Slornow and Wannabefaster's Summer Group-CLOSED (Page 25)

Originally posted by triathlonpal07 Got an all clear from the Dr. Yesterday... Not that I was having problems, but my wife made me get a routine checkup (and a TDAP before baby gets here). Now I'm targeting a Tri in September, but don't know if that will happen or not due to the cost of travel (even just a few hours away for the weekend) so I'm Planning on July being a Bike focus month before jumping back on the swim and run training wagon. Also, baby update! She is healthy and we are expecting her any time now. She is due July 17, but we would be thrilled if she came a little early As of yesterday we have all the essentials (and much much more) as wel as lots of pink clothes from the baby shower... Not to thrilled about all the Fru-Fru frilly girly stuff, but I guess I'll have to get over it huh? Hope everyone is having a great weekend and staying safe on the roads! -Nathan

Very exciting! Get some sleep now....might be tough to come by soon.

Originally posted by slornow

Originally posted by triathlonpal07 Got an all clear from the Dr. Yesterday... Not that I was having problems, but my wife made me get a routine checkup (and a TDAP before baby gets here). Now I'm targeting a Tri in September, but don't know if that will happen or not due to the cost of travel (even just a few hours away for the weekend) so I'm Planning on July being a Bike focus month before jumping back on the swim and run training wagon. Also, baby update! She is healthy and we are expecting her any time now. She is due July 17, but we would be thrilled if she came a little early As of yesterday we have all the essentials (and much much more) as wel as lots of pink clothes from the baby shower... Not to thrilled about all the Fru-Fru frilly girly stuff, but I guess I'll have to get over it huh? Hope everyone is having a great weekend and staying safe on the roads! -Nathan

 

Very exciting! Get some sleep now....might be tough to come by soon.

As the proud father of a daugther...trust me, you get used to it. 

I got in a nice kinda/sorta brick yesterday.  Did about 20 miles mostly Z2 with some Z3/Z4 on the climbs, then a quick 2-mile run with some strides to wrap up the week.  Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Originally posted by wannabefaster

Originally posted by triathlonpal07 Got an all clear from the Dr. Yesterday... Not that I was having problems, but my wife made me get a routine checkup (and a TDAP before baby gets here). Now I'm targeting a Tri in September, but don't know if that will happen or not due to the cost of travel (even just a few hours away for the weekend) so I'm Planning on July being a Bike focus month before jumping back on the swim and run training wagon. Also, baby update! She is healthy and we are expecting her any time now. She is due July 17, but we would be thrilled if she came a little early As of yesterday we have all the essentials (and much much more) as wel as lots of pink clothes from the baby shower... Not to thrilled about all the Fru-Fru frilly girly stuff, but I guess I'll have to get over it huh? Hope everyone is having a great weekend and staying safe on the roads! -Nathan

My daughter loved everything pink for years. Then one day, shortly after her eighth birthday, she informed us that pink was too 'girly' and that she wouldn't be wearing it any more. She was true to her word and now her main color seems to be navy blue. They are always doing things to surprise you. Congratulations. An unbelievably exciting (and exhausting) time in your lives. But worth every second of lost sleep

The other question that will need to be answered,will she be into dolls or stuffed animals?  So many exciting things about to happen in your life!

Suzy- Congratulations on a great race! I know you must be really happy to be back at it again!

Blanda-love the pictures!

Ok gang, we are approaching the end of June. For some that is just the beginning of the season and for others they are right in the middle of race season. So, at whatever point is applicable for you, are you pleased where you are in your training/racing at this point of the calendar year/season?

Looking ahead to July....can we each set a goal to hold ourselves accountable to for the month. Can be an aggressive goal or something relatively easy. Doesn't have to be anything complicated. Maybe swim 3X week or the same with bike and/or run. It could be a specific race goal or anything tri related. I'm throwing this out there but have no idea what my response would be. Hope we can set some good near term goals.

Blanda - those were great pics...sorry about the jellyfish (we call them "sea nettles" here in B-more).  Those stings are awful sometimes.

After a day off yesterday lying around the pool having an adult beverage (or two, or three, or...), back at this morning with a little run speed work:

1.2 mile WU
2 x 0.5 miles @ T pace, about 1.5' jog RBI
3 x 200M hard (under R pace, so about 6:00/mile), 300M jog recovery
1.2 mile CD

Just under 5 miles total.  This is probably my favorite workout of the week.  I love track work; done properly it's a great training session, and I really like running fast.  :-)

I'll get in swim with my daughter this afternoon...shooting for about 1500M or so.

Question #1:  I just came out of a mini recovery period after my early season 'A' race on May 31st, so June was a little low on training but I still got enough in for maintenance.  My season totals so far:

Great week, Steve.  My experience is that you will start to see some real run gains once you get upwards of 30 mpw, but like you mentioned it's tough to get the other stuff in.

Blanda, thanks for posting those pics. Amazing views as always. I love the swim shot.

Randee,  sorry to hear about your headaches. Are you feeling better today?

Nancy, how is your back?

Mike, I wish I could help you with the run advice.

I'm trying to get everything ready for our "trips" over the next two weeks. Leaving tomorrow to do a girls training camp in Tucson. Then I'll be back for a day before going to Calgary with my husband on a business trip. Both trips should be a lot of fun.

After beating my head against the wall last week during swim practice things finally started coming together today. I've been struggling with motivation and a few other confidence issues related to  s/b/r training these last few weeks. I'm hoping that training with friends in a new environment will help me to get past this bad place.

EDIT:

While I was writing my post Randy sent this inspire...

  Things are certainly  better than this time last year.....right?

Thanks Randy for putting everything into perspective. YES!!! Things are a lot better than they were this time last year when still recovering from surgery 
 Went back and checked my log from last year.. This is what I was doing a year ago and thankful to be able to run:

5x(5mins run, 2mins walk) also riding at 140-150 watts.. Yes, things are a lot better this year.

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That recovery training looks eerily familiar!  Have a great time on your trips!

Blanda, I want to live where you do.  Holy Cow, that swim shot is inspiring!

We're at our place in Northern WI all week and while warm, it is so windy we can't even take the boat out!  Boo-second day in a row.  As a bright spot for my month, I have been able to run 65m and have improved my swim pace per hundred by somewhere between 5-10" depending on the day!  Still a long way to go, but happy with the progress.

This is a picture that my daughter sent us when she was in China last year. It seemed fitting for today since I had an easy run with strides..

Sounds familiar to me, too. 

Sept 2011:  Yay!!! I got over 100 watts on the bike!!!
Nov. 2012:  Yay!!!  I ran 6 minutes today!!!