Big Steve's Group - CLOSED (Page 2)

2011-01-09 7:34 PM

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Hi Steven, Another newbie wanting to join

Name: Grant – I live in South Brunswick NJ

ME: After spending four years as a contract project manager and traveling close to 100% of the time, I found myself as a very soft 240 pound our of shape 45 year old. I took a cut in pay in order to obtain an easy going job close to home so that I could focus on improving my quality of life. When I was younger my wife and I were very active. We did a lot of 10k’s and biathlons. I set a five year goal of completing an Ironman triathlon for my 50^th birthday and began training in November. I am signed up for the Devilman sprint and New Jersey State sprint. I have also joined Team in Training LLS.org, but most of the training is slow paced. I am looking for more of a challenge, perhaps an Olympic distance late summer or in the fall.

Family Status : Married – two children 17 & 19.

Current Training: I am currently training 7 days a week 1 hour a day (swim/bike/run rotation). I definitely need to pickup a trainer, riding outside is getting a little hazardous. I belong to Princeton Wellness and am looking to get into their masters swim program

Weightloss: I am currently 220, I’ve dropped 20 and have at least another 20 to go.

Goals:
Goal #1 Be below 200 for the Devilman in May.
Goal # 2 Get my run pace below 8:00.
Goal# 3 Increase run distance to 15 miles
Goal # 4 Be prepared to start next year with a strong HIM

My training is logged at runkeeper: http://runkeeper.com/user/grauch/activity/22884513

2011-01-09 7:54 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Maureen, welcome aboard!! Are you already registered for any Oly??

-Steven

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2011-01-09 7:54 PM

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Subject: Interesting Central Jersey Group...Meet & Greet?

It seems that we have a bunch of people in the central jersey area (actually we all seem to be within 5 mins of 6 Mile Run and I bet we have all passed each other on the trails). Would anybody be interested in actually getting together one night to chat; maybe over a bottle of water?

Just an idea as I have seen some N & S Brunswick guys and I am in Milltown? I work from home so I am very flexible on the schedule side?

2011-01-09 7:57 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Hey Grant,

Great to have you in the group. We'll get you through the devilman sprint and more!

7 days a week, wow! ... do you have a specific plan you're following??

-Steven

2011-01-09 8:14 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

No, I am blindly going with what ever my body and the weather can support. My thought has been that 240 is too much weight to be lugging around during training. I am definitely feeling the benefits of losing 20 lbs and realizing that I need to begin to train smarter in order to maximize my results.

Do you have any suggestions?

Muskwa2

2011-01-09 9:11 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Thanks so much Steve, I do believe you'll be priceless in my growth as an athlete!!!!

Not registered for anything yet, we have a tri club here and registration for the 2011 season is on the 18th, there I'll pay my dues and be registered with "Tri BC" and it is my understanding that then I'll be eligible to register for a race But don't quote me on that

Muskwa2

2011-01-09 9:29 PM

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Subject: RE: Weekly totals

This was my week 1 starting Monday, and Saturday's will be my rest day, so the totals only represent 5 days this time around

600.00 Yd 1h 25m

6.43 Mi 36m 13s

12.19 Mi 2h 54m 15s

Str:

55m

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2011-01-10 12:14 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Steven
I would love to join your group. I have tried this before, but the group was not very active and petered out pretty early.

I am 39, married for 16 years, father of 3 (4,7,10).

This is my 3rd season. I started running in July 2008 when my 36 waist jeans were getting tight. I was then 6'1" and 203lbs.

I got in to Tris when I found that I loved the cross training that my run training called for. Did 2 Sprints, an OLY and a Mary in each of the last 2 years.

I now weigh about 185 and am looking to get under 180. My 'A' races this year are an OLY in July, Steelhead 70.3 in August and a fall Mary (Hopefully NYC, 2nd year trying). I will do a few Sprints in there and some shorter running races.

My biggest issue is keeping a reasonable balance between training and family. In 2009 I did not achieve a very good balance and there was some friction at home, but in 2010 I was better and reached (most of) my goals.

I am looking forward to my most challenging year yet.

2011-01-10 7:39 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Training & life balance is incredibly hard. You're not alone with that challenge.

Welcome to the group. I'm pretty excited about it and will try hard to not let it peter out.

-Steven

2011-01-10 7:40 AM

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Subject: RE: Interesting Central Jersey Group...Meet & Greet?

That's a great idea! Lets give it another week and see who else joins and we'll organize something.

-Steven

margarita

2011-01-10 8:28 AM

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I'm in

Hi all, I have the pleasure of knowing Steven and Jules from the non-virtual world. I worked for Steven several years ago and can vouch that he is a great leader and does nothing by half. He and Jules are absolutely great to be around and I am lucky to have them both in my life!

Name: Margarita (Rita)

Location: Jamison, PA

ME: Got into triathlon two years ago after reading about Team Hoyt. I have always loved riding and swimming, so I figured I only needed to learn to how to run for more than a mile without passing out. Well, I actually had to re-learn all three sports. I think getting into this sport is one of the best decisions I ever made in my life, second only to the decision to have a child

Unfortunately, my achievements over the past two seasons are nothing to brag about. I'm looking to change it this year and be proud of my race results. I would like to get comfortable with the Olympic distance this year and move up to Half-Ironman next year.

Family Status: Married, have a daugher.

Current Training: I have been trying to bring my training volume to 6-8 hours a week in the off-season. I'm finishing my MBA degree and it just keeps getting in the way. So, my committment will be to get to and stick with 8 hours of training a week. This is how I am allocating my time:

Run	45
Run	45
Run	45
Swim	60
Swim Swim	30 30
Bike	80
Bike	80
Strength	35
Strength	30

I love interval training and incorporate it into running and biking sessions. Swimming is more of a challenge.
For strength, I'm going to give crossfit a try. Sounds very interesting. Hope it does not kill me.

2011 Races:
Philadelphia Broad Street 10-mile Run
Black Bear Sprint
?
?
Steelman Olympic

The rest are undecided, but the plan is to do something approximately every three weeks through the summer.

Weightloss: Need to lose about 30 pounds. The plan is to be losing 2 to 3 pounds a week.

Thank you for starting this group Steven.

Edited by margarita 2011-01-10 12:49 PM

2011-01-10 9:08 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

If you have room for one more, I'd really like to join this group!

Here's the scoop:

Name: Rob

Story: I live in Carmel Indiana. Getting ready to age up next month- to the 50-54 group- yikes, I CAN'T be That old!!?! I am pretty dedicated to US Masters swimming, "enjoying" the Mon/Wed/Fri 5:15 AM practices getting in around 8000 - 9000 yards per week. I started in November 2009. I also spend a couple of hours a week on the bike trainer- way too cold to be on the roads this time of year! I haven't been running - currently fighting a heel spur. I am going to a great podiatrist though that is also a marathon runner, so I'm hopefully headed in the right direction! Of the three sports, running is BY FAR the weakest. I hadn't planned on triathlon, but way too many of my fellow swimmers were doing tris, and many with IM's under their belts.

Family Status: Married (25 years in April!). My bride also swims Masters with me and is a heck of an athlete. Three kids- one recently graduated college (and swims Masters with us!), the second is a junior in college and swim for a Division 1 school, and the youngest is a sophomore in HS that also swims (sounds like a theme here!).

Current training: The aforementioned 8-9k of swimming a week plus bike trainer rides (usually Tuesday and Saturday). I see the doc this Thursday for my foot, and will see if I can start to get on the treadmill.

2010 Races:
Carmel (IN) Sprint Tri
Carmel IN Freedom Run - 4.5 miles
Fishers (IN) Area Sprint Tri
Trinity Free Clinic Run - 5k

2011 Races:
Carmel Sprint Tri (April 17th, and I'm hoping to be SIGNIFICANTLY faster than last year! Just hope the heel is >80% by then)
500 Festival Mini Marathon (HM) - May
Hoping for either the Chicago Olympic Tri -or- the Steelhead (Michigan) Half Ironman in August- that will be something I will need advice on- is a HIM a bridge too far??
Fishers Area Sprint Tri - September
Trinity Free Clinic Run - 5k - October
(All of this depends on my ability to have a foot that will run, or at least walk very, very quickly!)

Weightloss: I'm about 6' 3". I'm pushing almost 25 pounds lost since I started all of this w/o really trying. I wouldn't mind losing another 5 or so to get myself under 200.

What I would like / Goals: I have really learned from Masters Swimming how great it is to be with a group and be held accountable (in a friendly way of course!). My goal is to get to a HIM- don't know if I can pull it off this year, but maybe next?? I'm also a guy that is absolutely amazed that I'm even typing this- a year and a half ago, I would have doubled over laughing if somebody told me I would be involved in triathlon!

So, can I please join the group??

2011-01-10 10:05 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Hey Rita, thanks for joining.

Its a privelege to have the person who got me into this wonderful sport as part of this group!

We've got quite a crew going and I think we'll all be able to help and motivate one another.

-Steven

2011-01-10 10:10 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Hey Rob, consider yourself IN !

Thats an incredibly impressive swim quantity you put in every week. Wow, very inspirational!

Good luck with the foot getting better, looks like you're on the right track.

Welcome aboard.

-Steven

margarita

2011-01-10 11:34 AM

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stevepiv - 2011-01-10 11:05 AM Hey Rita, thanks for joining.

Steven, thank you! I might have gotten you into this sport but I have never been able to catch up with you! Maybe this is my opportunity

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Edited by margarita 2011-01-10 11:34 AM

2011-01-10 12:05 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

stevepiv - 2011-01-10 11:10 AM Hey Rob, consider yourself IN !

Thats an incredibly impressive swim quantity you put in every week. Wow, very inspirational!

Good luck with the foot getting better, looks like you're on the right track.

Welcome aboard.

-Steven

Thanks Steven! I've never been called "inspirational" before!

2011-01-10 12:12 PM

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Subject: RE: Weekly totals

stevepiv - 2011-01-08 6:22 PM How much did you train this week? (Sunday to Saturday) Reply with your weekly totals. It's not a competition but everyone seeing each others numbers will be inspirational for the following week. You can just copy and paste from the training log calendar view. Here are mine:S: 6350.00 Yd 2h 23m 45sB: 157.56 Mi 8h 12m 20sR: 10.00 Mi 1h 34m 30sStr: 1h 30m

Catching up on how much did we train last week, here's mine (Jan 2-9!

Swim = 8,250 yards in 3 hours 30 minutes
Bike = 31 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes (all on trainer - hey, it's COLD out!)
Run = 0 miles :-( Gotta get this heel healed!!

2011-01-10 12:36 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Looking to pickup an indoor trainer. Which is better - Rollers or a tripod with resistance?

2011-01-10 12:41 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

We're on our second- we started with a Cycleops wind trainer- worked fine but was NOISY!! We now have a Cyclops magnetic trainer- you can barely hear it which is great to be able to hear the TV for those exciting indoor rides! I've never used the roller, but have always heard to clear a path in front of you in case you jump the rollers!

margarita

2011-01-10 12:54 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Rollers are going to be much more challenging at the beginning. I have a fluid Cycleops and love it. I love not having to worry about riding off the trainer, plus being able to change resistance and being able to use riser blocks. It's not very noisy and I have no problem hearing the TV.

2011-01-10 3:16 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

The 3 options below are what my coach gave me last year. Because I wanted him to create customized rides for me and I wanted the visuals of actual Ironman races I went with the computrainer by racermate. I love it (but its very expensive). I've heard good things about the other two as well.

-Steven

Computrainer - http://www.racermateinc.com/ this is a computer based program. Benefits are that I can actually create a workout for you and you just download it and do it. It also has video options, where you can actually ride IM courses. Most expensive option. I have one and do swear by it.

Cyclops - Two options here, first is expensive, and is a stationary bike. I have ridden and it is great. You can create a ride profile, and insert it into your bike computer. i have not done this, but it seems easy. Another benefit, is that the technology is top notch. Power Tap is the most popular and versitle of all Power Meters
they also have a new option which is a Pro Trainer. With this you have a handle bar mounted computer which you can also easily load a workout into, and works great with training peaks

Kurt Kenitic - these offer a number of options, but I would stay with a fluid trainer. They also have different fly wheels so you can make it more challenging. They sell separately a bike computer that reads power. I believe this is the most economical. It doesn't have the bells and whistles, but you would still be able to do some great things

2011-01-10 3:17 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

maybe one of you can teach me something about this site...

how do you paste something from a post you're replying to with that virtical line next to it???

2011-01-10 6:11 PM

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stevepiv - 2011-01-10 4:17 PM maybe one of you can teach me something about this site...

how do you paste something from a post you're replying to with that virtical line next to it???

never mind, figured out I should hit the Quote button instead of reply. Duhh

Edited by stevepiv 2011-01-10 6:12 PM

2011-01-10 9:40 PM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Catching up - posting last weeks training:

Training for last weekSwim - 4260 - 2 hours 50 minutes
Run - 11.58 miles - 2 hours 55 minutes
Mountain Bike - 43.07 miles - 3 hours 52 minutes

2011-01-11 11:38 AM

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Subject: RE: Big Steve's Group - OPEN

Okay- need some opinions please! My bride and I are doing some investigating on this. Is it crazy to go from a handful of Sprint Tris to a HIM or is it more logical to do an Olympic before a HIM? If it is crazy, what's the appropriate way to go about it? Year 1 Sprints; Year 2 do an Oly; Year 3 do a HIM???