Wurkit_Gurl's Group - CLOSED (sssh...we're training) (Page 28)

Great to hear! I meant to ask you how the knee was feeling.

Great to hear! I meant to ask you how the knee was feeling.

Good morning all - another Monday, another week. How was everyone's weekend? My race on Saturday went pretty well - about as well as I expected given a 2-week break from running! Race report is posted. Was supposed to go out of town yesterday, but decided not to on Friday, so I am still taking the day off from work today Friday is a holiday, so it makes it a very short work week for me - hooray!! Well, since I am NOT at work today, I won't be on here much, but will be sure to make the rounds of inspires.

Hey Will great questions - bumping this to the next page since I am just seeing it now, but am getting ready for work. I'll get to it once I'm at the office

Okay, first answer - for a sprint, you shouldn't need a whole lot more than water, if you ate a good breakfast a couple of hours before race time (I like to finish my breakfast about 2 hours prior), and dinner the night before. If you want to take a gel - something that you have PRACTICED with - just in case, that's fine. I do that, but rarely end up using it. It sort of depends on how long you'll be out there, though. If you're a true BOP'er, and you're out there for over 2 hours, you may want something with you just in case. But again, make sure it's something you've trained with.

Second answer - a combo of freestyle and breastroke is fine, if it works for you! There are no real rules as to how you can get yourself across the swim aside from non-assistance. If you have to dog paddle, do the elementary backstroke or walk in a pool swim, it's all legal. A lot of slower folk do mostly breaststroke. Sometimes I have to do breaststroke for a few seconds if people get in my way or it gets traffic-jammed around the buoys. And it's a good way to regain your bearings if you get thrown off-course.

Happy Tuesday everyone - today is a short week for me. Day off yesterday and Friday is a holiday! Wahoo!.

Steve- sorry to hear about all your ailments! Glad to hear you are able to get back in the saddle.

Morning everyone. Yay, my week is almost over! We have Friday off, and I am going on a canoing/kayaking day trip with a group from my church. Then various Fourth of July festivities on Saturday. Does anyone have any fun holiday plans?

PS - Will, glad to hear that you are feeling good about the OWS - a combo of breaststroke and freestyle will keep you on track!

A pre-emptive HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY since I won't be here tomorrow. Enjoy the weekend, get out and enjoy the weather!

Ooh, yay, first triathlon looming!! How are you feeling about it? Excited? Nervous? There's something special about your "first time", hehe

Well As a brit is it bad of me to wish you a happy 4th july ?

Enjoy your long weekends guys

Morning everyone! How was everyone's holiday? (Or weekend in the case of our mentee across the pond) The kayak trip was lots of fun! We paddled 11.8 miles - 5 of us in kayaks, the rest in canoes. The Shenandoah River is pretty and also fairly clean. The water wasn't very deep in many of the spots we passed and we kept getting the boats stuck on these fish dams - little rock ridges that the Indians made to trap fish. So now I have a gigantic bruise on my tailbone from jerking the boat around trying to get over the ones I got stuck on. In a couple spots, I had to get out of the boat and pull it over - luckily, in all of those spots, the water was only shin deep. We hit a couple of Class 1 rapids and one Class 2 - that one was fun, more like an amusement park ride than anything super-scary Apparently, I am a very good kayaker, as I ended up finishing first, and got far ahead of the group at several points, so had to stop and wait for the front of the pack to catch up. Oh, and if you want a great upper body and core workout - kakay for 4 hours Afterwards, we got dinner at a favorite post-hiking spot in the area, then went to a drive-in movie Saturday, I did some open water swimming with some tri team peeps and went to a couple of BBQs, saw fireworks, watch the Tour, etc.

2 more weeks until my next triathlon of the season - I should probably get on my bike at some point :-P Week 2 of marathon training is down. Ankle is stil holding up well. What's everyone else got going on training-wise? I know Will has a race coming up, and I think a couple of other folks have some things in July. Going to inspire you all now!

Oh no!!!! So sorry to hear about your knee. Especially this close to the race. If the pain is gone by the weekend, are you still planning to race? You can always walk the run - no shame in that. But you're right on, walking the run would be fine - no shame in that. Hopefully, it was just a fluke thing - maybe you went out too fast, maybe you just hit it wrong, etc. Hopefully, it just indicates that your knee is still needing to heal, not that you did anything new to it.

Morning everyone. It's Tuesday - not much exciting about Tuesday. The group has been quiet lately (even before the holiday), so I hope everyone is well. Let's all send good thoughts to Will for his knee to feel better by race day this weekend.

Anyone watching the Tour de France? I'm not a "follower" of cycling (as in, I don't really know who all the dudes are and why they're so cool), but it's still fun to watch, even though it makes me feel slow

Good, glad to hear the knee is all right - just a couple more days until your race! Have everything you need?

Good, glad to hear the knee is all right - just a couple more days until your race! Have everything you need?

That sounds about right - I'm assuming you meant to add a shirt of some kind as well? That's really about it, though. Don't forget to pump your tires before the race - you'll have a smoother, faster ride if your tires are pumped up, which I'm sure you know, but it's one of those things you can easily forget come race morning.

Cool - things still going well with the knee? Have fun on your bike ride