Dangremond's April 2009 Mentor TEAM - CLOSED (WE'RE BUSY WORKIN' IT!) (Page 21)

June 2009 Goals:

Log calories EVERYDAY    poor! But now I'm on the Dan Diet...and losing weight slowly but surely!

Cardio 6x/week

Strength 2X/week

Complete 80% of planned training

s: Swim about 2000 Yards at least 2x/Week (based on plan distances)  poor! But swam when I could and am competent in open water now.

b: Work up to 1 hour rides with 16mph average

b: Get a tune-up!

r: This is the month to get up to 9 miles! Actually it wasn't And neither was July...but here's to August!

s: Practice open water swim at least once before race day twice!

July Goals:

Peach month!  Up until London it was...and I'm proud of that.

Continue to stay on track for approximate week 9, 10 & 11 training  Some success here.  I certainly did what I could. 

Grace, you rock!

Roch, good luck.  You'lll do great!

I get to ride tomorrow.  WooHoo!

Sunday was my first tri.  Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even though it kicked my butt along the way.  I'll post a race report within the next couple of days, but quick summary is as follows:
swim was about average - had a hard time pacing without being able to see where I was, and also died the last 100 or so.  Bike was brutal and, not suprisingly, this led up to an even harder run.

Learned a bunch of lessons (i.e., a trainer is no substitute for the riding on the road) which I will look at incorporating in my training going forward.  There were flyers for an upcoming tri in Sept, which I think will allow for some of these changes to be measured.  Need to sign up before it sells out.

Had a great time, but somewhat dissapointed in not doing better.  But I'm also mindful that life and work has really limited my ability to get quality workouts in during June and July.  Respiratory virus this last week didn't help, either. 

Thanks to you all for your support/motivation etc.  Justin, sorry I missed you brother.  Thanks for helping make the race possible.

Posted the race report. 

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=174552&posts=1#M2342258



Thanks for all of your support/comments.

Thanks Justin.  We are leaving Houston on a family vacation, so can't make it to Clear Lake.  I think my next race will be the Eastside Tri in Baytown on 9/13.  Didn't get registered with TAT before it filled up, so, I might try getting in on the resell or do the Cinco Ranch one later in Oct (or both).

Your TL is looking good.  Nov. is going to be here before you know it!

Yeah, Terps, you're just now figuring that out?

I feel the same way . . .  So, feel free to dump some more inspiration into this thread.  I'll need all I can get this weekend.

Normally once every couple of weeks, maybe as long as a month in between, or whenever it's making noise or just looks too dirty.

Haven't finished the race report yet, but it went reasonably well.  I had no loft aspirations of expected finishing times or paces, which is good, because by the time I got to the run I was running out of gas.

I'm really proud of the swim - not the time so much (35 min) but the fact that I swam it straight, no stopping, no backstroking to catch my breath.

I did okay on the bike (18 mph), given the number of sharp turns and the condition of most of the roadways. (Saw more racers with flats than I've ever seen before).

By the end of the bike, I knew the run was not going to go as well.  It was hot and quite humid in Indy on Sunday.  So I ran, the ran/walked, then walked/ran to the finish.

Finished in 3:15.  Not a speed demon by any means, but given the lack of volume in my training, I'm not terribly surprised.

Beyond that, it was a great event and I (mostly) had a fun time.