SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 209)

JHagerman - 2009-08-10 12:19 PM Reuben - Way to be!! 

Am I correct to say now that all of the MG people are triathlete's?  Saweet!

I got my RR up Here.

BigReub - 2009-08-10 1:44 PM Hey, everybody!  Looks there were some great performances this weekend.  And some tragedy.  How are the injured bikers doing?  Karen, how are you doing with your stones, etc?  Trevor, I think it's time for us to give up softball.

I survived.  My swim SUCKED.  But I really didn't expect much else.  My swimming felt good, but I never got comfortable in the water.  Never got panicked either, but never comfortable so I just got thru it.  The only time I questioned my ability to finish the swim was at about 150 yards in and a guy in my group, about 20 yards behind me, starts screaming HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!  That had me thinking.  I have a lot more swim work to do.

Transitions were both slow, but I had decided beforehand to take my time here for my first time and relax and just get it right.  Turns out had I sped up a little here I would have made my goal.  I had set a 2 hour goal for my first one.
Bike was great - my big A**, sitting up like a sail averaged 19mph.  Never got passed - passed A LOT of people.  I loved passing the Cervelos, Felts, Specialized, etc tri bikes on my $500 Giant.
Knee hurt off the bike and for the first half of the run.

Result:  HAD A BLAST!  READY TO GO AGAIN!  My wife wants to do another this coming weekend.  She was awesome as well.  She ran off the bike course 4 times, but never wrecked so she has some work to do there.

I'll get a RR up later. 

BTW, Chicago was great.  Lake Michigan is COLD.  The Lincoln Park Zoo is extremely nice.  It was a great game and being down on Wrigley Field...well...gave me goose bumps.  Tiller brought some brick dust home in his pocket.  The girls talked about it all the way home.

BigReub - 2009-08-10 12:44 PM Hey, everybody!  Looks there were some great performances this weekend.  And some tragedy.  How are the injured bikers doing?  Karen, how are you doing with your stones, etc?  Trevor, I think it's time for us to give up softball.

I survived.  My swim SUCKED.  But I really didn't expect much else.  My swimming felt good, but I never got comfortable in the water.  Never got panicked either, but never comfortable so I just got thru it.  The only time I questioned my ability to finish the swim was at about 150 yards in and a guy in my group, about 20 yards behind me, starts screaming HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!  That had me thinking.  I have a lot more swim work to do.

Transitions were both slow, but I had decided beforehand to take my time here for my first time and relax and just get it right.  Turns out had I sped up a little here I would have made my goal.  I had set a 2 hour goal for my first one.
Bike was great - my big A**, sitting up like a sail averaged 19mph.  Never got passed - passed A LOT of people.  I loved passing the Cervelos, Felts, Specialized, etc tri bikes on my $500 Giant.
Knee hurt off the bike and for the first half of the run.

Result:  HAD A BLAST!  READY TO GO AGAIN!  My wife wants to do another this coming weekend.  She was awesome as well.  She ran off the bike course 4 times, but never wrecked so she has some work to do there.

I'll get a RR up later. 

BTW, Chicago was great.  Lake Michigan is COLD.  The Lincoln Park Zoo is extremely nice.  It was a great game and being down on Wrigley Field...well...gave me goose bumps.  Tiller brought some brick dust home in his pocket.  The girls talked about it all the way home.

TrevorC - 2009-08-10 2:30 PM Hey Jeremy.....in your RR you said you couldnt find your Garmin Strap. what did you mean by that?
I'm assuming you have your Garmin mounted on your bike? DO you have the quick release? If so, why not put the strap on your wrist prior to the swim and keep it on. Then after the bike you can pop the Garmin onto your wrist and VOILA...That would save you a bit of time in transition.

BigReub - 2009-08-10 1:44 PM Hey, everybody!  Looks there were some great performances this weekend.  And some tragedy.  How are the injured bikers doing?  Karen, how are you doing with your stones, etc?  Trevor, I think it's time for us to give up softball.

I survived.  My swim SUCKED.  But I really didn't expect much else.  My swimming felt good, but I never got comfortable in the water.  Never got panicked either, but never comfortable so I just got thru it.  The only time I questioned my ability to finish the swim was at about 150 yards in and a guy in my group, about 20 yards behind me, starts screaming HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!  That had me thinking.  I have a lot more swim work to do.

Transitions were both slow, but I had decided beforehand to take my time here for my first time and relax and just get it right.  Turns out had I sped up a little here I would have made my goal.  I had set a 2 hour goal for my first one.
Bike was great - my big A**, sitting up like a sail averaged 19mph.  Never got passed - passed A LOT of people.  I loved passing the Cervelos, Felts, Specialized, etc tri bikes on my $500 Giant.
Knee hurt off the bike and for the first half of the run.

Result:  HAD A BLAST!  READY TO GO AGAIN!  My wife wants to do another this coming weekend.  She was awesome as well.  She ran off the bike course 4 times, but never wrecked so she has some work to do there.

I'll get a RR up later. 

BTW, Chicago was great.  Lake Michigan is COLD.  The Lincoln Park Zoo is extremely nice.  It was a great game and being down on Wrigley Field...well...gave me goose bumps.  Tiller brought some brick dust home in his pocket.  The girls talked about it all the way home.

trying1 - 2009-08-10 3:12 PM  Wrigley is one of the best places to see a game.  Did you get a chance to eat italian beef sandwiches?   

dbw27 - 2009-08-10 11:29 AM Hey:

I wanted to add, for everyone, that I am doing better.  I recall now that I get really bad post-race blues after every race (except sprints) and that it takes me a good 2-3 weeks before I even want to look at my training plan.

So I started back up again today and feel better.  Now if I can just control my eating.  Does anyone else hating? I really hate it.  It is 'stressful' to me.  Monitoring everything so closely - when and what to eat all of the time with sports nutrition.  Sigh.  Anyone ever just eat chocolate? :-D

But I am feeling better, and I the utter idiot forgot that I am anemic and seem to not be taking my liquid iron.  Sigh. I know.  So hopefully, I can feel better soon now that the post-race blues should be over.  But I want to thank everyone for your support.  You guys are great! 

yours truly,

dbw27

BigReub - 2009-08-10 1:44 PM Hey, everybody!  Looks there were some great performances this weekend.  And some tragedy.  How are the injured bikers doing?  Karen, how are you doing with your stones, etc?  Trevor, I think it's time for us to give up softball.

I survived.  My swim SUCKED.  But I really didn't expect much else.  My swimming felt good, but I never got comfortable in the water.  Never got panicked either, but never comfortable so I just got thru it.  The only time I questioned my ability to finish the swim was at about 150 yards in and a guy in my group, about 20 yards behind me, starts screaming HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!  That had me thinking.  I have a lot more swim work to do.

Transitions were both slow, but I had decided beforehand to take my time here for my first time and relax and just get it right.  Turns out had I sped up a little here I would have made my goal.  I had set a 2 hour goal for my first one.
Bike was great - my big A**, sitting up like a sail averaged 19mph.  Never got passed - passed A LOT of people.  I loved passing the Cervelos, Felts, Specialized, etc tri bikes on my $500 Giant.
Knee hurt off the bike and for the first half of the run.

Result:  HAD A BLAST!  READY TO GO AGAIN!  My wife wants to do another this coming weekend.  She was awesome as well.  She ran off the bike course 4 times, but never wrecked so she has some work to do there.

I'll get a RR up later. 

BTW, Chicago was great.  Lake Michigan is COLD.  The Lincoln Park Zoo is extremely nice.  It was a great game and being down on Wrigley Field...well...gave me goose bumps.  Tiller brought some brick dust home in his pocket.  The girls talked about it all the way home.

SSMinnow - 2009-08-10 8:32 PM Finishing feels so good no matter how well you do!  What about the rest of you?  Share a photo or two from the season?

dalessit - 2009-08-10 7:40 PM

LOL, not sure I have any photos of me from this years races.  Didn't order any.

dalessit - 2009-08-10 7:47 PM oh yeah the TT was this year, bike races take good pics and they are FREE!