Lora's First-Timers Women's Group - CLOSED (Page 25)

Lora109 - 2009-06-02 12:49 PM All I gotta say is, "You ladies rock!"  I was just catching up on the last page of posts and your all's support of each other is, frankly, inspiring.

OK, since I've been sucking the last couple weeks, let's change our challenge from June 1 to July 31.  Here's who I've got signed-up for the challenge and doing what:

Chris:        Strength - Core
Sue:          Bike - 157 miles
Kami:        Strength - Core - 3x week
Denise:     Swim - 1,000 yards at 2:50/100
Lisa:         Strength - Pushups - 3x week @ 25 each
Patricia:    Run - 3x week
Mary Sue: General Training - 6x week
Debbie:     Run - 33 miles
Shannon:  Strength - 3x week
Janet:        Bike - 12 hours

Please re-figure to adjust for the new times and post that here.

If anyone else wants to join in, now's your chance.  We've got 10 folks and 2 more would give us 4 ladies per team.  Even if your goal is to walk at least three times a week, this will still be a great chance to meet your goal, even if it's not tri-related yet.

Lora109 - 2009-06-02 11:49 AM All I gotta say is, "You ladies rock!"  I was just catching up on the last page of posts and your all's support of each other is, frankly, inspiring.

OK, since I've been sucking the last couple weeks, let's change our challenge from June 1 to July 31.  Here's who I've got signed-up for the challenge and doing what:

Chris:        Strength - Core
Sue:          Bike - 157 miles
Kami:        Strength - Core - 3x week
Denise:     Swim - 1,000 yards at 2:50/100
Lisa:         Strength - Pushups - 3x week @ 25 each
Patricia:    Run - 3x week
Mary Sue: General Training - 6x week
Debbie:     Run - 33 miles
Shannon:  Strength - 3x week
Janet:        Bike - 12 hours

Please re-figure to adjust for the new times and post that here.

If anyone else wants to join in, now's your chance.  We've got 10 folks and 2 more would give us 4 ladies per team.  Even if your goal is to walk at least three times a week, this will still be a great chance to meet your goal, even if it's not tri-related yet.

lkc01234 - 2009-06-02 2:06 PM

I'm confused...this is my goal for the next 2 months?  Cuz if that's the case...I want one goal one month and another the next month...Not really trying to be difficult - I'm just gonna be focusing on different things :-D

fantom8588 - 2009-05-31 10:15 PM

Hi gang,

I tried my swim with optical goggles today.  Very interesting.  I don't usually wear goggles at all and then to be able to see the bottom of the pool.  Very odd.  For whatever reason the goggles did seem to throw my breathing off, but I think I'll just have to get used to them. 

I couldn't see ahead of me which I've been able to see without goggles so I'll have to get used to that. 

Bad girl, Sue.  I haven't started running.  I think I have a block against it.  I know I can walk all day long but I'm going to have to start sometime.  I am committing here to start this week.

Sue

ChrisFL - 2009-05-31 11:01 PM Ladies- I have a question....

Actually two questions:

1.  How long does it take to truly train for a 5K? 
2.  How hard would it be to run in a 5K that part of it was running on sand? 

I'm looking at running my first 5K at Clearwater Beach.  I just read the info and it says that some of the running will be on the actual beach!  I'm wondering if this will add greatly to the difficulty. 

Time is a factor too as I have two options.  It's a series of races so there is one in July and one in August......August clearly giving me more time to prepare. 

I feel that even though I have been taking my running s-l-o-w-ly to avoid hip pain that I can actually run two miles pretty easily at this point.  Not three.  How long would it take to add that extra mile?  Thanks for any info.  I want to do a 5K first before any triathlon.  Christine

lkc01234 - 2009-05-29 10:41 AM

ME:  I had a great workout on Monday!!  I did the elliptical for 30 minutes, then hopped on the treadmill and jogged a mile (15 minutes) - - I couldn't have done that a month ago!!  Woo-hoo!! Then the not good stuff started...the next day I felt sore - no biggie...I rested that day.  Then the NEXT morning I woke up and the pain had stayed in one area...and I realized I pulled something.  The only thing I can think of that was "different" was the elliptical.  Therefore I pledge not to use that again for a while!!!  I am mad at it!!  Fortunately I haven't felt the pain since yesterday afternoon...so I'm going to do a swim today, and then hopefully a run tomorrow.  I have 5K #2 in 2 weeks and I WANTED to run it all...we'll see, I guess!  ::sigh::

Hope everyone is well!

myoun - 2009-06-01 12:21 PM Hi everyone -
I too fell off the wagon last week.  My in-laws were visiting and house guests for 5 days, and I got stressed and just didn't take the time to get out the door (which probably would have helped my stress!).  Thankfully, they left this morning.

OK, on a good news front  and back on the wagon-
I got back in the pool this morning for my masters' swim class and swam one mile!  Slowly, but I did it.  For someone who couldn't swim one lap in the fall without gasping for air, to swim 36 laps/72 lengths without stopping feels like a huge feat to me!  WOO HOO!  So, for those who are doubting that they could do this - trust me, with some consistency, you can reach whatever goals you set for yourself.

And I am leaving for my college reunion on Wednesday, but I am proud of myself that I have already planned ahead and found out places to work out while I am away to stay on schedule.  And with all the tri training (and Weight Watchers), I am going into the reunion 35 lbs. lighter and much more confident. 

OK, back on the schedule - and 8 weeks to go until my July 26 tri!

Mary Sue

maggiewvu - 2009-06-02 8:38 PM

we need to get bike racks for our cars.  What's the price range for that, and are they really specialized depending on your bike? 

bluwatersoul - 2009-06-02 8:03 PM

I am in - my challenge is to swim at least 3x a week !

ranchrunner - 2009-06-02 8:17 PM

OK...I am jumping into the challenge.   I will swim 1.5 miles/week (I did it in miles because I alternate between meter and yard pools.)   I can count laps and calculate mileage at home.

ChrisFL - 2009-06-02 10:19 PM

Hey Lora- could you adjust my goal to "Core workout -3x week"  I can't be outdone by Kami!  lol  No....seriously....it really isn't a goal without a number or times per week or amount right? 

So guess what ladies....I am actually sitting here on our boat as I type this!  Had a crazy day getting prepared for our vacation.  I had to take my daughter to a class, pick up a friend of hers, take my mom to her Physical therapist, come home and pack, iron and pack some more!  I felt like I'd never get down here (we live an hour away from where we keep our boat docked)  But we did get here- it was just about to pour and we had two huge cartloads of stuff to unload.  My husband said that I have made the boat unbalanced because I packed too much clothes! lol 

I'm really relaxed now that we're here.  I brought down my weights, jumprope, running shoes, bike (boat bike) and a bunch of workout clothes.  Oh and my swimsuit because there are lots of Olympic size pools to swim at the marina's and resorts we'll be staying at.   I even got to do my upper body workout tonight while my hubby did the grocery shopping!  At one point I was kind of like "what is wrong w/this picture!"  but he didn't mind because he knew how crazy my day was. 

So tommorow morning I'll get up and run-there is a nice trail nearby- and then we'll take off for our first destination at 9 a.m.  I'm excited and finally in vacation mode.  It's so hard to see that you are actually going to 'get there' when you are doing all the prep work but finally we are here!  I'll try to post some pics if I can to my profile page while we're away.   Our home marina has internet access but some of the other places do not.  I'm not planning on being on the computer much though!  I'm looking forward to the beach and reading some good books and keeping up with my training and visiting with our good friends who are traveling with us. 

Praying for good weather- not much fun traveling when whitecaps are out in the Gulf!  Christine

mekira - 2009-06-03 5:59 AM Hi everyone If you look at my training log, you'll notice a lot of 'home improvement' workouts LOL We are now at the painting stage and the ceramic tile stage. I move next Tuesday but the new house will not be ready unfortunatly. I'll be living in a construction zone for a week or two.... I'm still planning on doing the June tri even though my training volume is very low. I figure that all the training I did throughout the winter will get me through it. This week I'm concentrating on running (I can't get to the pool at night nor can I take the time for a long bike ride). Tonight, home stuff Thursday : run Friday : more home stuff Saturday : swimming and brick training (I insisted that I keep this training) Sunday : not sure yet Next week should be a bit better. I'm a bit nervous about the tri but like I said, I should be ok. I can swim 750m, I can bike 20k and I can run 5k, now I have to do them all one after the other.... yikes!!! Patricia

LadyNorth - 2009-06-03 11:04 AM I FOUND GOGGLES THAT FIT!!!  I've been thru 6-7 pairs of goggles and nothing fits well - they all leak.  I had settled for a pair of Dolphins which worked the best.  Then I tried some TYR Tracers this week and they fit beautifully.  I knew they were going to work well because when I held them against my eyes, they suctioned without the straps holding them on.  Thought I'd pass this info on even tho I know goggle fit is an individual thing.

Keep up the hard work ladies.
Denise

mekira - 2009-06-03 5:59 AM Hi everyone If you look at my training log, you'll notice a lot of 'home improvement' workouts LOL We are now at the painting stage and the ceramic tile stage. I move next Tuesday but the new house will not be ready unfortunatly. I'll be living in a construction zone for a week or two.... I'm still planning on doing the June tri even though my training volume is very low. I figure that all the training I did throughout the winter will get me through it. This week I'm concentrating on running (I can't get to the pool at night nor can I take the time for a long bike ride). Tonight, home stuff Thursday : run Friday : more home stuff Saturday : swimming and brick training (I insisted that I keep this training) Sunday : not sure yet Next week should be a bit better. I'm a bit nervous about the tri but like I said, I should be ok. I can swim 750m, I can bike 20k and I can run 5k, now I have to do them all one after the other.... yikes!!! Patricia

freeflykami - 2009-06-03 4:02 PM I went on a solo bike ride somewhere besides my neighborhood! Woohoo! and it wasn't bad at all.  I actually kind of liked it ;0)

Now I just need to get to work on the challange...
Kami

Lora109 - 2009-06-03 2:38 PM HERE ARE THE TEAMS!

TEAM A:
Denise (LadyNorth)
Megan (bluwatersoul)
Lisa (lkc01234)
Sharie (ranchrunner)

TEAM B:
Mary Sue (myoun)
Janet (soccermom15)
Shannon (sleeping_butterflies)
Sue (fantom8588)

TEAM C:
Debbie (serendipity)
Patricia (mekira)
Kami (freeflykami)
Christine (ChrisFL)

I'll let you guys come up with the team names.  I just used the letters as placeholders.  Let's go!!!

freeflykami - 2009-06-03 3:02 PM I went on a solo bike ride somewhere besides my neighborhood! Woohoo! and it wasn't bad at all.  I actually kind of liked it ;0)

Now I just need to get to work on the challange...
Kami

freeflykami - 2009-06-03 4:02 PM I went on a solo bike ride somewhere besides my neighborhood! Woohoo! and it wasn't bad at all.  I actually kind of liked it ;0)

Now I just need to get to work on the challange...
Kami