Dream Chaser's 'Set a Goal and Capture it!' Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 20)

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-28 10:09 AM

APRIL ASSIGNMENT.  Okay Team Dream Chaser.  Time to take the gloves off for April.   Sometime between now and next Sunday, I want EVERYONE (me included) to look at our Training Plans/ Goals for April and post your targeted SWIM/BIKE/RUN/CROSSFIT Volume Goals.  You pick time, distance, whatever you're comfortable with ...but you must choose specific/ attainable Volume Goals for April.  At the end of the Month we will then award and praise the TOP 3 who came closest to/ or accomplished their goals.  So we have a 1st Place, 2nd and 3rd Place based off your Own Self-Determined Goals.  And please, be honest.  Don't set lofty unrealistic goals; but don't set the bar too low either.  Post anytime between now and Sunday.  Deadline is Sunday!! Give it some thought    Let's finish March strong and then get ready for the APRIL FOOLS CHALLENGE!!   

Yikes!  This is one way to stay accountable!!!

April Goals (in hours):

Swim 1:40/week or 7:30 for the month
Run: 9 hours/month
Bike: 25hrs for the month
Strength: 4 hours/mth

Congrats to you guys for great races!  Way to get er done!!

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-29 8:27 AM

Havajava - 2011-03-28 11:30 PM Going to have to really think about april goals! Hubby bought me an amazing new cannondale road bike yesterday! So that should help with my biking times!! If only the wheather would warm up a bit!

Yeah, the weather is also going to play a big part in what my Biking Volume will be.  I guess I should be optimistic though and hope that IT WILL EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY warm up!!  

I'll post my numbers tomorrow.  I really got to think about this

Good on you Marcia for grabbing the bull by the horns and just laying those numbers down!! 

Truth is, for me, (like everyone else) life is crazy-busy.  And if I'm going to get all my training in, I'm going to have to start dragging my butt out of bed early in the mornings.  Which I'm better at doing was it gets warmer out.  C'mon WARM WEATHER!!  

Same here... and I didn't take in to consideration weekends away.  I'm optimistic I'll be able to double up ha ha  (I make myself laugh!). 

Congrats on the bike Havajava!  Nice hubby

Ok - I was fairly consistent thru March given the week out of town and am overall happy to still be motivated 3 months into this....that is my PR!! Whoo-hoo!! :D

Building on that - I did not get the amount or quality of training done in March that I had planned. I will have to think about this for a day or two and come up with some specific, attainable yet uncomfortable goals for April. I need to get more into a tri -training mind set...it has been hard because I have found such positive results with the CrossFit. Even though I haven't run anything over 3 miles (maybe one 5-6?-can't remember) while CrossFitting - this past weekend I ran a 58min 5miler - definitely not podium material but better than any previous time at that mileage for me by 10+min. So...deceisions....decisions.....

Can't thank all of you enough for making me stay focused by being a part of a group. Though I  don't inspire enough or ask the questions and actively participate often within the group - I still look forward to reading others experiences, questions and advice. That involvement has helped me feel apart of something and has helped keep me motivated - so Thanks to you all!!

Now....back to work....and pondering those goals for April......

Ah, April.  Transition month for me.  Transition (we hope) from this gawdawful cold weather to nice warm, actually-bikeable-outside-weather-without-wearing-battle-gear weather.  Mid-60s (that's degrees...not miles ) runs in the State Park.  Can't wait.

Also a transition month for my training, moving from my crazy learn-to-swim plan to a regular triathlon plan, but in between that I have two weeks where I'm just going to work out by feel and run some run races.  I have a 10K and a 5K scheduled right now, plus I'll probably due a LT test on the bike at some point.  Also need to get some good miles on the new bike if it ever stops being 40 degrees.  Tri plan starts in earnest May 1st for my two "A" races on July 9th and August 14th.

I'm thinking about:

Swim:  25K yards

Bike:  8-12 hours, depending on weather (I can't go past 90 minutes on the Expresso trainer without losing it)

Run:  80 miles (a manageable, steady, consistent increase from my 17 mi per week right now)

Strength and core work:  1+ hour per week

I also gotta finish splitting about one more cord of firewood and stacking it...lugging those rounds around is quite a workout.

Last two days of March are going to be run/strength days, as I'm on the road and it's cold outside.  March should wind up being a pretty strong swim and run month, and OK on the bike and ST.  Pretty consistent overall and I think I've started to forge the steel to make the sword.  April and May will pound it into shape, and June will sharpen and hone it.

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-28 10:09 AM Good morning Everyone.  Hope everyone had a safe, good weekend of training.  4 days to finish up March.  I'm probably going to take off today, and then I' m gonna try and bump up my bike volume a bit before month-end. 

I missed my sub 1:30 goal yesterday by 11 seconds.  I wish I could say I used the Group as motivation, but I was in such a 'state' and so deep in the depths of Pain, my only focus was staying conscious and coherent   It was cool meeting Sammeg.  I can vouch he's a cool laidback kind of guy.  

APRIL ASSIGNMENT.  Okay Team Dream Chaser.  Time to take the gloves off for April.   Sometime between now and next Sunday, I want EVERYONE (me included) to look at our Training Plans/ Goals for April and post your targeted SWIM/BIKE/RUN/CROSSFIT Volume Goals.  You pick time, distance, whatever you're comfortable with ...but you must choose specific/ attainable Volume Goals for April.  At the end of the Month we will then award and praise the TOP 3 who came closest to/ or accomplished their goals.  So we have a 1st Place, 2nd and 3rd Place based off your Own Self-Determined Goals.  And please, be honest.  Don't set lofty unrealistic goals; but don't set the bar too low either.  Post anytime between now and Sunday.  Deadline is Sunday!! Give it some thought    Let's finish March strong and then get ready for the APRIL FOOLS CHALLENGE!!  

I need to make some wholesale changes and recommit to what I want to achieve this year.  Considering that I will spend two of the four weeks this month on trial, this is gonna be tough.  But there is always going to be something in the way.  So here goes ...

Run:  10 miles

Swim:  3 miles 

Weights:  3x week

That's awesome news!  I remember when you first joined you indicated that you tend to lose focus and peeter off but you've been consistent and sound really motivated!  Going in to this season STRONG woo hoo!

Unfortunately I haven't experienced this yet.  I've tried to encourage my friends to take up different aspects of the sport and train with me and while they are supportive - they just aren't interested or sufficiently motivated.  Even friends that have tried one years ago - trying to light that flame again.  I tried to get hubby in to running but he likes short sprinting and I can't keep up.  He'd sink in water.  The closest I got was to inspire a good friend to do her first mini triathlon last summer.  It was a great time swimming with her as she's really strong but it can be a challenge finding the time.  Last summer I discovered my child's friend and my neighbour cycled (same bike/same speed) and we went out a couple of times and it was AWESOME! Pushing one another to pick up the pace and do some good hills.  I'm hopeful we'll get back at it but again - schedules can be difficult to manage with kids/jobs etc.  I could join a club or something but to be honest - with such limited time to train - I don't want to waste any of it with someone slower and there's a part of me that would worry about holding someone else back.  I think you need to find that right 'group' that gets it and while 'together' you can also move 'alone' to push yourself.  If that makes any sense.

John already started with the March Review   Which is a great idea.  I'm very content with my Run/Swim Volume and Run/Swim fitness.  The Bike is my big question mark.  I think I have some good fitness, but until I ride long outside, I won't know.  Just need to now ***focus*** on the bike over the next 3 months.

I hear ya!  I have *NO CLUE* what I'll be like in a real outdoor ride.  I hope I'm faster!!

Can't believe March has come and gone.  It was like a blur, especially having a newborn and also managing chaos of my two rugrats.

I would say that March was a lot better than February.

I'm swimming consistently twice a week, averaging 1600yards per session (which lasts about 40 min depending on the workout).  I'm keeping this twice a week because I don't want to overstress my shoulder.

Run...I've been able to run twice a week, Sat moring a long run and shorter weekday moring.  My weekday morning is all dependent on how much sleep I get the night before.

I'm really disappointed in my bike. I've had a flat for about two months and I've been really lazy in not fixing my flat.  Besides, its hard to find tube for my 650 size wheel.  I need you guys to keep me accountable, I either need to repair my tube or buy a new tube.  I need to ride or else I might as well just do a duathalon.

Last month I noted that I wanted to join a local Tri club, I tried to get away to an intro meeting but hard to do when I know I need to relieve my wife of the newborn after work.  But I'm going to try to do it next month.

Wow!  New bike??!! Sweet!!!

As my fellow teammates "gently" reminded me...we need bike pictures!!!

I am hoping that April finally brings some outdoor training weather.  I am getting really tired of gym workouts.  Hard to stay motivated indoors much longer.  Spring and the longer days basically mark the start of my increased training as I start to build more volume into the summer.  So hear is the total volume I am hoping to attain in April.

30 hours of total training. Not overly concerned with the flavor of training or distance, swim, bike and run.  But a quick guess is:

Run - 12 hours

Bike - 12 hours

Swim - 6 hours

A gazillion, even.

Supposed to be in the 60s here next week with some rain.  I'll take it over 42 and rain.

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-27 7:09 PM

APRIL ASSIGNMENT.  Okay Team Dream Chaser.  Time to take the gloves off for April.   Sometime between now and next Sunday, I want EVERYONE (me included) to look at our Training Plans/ Goals for April and post your targeted SWIM/BIKE/RUN/CROSSFIT Volume Goals.  You pick time, distance, whatever you're comfortable with ...but you must choose specific/ attainable Volume Goals for April.  At the end of the Month we will then award and praise the TOP 3 who came closest to/ or accomplished their goals.  So we have a 1st Place, 2nd and 3rd Place based off your Own Self-Determined Goals.  And please, be honest.  Don't set lofty unrealistic goals; but don't set the bar too low either.  Post anytime between now and Sunday.  Deadline is Sunday!! Give it some thought    Let's finish March strong and then get ready for the APRIL FOOLS CHALLENGE!!  

I am rolling the dice on these numbers!

Bike:    19
Run:    19
Swim:    9

Tomorrow morning the we head out to Disney World!  WahoOOO!!!  I don't plan on posting any training numbers til I get back.  I think I should be able to run and maybe swim a little but probably no biking.  I don't know what my numbers will look like.