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Just got an awesome road bike and getting used to the differences between this one and my mountain bike - leaning forward, going through the gears and using the clips. So far (since I'm a wimp) I've managed to ride with one foot clipped "just in case". Next ride - both feet! My goal is to average 16-18mph for my training rides. So far I'm closer to 10 mph.

Been running a little more, trying to improve my speed. Found a running partner for Friday mornings which should help

Bought "Swimming for Triathlons" (the IT method recommended by Craig) and hope to implement the drills/techniques. Will go to the pool Friday after work

Still doing a lot of weight training but need to think about a specific tri trianing program. Any suggestions?

Alexis

Plenty of free ones here at BT that you can load right into your logs. I loaded the 13 week sprint, but as I am over each week I may need to look at an olympic training program. Will need to get up endurance for an olympic by September anyway for Timex. One question for the group - my next race is July 22 and it is a sprint, but in September I am trying an olympic. I still need the taper before the sprint race, any other things I should do with the two races so relatively close?

IM Jer

Hey everyone,

I know I haven't posted in a long time and haven't been entering any logs for a while now (haven't really even been frequenting the site to be honest) and thought I would offer a little bit of an explanation for why this is the case. First of all I'd like to say how great of a group we have here and how much I appreciate all the support everyone gives to one another and that has been given in my direction too, its great to know there's others out there grinding it out like you and pulling for you in your corner too. But the main reason I wrote is to let you all know that I needed to take a break from training to sort out some personal things and will not be competing in another triathlon for a little while now. It isn't that I didn't enjoy my first tri experience (in fact I loved it and had an absolute blast) or wasn't enjoying the training, I just started to realize that I was kind of being motivated in my training for some wrong reasons and need to resolve some things for myself. I have been battling what I guess could be called an eating disorder for about a year and half (almost 2) and kind of realized that training in a way was just allowing me a way to justify working out constantly. SO although I really enjoyed all the training I did (and still am getting good exercise) I was never eating enough and constantly feeling somewhat run down, tired, fatigued, and near sick at times too. I figured in order to sort out the eating disorder and take care of my health it was necessary to put training and triathlons on the back burner and focus on all of this. So I hate to bore I all of you with these details, but since everyone was so supportive I felt I would at least offer somewhat of an explanation.
Again thanks a lot for any encouragement offered my way and I wish all of you the best luck as you continue in your training. I hope to be able to return to the sport of triathlon sometime and hope that when I do I feel much stronger and more focused on it for the right reasons. Take Care, Joe.

Thanks alot Craig. Ill let you all know when and if I decidet to start training again. On a side note I did get in a couple killer bike rides while on a weekend trip back home to my parents farm. Hope everyone had a happy and safe fourth of July. See you.

Joe

Hope July is going great for all. I go on Friday to Flagstaff, AZ for the Mountain Man Tri on Sunday. Met some great people here at BT and even trained a few times with some of them and they are renting a house there for the weekend. Going to have a carb lunch on Saturday as a group and think that this is the great part about this sport! Different age groups and different levels ( mountain Man has HIM, Oly, and Sprint races) as well as different goals - but still freinds in training. Just great!

Hey Cathrone - anyone left in this group?

Still around....sorry for being out of it for a while...have been working (real work) like crazy, with tons of travel so my training was sidelined....still trying to get in a few practice runs/bike/swims a week....next on the lets see if I can make the race....end of Sept. so I'll keep you all posted...

I'm still here. I've been working out but not recording mostly because with biking I ride 1+ hours and have been working on getting used to my gears, clipless pedals, cadence, etc and with the swimming I've been working on technique. Nothing really to record as far as time/distance.

My first Tri is in two weeks - August 19th. I'm not worried about the run or bike but the swim is freaking me out a little. I haven't had the opportunity to do OWS so I'm not really sure how far I can go w/o stopping (I've always had a nice wall to rest on). It's in a lake so I won't have to worry about waves or too many creatures.

My goal is to finish and finish smiling!

Glad to hear that you guys are still training.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Throwing in an extra Quarterman on Oct 28th to give me 4 Tris. 1/2 Mary and a Century for rmy first year on BT.  Now I just need to finish the 1/4 and the 100!

Tap Tap Tap . . . Hello out there!