Oriolepwr and QuincyF's Magical Mys-tri Tour "The Sequel" -On Tour!! (Page 3)

Now for some pics and a report on my girls.  10 y/o Rachel was awesome and finished 45:51!  8 y/o Liza was a champ, finishing 38:35.  They had fun and I'm super proud of them!  I love that they are learning about keeping fit and accomplishing goals at such young ages.  Hopefully it's something that will stick with them for life!

Jacki

Now for some pics and a report on my girls.  10 y/o Rachel was awesome and finished 45:51!  8 y/o Liza was a champ, finishing 38:35.  They had fun and I'm super proud of them!  I love that they are learning about keeping fit and accomplishing goals at such young ages.  Hopefully it's something that will stick with them for life!

Jacki

Hi everyone.  Well...it's done.  I'm kind of sad b/c the swim sucked...AGAIN...but the bike and run were good.  Here's a brief account of the swim...first 50 meters I felt great.  I was smooth and deliberate and actually though, I think I can do this.  Then, as I had to turn and go under the rope for the turn around for the 2nd 50, I had to stop amongst a group of people, which gave me just enough time to realize where I was and what I was doing.  Immediately my chest tightened up and within 4-5 strokes, BOOM...I couldn't breathe and the voice in my head that says 'I CAN'T DO THIS" repeatedly was there and loud.  Almost instantly I was hyperventilating!  I struggled and struggled through the rest of it...with an 8 people behind me almost dead last finish...with a sort of wierd crawl stroke and back stroke.  Anything to keep moving forward and keep my face out of the water.  At that point, I was breathing SO hard, I could not put my face in the water.  Just not possible!  I almost got out of the pool and quit twice.  BUT...I didn't!  I forced myself to do it and continued on.  So, that's progress of some kind b/c in my other Tri experiences, my friend Angela stood on the side of the pool and wouldn't let me quit.  So, this time I at least stopped myself from quitting.

Ugh!!  After all that, I did have a good bike and a good run!  I moved up 133 positions in the bike and another 128 positions in the run.  So I feel really great about that!  Best of all, after the unbelievable struggle with the swim and a hilly and WINDY bike that made me work HARD, I threw down 8:41 miles for the run...for a 26:03 time, which to quote Dave, I think is BAD !

My race report has more details, if you care to read them.  Still figuring out where my head is, though.  I look at the overall result times and realize that if I could A-stop having anxiety attacks during the swim and B-find a way to swim faster (when I'm not panicking), I could have a really good time.  That's motivating.  BUT...I don't know how to overcome the swim anxiety.  It's not tied to training, I'm convinced of that.  I'm not going to say I like the swim training, but I can easily swim 1000 yards or meters and not have the anxiety issues I have on race day.  It's a race situation problem and that's hard to simulate.  So...I have to figure out what to do next and if/how I'm going to get past it.  Would love to hear your thoughts!

Now for some pics and a report on my girls.  10 y/o Rachel was awesome and finished 45:51!  8 y/o Liza was a champ, finishing 38:35.  They had fun and I'm super proud of them!  I love that they are learning about keeping fit and accomplishing goals at such young ages.  Hopefully it's something that will stick with them for life!

Jacki

OK....first Tri of the season is TOMORROW!!  The Carmel Sprint Tri on the north side of Indy.  Pretty manageable distance...   400 meter swim, 10 mile bike, 3.1 mile run.  I'm ready as I'll ever be.  Picked up the race packet today and sat through a "novice meeting" which helped ease some of my anxiety about the swim.  I checked out the pool...I'm glad I have a picture of it in my mind so I can visualize it tonight.  It's a 50 meter pool, which I've trained in many times...but looking at it today, it looked so big!  I have NO time goal.  My only goals are to get through the swim without a panic attack and then finish the race.  That much will be a victory!  Anyway...READY, SET, GO!!!

Wish me luck and I'll post a race report tomorrow!

Jacki

Now for some pics and a report on my girls.  10 y/o Rachel was awesome and finished 45:51!  8 y/o Liza was a champ, finishing 38:35.  They had fun and I'm super proud of them!  I love that they are learning about keeping fit and accomplishing goals at such young ages.  Hopefully it's something that will stick with them for life!

Jacki

Hi everyone.  Well...it's done.  I'm kind of sad b/c the swim sucked...AGAIN...but the bike and run were good.  Here's a brief account of the swim...first 50 meters I felt great.  I was smooth and deliberate and actually though, I think I can do this.  Then, as I had to turn and go under the rope for the turn around for the 2nd 50, I had to stop amongst a group of people, which gave me just enough time to realize where I was and what I was doing.  Immediately my chest tightened up and within 4-5 strokes, BOOM...I couldn't breathe and the voice in my head that says 'I CAN'T DO THIS" repeatedly was there and loud.  Almost instantly I was hyperventilating!  I struggled and struggled through the rest of it...with an 8 people behind me almost dead last finish...with a sort of wierd crawl stroke and back stroke.  Anything to keep moving forward and keep my face out of the water.  At that point, I was breathing SO hard, I could not put my face in the water.  Just not possible!  I almost got out of the pool and quit twice.  BUT...I didn't!  I forced myself to do it and continued on.  So, that's progress of some kind b/c in my other Tri experiences, my friend Angela stood on the side of the pool and wouldn't let me quit.  So, this time I at least stopped myself from quitting.

Ugh!!  After all that, I did have a good bike and a good run!  I moved up 133 positions in the bike and another 128 positions in the run.  So I feel really great about that!  Best of all, after the unbelievable struggle with the swim and a hilly and WINDY bike that made me work HARD, I threw down 8:41 miles for the run...for a 26:03 time, which to quote Dave, I think is BAD !

My race report has more details, if you care to read them.  Still figuring out where my head is, though.  I look at the overall result times and realize that if I could A-stop having anxiety attacks during the swim and B-find a way to swim faster (when I'm not panicking), I could have a really good time.  That's motivating.  BUT...I don't know how to overcome the swim anxiety.  It's not tied to training, I'm convinced of that.  I'm not going to say I like the swim training, but I can easily swim 1000 yards or meters and not have the anxiety issues I have on race day.  It's a race situation problem and that's hard to simulate.  So...I have to figure out what to do next and if/how I'm going to get past it.  Would love to hear your thoughts!

I'm back again (if you'll let me...I may have asked too many questions last round), but like Yvonne I kind of find this addicting.  It's a good addiction to have though.  Quick Bio:

My name is Todd.  I am 42, married and have two kids - one son 11 and one daughter 10 who are going to be running their first 5K with me in a couple weeks.  I ran my first marathon last summer and thought I would mainly stick to just running, but went to a dental seminar (yes, I am a dentist) given by a guy who had completed an ironman and I thought..."It can't be any worse than a root canal can it?".  So here I am.  My first ever triathlon comes up in June and I boldy (or insanely, depending) signed up to do the 70.3 in Racine in July.  Looking forward to more input from Dave and Quincy. 

Hi everyone! Ok, as promised here is my bio

I am 44 and live in South Florida, "swamp land"! I am married, no kiddies...work with kiddies though..I am a pediatric Oncology nurse and love it! I have a super supportive hubby who is my cycling partner and manager of my cheering committe. We do have 2 large rescue dogs, 4 cats and a reef acquarium that is more work than all the animals put together!

I have been running since age 15! and have since done many marathons and races of all distances, some adventure races as well. I started doing triathlons about 9-10 years ago. On my second tri I actually got out of the swim  half way through (it was a 1/4 mile swim..lol) as I thought I was going to die!! I was so upset with my self for "quitting" that I made my mind to beat the fear of open water swimming....and I did! now my favorite part of the tri is the swim

As of now I have completed many sprints, olympics, half IM distance and 2 full Ironmans!!! wooohooo...I am totally addicted!!

Last year one week after I finished Louisville IM I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, what a bummer that was! so I have since had surgery, chemo, radiation (I call it bleaching and microwaving now). I completed my treatment 2 months ago. I am now running, swimming and biking again...wooohooooo. Every day I feel stronger and better so my goal right now is to gain back the strength.

2012 goals: Olympic tri (2) in the summer, not sure which ones. Maybe a half IM towards the end of the year but definately Chicago Marathon (signed up and ready to have the pizza and beer that Dave promised us..lol).

2013.....IM....St George is on my bucket list

I am so looking forward to this forum! learning from others and sharing our experiences....bring it on!

Sorry for this log bio...going running now....

Alicia

OMG, what was I supposed to be getting, wine? Oh dear, I forgot and drank it all and then fell asleep. Just woke up.

I am loving the usual suspects back for another round.

Just a catch up on where I'm at...first off, I am fatfatfat, and I just admitted it, so I'm going to be logging my intake and output, AGAIN and try to get back to a more reasonable level. I was deathly ill the week before our spring break trip to New Mexico, but managed to have fun anyway. I never really recovered though and this week my daughter came down with strep...so we're thinking that's what I have and why I can't get better so I'm going on antibiotics pronto.

I am still at war with my ortho who keeps forbidding me to run (and I keep defying him) but my PT and I get along great and I am getting a lot of ROM back and less pain and you know I just keep swinging my arm to see if I might be able to get away with a freestyle stroke. (Not yet, but I'm hopeful)

So got back from spring break and have had the week from hell...Dave can vouch for me that we have a cool setup in the city, but, frankly urban living can be exhausting, especially when it comes to kid stuff...I almost stroked out trying to get my kids into Park district camps...along with several thousands of my closest friends...this is the second time we have crashed active.com's servers...you would think they would have figured out how to keep that from happening, but no. SO two hours later I actually had some pretty good success and then moved on to project #2...deciding on where to send my kid to preschool. Ya, doesn't sound too hard, except, again, in Chicago, everything is super competitive and I have to choose between two options that I like and once I pick one, the other one is gone forever. It just makes you crazy. Every single decision seems so earth shattering.

And for those of you from the old group...I know I shared some about my worries about my son, and he has now been officially diagnosed with a language disorder/speech delay, hyperlexia (early reading), and mild autism. Whew. It's been a long, frustrating journey, but by the end of the week, we had some answers, some camps for summer, and a school situation figured out. Seriously I need a bubble bath and some MORE WINE!!!

And I am basically 20 weeks out from IM (which I still don't know if I will be able to do) so I need to pick a training plan and get some balance back into my life. NOW. And by balance I mean spending hours of my time S/B/R and ignoring some of the crap that's been driving me crazy while I've been injured. ;-).

So, any great ideas for a ultra beginner IM training plan. I've done Fink, and I've looked at the ones on BT. Anyone else have a great site they love, or book, or whatever?

Hi,

My name is Chantay, and I am a triathlon newbie, still in the process of learning to swim. I have been running short distances for 2-5mi for the last twenty years(military). Since retiring, I decided I wanted to try long distance. I trained for and competed one marathon last year. I have since decided to try a sprint triathlon, but realized I should learn how to swim first.    I started lessons in Feb. at the Y and I am working my way to the deep end.

Right now I am also training for the Ragnar relay from Madison to Chicago, so I run 4 times a week with a long run on Saturday. I start training for a half marathon in May but I plan to do a (pool) triathlon in July to "get my feet wet" and volunteer at the Pleasant Prairie tri since I obviously won't be ready for open water.  I would like to know what you think of the TI method and if it would help me learn faster. I have the DVD but must confess it's a little confusing to me. 

I am excited to be doing this and am ready to put in the work and have some fun along the way. 

Chantay

 Ok Kids...off to Spain and Portugal tomorrow for 2 weeks!!

Yes...my running stuff is in my luggage just in case..lol...

I will drink lots of red wine for all!!

Safe running...swimming and biking!

Alicia

OMG, what was I supposed to be getting, wine? Oh dear, I forgot and drank it all and then fell asleep. Just woke up.

I am loving the usual suspects back for another round.

Just a catch up on where I'm at...first off, I am fatfatfat, and I just admitted it, so I'm going to be logging my intake and output, AGAIN and try to get back to a more reasonable level. I was deathly ill the week before our spring break trip to New Mexico, but managed to have fun anyway. I never really recovered though and this week my daughter came down with strep...so we're thinking that's what I have and why I can't get better so I'm going on antibiotics pronto.

I am still at war with my ortho who keeps forbidding me to run (and I keep defying him) but my PT and I get along great and I am getting a lot of ROM back and less pain and you know I just keep swinging my arm to see if I might be able to get away with a freestyle stroke. (Not yet, but I'm hopeful)

So got back from spring break and have had the week from hell...Dave can vouch for me that we have a cool setup in the city, but, frankly urban living can be exhausting, especially when it comes to kid stuff...I almost stroked out trying to get my kids into Park district camps...along with several thousands of my closest friends...this is the second time we have crashed active.com's servers...you would think they would have figured out how to keep that from happening, but no. SO two hours later I actually had some pretty good success and then moved on to project #2...deciding on where to send my kid to preschool. Ya, doesn't sound too hard, except, again, in Chicago, everything is super competitive and I have to choose between two options that I like and once I pick one, the other one is gone forever. It just makes you crazy. Every single decision seems so earth shattering.

And for those of you from the old group...I know I shared some about my worries about my son, and he has now been officially diagnosed with a language disorder/speech delay, hyperlexia (early reading), and mild autism. Whew. It's been a long, frustrating journey, but by the end of the week, we had some answers, some camps for summer, and a school situation figured out. Seriously I need a bubble bath and some MORE WINE!!!

And I am basically 20 weeks out from IM (which I still don't know if I will be able to do) so I need to pick a training plan and get some balance back into my life. NOW. And by balance I mean spending hours of my time S/B/R and ignoring some of the crap that's been driving me crazy while I've been injured. ;-).

So, any great ideas for a ultra beginner IM training plan. I've done Fink, and I've looked at the ones on BT. Anyone else have a great site they love, or book, or whatever?

Hi everyone! Ok, as promised here is my bio

I am 44 and live in South Florida, "swamp land"! I am married, no kiddies...work with kiddies though..I am a pediatric Oncology nurse and love it! I have a super supportive hubby who is my cycling partner and manager of my cheering committe. We do have 2 large rescue dogs, 4 cats and a reef acquarium that is more work than all the animals put together!

I have been running since age 15! and have since done many marathons and races of all distances, some adventure races as well. I started doing triathlons about 9-10 years ago. On my second tri I actually got out of the swim  half way through (it was a 1/4 mile swim..lol) as I thought I was going to die!! I was so upset with my self for "quitting" that I made my mind to beat the fear of open water swimming....and I did! now my favorite part of the tri is the swim

As of now I have completed many sprints, olympics, half IM distance and 2 full Ironmans!!! wooohooo...I am totally addicted!!

Last year one week after I finished Louisville IM I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, what a bummer that was! so I have since had surgery, chemo, radiation (I call it bleaching and microwaving now). I completed my treatment 2 months ago. I am now running, swimming and biking again...wooohooooo. Every day I feel stronger and better so my goal right now is to gain back the strength.

2012 goals: Olympic tri (2) in the summer, not sure which ones. Maybe a half IM towards the end of the year but definately Chicago Marathon (signed up and ready to have the pizza and beer that Dave promised us..lol).

2013.....IM....St George is on my bucket list

I am so looking forward to this forum! learning from others and sharing our experiences....bring it on!

Sorry for this logbio...going running now....

Alicia