foolproof/Sue7013 Group - Closed (Page 2)

Welcome to BT Where are you in the world ?  There is lots of support on this foruma nd great training plans!!  Having fun is what it is all about

So I'm in?  I see you closed the group...  I'm taking that as a YES!!!!!!  Woo-hoo!!!!

Wow.  Squirrel away for some mental health.

The awesome thing is ... SUE!

Still room for me?

I am male, 44, currently 254 (5'9) down from 266. I did get down to 205 early Feb but got a bad injury (it was to me at least) and kinda lost my way. Bit down at not being able to train. Gave up on our UK health system and went private. Found a magic physio and am back on the road. I have been on BT since 31 Oct when I started to train again after a lay off of many years.

I have run on and off for years (More off then on) but when I was 22 I self trained for 8 months and won a three mile road race and finished 3rd at half mary. (Best time of 69 mins). That was a long time ago! Trained up for the WDW half in Jan, wish I had known you guys then. It was hard. On my return to UK got hip injury and just got worse till no training at all and hobbling around.

I am at the stage of starting to swim and cycle again so slowly starting from tomorrow when I will watch ITU tri on telly as I turbo at 5am.

I need to revise goals and training plan but my ultimate goal is to get an Ironman tatoo in about 3 years. Would love to do Kona one day. Need help and encouragement to get back on the road. It will take a while to get eating well again as second nature.

From tomorrow I will be upkeeping my log daily and I hope to encourage you all to.

Mahalo all for now.

Just watching your back sweetie....was gonna call ya tonight Marma says Hi

OK Foolproof group

foolproof = Janice
Sue7013 = Sue
ell-in-or = Leigh
dgrzybicki = Dianna
runnerg1rl7 = Laura
kofain = Margot
paul walker = paul
Carisima = Cari
alirachel = ali

 Welcome to BT those fo you who are new.  Congrats to Cari on finishing her first tri last weekend   Congrats to those signed up for their first tris.  Youtoo will soon be addicte3d to this AWESOME lifestyle.  I have met so many amazing people and made so many friends thru BT and Triathlon (esp Janice :kiss: )

Seems like a lot of you have some water issues   Best thing I can tell you if you are apprehensive about open water is GET COMFORTABLE IN IT.  Just go to the beach and get in the water.  You don't have to be over your head or swim for miles just get in the water and get comforatble.  Float around play with your kids if you got em.  If you are land locked try going to a water park and spend the day in the wave pool. 

I will do my best to answer your questions   I'm a bit busy but I'll get back to you eventually and BTW I really SUCK at typing

Aw Sue... you're so cute.  Thanks for covering for Janice.  Hope she's doing ok.

Welcome everyone.  Are we ready to kick some a$$?

Happy happy joy joy happy happy joy joy happy happy joy joy happy happy joy joy

I kept saying I wasn't fit enough, too. A couple weeks ago we went to go watch a tri. I should have gone to watch one last summer when I felt fat and out of shape even though I could run 3 miles and bike 20 just fine. There were plenty of women and men that were not in as good a shape as I was in last year. They were having a blast. I would say that the super-hardbodies were in the minority on that tri. Maybe all the super-hard-bodies were in the Oly the next day, but who cares? I learned (again) that I wasn't "behind" and I should just jump in where I am and go from there.   I tend to be a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to let go of doing it "right" and just do it.

DFL>DNF>DNS   

Hi kids. Sorry for going AWOL. Just a little too much stress.  S'all better!  I'm still job hunting.  The most recent opportunity I don't think is going to pan out and I'm pretty disappointed, and some other stuff really brought me down ... oh well.  It's still wonderful and glorious to be ME! 

A huge thank you to Sue for stepping up and fostering this group while I cleaned the lint out of my navel.  FWIW, folks, Sue and I met on this site in 2005 and because ITRW friends in February of 06.  We've raced together four times?  And I went with her to Ohio when she was training for IMFL '06.  She and her parents have welcomed me into their homes on many occassions and and I truly can call her one of my best friends.  Thanks baby doll!  We're lucky to have you on board with us!

I'm going to take some time and go through all your logs and try and steer you as best I can.  TYG we have The Big Gun (Sue7013) on our team!  Yea!

I'm kind of laughing since everyone's starting their season and I'm starting to wrap mine up.  The joy's of living in SoFla.  Looking forward to everyone here making it FUN, SUCCESFUL and INJURY FREE!

Hi Diana,

Welcome to BT!  I never notice the hard body/elite racers b/c they're already done before I even get in the water.

You've got a great attitude!  Actually, a lot of you have sort of stated having one similar goal:  to have fun!  This sport has grown exponentially since I started two years ago, and it can be easy to let the 'fun' part slide.  Let's try and keep that spirit up between us (spoken by someone not having a lot of 'fun' right now ... ppbbbtttt!!!!)

I think another important topic you touch on in the 'mental endurance.'  This is my first year completing Olympic distance races.  I'm to the point where I can rip off a Sprint distance with relatively little pain.  Training at the Oly/Int distance, I'm constantly reminding myself on long bikes and runs that I'm supposed to be an 'endurance' athlete.  You sent me back to a book I started a few years ago on mental training for triathlon.  Maybe as a group we can share how we are or plan to approach the mental aspect of the sport.

Very cool work you do, too.  I'm definitly going to pick your brain at some point in the near future!

Welcome!  Now, I'll start logging if you'll start logging! 

Cari, you cutie pie!

Folks, I met Cari about a year ago, and this girl is someone to be proud of!!!  Congrats you tri-girl you!    You had excellent times - KB Bridge is a beyatch!  We don't have many hills down here folks, but KB is one of 'em.  Plus the bridge is *windy,* the Florida version of hills. 

So happy for you, maybe I'll see you at Trilogy 2!  Keep up the good work!

Laura ... OW!  Glad you're feeling better and have been able to get back out on the road.  I love the cross training aspect of this sport ... I can't imagin only doing one of the three.  And it's very cool that you've transitioned so easily into triathlon.  I've found triathletes to be some of the most generous souls.

Very true.  As Sue and Leigh pointed out, OWS can be very daunting.  As you read in my bio, it's been a huge issue for me.  What's worked for me is to spend as much time as possible in the water you plan on racing in.  I'm lucky in that my training partner is a former Ocean Rescue Lifeguard so I can safely train in some pretty rough conditions.  And he's pretty good about beating on me to simulate a swim start.  Get as much exposure as you can!

I'm famous for not having a plan, or having one and not following it.  Since I'm such a poor swimmer (I'm just happy to finish) that this year I'm just looking to swim consistently and cover the distance.  I have found though, that when I mix speed drills into my biking and running, my times get faster.  When I get more consistent with my distances, I will be adding speed drills into my water time.

July 14th is coming up fast ... are you planning any bricks or a mock tri?  I like doing them in advance of a race just get an idea for how the day will feel.

Looking forward to working with you!

Hi Margot!

Congrats on taking 10 minutes off your race times!  That's huge!

It looks like from your logs you've got a pretty busy lifestyle, but I agree with Sue's comment about maybe training some longer distances.  Maybe you could increase your workouts by 25%?  I found that since I started training at the Oly distance, my Sprint times have come down a lot.

Good luck, welcome, and I look forward to working with you!   

This is an excellent place to start.  Let's see some logs, and we'll enjoy watching your progress and you start picking off your multi-sport challenge!

My preceious, patient Leigh!

This is a girl to watch!  Leigh has made great strides over the past year.  She's very consistent and ENTHUSIASTIC!!!!    She's going to rock her first 1/2M next week!  Thanks for sticking with me, girl!

I'm glad to see that you've started your swim lessons, and that your comfort level is growing in the pool.  Swimming is the hardest for me because it's so alien, but I've found that I really like it!  Glad you do too!  Hope you can get some OWS in before your first tri ... have you thought about tossing in any race distance bricks?  I find them to be most helpful.

How many days to Puppy Day?  My friend just got a 2 month old yellow lab ... better youse two than me! 

Puppy day is in 2 days. We are going to go look at a litter of corgi pups. They're about 14 week or so old. I'm sure I will want them all. LOL

Can I borrow your glasses? I look pretty cool from their perspective. Wow!    Actually next week is my 2nd 1/2 Mary - 1st was in April. My hubby ran the first one with me too, and signed us up for this one  - sure that we could get a better time. (We were a minute apart on the first one - and we did rock it at 1:53/54. We're trying to cut 3 minutes off this time.

Swimming is nice! It's even starting to be zen. Although it was pointed out to me in one of my blog inspires that throttling the darling little tykes that kept getting in my lane wasn't very zen-like. I guess I'll have to work on that. (more zen, less throttling.) I think I may have become "that old b!tchy lady swimming laps" that my friends and I used to see in the pool when we were kids. LOL! What comes around goes around.

I've got some bricks planned - mondays are bike/run at 80% race distance/speed, and on hopefully two weekends, I plan to OW swim/bike. Or at least swim. We'll see how it works.

I don't have a wetsuit. The water temp will be mid to upper 70s. I'm hoping that I don't really need a wetsuit. Guess I'll find out when I go swim there in a couple weeks.

Did I say puppy day is in two days!?! I can hardly wait! But I'm not excited or anything.

Hey Janice -- glad you're back chica!  Yeah... I'm hitting the bridge on Saturday.  I'm hoping this "new triathlete glow" that I've had this week lasts me until then.  LOL!

My next race is on July 4th - I'm doing the Tradewinds DU to see if I can improve from the DU I did there last Feb.

Aloha ladies

thanks for comments and support so far. Got to say I am kinda flattered to be the only male it seems in such a talented and wonderful group. I'm Scots so I will wear my kilt if we get together so I don't feel to out of place. You guys can wax me so I blend in better.

Got log started and will improve the content as I go along. I have a list of tasks to get me started though. Later today I will add you to my friends list and start to provide some more material encouragement. (Got to repay you  guys)

Then I need to look at my goals and redo them. So I will post them soon and update my page.

I did join a weight challange so that will kick start me.

Then I need to get my bike up and ready. Just before this injury I built a machine and need to have tri bars fitten and computer cable re-routed. OH, and dusted.

So thats what is going on with me so far.

I'll log in tonight and try to catch up with all the threads.

We're both racing on the 4th!! Cool!

Are we allowed to put rockets on our bikes in honor of the holiday? I didn't see anything specific in the rules...