, Long Run, Medium Run, and 2 Swims. My problem is the spacing of the workouts. I would prefer long rides on Saturdays and Long runs on Sundays

Monday: (AM)________, (PM)________

Tuesday: Group Ride (6AM), (PM)__________

Wednesday: Masters Swim (6-7AM), Speed Run Workout

Thursday: MultiBrick (6-7AM), (PM)_________

Friday: Masters Swim (6-7AM),(PM)__________

Saturday:

Sunday:

I am thinking Swim Monday and Tuesday, Long run Sunday, Medium run Thursday evening, Long bike Saturday

Thoughts?

Question: There is a new Irongirl race near where I live, a great lake and lots of good hills to ride and run. It cost $145.00 to register. It is a sprint tri. Is this price high? I have never seen a sprint cost so much.