kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 - CLOSED (Page 2)

Name: Jennifer/jarvy01

Story: I felt a little lost after having my fourth child in Feb. 2010, almost as if I didn't recognize myself as person outside of parenting.  I decided to start running, because I'd always told myself I couldn't run, and I began with the couch to 5k program.  After running in my first road race, I thought it would be fun to try triathlon.  I fell in love with the training (love the racing, too). 

Family Status: Married with 4 children - Conrad (6), Madge (5), Gordon (3), and Freddy (1).

Current Training: I'm really trying to focus on running and cycling until spring.  I have the most to gain in those 2 sports.

2011 Races:  Cleveland HM, Wendy's sprint tri, Cleveland sprint, Chicago international, Topath HM, and 3 other small, local sprint tris.   

Planned 2012 Races:  Cleveland HM, Grand Rapids international, Cleveland international, Half Rev Cedar Point.  I'm also going to race a 2 mile open water swim sometime in July.   

Weightloss:  My goal for the winter months is to maintain my weight and build some muscle.  I'd like to race - 5-6 lbs. next Sept., but I think the loss will happen naturally as a result of my summer training load. 

I'm Shaun and I'm the member of Kel's family who doesn't walk on 4 legs. 

You'll probably see me bump in and out to discuss certain topics.

Thanks for the welcome, I'm looking forward to it!

Jealousy works both ways... Come June/July all you northern hemisphere guys will be into full race mode, and I'll be stuck inside on the trainer... 

I'd love to jump in with you guys!

Name: ReginaPhalange72 (Sarah)

Story: I've been a marathoner for a few years now and have just jumped headfirst into the tri world by signing up for my first Ironman.  I love swimming and biking too, but I'm primarily a runner at the moment.  So I really need to work on those, and will take all the help I can get!

Family Status: Married with two dogs.

Current Training: Right now I'm training for my upcoming marathon (March 17th), and will be increasing my biking/swimming distances during this time just as crosstraining.  I'll start my actual training program (the BT Ironman plan, or perhaps the Friel plan - just got the book tonight!) on/around April 1st.

2011 Races: Buffalo Marathon, Adirondack Marathon

Planned 2012 Races: DC Rock n Roll Marathon (March 17th), a few olympics to work out the kinks, HITS Cooperstown full Ironman (Sept 23rd)

Weightloss: I'm at my body's "happy" weight (5' even, 128 lbs), but I'd love to get down to a good race weight that would be somewhere closer to 110-115 lbs.

Also, I'm a blog nerd: http://geonerdette.wordpress.com

Put me down as another jealous one.  I was in Auckland, Taupo, and ChCh in January working on my Ph.D. fieldwork (I'm a geologist and study volcanoes), and I never wanted to leave.  I'd move there in a heartbeat.

Ok here's the list so far (hyper linked to everyone's training logs).  I added a few who haven;t introduced themselves yet, but they let me know they wanted in.  I think we're closed out now.

kaburns1214 (Kelly)

uhcoog (Scott)

bryancd (Bryan)

karen26.2 (Karen)

triguy1043 (Jeremy)

calimavs (Margot)

crmorton (Chris)

abqtj (Steve)

bulfrog (Andrew)

gabrelsj (Jason)

jarvy01 (Jen)

cubeframgopher (Shaun)

swima (Meghan)

reginaphalange72 (Sarah)

carrie639 (Carrie)

DDVMM (Michele)

jsklarz (Jeff-y)

Rudedog55 (Rud-y)

Rizer22 (Jeff)

Thanks!

How do you use them technically or how do people utilize them?

If you take a look at mine, I've been logging regularly for five years.  I put my workouts in everyday and it lets me track hours, paces, my thoughts, etc.  I find it really useful to be able to look back at how I felt and how I've improved over time. 

There are actually 2 different types of logs available under your "Training Log."

The first is the log where you can track any physical activity.  For the particular day you want to track, click on the "Training" hyperlink in the day and you'll see entry boxes for Swim/Bike/Run workouts.  Below that are entry boxes for strength training, sports activities, etc. 

If you're using one of BT's training plans, the plan will be imported into your training log (depending on your membership level) so that the workout boxes are pre-populated for the given day.

The second log is the nutrition log.  This component has grown over the past year into a really good tool for tracking your nutrition.  When logging your food, you can search for foods that others have entered or you can enter your own nutritional information.  For instance, if you always eat a specific meal, you can create a single entry for it with all of the known information so you don't have to re-enter the components each day.  It is a good way to see just how many and what type of calories you are consuming each day.  I'll leave Kel's thoughts on calorie consumption, insulin response and weight loss for a completely separate discussion.

Welcome to the group and don't hesitate to ask any question on any topic.  We're always happy to help.

Thanks!  I'll have to play around with those.

I forgot to mention, I'm vegan, so my nutrition stuff might be a tad different from most.

Oooo, how do you do the Garmin data?  That would be great!

Name:  Carrie639

Story:  I played ice hockey for many years, but after many trips to the surgical room I decided to hang up my skates about 7 years ago.  I still worked out but that was becoming bored with really no goal to works towards.  I talked to a trainer about doing something similar to a triathlon, but didn't want to run (always got shin splints).  She mentioned aquabikes and I signed up for my first race in 2009, an olympic aquabike.  That soon was not enough as I wanted to complete a triathlon.  I struggled in 2010 with the run and constant injuries, so did 2 half aquabikes.  I changed shoes, tossed the custom expensive orthodics and began running again in august 2010.  I did my first 1/2 mary last November in 2010.  

Kelly is currently training me.  We have really turned my training around to force more HR training (which I have never focused on).  I am looking forward to a transformation in 2012!  I am told we have alot of work to do on nutrition

Family status:  Single with 2 chocolate labs (Bella and Briggs) and a cat named Tag

Current Training:  I am training hard core (soon to ramp down, thankfully) for Goofy in January... Disney World race with a 1/2 mary on Saturday and a full mary on Sunday.  While I expect this to be the toughest race mentally ... the medals will be well worth it!!!  I just keep telling myself I am doing a 5k, just several of them.

2011 races:  I spent a good portion of the beginning of 2011 injured with an IT band injury and a hip flexor injury, so I bagged triathlons and focused on the Chicago marathon.  I switched from the Hidgon program to the Galloway program.  I did a few 1/2 marys, some shorter races and 2 mary's.  I also, participated in the swim portion of tri relays when needed.

2012 races:  Still in discussion with Kelly, but Goofy in January, Illinois 5k & half challenge and the Wisconsin 1/2 mary (did I forget to mention those?).  I am also competing in swim meets (my master swim has us learn all strokes), probably 2 HIM's and another marathon or two. Not sure yet.

Weightloss:  I have lost about 40 lbs in the last few years and plan to work hard on an additional 40-50 in 2012.  I think weight is one of my biggest limiters as well as training to hard at too high HR's

I have been on this thread for the past 12-18 months. This is a great group of athletes with all levels of ability and experiences in many different disciplines.  Mentor threads like this are great learning tools from training, nutrition, race strategy, potty training, etc  This is a fun group

Someone else maybe be able to expand on this, but I was already connected to downloading data to Garminconnect.com (not sure if this is needed), but when you go into "training" on your day, at the bottom of the bike or run portions, you will see "download data". It will look for watches, hopefully yours will show up.  If you watch shows up, hit "download data" and it will transfer the data and load all your data into the workouts (time, distance, pace, HR, etc).

I haven't figured out how to download data when I do a bike and run (argh), still learning ..., but I usually can get the run data in there.

I hope this helps.

Thanks!

Welcome I will be at IM Lake Placid as well

I'll be volunteering (it's a great way to spend my birthday) so I'll cheer you on!

Welcome to all the new names!

Name: DDVMM/Michele

Story: I have been running on and off for years. Just when I thought I was in the best shape ever, I was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer. I had surgery and radiation and was thankful I had such a good level of fitness to get through both of those with minimal problems. I joined a group called Surviving Strong - a group of cancer survivors that ran HM's and triathlons - it was then I was introduced to the world of triathlon. I did my first sprint last summer with the great support of this group and I was hooked!

Family Status: Happily married with 4 very busy children, Kaiya (12), Marnie (10), Quinn (8), and Ellie (3)

Current Training:I am doing a weight training only month currently and will be adding cardio back in after Xmas.

2011 Races: Unite HM, NJ State Sprint, Danskin sprint, Philly HM, a few 5K's and tri club sprints

Planned 2012 Races: Unite HM, NJ state oly, Danskin, Irongirl MD, Philly HM

Weightloss: I am at a pretty ideal weight but would love to get down another 5 pounds (we are never happy are we?)

I just wanted to add that I LOVE this group! Kelly is a FANTASTIC mentor and I have learned SOOOOO much from her and everyone else here!!!!

Okay, another question -

Is it worth actually paying for a BT subscription?  At the moment I'm just working with a free one.