Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 20)

Wow...I drive for two days and look at all of the activity around here!

@Gretchen:  I've swam through those kinds of outdoor conditions when our pool was a hybrid indoor/outdoor thing.  Once you've swam in pelting rain at 45 degrees with 30 mph winds, you can do anything in the pool.  Nice job getting the round number.  Blech on the Gu (and Gu in general); I've always stayed away from anything but watered-down Gatorade but then again my longest training session (and race) have been in the 3 hour range.

@Nathalie:  glad your hockey team is still giving it a go...that's awesome and I'm jealous as my Flyers are horrible and aren't sniffing the playoffs; great job on your long run and your test; that 3k time gives you a 36 VDOT almost exactly (that's assuming the whole 3K was all-out and not just the 12 minute test part)

@Jenn:  sorry about your buddy...ugh I remember being a mess when I had to place my beagle for adoption as my then-future and now wife is really allergic to animals, and that was with her going to a great family (the dog, not my wife ); nice work as always getting it done around your bats**T crazy travel work schedule

@Nicole:  your multisport athlete life continues...though I wonder when we would incorporate axe-throwing into the tri race; I mean, they carry rifles in biathlon so I guess anything is possible

@Andrew:  great month!  Hopefully work will calm down in a bit for you...I also got assigned to two new projects and I'm not sure how intense they're going to be but I usually stick my nose everywhere so I'd imagine I'll be busy; thanks for asking about the back, more on that below

Well we're back from Florida and dealt with crappy Easter traffic on Friday (much better on the second leg Saturday morning); it was 93 degrees when we entered South Carolina and by the time we left SC it was in the 40s and really windy.  What a shock!  I got in some decent training down there but my plan has totally gone off the rails..  Back is still a mess so making an appointment with a spine guy; I usually can resolve the flare-ups within a week or so but this has been going on for five weeks now.  My Oly race is definitely in jeopardy in June unless I walk the 10k which I'm not ruling out (I can walk a 13:30 mile).  I could always aquabike it.  My daughter is doing the race with me so I was hoping to finish around the same time but not with me walking the whole time. 

I'm adjusting my plan accordingly to really focus on swimming and biking so I don't go insane.  About to head out for a long walk to enjoy the nice weather here - we seem to have brought it up with us. 

Hope everyone had a great Easter/Passover or just a nice weekend if you don't celebrate (or if yours is next weekend).  Onward!

Well in the Daniels charts it's pretty low, but remember that book is written about and for elite runners so I wouldn't worry about that.  For a woman in her 50s I'd say that's pretty damn good.  Here's the chart...it estimates your race results for all distances (and makes the assumption you've properly trained for the race):

Yeah my half marathon times were higher than my VDOT suggested...it's probably because it takes a LOT of training mileage to extend that VDOT performance past maybe a 10K, and we aren't running 40 miles a week for 3-4 months in our training.