Todd's Tri Turtles - (Beginners, Sprint, 5K, 10K) - CLOSED (Page 24)

Originally posted by MJSolt

Man, it's been a while since I have posted!

I'm alive and well, just been really lazy this weekend. My son is winding up his baseball regular season and then it's playoffs and then All-Stars. I love it but it is alot of running around.

Kayla is at the LBS getting a tune-up and I will be doing my fit on Tuesday.

This week I start the 0 to 700 swim program in preparation for the 0 to 1650 that I will be starting along with the 13-week Sprint Tri program. 

If you look at my log you can see it's been a few days sine I have trained. It was just total laziness. This week, come hell or high water, I will get in a full week of training!

I'll have to read pack through the posts to see what everyone is upto but I am sure everyone is training hard and having fun!

Originally posted by corbetjackson50



Todd you hit the nail on the head haha. I should have let you guys know i was taking a miniature vacation. We rented a cabin in the mountains in Tennessee. I was optimistic and brought my running shoes however my car could not climb the mountain with out spinning the tires even on dry pavement. It was crazy steep!!! On top of that I ate and drank anything and everything. Time to get back on track! my race is 46 days away!!!

Originally posted by iamDawnAnderson

Hey Turtles! How come no one told me that running outside in the heat/humidity was sooo hard?! OMG! It's storming here so tonight was in the high 80's with 500% humidity. I tried to do my long run for the week (29 min) with a run/walk combo. That QUICKLY turned into a walk/run combo and was shortened 10 minutes. I clearly was not thinking when I signed up to race in August! I high-tailed it home and did some push-ups, squats, the core 2 workout from here on BT, & my plank-a-day (00:01:04). I'm going to feel that tomorrow. Swim class starts back up tomorrow. Ready to get back to it!

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete



Glad to hear you got out there and have another swim class tomorrow. If you start to feel to bad about the heat and humidity there, you can also come to the Houston area of Texas and we can make you remember how much you love your heat.

Originally posted by Taringa

So how's everyone doing today? I had a nice 5k run this morning, it was a foggy dawn so a bit damp but not too cold. Stuck with the zone 2 limits on the HRM and was pleased to find my pace is increasing while maintaining a steady zone 2 heart rate. I'm still slow by running standards-7:47 per km (12:32 per mile) but it gives me hope that I may be able to complete the HM in 3 weeks within the cutoff time.  70 second plank today too.

Originally posted by Taringa

So how's everyone doing today? I had a nice 5k run this morning, it was a foggy dawn so a bit damp but not too cold. Stuck with the zone 2 limits on the HRM and was pleased to find my pace is increasing while maintaining a steady zone 2 heart rate. I'm still slow by running standards-7:47 per km (12:32 per mile) but it gives me hope that I may be able to complete the HM in 3 weeks within the cutoff time.  70 second plank today too.

Originally posted by Lovey



I had a really nice run yesterday in my training group. We train at a local lake park that has a 2.4 mile trail around the lake. Yesterday workout was 30 minute run or once around the lake. Of course, walk breaks can be taken when necessary. My friends and I did the 30 minutes then kept going with no walk breaks all around the lake!!

I ran for 39 minutes with no walk breaks!! My longest run with no breaks so far. It felt good. My ankle had to be elevated later and I took an aleve.
I average a 15:43 pace. My previous average has been about a 17 min/mile. Progress!!

Originally posted by Taringa

So how's everyone doing today? I had a nice 5k run this morning, it was a foggy dawn so a bit damp but not too cold. Stuck with the zone 2 limits on the HRM and was pleased to find my pace is increasing while maintaining a steady zone 2 heart rate. I'm still slow by running standards-7:47 per km (12:32 per mile) but it gives me hope that I may be able to complete the HM in 3 weeks within the cutoff time.  70 second plank today too.

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete

Sorry, to hear about your bad luck this morning. I likely would have cut of the water to the frig, mopped up the water, and then gone for my ridek and fixed it after work when I got home Seriously though, sorry about the bad luck, but congrats on the new position. Also you said sign up for a Tri, I thought you are already signed up for one a little over a month from now. Do you have your eye on another race?

Originally posted by Lovey I think that is awesome. With your training and times, you won't have any problem finishing your half. By the way, that 70 second plank is killing it. I checked your log (nice job), I didn't realize I could enter planks! Thanks.

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete

OK, time to give a wake up call to a few. The search party is being organized for Mike, Corbet, and Rennay. They have not posted since before the 5th, Corbet must have had one heck of a Birthday Party that he is trying to still recover from. Mike must be spending some quite time with his new lady, and Rennay is like working out the Logisitics of her move. Come on back to the turtles folks we miss your post. Not included was Kara, who is still welcome but the search party has been called back, still hoping she'll come out of the woods on day and back to the turtles.

Originally posted by Rnay225



You found me! This is the first time I've really been on the computer since Friday or so. Sorry to leave you all but I'm back now! To fill you in, I managed to log a M-F workout week last week (YAY!) and had just started at a new job working in dietary at a long term care/rehab facility. I love it so far but it's really physical so after a week of work and a week of workouts I was definitely feeling it this week. I took the weekend off as my cousin came in from New York on Friday night and ended up getting engaged on Saturday! Sunday I worked at my second job and so far this week I've worked my dietary job M-W, today at my second job, tomorrow back in dietary and Saturday is my first tri of the season! It's a sprint and since I continued all 3 disciplines since my first tri last August I'm feeling much more comfortable with the race. It's also the same course my other tri was and is the same race I volunteered for last year so I'm certainly not underselling it but I'm a lot more comfortable this time and not freaking out about taking it easy this week. To sum it up, between my new job (they're supposed to be hiring more people since part time SHOULD be 3-4 days per week instead of 4-5), my second job (always 2 days per week), preparing for my trip to Peru next month, preparing for my move to Texas in 2 ish months, NOW trying to get a handle on planning a wedding (which will be here in Louisville so I'm trying to at least get a venue settled before the move), my cousin being in town and being just a little bit overworked, I've slacked on my posting and my workouts BUT on the bright side, my nutrition has remained steady and on point so I actually managed to lose a pound which is much better than the gain I was anticipating. Looks like things here are going well. I'll continue to read for sure but my apologies if I don't get to respond to everything. Thanks for the support and I'll be back for sure to tell you about my race Saturday if not before then!