stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL (Page 19)

I'll take top spot!

Lisa, how was the marathon!?!?

Thanks to a bunch of you for sending your support and well wishes for the marathon.  it really is a great group we have here.  i am very grateful for it.

The race did not go according to plan.  An injury i have been struggling with gave me significant issues and forced me to walk alot of it.  you win some you lose some, i guess.

as steve points about, there are so many things to be thankful for.

1.) i did start and finish with my husband, ryan.  this was the first time we have started and finished a race together.  my injury, i guess, helped with that.  he is a significantly slower marathoner than i am (he has beat me in every tri, though).  we had actually planned on staying together anyway because 1) i knew i was not in any condition to pr and 2) it was valentines day!!  i feel very lucky to have him do these things with me.

2.) the course was perfect.  if you are looking for a flat course, this is perfect

3.) the forecast looked scary, but turned out to be not so bad.  instead of the 45 degrees it was calling for at start time, it was already 56 degrees when we left for the race.  the rain did come, but since it wasn't cold, it wasn't a big deal. 

4.) i hopefully got some good clues as to what might be the source of my injury.

 Race report here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=147349

Thanks again for all your support and well-wishes.

 lisa

Kudos to you Lisa for finishing such a difficult run.  Not sure I would have been able to do that.

Steve, I am definitely in the middle of nowhere, but we have DSL!  Go figure.  I did bring my bike and if the weather clears a bit I plan on trying a ride in a valley that is close by.  Have to drive a couple of miles to get to paved roads, but the valley is a long stretch of rolling hills, no mountains, and little traffic.  It's a bit cold now but I'm hopeful it will warm up sufficiently to go.  Looking forward to my first real ride on the bike!

Congrats to Lisa!  I posted on your RR

Eric...perhaps a wise decision!  Good to see you can make that on your own.

Steve,

 When I originally signed up for IMCA 70.3 my trng partner was suposed to sign up the same day.  Probably within an hour of me signing up he tried and it was sold out.  I have been trying to contact members that have dropped out they may be able to let him use there reg...do you know of any way to get him in this race??

Steve,

Thanks for posting this, I am looking at getting serious about this nutrition thing once my distances get longer.  I havn't seemed to need much for 2hr and less workouts other than some Heed on the bike and maybe a gel on a long run over 10. 

So for the HIM I am thinking...and this is just a thought but based on what you have typed out:

Sip on HEED prior to swim start, maybe a gel as I walk down to the swim start.

T1, finish bottle of HEED

On bike have 1 bottle HEED, 1 Bottle WATER, 1 bottle SUSTAINED ENERGY at Special needs.

Drink every 20min on bike (assuming it will take about 3hrs):

water, heed, water, heed, water, SE, water, SE, water(about 3hrs)

maybe pack 3 gels, 1 @20miles, 1 @40miles (1 for emergency)  is that necessary?

T2...take in that 3rd Gel, water

Run...pack 3gels for, 1 for every 5 miles and rely on water/Gatorade/coke...whatever they have for the last half of the mary

Finish line: lots of water then a pint of Guinness, or two!

Does this make sense...I haven't calculated up the calories yet but I am sure I will soon just to make sure.  I can do math, and if math can help me out there lets do it.  No need to go ad hoc here like I have for the Olys and Sprints.

STEVE,

Thanks for the tips on adjusting clipless pedals. I finally got down to asking Spencer about mine and he said my pedals are Crank Brothers' 'Egg Beater' pedals and are non-adjustable, easy clip-in-out and very light. Apparently the trouble I had with the left pedal clip-in-out was because that one was bent. If I had known about the pedal being wonky (instead of me!) I might have not fallen over so much? (Or at least had a more graceful crash.) Speaking of which an attempt at a flying dismount right now would probably result in a crash landing for me hehe. I need to work on my bike skills!

STEVE,

Oh, I don't actually eat monitor lizard organs. Those are kinda small and too much work cleaning em. Actually the only time I had them was when my grandma made some soup out of a monitor lizard that someone gave to her. I got the neck. It tastes like chicken

Spencer and I like the same activities but at very different intensities. I enjoy boating, even white water kayaking a mild Class II, but he likes Class IVs yikes. I like to bike slowly and take in the scenery, he likes mtn biking at perilously fast speeds. And so forth. I am scared of going too fast on the bike, afraid of drowning. I'm even afraid of bugs, which isn't good if one is an entomologist hehe.

Sorry Steve & all, I am extremely verbose and feel bad about being forum hog. I think i need to start cogitating  too.

Steve and all,

I read Neil's (I think) post about better speeds after warmups and decided to apply the warmup regimen suggested for my training plan. Previously I had gone almost directly into my run and did a 21 minute 5 k (2% slope). So today I walked 5 min, slow jogged 5 min, stretched 5 min, walked another 5 min, THEN started my run. I brought my time down to under 18 minutes! Woohoo! Then after the run I walked 10 min and stretched 10 min. I'm glad I read everyone's posts!

Awesome post Steve...both of them. Thanks for sharing and for the pep talk. Had another long day yesterday - but you are right. I need to focus on the future. Have a question...how long do I need to wait after REV3 before I attempt a Sprint? I am really trying to get into the NCTS rankings this year (here are the races, many are closed already http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events&series=n... There is one a week later and then another 3 weeks later. I'm going to have to put off the NC Mary because I'm not sure if I'll be home yet, but I'd like to do a few sprints. I think you have to do 4 to be ranked, but I'll have to look.

Also, if you all want to learn more about me, they posted my bio at the REV3 site: 

http://www.rev3tri.com/!/blog/2009-02-05-NathanHangen.html