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Hi Mace.  Welcome to the group!  Sounds like you've got a great year ahead of you and plenty of time to train for your half.  Yes, regular/consistent training is the key to the long races.  Being on 24 and I assume 24 at whack must be interesting juggling your family life, training, etc.

Hi Syndi.  Yes, we're still open for business so welcome to the group!

A lot of pet owners here!  I'm glad your cardiologist gave you the green light to do tris.  I went to a cardiologist and also had a CT scan of my heart before doing my IM last year since my family has a history of heart disease.

Looks like you have some great plans this year.  Yes, it's a good balance between pushing our limits and injuring ourselves (I'm nursing some myself too) so hopefully you (and all of us) can keep on track with that.

Hey, being stubborn will get you far in endurance activities since others will have already quit!   We're all hear to give you support (and to get some back too!).

Anne, no need to be embarassed at all.  Sounds like you have a strong running base which will serve you well in tris.  Congrats on your tri last weekend.  I'll have to check out your RR.  I'm sure many have tips on the OWS here.  We'll all help to keep you honest with your training

I also have asthma.  Do you take anything for it at all?  re: metabolism, yah, every year it gets harder.  We're all fighting that one, but training for tris sure keeps you busy and burning calories.

Hey, our group is almost full!

First question for everyone out there - what are your goals for the month of May?  Share them with us all so that we can help support you and nudge you on them.

Ideally, your goals will be S.M.A.R.T. - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.  They should be specific to your needs and priorities and likely support bigger goals you may have later in the year.

Okay, let's hear 'em!!

Robin, you're in!  You're our 10th.  Welcome to the group!

I think that since I'm starting my training anew this month I'll keep May's goals fairly simple:

Follow my training plan to the letter, which includes training every day with Friday's off. 

Goals.... hmmm...

1.  Drop 5 pounds.  I've let my weight creep up in the last year.  Gotta fix that.
2.  Get my 1500m swim under 35 min.  I'm at about 37 now.
3.  Be smart about my running and NOT get hurt again.  Stupid shins!
4.  Survive the last 5 weeks of school.  And not go crazy or hurt someone. 

Guess that's enough for now. 

Pattie

woohooo!!!! thanks

A little about me - I'm 26, married, dog, no kids, also an engineer.  This is my first season, I started training late last year and have 2 sprint tris under my belt, as well as a 5k and half marathon.  This weekend I am doing my Y's sprint, and next weekend it's Wildflower, my first oly.  On June 8 (my 27th b-day) I am doing the mud run at Camp Pendleton.

My first goal for May is to complete Wildflower.  I don't have a specific time goal - I just want to have fun and finish strong. 

Second, I want to let my knee heal.  It has been bugging me on and off since my half marathon.  It felt good in my last race, but I have been doing a minimal amount of running to prepare for Wildflower.  After this race I will stop running for a few weeks.  I do have the 10k on June 8, but that's more of a "fun" race (as if they all aren't fun) and I'll be running it at my sister's pace, which is slower than mine.

3rd, I'd like to get my swimming times down below 2:00/100yd.  To do that I'll probably have to swim more than once a week, and maybe get some coaching.

Gotta go for now, sounds like we have a good group and I'm glad to be part of it!!!

My primary goal for May is to survive and finish IM Lanzarote.  Intermediate goals are to not get injured leading up to it and to do a reasonable taper.  That and be very active with our mentoring group

BTW, here are links to the mentoring group and all of our training logs.

Enginerd's Mentoring Group
dorkboy - Scot
chikopiakomak - Karen
gettinfitnow - Tanya
LJR - Jim
abake - Anne
amyro1234 - Amy
rowdypaint - Pattie
wanna race - Mace
Roadie gal - Syndi
froglegs - Robin
enginerd - Donato

You can add this into your "Goals" section of your training blog so you have easy access to everyone's logs.  If anyone wants to fix it up and put it into a nice table or something, feel free!

Thanks for the links. Dumb question, how do you bring the list into Goals and retain the formatting? When I tried it, the html was disabled. Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing?

 Never mind, I just read the HELP section...

The good news:

Today I took the time to learn how to use my chain tool.

The bad news:

This happened on the side of the road, about 3 miles from home.  So much for my ride today.  At least I was able to fix it well enough to hold up to a few miles of very careful pedaling in a low gear.  By the time I got home just now it was already separating again and I could feel it sticking.

Oh well!!  Off to buy a new chain (and some new handlebar tape, because mine is now covered in grease).