Cav's Group - Closed (Page 3)

Morning gang hope you are all well, a fair bit of snow around here, its amazing just how the UK grinds to a halt with the first drop of snow! Good news is my back feels pretty good after the run yesterday, cant believe how stiff my legs are after 4 miles, I'm out of shape! Weather permitting I'll be out again in the morning and stick another mile on and see how it feels, keep your fingers crossed.

Pattie you've inspired me and I've found a local 10k on New Years Day which I'll jog round, great way to start the new year and indeed decade! I'm in the process of finailsing my schedule for racing next year and will share it once done. Lets all do that and I'll put them in some sort of table so we can see who's racing etc and give it eachother support.

Great to see that we are helping eachother out already that's what this is all about, well done peeps!

Not sure how many of you belong a club, if you can do so its a real help. I belong this one, we are only a year or so old and I have met some great people. I'm a coach with them and also manage the junior academy, wow we have some fast kids, this old man struggles to keep up!

www.3xtri.com

Have a crazy day folks, I'm out with the family for the first Christmas dinner of the week tonight, sure I'll be fed up of them this time next week.

Good Evening Everyone!

     Since the mac truck (AKA a swimming pool at 72 degrees F) I took the day off to rest my body. I have a 6 mile and a swim planned for first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks to everyone for their words of wisdom and encouragment. I am going to try to get to an open body of water before the May/June timeframe when I plan on racing my first Tri. Pattie, I don't mind the contact of other people normally. love contact sports usually - just not in the water.LOL  I will definately be a "back of the pack" kind of gal until I get the hang of it and then there will be NO STOPPING me.

As requested, here are the races I plan on participating in 2010 at this point. I imagine that the list will get longer should I develop the racing BUG. I believe that I will also do a full Tri in the Fall next year, but we shall see.

Cowtown half Marathon 2/27/10 in Fort Worth Texas

Champions Tri -- Women’s Only Super Sprint Triathlon (Triathlon)
3/27/2010 in Spicewood , Texas

Capital of Texas Triathlon - Sprint Distance (Triathlon)
5/31/2010 in Austin , Texas

Tammy

Ok folks we are up and running here’s the roster:

RogerWillco - Burak

Sicone - Stav

Wax On  - Chris

Jamesj7373- James

FeakingPuertoRican - Oscar

Aphrodite225 - Daniele

MoodyMatt- Matt

Neuronet- Eric

Rowdypaint - Pattie.

ferretracer - Erik

TTucker- Tammy

Welcome to everyone, this is going to be such a fun journey for all of us as we have many different levels and experiences in this group. Ok rule number one remember that none of us are professional athletes, this forum should be fun and a really open place to answer questions, generate ideas and create discussions as much as possible. Every question is valid, no question is silly or basic and if you are thinking about something there’s a good chance somebody else is too or somebody can help. I’m not a professional or veteran, I love the sport, am still learning and want to grow to. I have enthusiasm, energy, love to help people and have already qualified as a tri coach with the British Triathlon Federation to do so. I’m coaching youngsters and remember what I say may be different than 1000 other triathletes. I can tell you my experience, my preferences and opinions, but honestly, triathlon is an individual sport and my perspective comes from what works for me. Consider everyone's input, but in the end, go with what works for you.

We are here to support, encourage and question each other, don't be too sensitive if I or someone else questions something you are doing. This is where you will learn the most. The main thing is to have fun, learn, meet our goals and encourage each other to do so. Use the inspire section in each other's training logs to give feedback and constructive comments.

Ok the first set of goals for the group in the next day or two are as follows:

1. Lets add each other to your BT friends list. This is done as follows: in the bottom left of your training blog you will have a friends box. In the right coroner of that box is a + sign. If you click on that + sign it should take you directly to the friends section. From there click on the "..." box and input each person's user name and it will search for them and you can add them one at a time (a pain I know). From there at the bottom of the screen click the update friends. When you go back to your blog you should have everyone in your friends section. To view other people's training logs, just click on their link from the friends section of your blog. I hope that helps and makes sense. To inspire someone just go to their log and click on inspire and type in your message. If someone else has left you a message and you want to reply, hit the blog button on their message it will take you to their blog with the initial message. Don't hit reply as it will just reply in your own blog.

2. Start logging your training time on the log, I think most are already. The logs are really important and will help give personal guidance, and they are look impressive when you start building them over weeks, months and years, month to month and year to year. The logs will also help us with inspires and for those of you interested in weight loss, start recording your weight (if you want) in your logs.

3. Start to think about your goals for the season, what you would like to achieve, could be completing a certain distance, a time target etc and also think about the things you need to do to hit these goals. For example I’m thinking mine maybe to duck under 1hr 20m for sprint and 3 hours for Olympic, for me to do this may main focus will be on swimming as this is my weakness and where I can save most time. To improve my swim time I’ve hired a swim coach and start work with him on 29/12.  Once you’ve set them share them with the group and we’ll have a discussion how we can achieve them.

Really excited about our journey next year,  we are going to have a great season and accomplished our goals together.

aphrodite_225 - 2009-12-19 12:42 AM Hi Cav, 

Thanks for replying, and for the welcome!  I don't really have a verdict on the back yet, I'm waiting for an appointment with a Neurosurgeon (we all know how long this takes on the NHS!!), so at the moment I'm looking at really concentrating on swimming, and working in some steep hill walks on the dreadmill until i'm given the all clear by the Neuro.  I never realised how much I would miss the exercise, until I was told I wasn't allowed to do it, it's like having choc gateau in the fridge and not being allowed to have any - torture!  The doctor (my work doctor, i think he's trying to cover his a$$) told me NO EXERCISE whatsoever, whereas the consensus of opinion in this day and age is that gentle exercise is good.  Since I took his advice - about 3 weeks ago, i find that my back is so weak, i can't even bend to pick up a mug off the floor, so i have decided to ignore him and listen to my body instead, as the muscles supporting my back have obviously atrophied with his advice. 

I have come to the opinion that I will prob carry on with triathlon regardless of whether it will worsen what I have by a year or two, as up until now, (with the exception of horseriding which isn't good for backs anyway!), I have never found a sport that 'fit'.  Tri does, and I am hooked. 

I am pleased with the achievement with the sprint, originally my objective when i signed up was just to finish, but when my training got better i wanted sub 2h, at one point it was going far better than i anticipated and i wanted sub 1h30.  I was shocked (and very pleased) when i was told that I got near my 2h marker by my boyfriend, as with the injuries and the problems i encountered (and total lack of food) it was nothing short of a miracle!!  lol

Anyway, your input will be greatly appreciated.  Due to the injury my fitness level is non existent, but if you told me to swim 2 miles a day i would do it, regardless how long it took.  It's just nice to have someone pay an interest, and help motivate you.  So thanks for signing up to be a mentork, and I look forward to torturous swim drills lol only joking

Hey Daniele, you want torturous swim drills, step in my office, lol, ;-) The back is a situation is a tricky one for sure, I’m in your camp re a little gentle exercise, don’t be like me though and train through the pain, listen to what your body is telling you and act accordingly. I know what you mean re the chocolate gateaux, mines more a decent bottle of red in the cupboard! I think the beauty of tri is that its not just focussed on a certain set of muscles or body parts (hmm not sure that sounds politically correct!!) and in the case of a sprint its means that focus is spread over the 3 disciplines.

Yep the sprint was a great success, hmmm lack of food eh, do we need a session on nutrition here me thinks. Having said that after my last Olympic this year 3 of us ended up in Burger King, so maybe I’m not the role model here!

Ok get on with your 2 mile swim each day (open water if course) and let me know how it goes! Seriously are you just plodding up and down the pool or swimming drills etc, its the perfect time to get some advice and help on your stroke and make those adjustments.

• To be able to run 5k without stopping or walking (preferably in under 30mins)
• At least complete the 3 sprint tri's I am going to enter next year
• Go up 1 distance level a year so that I will enter (and hopefully finish) an Ironman in 2014

Good morning, group!  I guess it's time for me to put down some goals too. 

* Get my 1500m swim back under 30 min.  It's been there before, but I've been neglecting swimming lately.
* Average 18-21mph on the bike in all of my races.  On some of the hillier courses around here I still can't hold 18mph.  I've never broken 21 in a race. 
* Drop my run back below 10min/mile.  Keep that pace for distances over 10k.
* Complete my first HIM in July!!!
* Lose 15 pounds. 

That's 5 reasonable goals. 

_{On the subject of correct running shoes, I bought some properly fitted shoes for the first time a few weeks ago. Having just picked trainers by brand and style before it was a very different procedure. The guy in the running shop examined my feet and then took a computer video of my legs/feet on a treadmill which was then examined. He popped into the store room, came out with a couple of different shoes, videoed me running on the treadmill wearing them and told me which I should buy. I took his advice and have a very,very comfortable pair of running shoes that cost less than a pair of trendy new design Nike.
   I would certainly recommend going to a specialist running shop.}