New Year New You...reopened for late comers (Page 27)

Originally posted by kturnity


Thanks Rob! The good new on the foot is...it's just a bad strain. The bad news is...I had to take a week off biking and a couple weeks off running. I'll start biking again tomorrow, but I'm not supposed to run until this weekend (or next Wednesday depending on how it feels). Unfortunately, that means I'll be adding running back in with 2 weeks or less until my tri, just in time to start tapering. If anyone has any advice for what I should do those couple weeks that I can run, I'd really appreciate it. (For reference, I was doing 2 runs a week up until I hurt myself, one at 30 min, the other at 45, hitting about 8:30 miles.)

I'm still feeling pretty good about the swim. I did learn an important lesson though: don't work your triceps too hard on a Friday if you have a swim lesson on Sunday. I struggled yesterday because my arms were still tired and sore. But at least I know not to do that before my tri now. (=

One other question: as far as warming up before a tri, what do you all do? I've realized over the last couple weeks that I struggle through the first couple hundred yards of a swim while I'm still warming up. I know I can't swim a warm up before the race, so any ideas to get me going would be helpful.

Happy training!

Originally posted by RobR

sweet ride! Are you going to put aero bars on it?

Originally posted by [email protected]


Amazing race... I looked at your splits and very impressive.
How did your times compare to last year?

How's your leg doing?

Originally posted by mgk

Tomorrow is race day

Originally posted by pvfd304

Did my first real open water swim this morning. Our Tri club sponsored a Open water Clinic with two very experienced swimmers. I did a lot better than I thought I would. I'm happy with my progress. I didn't freak out like I thought I would by not seeing the black line on the bottom. Sighting takes some work but we have a good lake to practice in.

If anyone has a chance to join a club, I highly recommend it. Great way to train and race with your local crew.

Originally posted by mgk

First tri yesterday. Had a blast and raced well for me. Distances were 1/4-10-2mi. Finished in 1.02 and was 117/280 overall and 9/13 in AG. Not blistering but since I only started swimming in December I wasn't expecting to be MOP out of the water and my run was 75/283 after spending the last three weeks nursing a sore hamstring. Can't wait to do it again.

One question..... What do people do for nutrition during a sprint. I was sick as a dog when I got home and am guessing dehydration/electrolytes/carbs were at fault. I downed my water bottle and a Gatoraide during and after and had a peanut butter sandwich post race. After an afternoon on the couch feeling terrible I got up and ate everything in the fridge and felt better. Thoughts?

Matt

Originally posted by mgk

First tri yesterday. Had a blast and raced well for me. Distances were 1/4-10-2mi. Finished in 1.02 and was 117/280 overall and 9/13 in AG. Not blistering but since I only started swimming in December I wasn't expecting to be MOP out of the water and my run was 75/283 after spending the last three weeks nursing a sore hamstring. Can't wait to do it again.

One question..... What do people do for nutrition during a sprint. I was sick as a dog when I got home and am guessing dehydration/electrolytes/carbs were at fault. I downed my water bottle and a Gatoraide during and after and had a peanut butter sandwich post race. After an afternoon on the couch feeling terrible I got up and ate everything in the fridge and felt better. Thoughts?

Matt

Originally posted by kturnity

Hey everyone! It's great to see we've had some success so far this year! Hopefully I can say the same in a couple weeks. I have managed to start running again, but just short runs to ease back into it. I did a bike/run last night (6 miles & 1.5 miles). Didn't feel too bad then, but my foot hurt this morning. It seems to have gotten much better as the day goes on, so hopefully it's alright.

I decided to Google map my bike course today to see the terrain: there's good news and bad news. The bad news is, there's a 1.3 mile hill 4 miles in. The good news is, after the 5.5 mile mark, the entire course is downhill. I'm hoping that makes things a little easier on the run. (It also explains why the bike times for this course seemed pretty quick.)

I guess all that's left to do now is get out there an do a practice open water swim, ease back into running, and practice some transitions. I think the next 12 days are going to go by faster than I would prefer. It seemed like I had forever to get ready and suddenly, race day is almost on top of me!

Originally posted by RobR

Hi everyone,

today was my first sprint tri (Cambridge Ontario) and it was a 750m / 30k / 6k. Times not yet on the site so I'll update the race when I get them

I have to say I loved it. so here's the breakdown

Swim
I only got my wetsuit last weekend so I did not get a chance to do an open water swim before the event. I had planned to swim freestyle with breaststroke mixed in for active recovery. I started off breaststroke and found that I was stuck behind a row of swimmers in front of me. I hardly swim freestyle at all. When I did I was out of breath very quickly which I put down to nerves. The water wasn't cold at all but very dirty and full of weeds. On the return section I freestyled more until I got a big swinging arm to the head. The shook me up a bit. Anyway, I finished in 17 mins plus change.

Takeaway: find a clearer lane to swim in even if the line is a bit longer. Try and swim further freestyle.

T1 - awful. I was in there an eternity, well over 3 minutes. Couldn't get my socks onto my wet feet and was really slow getting my wet suit off.

Takeaway: practice and get faster. I think experience will help of course.

Bike
the extended amount of breaststroke did a number on my glutes so I hurt for the first 5k. Then I found my legs and I raced pretty well. My chain jumped off on a climb at the 20k mark so I lost 45 secs off the bike. Bike was about an hour I think.

Takeaway: don't change gear as I'm pushing down heavily on a climb. Race faster earlier (glutes allowing)

T2 - much faster of course so nothing too much to worry about

Run
I have found in my brick work outs that I can't run at all for about 2 mins after I get off the bike. I mean I'm hobbling like an old man and my calves cramp like crazy. After about 5 mins I got into my stride and the calves let up a little. Ran past a lot of people. The course was horrible, all grass and lose trails, with crazy ups and downs, tree roots, etc. You had to be very careful how you ran and I certainly did not ran flat out. Time was 32:22 for the 6k.

My overall time was around 1:55 and I was 26/33 for the age group. It was fun, challenging, disappointing (in ways) and humbling all in one.

Originally posted by kturnity

Had my first sprint this morning and had a blast! Here's a quick breakdown:

Swim - 750m: time 19:17. Took a little longer than I wanted, but I got kicked a lot and got a bit off course. I swam the whole thing without a break, so overall, I feel great about it.
T1 - 2:27. Given the 300 us run to get there, I felt great about this time. There were only a couple girls in my group with a faster transition than me.
Bike - 13 miles: time 48:38. The hill at the beginning got me a bit. And the time includes dismounting, taking off shoes, then running into the stadium. Wish this was a little faster, but still happy with it.
T2 - 1:23. I thought this seemed a little slow, but there were only a few girls who did it faster.
Run - 5k: time 29:29. With the foot still acting up and not being able to run much leading up to the event, I'm happy with this time. I got a pretty bad cramp in my calf getting off the bike that lasted almost 2 miles. Once that worked out, it got much better.
Finish - all smiles...on the jumbotron! I guess that's one benefit to ending in a football stadium! Pretty cool to see myself up there as they called my name!

I had so much fun today. I thought I might puke at one point on the bike and the run was torture... And I'm completely ready to do it again! (=

Originally posted by kturnity

Thanks David! it definitely felt great to be able to finish. But I'm also definitely feeling the after effects of it this morning. Ouch.
Also, I realized I forgot to post my rankings!

Age Group: 12 of 40
Females: 46 of 178
Overall: 137 of 344

And I've already found my next race. (=