Oriondriver's Balanced Approach to Tri's - CLOSED (Page 2)

PanicTour - 2011-01-18 1:13 PM Scott -

If you have room for one more I'd like to join the group.  I'm a somewhat experienced triathlete having completed several sprints and olys as well as some road running races including a marathon.  I've been inactive for most of the past year mainly due to my expanding family.  I have identical twin girls who just turned two and a 3 week old newborn.

I have made a committment to myself to get back to a healthy lifestyle this year.  My greatest challenge is balancing family/work/eating/training.  This group seems like a good fit for me.

I have two planned 'A' races for 2011.  Black Bear Oly in June and Pocono HIM in October.

Looking forward to participating if you have room.

-Keith aka PanicTour

Dreams111 - 2011-01-14 8:17 AM Scott,
Thank you so much for all of your advice. I will definitely have to purchase a heart rate monitor. Can you recommend one that works in and out of the pool? My 800 workout that I posted yesterday went really good this morning. Stopped to catch my breathe a few times, but overall concentrated on my technique and slowing it down like you recommended. I appreciate the links to the videos too. Extremely helpful! I am posting my workouts in the training log section of BT. Is there anything else that you might recommend doing on BT? Any helpful tools that I might be missing?
Tyler

hminus1505a - 2011-01-21 1:11 PM Scott,I am currently doing a custom plan from Beginner Triathlete. It is going well. Thank you so much for the web site. Swimsmooth.com is awesome. In case you are wondering I am doing the following Races this year:1. Rock N Roll Marathon Dallas (1/2 marathon) 2. Buffman Oly triathlon: Lubbock, TX3. Strider's Duathlon (5mile Run, 45 bike, 5 mile run), San Angalos, TX4. 70.3 Ironman Buffalo Spring Lakes, Lubbock, TX5. Hotter N Hell (100 mile Bike) Witchita Falls, TXHope your family and training is doing well.James

touchdown - 2011-01-22 11:19 AM Scott, I am very new to triathlons and would be interested in joining your group. Here is some of my info. NAME: touchdown/ Tom Dawson STORY: I am 38 year old. I have never done a triathlon, but really aspire to do so. I have the most experience running. I have run off an on since being a mid distance runner in high school. As far as swimming, I grew up on a lake but never really developed proper swimming techniques. While in graduate school at the University of Michigan...go blue....I joined a masters swim. This was great to learn basic techniques on how to swim. I feel like I can go to the pool, but I still need to learn so much more. I do see there is a masters group where I live so, I am going to check that out soon. I just started swimming again at the local high school gym but without any coaching. Lastly, in terms of biking I did ride one competitive race a few years ago. I do have a rode bike and enjoying riding outside, but I am truly a beginner in this area. FAMILY STATUS: Married with one kid (23 months old). He is currently taking swim classes! We are working on trying to have another CURRENT TRAINING: I am running and swimming. I am following a the beginning swim program found on the web site. Same with the running. However, I would like to get a bit more structured. THIS YEAR'S RACES: I haven't picked any triathlons to get into yet, but working on it. There are a few running races I am planning on which are the Irish Jig (5K) first part of March and the 5/3rd run in May (10K) WEIGHTLOSS: Currently I am 205 lbs at 6' 2" I would like get my weight down to where it was when I was doing alot of swimming and running. I really got into running and swimming when I lived in Australia. I was on an expatriate assignment...did not know anyone when I got there....so I worked out alot at was down to 170. WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD MENTEE: I am a good listener, committed to learning, and committed to a process

mbeltram - 2011-01-22 3:47 PM Hi, I would love to be a part of this group if possible.  My Name is Michele and I am 40 years old and a real Newbie.  I am a full time working mother of 2 girls (8 and 10).  So my time is somewhat limited but the good news is my husband is also training for his first triathlon.  I am not really proficient in any of the 3 sports being a soccer/softball player growing up.  I do enjoy the bike most and haven't been in the water yet.  I had my ACL repaired 9 months ago from a skiing accident right before (12 hrs.) my 40th birthday.  I am feeling well after rehabbing it but still struggle on the runs.

I'm looking for a group to bounce ideas off of and keep me honest.  I have a friend that has done the Ironman 5 times and is an inspiration and motivator for me but I sometimes need to be more grounded. 

saverdu - 2011-01-23 3:33 PM Hi there! My name is Stephanie, and I'd like to join your group if you can take one more! I'm a 33 year old mother to my 5 year old son, and my 10 week old daughter.  I've been pretty active all my life, and was a swimmer in school. After I had my son I decided to try and train for a triathlon, went too hard too fast, and really injured my shoulder.  So now 4 years and one baby later, I'm ready to give it another go!  So I'm really new to what I should be doing, and brand new to this site! I was looking at the programs on here, and really liked one of the ones listed for a 22week sprint program.  Any other advice?  Even about when to get on here, or what to do with your forum?  I appreciate all of your time!

touchdown - 2011-01-24 12:37 PM Scott, Thanks. A few questions that I was hoping you could answer. In terms of biking, I live in Michigan so I will be biking indoors with my road bike on a trainer. I assume that is ok. However, in developing a workout plan which I am in the process of doing, I will find it difficult to do the run, biking, and swimming or any combination there of at the same place. I assume, but it may be wrong but that these activities needed to be done during the same workout if the program has called for it. However, what I have been doing thus far is doing the swiming in the morning before work and then doing the running during my lunch hour at work on the treadmill (again it is bruttally cold here right know....i.e., -5 with windchill). If I have to do the running/swiming/biking back to back this will be difficult as the pool that I swim at does not have any excercise equiment, my bike is in the basement on a trainer, etc. I am sure you are laughing at me right now, but how do I make sense of a work out that has running and swimming or running and biking on the same day? Can I break these into two separate work outs. Help??? Also, do you recommend using the website to develop a plan based on putting in a race date, pace, etc, and it develops a customized plan for you? Also in a swim workout is this continous swiming when it says 800M for example. Today, when I have done 800M I am usually doing 200M free warm up, 100M free, 100M pull, 100M board and fins, 100M back stroke, 200M cool down. Do I do this type of work out without resting 30-60 seconds between sets? Ugh!!! Also, should I just do freestyle the whole way. Again, thanks for you thoughts. Tom

touchdown - 2011-01-25 8:18 AM Awesome thanks. I will get my plan loaded into the website. Thanks for all your help. We swimming again this morning....pool was cold!

Dreams111 - 2011-01-25 10:24 AM Hello everybody!
So I bought a Polar RS 300X HR Monitor with Flowlink. I really wanted the Garmin of course, however funds are limited at this time as I had to buy a new pair of New Balance 1226s. I like the HR monitor. Suppose to be able to wear it in the pool too! The Flowlin. Not so much. You are suppose to be able to set your watch on this platform and have the data transferred to the Polar website exercise diary. Doesn't work so well. Have to do it manually. Carol I know what you mean about the biking. I bike in front of a tv and watch the news on and off. Want to join a Masters swim club they have here where I live, but the times are conflicting with my training and work schedule. At any rate, trying to get my runs up to speed too. Have been focusing on my swimming the most but starting to incorporate biking, running and bricks. Having fun, working hard. The balance of life as a triathlete in progress!
Take Care everyone and train smart!

touchdown - 2011-01-25 7:31 PM Scott, Some helpful advice please...which membership did you recommend? I was thinking the bronze, but I am not sure the added value of the other memberships in terms of what I would need. I need to join to import my plan and it seems like a good tool to keep track of stuff...so I am planning on joining one of the paid memberships. I did start the biking today...I don't have my personal bike set up on the trainer so I ended up using one of the stationary bikes at work (one that you would find at a gym). Thank goodness there is a TV in the workout room and a workout program for the bike. This will be mentally challenging as the time required increases! Hope you and everyone else is having a good week.

cemarkham21 - 2011-01-21 5:13 PM Hi Scott if there's still room I'd like to join your group. I am 25 years old. I started tri training last January primarily as a means to loose weight. Last year I was300+ lbs. I am now under 250 and excited to keep going. Followed the beginner exercise program I found here and it really helped menstay on track. I don't have a bike or the means to buy one right now but I did a simulated sprint distance tri at my local y. It was 450m swim 15 mile bike and 5 k run. I finished in under 1 hr 30 min which I was excited about. I have limited time for training. I have 16 month old twin boys that take up most of my time at home. Most of my training is done during my lunch and Saturday mornings. I am current not following a specific plan but am working up to oly distance. I just completed my first 10k training run this past week. I will most likely train up for the oly distance and run another simulated tri later this year.