Trishie's Tri Chicks - CLOSED! (Page 3)

Maria -- congrats on the 56 mi ride! it's a great idea to get that distance under your belt a few times beofre the race. very cool that you can do it ON the race course - can't get any more race-specific training than that! when is the HIM?

Hey there!!! Happy New Year!!! What I hope to accomplish before next friday is:  2 runs (30 mins each), 2 (1/3 mile each ) swim sessions, 2 half hour biking sessions, and 2 pilates sessions!  I'm so excited and enjoying the variety of exercising rather than just sticking to running all the time!  Hope everyone else is doing well and I hope you had a wonderful New Year! 
Tara

Hi Trishie!

I know your group is closed  but I wanted to see if I could get on a wait list?

I really wanted to join a women only group to help me stay motivated and supported for the 2010 season. I have four sprint Tri's on my schedule, Jun - Sep. Plus, my email/login/blog have been SBTriChick since I started training so I already have a name to match your group! 

If something changes or you can squeeze in one more, please let me know! I read through the posts and this sounds like a great group I would love to be a part of.

Take care all, let me know if something opens up!

Pamela (sbtrichick.blogspot.com)

NAME: Pamela (SBTriChick), going to be 50 this Friday 1/8. How the heck did that happen!

STORY: June 2008 my husband I decided to do our local Santa Barbara Sprint Triathlon. And I specifically signed up for the Women Only Sprint, which is super short: 500 yd swim, 6 mile bike, 2 mile run.  

I didn't know how to swim. Really. Like I couldn't dog paddle more then 10 feet without panicking. And put my face in the water. Forget it. I almost drowned as a toddler and the primal imprint in my psyche is there forever. At age two, I have a vivid memory of bubbles rising through murky green sunlit water and then fade to black. Apparently I was knocked off a dock by rough housing cousins and the aunt that was supposed to be watching me had lost track of me. My mother sprinted across a field and retrieved me from the bottom and someone resuscitated me. Anyway...June 2008 I signed up for adult swim lessons at the local YMCA and I currently can do the distance, it's just painfully slow and it ain't pretty. (3:30 mins to do 100 yds in the pool) I still feel sick to stomach every time I slide in the end of the pool.

When I did my first tri, I spent an hour on sign up day trying to find someone who could tell me how long I had to finish the 500 yd ocean swim? I was worried I would be disqualified for taking too long! By the way, NO ONE knew the answer and kept looking at me like I was crazy. I knew it was taking me close to 30 mins to cover that short 500 yds.

I have always loved to bike from my first red tricycle at age three in 1963 to my beloved Purple Schwinn Stingray with the sparkly silver banana seat and white basket with flowers Santa brought when I was eight, to my sleek silver Klein road bike with pink handlebar tape I currently ride  Zooommmm..even here I have endurance, but no real speed. Which I need to develop for sprints.

I run, but I have a bad hip. Bad enough that my doc and PT gal have limited me Sprints only, with caution. I acknowledge and press on. I actually like to run, but my hip gets annoyed I am slow, 10 min miler. Want to be faster.

FAMILY STATUS: My hubster is fabulous and has taken Tri's beyond me already. At this moment out for an 8 mile run   We have a blended family of three kids, all in their 20's and don't live at home.

CURRENT TRAINING: Ack. Schedule? What schedule. Up until now I have just winged it. That's why I am here, to build a consistent plan. Currently signed up for the beginner winter training plan and started three days ago, so far so good  

I am a corp VP in finance and work 8AM - 6PM or later M-F. Makes weekday training a struggle. And getting up a 4 AM ain't my thing, but it may have to become my thing , cuz doing my workout last night at 8 PM home at getting home at 9:30 PM sucked.

2009 RACES: I COMPLETED these races. But I didn't train well and I flopped across the finish lines like a fish out of water and the "swims" were dog-paddled, float on my back hyperventiling at the very back of the back the entire race. All these races are open Ocean. The Oxnard Race had 6-8 foot swells on race day and I was knocked flat on to the beach taken out from behind. After I quit crying like a baby and a 5-10 min T1,  I rinsed the sand out of mouth and finished the race---barely

Jun 2009: Ventura CA Breath of Life Sprint Tri
Jul 2009: Oxnard, CA Strawberry Fields Sprint Tri
Aug 2009: Santa Barbara, CA Women Only Sprint Triathlon

2010 RACES: I want to COMPETE (finish in top 10-20% of my age group) in the these races. The only good news about turning 50 this year is I will be the baby in my age group! I am fortunate enough to have four races less than an hour drive from home:

Jun 2010: Ventura CA Breath of Life Sprint Tri
Jul 2010: Oxnard, CA Strawberry Fields Sprint Tri
Aug 2010: Santa Barbara, CA Women Only Sprint Triathlon
Sep 2010: Carpinteria, CA Sprint Tri (maybe Olympic?)


WEIGHTLOSS: I want to lose about 10 lbs. The same 10 lbs I have wanted to lose for about five years


My blog is sbtrichick.blogspot.com if you'd like to know more about me. However, judging by the length of this post, half of you are probably already sleep and the other half bored to tears

"I may not feel like working out today, but I will feel great when I am done!"

Pamela