Clyde/Athena Tri-N-4- Weight Loss Mentor Group -OPEN AGAIN!! (Page 28)

Great job everyone, it's killing me that things are so crazy my pace on here has slowed but not my workouts at least! Right on track or even over I guess on my 12 week program, the prescribed workouts at this point are just to easy so I have ramped them up to my curent level and am maintaining till it catches up with where I'm at!

Donna, deep breath and let go! Focus in the moment and let everything around you just disappear. Not that I am an expert at triathlon prerace jitters but in my past I was a very accomplished ski racer and sailing racer and have represented myself at all levels of competition from local to international and I'll tell you what the jitters were the same as the first time I did the bike leg in a team tri! They are what they are and you have to let yourself accept them, you should be nervous I would be more worried if you weren't But take those nerves and focus them into energy and power and after a few minutes on course, take a second, catch your breath, realize your not drowning and then go like hell!!!! You will look back on these threads post race and laugh at yourself for ever wondering or questioning or even doubting that you could ever do it, but then when you next race comes you will do it ALL over lol nature of the beast!!! You will do great, YOU ROCK!!!!!

Web, kicking is the killer and after working with a coach, learning what a proper kick is and how to use it I went from 2:10 100s down to 1:42 100s and my distance has increased exponentially! If your not doing kick board drill, add them! Like yesterday add them! Spend at least a 4 x 50 set of kick board drills during your work out as well as a 4 x 50 of pull buoy drills. These 2 drills will isolate your 2 halves and tell you where you are going wrong, if you use a pull buoy and can now swim a cpl hundred yards with no issue you know you are over kicking. If you do the kickboard drill and go nowhere or even worse backwards(like I did) then you know your kick is so inefficient that your are fighting your stroke and just exhausting yourself. Spend the money to work 1 hour with a coach and it will change your swim forever and another good resource my coach gave me was go to http://www.coachrobb.com/and watch his youtube swimming videos, they are great!

Well ran a 5k last Saturday in my home town and HOLY HILLS!!!!! I did however run a personal best of 30 flat so just a sub 10 min mile and while that in amongst itself was impressive for me the EVEN more impressive part is the course had a 600' vertical change so MAJOR HILLS. Felt great and was super happy to see that every race I make a little more progress, in addition lost 6.6 lbs last week and am leaving for vacation tomorrow! Sunny warm FL here I come!!!!!

Have a great week everyone, keep up the positive progress and I'll touch base throughout vacation!

Hey 1 more thing, I have registered for the 2014 Run to Home Base 9k in Boston. This is a major fund raising event for helping Veterans out and providing service to our men and women as they return from combat. I'm trying to raise a minimum $750 but hope to exceed that, if you can contribute anything at all or know anyone that would like to help our military men and women please pass this link along! Thank you in advance to anyone that can help contribute!!!!

http://www.runtohomebase.org/2014RunToHomeBase/pmcherrick

Dave - great job on the 5k - 30 flat or sub 30 is my goal for my next one. Congrats on the weight loss as well!

For me - I feel good / I'm down to 219 - can I still hang here?

Nice easy 800 swim in the pool today!

50x2
100x2
50x2
100
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I'm kicking myself a little over this week. I passed out early (tired, not drunk) last night and neglected to set my alarm for my run this morning. So tonight will be a my group ride and my run. Not a Brick though... I ride from 6-7ish and will run after the 3 youngest are in bed like I do on Tuesdays. Of course, this all started on Sunday when I missed my AM ride, but running a small brick that night made up for it. Decided against my swim on Monday because the only backup pool that is close to work is... just... nasty... and to top it off, I just plain forgot strength training that night too. Tuesday went well, and yesterday was my first scheduled rest day, so...

I've gotta kick it up a notch for tonight and tomorrow so I can at least finish the week strong.

5 weeks, 2 days until MIM Sprint!

Three days and IM FREAKING out!

Take one of these as needed for anxiety and call us in 4 days to tell us how AWESOME you did!!

ME TOO!

ROFLMAO!!!

I'm feeling pretty good this morning. As messed up as my week has been, last night and this morning were quite nice.

I made all 3 of my interval runs (90/90, 180,180 and repeat.) on all 3 days, incl warmup, I went 2.1 miles with 13.49, 14.21 and 14.22 avg mile times. Also my calf pain, while not gone, is quite manageable.

I just finished swimming at the Y in Olive Branch, MS (NIIIIIICE) and I'm back to where I was. I swam 50, 100, 150 (called out to change a diaper), 100, 150, 100, 50 then did kick drills for 50x2 for a total of 800. Not my best, but 2x the distance needed for May.

Quick question. On the last 50 I gassed it just for giggles and by the clock I did that 50 in :58. Is that any good? I wish I could keep that pace all the time, it was actually easier to breathe... For the record, my goal for the 440 swim is 20:00.

5 weeks, 1 day

Hehehe I figure that's good for me... It'll get therd

Last workout before race day

6 miles on the bike rental to get a feel for it - it's a nice bike Fuji 2.3 - way better than what I ride!
Then off the bike and into the run for five minutes -

After that a few jump and get my feet into the toe clips for practice.

Wish me luck

I have one thing to say, and it applies to both of you:

YOU GOT THIS.

Good luck to everyone that is racing this week!

We ran the Ryan's Quest 5K this morning. This is our race team's "home race". I had a goal of 31:00 (10 min/mile). My previous best finish in a 5K was last year in just under 35 min. I finished in 29:06 (9:26/mile). Feeling great! Also a shout out to Randi and my son Danny for running their first official 5k race. They both did great.

CONGRATS!!! Good job for your good cause!

If this group is open, hoping to join!

NAME/USERNAME: Jeff / happygilmore

STORY: I'm 40 years old and have been a big athlete my whole life, 240 in my teens to getting up to my heavyist in the spring of 2012 @ 428lbs. After the birth of our first daughter, knew things had to change or I wouldn't be around for her. I began a lifestyle change and started w/ tracking my food intake & working out again, in the spring of 2013 after losing 100lbs, decided to get back into competitive athletics, I started running, and did the first of several 5ks after never being a runner in my life, after some feet issues last summer, picked up biking again, and now I'm ready for a new challenge, and my wife, who is also running, and up for a challenge, said lets try a sprint triathlon, so we are registering for a sprint tri here in VT on 07/27/14.

FAMILY STATUS: Married w/ a 2 y.o. little lady

CURRENT TRAINING: running 3-4x/week x-training days/ week.

2013 RACES/ results

J.M.M.Y. Run -5k - 32:17
Vermont City Marathon Relay (5k)
Colchester Causeway 5k
St. Albans Glow Run

2014 plans and RACES:

Tampa Gasparilla 8k - 54:53
J.M.M.Y Run - 10k - 05/10/14
Vermont City Marathon relay (5.5mile) - 05/27/14
St. Albans Bay Day Tri - Kayak/Bike/Run
Colchester Sprint Triathalon - 07/27/14
Rock N Roll Philadelphia 1/2 Marathon - 09/21/14

WEIGHTLOSS: From the heaviest when I started this journey of 428lb in 05/14 to current weight of 274

Welcome Jeff! Glad to have you

Welcome Jeff!

I finished my Ron Jon Coco Beach Sprint Tri!

Ironically I finished in the same time as I woke up this AM!
1:35 - I feel great!

1 swim - AWEful AWEful AWEful!

I started back in the first timers group - for me it was my first Ows! Problem was after letting everyone go - I caught up and didn't know what to do! And then I had a panick attack - a real one! So I back stroked half of the return leg around the buoy!

Came out of the water and said I am never doing this again!

Transitioned to the bike very smoothly and calmed myself down! Then hammered the bike!
I rented a Fuji 2.3 an it was blazing fast! I passed a ton of folks and was passes by two girls and then quickly overtook them again.

Transitioned to the run very smoothly - started off into the run and forgot to stretch my calfs! Cramps - found a tree and stretched them out! Finished the entire run at a good pace - watch said about 10:30 miles. Ran the entire thing and kicked across the finish line.

Will I do another one - hell yeah!
Just need to work on my Ows!

Thanks for all the help and tips!

Hi everyone!

I was hoping to join this group if possible.

NAME / username: Shawn/shawng568

STORY: I was not very active for a while. Occasional mountain biking but nothing serious. Always on the heavy side of where I wanted to be. I was entered into a mud run with my office in 2011 which was crazy since I was never much into running but it sounded like a good way to get in better shape. So after that first I then did all of them at varying distances. From warrior dash to tough mudder and after suffering from plantar fasciitis I decided that was enough of that. A friend then said come and do a triathlon and the rest was history. I completed.the inaugural Rocketman Tri in Florida the ncompleted a couple more sprint distance local tri's where I have found there is quite a close group of people that compete there. I was dead last at the 2 local tri's. But I felt like that was better than not even showing up. I am currently weighing in at 248 and would like to get some of that gone this year.

FAMILY STATUS: Married, 2 kids 13 and 4

CURRENT TRAINING: just started, 5 days per week, run/cross fit /bike, and I manage a few bricks when I can, swimming not as often as I like. But I make it out to Lucky's Lake about every 2 weeks. Need to find a closer place to home to swim so I can get more efficient.

2013 RACES/ results
Rocketman Triathlon - 4:03 - classic distance included a 34 mile to trough Kennedy Space Center
Moss Park tri - 2:14. Sprint
Believe Strong Tri - 2:03 Sprint

2014 plans and RACES:
Going big this year
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Registered
Rocketman triathlon - Registered

WEIGHTLOSS: would like to get down to 215