Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 264)

3rd (and final) ride in the series. Fun day. Don't think the hills were quite as hard as the other rides, but did ride stronger.

One way I can describe how the roadies feel about a time trialist going by out there "You're going to get a lot of hop-ons".

HOT. CHILI. CHICKS. RACE NUMBERS. RIDING. HOT. HOT. HOT.

Ole!

Probably not. I was getting enough protein but probably too few calories. Looking over my nutrition spreadsheet, "light" (0-2hrs workout) days are 1800-2000kcal, "medium" 2-4hrs are about 2200, "long" 6-8hrs are 2400-2600 (INCLUDING long session nutrition). Way not enough no matter how slow my metabolism is, and it's not that slow, relatively.

ETA: I got so caught up in tracking protein and iron that I really wasn't fueling well enough.

Well, I'm not gonna eat more NOW. It's taper time!!!

Here I was feeling all smug with my 53 mile ride and then I read this   BTW, what does "r/t" mean? 

hehehehe. We took a couple of different turns on the way back...only made 59.7.  And I was trying to convey round trip so people didn't think I was riding 120mi for Dunkin.  Although, it's a really good "carrot" for me!

i dont know what kind of fog i was in when i read your original post, but i read "DD" as "DH" and just figured you stopped somewhere for coffee!  NOw that I see the "DD", "r/t" is obvious.  Doh.

Riding that far just for DD, that is some serious coffee obsession :0

My Tri turned into an aquathlon this AM.  By my own choice.  We have had sun and heat for about 6 weeks, and this morning it decides to be cool and rainy!  This was a free, hardly-timed race, so my friend and I just decided to do the swim and run.  It was a nice workout, and after speaking with some who biked as well, I think we made the right choice--they were freezing, shivering and generally not enjoying themselves....  I'll try to do a bit of a RR later.

How are/did our AGN'ers do?

Sister ended up doing really well, finishing in around 1:30 total and strongly up in mid pack. Survived the swim (missed her exiting with some people needing lifeguard help at that time). Biked really well.  And ran much faster than any of us thought she could (much faster even thanIron when she was only running) breaking 26 minutes on a 5k.

Credits having a road bike for being faster (coming from a hybrid/mountain bike). It was funny to see as it was our brothers bike (6'1" vs 5'4"ish). The seat could get rather low, but it's a really long frame so really emphasized the superman position. I knew that would help, but what I didn't know is that for her training, she was most always riding with her 3 little kids. And by that I mean 1 was in the bike seat and the other two were in the trailer, so basically ride managed to qualify as "hard" (yes it really works). She also credits her swim training as helping out her run as the cardio development was much better than anything she'd been able to do before even though she didn't swim a whole lot.

Finished with an upset stomach developing from pushing the pace ("just complete", haha!) and was very happy with how the day went. Her friend finished well too (not her first time), and they both are already thinking of another sometime.

Ori

ginally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by bcraht

My Tri turned into an aquathlon this AM.  By my own choice.  We have had sun and heat for about 6 weeks, and this morning it decides to be cool and rainy!  This was a free, hardly-timed race, so my friend and I just decided to do the swim and run.  It was a nice workout, and after speaking with some who biked as well, I think we made the right choice--they were freezing, shivering and generally not enjoying themselves....  I'll try to do a bit of a RR later.

How are/did our AGN'ers do?

Elesa...2:30. Salty...2:40. Monica...haven't seen time, but rockin the smile and her new Betty kit Jen... was getting impatient to start :P

Swim     16:28 Overall : 747 Gender : 227 Categ : 24

Cycle     40:24 Overall : 865 Gender : 261 Categ : 30

Run     30:19 Overall : 996 Gender : 350 Categ : 36

Finish Time     01:31:44 Overall : 922 / 1102 Gender : 304 / 418 Categ : 32 / 38

JEN:

Swim     22:21 Overall : 1053 Gender : 393 Categ : 2

Cycle     51:16 Overall : 1079 Gender : 404 Categ : 3

Run     38:28 Overall : 1069 Gender : 402 Categ : 3

Finish Time     01:57:37 Overall : 1074 / 1102 Gender : 401 / 418 Categ : 3 / 3

Wooooot!  Awesome work, gals, congratulations!

city2surf - Sydney - Brief race report.

Year 1 92mins

Year 2 94mins

Year 3 102mins - grrrrr.

Well what are the contributing factors.  Years one and two I was doing Run/Walk 2:1 which kept my average pace up.  Now I've been training zone 2 I decided I'd just race this and that meant strictly no walking whatsoever, even up ridiculous Heartbreak Hill.

so the upshot of this is - Zone 2 will slow you down but eventually will speed you up - patience is a virtue in this for sure.  I'm only 6 weeks into it, I got 5 to go more or less.

It was also a hot and sunny day.

I felt strong for all of it but at the finish chute - I felt spent, I had nothing left and that's a good thing.  I usually have a bit left in the tank!

So whilst not a PR I am very happy that I ran 14km with no walking whatsoever.

Originally posted by bcraht

Ori

ginally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by bcraht

My Tri turned into an aquathlon this AM.  By my own choice.  We have had sun and heat for about 6 weeks, and this morning it decides to be cool and rainy!  This was a free, hardly-timed race, so my friend and I just decided to do the swim and run.  It was a nice workout, and after speaking with some who biked as well, I think we made the right choice--they were freezing, shivering and generally not enjoying themselves....  I'll try to do a bit of a RR later.

How are/did our AGN'ers do?

Elesa...2:30. Salty...2:40. Monica...haven't seen time, but rockin the smile and her new Betty kit Jen... was getting impatient to start :P

MONICA

Swim     16:28 Overall : 747 Gender : 227 Categ : 24

Cycle     40:24 Overall : 865 Gender : 261 Categ : 30

Run     30:19 Overall : 996 Gender : 350 Categ : 36

Finish Time     01:31:44 Overall : 922 / 1102 Gender : 304 / 418 Categ : 32 / 38

 

JEN:

Swim     22:21 Overall : 1053 Gender : 393 Categ : 2

Cycle     51:16 Overall : 1079 Gender : 404 Categ : 3

Run     38:28 Overall : 1069 Gender : 402 Categ : 3

Finish Time     01:57:37 Overall : 1074 / 1102 Gender : 401 / 418 Categ : 3 / 3

Wooooot!  Awesome work, gals, congratulations!

Congratulations Jen and Monica -- and Tony too!

Congratulations Ben's Sister!

Originally posted by bcraht

Ori

ginally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by bcraht

My Tri turned into an aquathlon this AM.  By my own choice.  We have had sun and heat for about 6 weeks, and this morning it decides to be cool and rainy!  This was a free, hardly-timed race, so my friend and I just decided to do the swim and run.  It was a nice workout, and after speaking with some who biked as well, I think we made the right choice--they were freezing, shivering and generally not enjoying themselves....  I'll try to do a bit of a RR later.

How are/did our AGN'ers do?

Elesa...2:30. Salty...2:40. Monica...haven't seen time, but rockin the smile and her new Betty kit Jen... was getting impatient to start :P

MONICA

Swim     16:28 Overall : 747 Gender : 227 Categ : 24

Cycle     40:24 Overall : 865 Gender : 261 Categ : 30

Run     30:19 Overall : 996 Gender : 350 Categ : 36

Finish Time     01:31:44 Overall : 922 / 1102 Gender : 304 / 418 Categ : 32 / 38

 

JEN:

Swim     22:21 Overall : 1053 Gender : 393 Categ : 2

Cycle     51:16 Overall : 1079 Gender : 404 Categ : 3

Run     38:28 Overall : 1069 Gender : 402 Categ : 3

Finish Time     01:57:37 Overall : 1074 / 1102 Gender : 401 / 418 Categ : 3 / 3

Wooooot!  Awesome work, gals, congratulations!

Yay! Thanks for finding them

Way to go AGNanatees!

It sounds like you had a great time!  Woo hoo!

Nice T.I.T.S!

Nice work!