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Aloha TriPatrick,

I'd like to join and make some friends here! 

NAME: Angel

AGE: 42

STORY:  Only started participating in sports at age 35 when I began kitesurfing.  This is an extreme sport, but not really as physical as you may think (more mental).  I took up cycling, then swimming, but never ran in my life.  Started running Aug 2011, and did first Sprint Tri Sept 2011.  I have found my passion!

FAMILY: Divorced, no children.  Lucky to have a tri boyfriend who inspired me to tri.

CURRENT TRAINING:  I work full-time for a law firm so my training is after work or weekends. I am trying periodization training, doing key workouts and resting in between so I can absorb the training.  During the week I do some cardio at the gym followed by high rep light weight lifting to get toned.  Since I've been cycling for years, I devote more of my training on my weaknesses, which is running.  I run about 15 miles/week now. The longest I've ever run is 8 miles.  I've become an adept swimmer and have cut back on that training volume as well.  I don't really enjoy pool swimming and open ocean swimming is hard to do with my work schedule, even though I'm in Hawaii. 

WEIGHT LOSS: I have not lost any weight for 7 months although I've gotten more tone and lost inches.  I would like to lose 10 more pounds but when I try to diet I lose performance, get headaches.  Technically I'm an Athena but I don't feel like one... I come in at the middle or bottom 1/3 of my age group. 

GOALS: Lose the 10 pounds, get a flat stomach, get faster at running (my race pace is 11 min!).  Half Marathon this year, Half Ironman by 2013, IM also on the long term goal bucket list.  Stay fit forever!

Looking foward to getting to know all of you too. 

Hello TriPatrick,

Have room for one more?   I'm a 53 yr old male living in the DFW area (Dallas-Forth Worth for ya'll non-Texans).  I've done a number of marathons and half marathons but am looking forward to getting into triathlons.   I just finished my first Sprint last weekend and it was awesome!   Swimming is definitely a challenge for me but I enjoy it.  

Sorry about the sweat -- just back from a run.

Ted 

ashort33 - 2012-04-27 11:52 AM Hey, got room for one more?  I've done some time around BT, but I have been more out than in lately.  Need to get rolling again... after my bike tour anyway

Come on in.  I have "seen" you around BT and your more than welcome.  What is on your schedule this year?

So I have some more scycling  questions. I did my first big training ride yesterday- I did 30kms (should I be converting everything I post on here to miles?) and it took me 1h55 min which was somewhat disappointing (my tri is in 3 months and last years results show the slowest people doing 40km in 1h45min). I was using a crappy old mountain  bike my sister gave me with broken gears and I have a feeling I wasn't in a high enough gear but couldn't get it working well. 

I think that sounds pretty good given the circumstances!

I decided instead of dumping money into that bike I should try to find something cheap but better to work on. Through my local classifieds I found a Miele (Canadian brand from my research) road bike I purchased for $120. Here's what I know about it- Tange Infinity CrMO tubing, some kind of shimano clip on pedals, Exage Motion Groups, centennial contact tires, the paint job (Sikkens acrylic uerthane) leads me to believe it may be from the 80's?

Problems-

1) I don't know what kind of shoe that clip needs (2 hole, 3 hole?). I have never biked in clip-shoes? Do I want to learn how and buy a pair? Can I find a cheap used pair? Or should I just replace it with normal pedals? How much would that cost?

I've seen a lot of clip-shoes on Craigslist, looks like people used them once or twice and gave up on them. You probably want to learn how. You do need to find the shoe that matches the pedal, a bike shop could help you out with that. Normal pedals are very inexpensive.

2) There is a flat tire, so I couldn't even take it for a ride. I know

the guy I bought it from so I am trusting him that it works well like he claims. The tires have such small posts (is that the right term for the things to fill them?) that our air pump doesn't fit (the one we use on our mountain bikes). Do I need some kind of special pump?

There's 2 types of valves, presta (which are common on road bikes) and shrader (probably what your mountain bike has). My pump has an interchangable thing in the spring, maybe you could find the owners' manual to see if yours has that?

3) Should this make a significant difference in my speed (not only that but my mountain bike was a painful ride)? Was this a decent deal?

If it increases your confidence, I'd say so! I also had cheap mountain bikes growing up, and being on a 'grown up' road bike felt like such a step-up in the world

Sorry- I'm very new to cycling. I have had some cheap mountain bikes growing up but have never ridden a road bike.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36734116@N02/sets/72157629922198763/ Here are some pics. 

I know I am quite clueless. I have been doing some online reading to try to bring me up to speed. Thanks for any help everyone

So I have some more scycling  questions. I did my first big training ride yesterday- I did 30kms (should I be converting everything I post on here to miles?) and it took me 1h55 min which was somewhat disappointing (my tri is in 3 months and last years results show the slowest people doing 40km in 1h45min). I was using a crappy old mountain  bike my sister gave me with broken gears and I have a feeling I wasn't in a high enough gear but couldn't get it working well. 

I decided instead of dumping money into that bike I should try to find something cheap but better to work on. Through my local classifieds I found a Miele (Canadian brand from my research) road bike I purchased for $120. Here's what I know about it- Tange Infinity CrMO tubing, some kind of shimano clip on pedals, Exage Motion Groups, centennial contact tires, the paint job (Sikkens acrylic uerthane) leads me to believe it may be from the 80's?

Problems-

1) I don't know what kind of shoe that clip needs (2 hole, 3 hole?). I have never biked in clip-shoes? Do I want to learn how and buy a pair? Can I find a cheap used pair? Or should I just replace it with normal pedals? How much would that cost?

2) There is a flat tire, so I couldn't even take it for a ride. I know the guy I bought it from so I am trusting him that it works well like he claims. The tires have such small posts (is that the right term for the things to fill them?) that our air pump doesn't fit (the one we use on our mountain bikes). Do I need some kind of special pump?

3) Should this make a significant difference in my speed (not only that but my mountain bike was a painful ride)? Was this a decent deal?

Sorry- I'm very new to cycling. I have had some cheap mountain bikes growing up but have never ridden a road bike.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36734116@N02/sets/72157629922198763/ Here are some pics. 

I know I am quite clueless. I have been doing some online reading to try to bring me up to speed. Thanks for any help everyone

So I have some more scycling  questions. I did my first big training ride yesterday- I did 30kms (should I be converting everything I post on here to miles?) and it took me 1h55 min which was somewhat disappointing (my tri is in 3 months and last years results show the slowest people doing 40km in 1h45min). I was using a crappy old mountain  bike my sister gave me with broken gears and I have a feeling I wasn't in a high enough gear but couldn't get it working well. 

I decided instead of dumping money into that bike I should try to find something cheap but better to work on. Through my local classifieds I found a Miele (Canadian brand from my research) road bike I purchased for $120. Here's what I know about it- Tange Infinity CrMO tubing, some kind of shimano clip on pedals, Exage Motion Groups, centennial contact tires, the paint job (Sikkens acrylic uerthane) leads me to believe it may be from the 80's?

Problems-

1) I don't know what kind of shoe that clip needs (2 hole, 3 hole?). I have never biked in clip-shoes? Do I want to learn how and buy a pair? Can I find a cheap used pair? Or should I just replace it with normal pedals? How much would that cost?

2) There is a flat tire, so I couldn't even take it for a ride. I know the guy I bought it from so I am trusting him that it works well like he claims. The tires have such small posts (is that the right term for the things to fill them?) that our air pump doesn't fit (the one we use on our mountain bikes). Do I need some kind of special pump?

3) Should this make a significant difference in my speed (not only that but my mountain bike was a painful ride)? Was this a decent deal?

Sorry- I'm very new to cycling. I have had some cheap mountain bikes growing up but have never ridden a road bike.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36734116@N02/sets/72157629922198763/ Here are some pics. 

I know I am quite clueless. I have been doing some online reading to try to bring me up to speed. Thanks for any help everyone

Race went well today. Still waiting on the results to be posted but I looked at them a little before I left. I beat my time/pace goals in each portion of the event so I'm happy. My goals going in were

The run was tough. My training has been messed up the last few weeks because I have had to go to ND for work the past few weeks and there aren't a lot of training opportunities when I'm up there for work. There were two hills on the run as well which made it tough with the extra weight I carry.

It was a great experience. The event was put on by Playtri and they did a great job. Hats off. I can't wait to do another one!

Next up for me is the Captex in Austin on Memorial Day.

My plan is to pick up the 20 week Olympic 2x/wk plan on month two on Tuesday. Tomorrow off. The race would be at the end of the 4th reduced volume week so I think it will be fine.

Now, if I could just figure out how to keep my caloric intake down enough to drop some weight I could definitely improve my times. My goal is 10 lbs by Memorial day. That's 2.5 lbs/wk which should be doable I think.