tripletmom01 mentor group - FULL!!!!! (Page 29)

I think the 2:1 would be an excellent way for you to train.  It wont stress your body as much and as you get stronger you can do 3:1, 4:1... if you want.  Maybe you can get your SIL to do some of that too- then maybe you guys can run/walk a portion of the HM??

The prmeire was very cool- I think everyone really seemed to like it!  If you want a copy the place to start is here

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=146519&posts=32&start=1

Are you and Hubby still talking or did he dig too big a hole?

On a serious note - I have a dumb question (again!) - you guys are using turbo trainers for your biking at the moment, yeh? Do you ever play with the gradient side of things or do you just spin and shift up and down the gears?

(The reason for asking is that I've just spent an hour in the garage and my cycle computer says I've "traveled" the grand total of 5.52 miles! I was on a big hill programme and my HRM says I was working my *ss off, even if I don't have the mileage to prove it - it's just a bit depressing is all!)

Glad you're coming back to the fold George! I assume you all know about Echinacea?!

Have you changed out your battery lately?

 I know my computer is slightly off too. I just changed out the battery and now everything is wonky. The amount of miles and time do nott correlate with the speed it tells me I am doing.   I hate my new computer. I have a Trek Incite. It sucks the big one. It doesn't start when I start to ride, so I have to guess which button to press. Then it goes through every variable on the machine. I am stuck with it now. It is way to expensive for me to replace.

Yeh, the battery was something I'd wondered about - I think I'll go for a run sometime in the big outdoors and see if it has any clue - the batteries are a total pain to get to and I'm sure I changed them just at the end of last year - technology's just a pain in the butt!

(Sounds like I'm turning into my Dad!)

Hey peoples. Reporting on a nice active weekend here, OK swim yesterday, short run and 1.5 hr bike today. SO good to get out. The lake is still ringed with ice but in the sun, I'd say we were about 70 degrees. My girlfriend had an unpleasantly close encounter with a truck on a country road - I heard her scream, but she stayed upright and unhurt. Apparently she was forced off the side. She laughed it off and was so glad to ride out, I think she was unfazed. Good.

10 weeks 'til the race. I've never done an Olympic before. I sure hope to get to swim in a lake before but am a little nervous about water temps as we have had a really cold winter. I'm gonna hold off on registering until the last minute, after I find out how cold the water is. Or isn't - as it is a 'heated' lake*. This may not be the best distance for me, as proportionately the swim is longer and I am a suckola swimmer, but a better biker. That's OK! Sprints go by much too fast.

Forty days until spring. I counted. Hang in there tripeeps!

* uh, yeah. By a nuclear power plant. 

I can definitely tell you that walking a long distance is very different from running it.  I pretty much walked the entire second half of the IM marathon.  Running would have been much easier but the jostling of running was causing another set of problems.  I was very ill prepared to walk that distance/speed and my muscles paid for it dearly.  My ITB was screwed up for about 6 weeks. 

Base your training on how much you plan to walk during the 1/2.  Your intervals of run/walk will depend on what your plan is for race day.  I did my walking intervals at 4 MPH during IM training and still was not prepared for "walking".  I am not planning on walking much for round two.

I ran outside  with my new running buddy (who's too fit for me, but I'm working on it!) and went for 40 mins on the bike trainer this evening to escape my infernal Diploma.

Swimming for the next 2 days  and it turns out the case study for my course doesn't need handed in after all!

Life is good

Hope ewes are all good too?!

I almost biked outside today the weather was 55 but SO windy... I opted to run with my best training bud instead.

Had a horrible swim this am though.... although that is usually the case

Joe Runner - 2009-02-11 9:46 AM Sorry to hear you have so much snow.  Ours is all melted after the balmy weather we've had for the past few days.  Now it looks so gross outside.  The grass is so saturated with mud and sand and gunk.  I want it to snow again.  Make it look all pretty.  Plus, my dh got me some YakTrax, so I wanna try those out  I know, I'm mental.  But winter isn't over, so there may as well be pretty snow. 

there can be snow- just so it stays 30+ degrees

lara13 - 2009-02-11 9:56 AM i'm soooo upset you have a mentor group and i missed signing up! i'm still learning navigate around this site. seeing your film Friday inspired me... i'm pretty sure id like to try DC 1/2 for the first time at that distance this year. did all sprints last summer and know i could pull an Oly. i love checking out your training logs...and can relate to your many kids.

You can join us ANYTIME!!!

62-72 isnt that bad... Ive swam in much worse!

I did maybe one OWS before my first tri- I sucked at swimming too.... but I survived.  Ithink youll be OK