kenj's group closed, training hard and having fun!! (Page 3)

Vivian - you can absolutely do this!!!! We will be here to cheer you along and answer any questions you have.  The hardest part will be getting in consistent workouts. Just take one workout at a time and after awhile it will become routine. Have you registered for a race yet? - that will help with motivation (can't back out now thinking).

I would like to join!  I will come back in a while to write bio.  (Getting ready to leave in a few mins for spin class!)

-Sherri

I hope everyone is having a good Thursday. 

 It is snowing here (ugh!) so it looks like I will be stuck on the trainer. I can't wait for May to get here as April is the worst month out of the year. Also, need to get a swim in today - I think I will do that first.

Ken I would love to join your group, let me know if thats ok and I will post a bio

Jon

What is everyones training plan for today?  Anything exciting?

  That is ok, I have a 5K race Sunday that I want to use to determine my paces so a little extra rest will be good.

Time is my biggest challenge.

I'm planning on swimming tonight.

re: events - I'm signed up for the Iron Girl Spring Tri in August.  I have 3 1/2 months to train.

I printed the 16 week agressive sprint tri training program last night.  I will try to put in the equivalent minutes, but I'll have a better idea of how realistic that is, once I've tried doing it for a week or so.

My current plan is to keep doing the gym MWF mornings, and riding my bike in the evenings when I get home.  I'll do Thursday night swims and try to add one on the weekend.

Time is my biggest challenge.

Hi Ken, 

   Would it be bad to do six sprint triathlons from may to september? 

NAME: scraver/Sherri - Age 32

STORY:  I feel like I have been fighting with my weight forever.  I am 5'9".  When I gradutaded HS (1996), I weighed 150.  Within 5 years, I proceeded to gain 100 lbs.  I just sort of thought, eventually the weight gain would level out and stop.  When I tipped the scales at nearly 250, I realized I needed to DO SOMETHING.  I joined my first gym in December of 2001.  I immediately lost 20 lbs - which I have never seen again!  Since then I have teetered between 215 and 232.  My sister got married in October and that was a HUGE motivator for me to tone and lose.  I got down to about 204, but when the wedding was over and holidays hit - I shot up to 215.  I REFESUE to undo ALL the hard work I did... so I got the BRILLIANT idea to train for a triathlon.

FAMILY: Hubby & Son (age 2) Hoping one day for a #2 - but I want to be the PG chick running 5k's and stuff... so I have to get in better shape, first!

CURRENT TRAINING:  I just started.  I used March as a sort of practice month.  I tried out bike riding and did some swims.  And tried to get a feel for working out a zillion times a week.  I was shooting for 2x's a week each: biking, swimming, running and strength training/core work.  I am wondering if one swim a week would be sufficient and add in an additional bike or run.  I started with swimming lessons at the age of 10 months.  Swimming comes as naturally to me as walking (some times even more so - I am pretty clumbsy).  OWS sounds like no big deal to me.  And as long as the water is above 50 degrees - I am good to go.  It is the bike that scares me... what if I have a flat?  What if I FALL OFF!?  OMG!  The horror!

2010 races: April 2010: signed up for my first 5k.  I was nervous - but I LOVED it.  My goal was to do it in under 45 mins and I did it in 38:50.  I have done at least half a dozen more since then (I am running out of room for all the T-shirts!) 

2011 races: Last month, I ran a 5k - did it in 37:26 (Personal best!  It was almost a relief to me to see that I AM actually improving).  Running another 5k on Saturday.  (I am beginning to wonder if I could do a 10k...?)  I am registered for my FIRST triathlon - all woman's one in September.

WEIGHT LOSS: I read about how my old bike will probably slow me down (it is a GT mountain bike from the 1990's), but then I realized the extra 45 lbs I am sporting will probably impact me more than any equipment.  So I am working to get rid of it.  I am trying to find a balance between eating enough to fuel my workouts and eating little enough to lose... but not so little that I am hungry to the point of being CRANKY.  It is a hard balance to find.  Ken - when I saw that you had lost 100 lbs (congrats, btw!) I thought maybe you might have some pointers on this!

WHAT WOULD MAKE ME A GOOD MENTEE? I have a bad habit of over-sharing.

NAME:  Jon

Story:  I am a 30 year old Orthopedic PA in Binghamton NY. I played high school and college lacrosse.  After graduation from PA school I started cycling and then started triathlons after some pushing from the wife.  Each time that she increased her distance so did I, because I couldn't be out done by my wife I had to do what she did.

I have done a bunch of sprit distances, some oly's, a half iron aqua bike and a half iron.  I am not fast at all but I get the job done hahah.

Family status:  Married for almost 4 years no kids only a dog

Current Training:  I am well into the BT Intermediate Iron distance program for Lake Placid this year  

This years races:  Keuka oly, Mussel man aqua bike, Lake placid, lake george oly, and a late 70.3 maybe pocono

Weight loss:  This would be great I am a bigger guy 235ish after winter would like 215 or lower by placid, but not focusing on that now I am just  getting the training in and do not want to completely shock my body.

OMG.  Arrogant Bastard is my new favorite beer.  I am going to go broke buying it, though!