Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 25)

Janyne, let's say that it takes me until the end of this month to fully recover.  Do you think that I'll be able to ramp up my run in time for the marathon in October?

What a great way to start catching back up with the pod! Think he could teach my son a few things? LOL

Here was my question.  I love a long workout.  Like an hour. If I have to put on a suit, shower, swim, shower again and then do all the grooming redo, I want to make it worthwhile. The sprint tri workouts are so short! Is it ok to just do long workouts or should I really stick to those times.  Sometimes it doesn't feel worth it to wake up at 5:00 am to swim for 20 minutes.  

What say you?

Renee

Strange, not able to post on the forum on google chrome, no "reply" button.

Anyway, my bio, finally....

NAME: Richardsdrr/Darren

STORY:I used to be reasonably fit in the past, when I was serving in the infantry, but 12 years of a sedentary  life style had piled on the pounds. I saw a photo of my self at a wedding I was attending and was disgusted by the lump hanging over my belt. So, in October 2012, I stopped smoking and had a look around for some sort of long term goal to keep me on the straight and narrow and shed a few pounds along the way. After a bit of googling I found an event being held in my home country, Wales(Cymru Am Byth), called The Brutal. Basically, what I now know is that what I was looking at was a double iron man distance event. Great, I thought. A bit too much for me to take on at the moment, so what can I do on the run up to it? That is when I discovered the hidden world of triathlon (fairly hidden in our country unless you go looking for it). I then spent the last winter starting training, reading as much as I could and aquiring kit as soon as finances would allow.

FAMILY STATUS: Married (Hannah) with two sprogs, Emmylou(4-5), Finley(3) and one beast, Lucy (4, St Bernard)

CURRENT TRAINING:Been stopping and starting a lot. Sometimes to do with niggles/injuries, sometimes lack of motivation, sometimes life getting in the way. Hey, I'm still learning, so my training regime is not perfect, but it's getting better. And at least I'm getting out.

THIS YEAR'S RACES:
I have my 1st tri on the 19th of this month which is the Llanelli sprint. 800ows/30km/5km.
Next will be another sprint in June 500ows/20km/5km.
Then the biggie that I'm doing for charity in July, which consists of a 3.8km ows on the Friday. A 112 mile bike on the Saturday. And a marathon on the Sunday.
To finish off, I have an olympic tri in September.

BODY COMPOSITION:till got a nice layer of blubber on me, but then, I'm never gonna get a six pack. When I was in the Army I was under my BMI and was the lightest I have ever been, but still could pinch an inch. I have lost about 21-24 lb since starting my little escapade in October.

Haven't done the legs yet, but have recently done the chest. Started off because I was getting bleeding nips on my runs which resulted in me screaming the house down when I got in the bath/shower (think shower scene from The Crying Game), so taped them up but then had the problem of trying to remove the tape without 1. removing the skin off my nips in the process , and 2. getting a chest wax on my man rug. I then started shaving just around my nips, but after a while I realised my chest started looking like the scene out of "40 year old virgin". That's when the rest came off. But then it looked strange having a smooth chest and a furry gut, so that came off. It was at this point that I was on a very slippery slope and decided to put the razor away.

One thing I will mention is that if you do decide to go down the shaving route, you will have to keep on shaving it. I have started leaving mine grow again and the amount of ingrowing hairs and sore boily things on my chest is horrible.

EDIT: Just remembered, did shave my legs a bit when I was having taping done for patellar tracking issues. I was shaving just the knees and surrounding areas, but found everytime I went to physio, no matter how much I had shaved off, the physio would still manage to tape up a part with hair on it........I don't think he liked me.

Whatever you do, don't go down the Veet Hair Removal Cream for Men route as these guys did. Read their reviews, PMSL, but do not read if easily offended  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK

Long tough day but not in the usual ways. It's not 'til I get back to Bali that I realize how deeply fatigued I am. Spent most of the last three days sleeping. Really needed to. So today was travel day back to Jakarta and I'm still exhausted.

A good friend of mine, someone close in our Bali circle, died today. It wasn't totally unexpected--she'd been in hospital in Hawaii--but she'd been rallying back and we were hoping for the best. Not to be. I'm worried about her dogs, whom she adored, but I know our Bali friends are taking care of her affairs. She didn't really have family so we were her family.

Long tough day.

I'm here to make you feel better, LOL!  I swim in a 25 meter pool and am usually around a few seconds +-2 min/100 for a 100, more than 2 min/100 if the distance is more.  I'm pokey compared to most, but a little faster than a few.  Sure I'd love to be faster and keep working on better form, but there is a part of me that wonders what makes some folks that much faster.  Last week I was having a pretty fast-for-me day when some teenage piglets jumped in and reminded me just how slow I really am.  I watched them with awe, wonder and envy - they made it look so effortless and went so fast!

Hang in there, keep practicing, and take any advice Yanti gives - she's a real fish!  Jo is pretty fishy, too!

And you should log your workouts so we can stalk you see how you get so damn fast

Go-go gadget something or other. Lots of them.

One of our local shops does their pre-fit by measuring you.  The have a ruler thing that goes from crotch to floor and so on.  They eliminate a good bit of their product line that way. 

Here was my question.  I love a long workout.  Like an hour. If I have to put on a suit, shower, swim, shower again and then do all the grooming redo, I want to make it worthwhile. The sprint tri workouts are so short! Is it ok to just do long workouts or should I really stick to those times.  Sometimes it doesn't feel worth it to wake up at 5:00 am to swim for 20 minutes.  

What say you?

Renee

I had one and hated it. I have some not so average proportions so it was tight in some areas, loose in others ... I guess it's just less "customizable"

I also think they look a little silly, but that is subjective.

You are not asking me but I say it's questionable.

I think the biggest thing would be getting enough base in before starting a marathon plan without pushing too hard, too fast and getting injured again. 

If you could put all time goals out the window, go slow and reaaaaaallly get in touch with your body I think you can consider it. But you are going to have to be incredibly honest with yourself.

A marathon and marathon training will expose every little weakness.

I like a tri suit for the distances I've raced so far.  If it's hot just roll the top down (us girls can do that as we are likely wearing a crop top under)  men not so lucky as bare torso not acceptable.

I will however have a two piece for IM as I'm likely to need a pit stop at the porta potty....and they are a PITA.

Below - my club tri suit (yet to be worn) and the lovely terenzo in a white one piece....mmmmmmmm have I mentioned he may come to the training camp in Phuket???

White and sweat equals white and wet equals transparent city and no way for modest little me.... 

Wow. At work using the computer to post. Shhhhh.... can't tell anyone.  The interface is a lot nicer on a computer.

Ok, back to the little boys.  When I was a surfer, I was called a c*** by a 12-year old in the line up.  Funny, he wasn't that cocky in the parking lot where I yelled and threatened to spank him.  That was that story.  Very unsettling to hear the youngsters talk like that!

My sweet momma has been suffering with neck pain and high blood pressure and we have been spending a lot of time with our favorite ER docs until early in the morning like 4:00 am early.  I've been sleep deprived and grumpy, but heading over to swim right now. I promise I will work out more this week if I can keep her from having a set back.  

Here was my question.  I love a long workout.  Like an hour. If I have to put on a suit, shower, swim, shower again and then do all the grooming redo, I want to make it worthwhile. The sprint tri workouts are so short! Is it ok to just do long workouts or should I really stick to those times.  Sometimes it doesn't feel worth it to wake up at 5:00 am to swim for 20 minutes.  

What say you?

Renee