Todd's Tri Turtles - (Beginners, Sprint, 5K, 10K) - CLOSED (Page 29)

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete

Well, I woke up this morning and went for my Half Ironman Distance training ride. 56.1 miles with over 900 feet of climbing and managed to keep my heart rate towards the bottom half of Z2. I feel really good about this ride, it was almost 400 feet more climbing than the one I will do in Racine (different type of climbing though) and I really did not struggle like I thought I would. I even put on my shoes afterwards and jogged .25 miles just to see what would happen and I had my legs under me. Still more to do but this certainly helped with my confidence.

Originally posted by afischer01 It's amazing the difference a week can make. Last week at my swim lesson I thought I was doing horrible!! This week I feel so much more confident. I love the progress I can feel in the water.

Originally posted by Taringa

I'm participating in a Parkrun tomorrow morning, it's a 5km timed run in one of the local parks. I've never done one before, and this is the first one to be run by a group starting up near me, so I'm pretty excited. It's a weekly event, but unfortunately I won't be able to attend very often as I work Saturdays... I don't think coming in late every week or fortnight will go down well! It will be interesting to see how it goes, I'd like to try and push the speed a little and see what happens. I've never tried to run the distance with any speed, always just run at a comfortable pace. 

Originally posted by Lovey

I have had a few busy and weird days.

Yesterday I did a 3 mile run then went grocery shopping. I was greeted by the sight of the man parked next to my car, pleasuring himself. Yep, right there in his car, in the supermarket lot. I was so shocked, I hit the horn. He barely glanced at me and kept on going. I told security and they siad, " ok, well .."

Then we were at lacrosse games until after 10 pm in the rain.

this morning, I had this overwhelming urge to do something or anything. I wanted to really run but wanted to challenge myself to a new boot camp.
I opted for boot camp (this was my second day). The first day I went, we ran outside on a loop then stopped in a parking lot and did workous there, then run a half mile there then did more until we got back to the gym. Well, today was long run day.

I ran with the shorter run group not knowing how far the run was.
I started running,, mentally pushing myself bthe time I got to station 1, they were done!
I continued running to the next station, they were done!
We turned around and headed back. When I got back to the gym, they finished stretching!

I ran the whole way. the trainer told me afterwards to continue training and running my own pace.


I had to choose to either be frustrated because, gym buddy, decided to sleep in.
Or I could focus on the positive and pat myself for getting myself out of the house and running 3 miles

Originally posted by Taringa

I ran my  first Parkrun yesterday, and had a whale of a time. Around 120 runners in one of the local parks for a 5km run, and the enthusiasm of the runners and the volunteers was infectious.  Complete strangers were cheering each other as we passed on the course and there were smiles all round. I ran a much better time than I have previously (just under 35 minutes) and it's given me a confidence boost for the half marathon next weekend. Jim, you're absolutely right, running in a group, even though i knew no-one, was so much fun!

Originally posted by Hubbie

Well fellow Turtles, I didn’t race today. Been feeling kinda low energy for the past few days and was feeling completely exhausted since yesterday. Went to bed early and woke up at 0200 feeling even worse. My body felt like it was made out of lead and every joint was stiff and painful to move. Just the thought of getting out of bed was tough. Told myself that I’d lay still for about 20 minutes then get up. Four hours later I opened my eyes still feeling low energy and stiff. To make matters worse the race was about a three hour drive away and scheduled to start in 30 minutes. I know that I wouldn’t make it so I went back to sleep for another two and half hours. Slept for a total of 14 hours and finally started to feel better.

While this is my first no-show in four years of racing I think that it was the best choice for me physically and mentally. While there is no doubt I could do the sprint distance I really didn’t want to do a six hour round trip drive feeling bad. Oddly enough despite my Type A personality I’m really not all that upset over the missed race.

I continue to feel that the rest was what my body needed the most and by doing this I will be able to resume my normal training on Monday with no ill effects. I’m reminded of a race I did two years ago that I started feeling bad. It was a terrible race, had a near drowning incident, almost crashed my bike, and barly made the run; came in last place too. It was a serious blow to my confidence and I almost get completely out of racing because of it. I was determined not to make the same mistake.

In the end I would rather miss one race and race again later then have another bad race the get out. I don’t ever want my hobby that I enjoy to become something that I have to and end up hating it.

Beth

Originally posted by Taringa

I ran my  first Parkrun yesterday, and had a whale of a time. Around 120 runners in one of the local parks for a 5km run, and the enthusiasm of the runners and the volunteers was infectious.  Complete strangers were cheering each other as we passed on the course and there were smiles all round. I ran a much better time than I have previously (just under 35 minutes) and it's given me a confidence boost for the half marathon next weekend. Jim, you're absolutely right, running in a group, even though i knew no-one, was so much fun!

Originally posted by NMS

Well I must say total respect to you guys who train in the heat!!! I am on vacation in Bradenton, Florida. I went for an early morning run today, although clearly not early enough as it was already 72 degrees. I come from Ireland so heat is not something I am used to at all. I ran a 2.5k loop round the streets in the area, it was very nice particularly as the local squirrels decided it was a race and joined in! I also was accompanied by a stunning rainbow. I took water with me and sipped continually as I am unused to such weather. All in all it was fine, but HOT. Tomorrow I will get up earlier and try to run the loop twice. I need to run off all the goodies I am eating on holiday!!

Originally posted by corbetjackson50

Sorry guys i haven't been on In a while. I am on family vacation in charleston sc. The good news is i staying with a couple of triathletes and i brought my bike. I was supposed to go on a long ride yesterday but weather kept us from it. I May have to venture out by my self as he works 10 hour days. They have a bunch of magazines and books I've been reading to get me pumped up.

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete

Jim and Ashley,

Trust that Peto Primo will push both of you in the TDF Challenge. I was on a team with him the past two years and he is a great guy and has a very positive and encouraging attitude. Like I said I met people in the challenge in the past that I look to for guidance and help, and Peto is certainly one of them. Also Grahm Clarke was a Mentee with me in a group I was in before Mentoring and is a great guy and hard worker, just look at his logs.

Originally posted by RZ0


Though I'm not quite sure what happens next, I'm looking forward to it!