Jeff's Long Course Group - (Open) (Page 3)

Originally posted by ARtridad74

I went for a short swim this morning, the water temp is 61 degrees. After a short warm up I wasn't even noticing the water temp!

I changed meds that I had been taking and got a lot better sleep last night and am feeling much better today! I'm really looking forward to Sunday!!

Thanks Zach!!

Stephan

Originally posted by zander4

I went by a bike shop today. Their basic fitting was $100 dollars. I haven't gotten fitted yet and I'll have to go somewhere else because they are backed up for 3 weeks. They also had some road bikes there starting at $700. I began to feel like I was in a pretty nice shop. Everything was displayed nicely. I will say I talked with an employee there that was kind and went over everything from bike seats, bike shorts and bibs, to helmets and chatting about triathlons. I have yet to purchase anything and I was aware that triathlons require some serious purchasing. The thing I don't know is what price is reasonable. For example, their bibs and shorts were $100. I've heard of cheaper so is there any reason I don't go cheaper and try and purchase on eBay or find deals in store or even somewhere like academy?

I would also like to purchase clipless pedals and shoes and I feel like they may be way cheaper online. Do you have any advice for me on purchasing bike shorts, or what to wear when cycling? Specific type of clipless pedals?

As always, thanks!

Originally posted by ARtridad74

For the LT test do you feel it is important to do a lab test or do you think self testing is fine?

Originally posted by midwesttrimom

I would love to join your group if I still can! I am doing my first full IM in Florida in November. I am a stay at home Mom of three girls (11, 8 & 4). I will be married for 16 years in October. I work very part-time as a fitness instructor, serve as president of my local running/tri club and have done some road race directing in the past. My passion is fitness, without a doubt!

I've been doing sprint and Olympic triathlons for about 8 years and did my first Ironman 70.3 in Racine last year. Loved every second of it!!! Just completed another 70.3 last weekend and enjoyed that, too.

I don't currently have a mentor and am always looking for guidance and feedback!

Thanks!

Originally posted by parrj



Welcome to the group. What's your name? Please feel free to as any questions you have.

Originally posted by parrj

Hi Jen,

Let me tell you a little about IMFL. I have never raced it, but have been there supporting friends for the last 7 years as a spectator. The weather can vary greatly at that race. I've been there years when it is freezing and been there years it's hot as heck. The swim is 2 loops in the ocean and typically quite crowded. Even with the new self seeded swim start last year. The bike course can be windy, especially when you get out in the country areas. I've heard there is typically a headwind coming back into town. The run is 2 loops on a pretty spectator friendly course. Most of the crowds tend to be at one end and you then get some locals out in the middle. There is almost no one in the state park at the far end and it you are running after dark, the park has no lights, so be prepared. Last year they were requiring people to take a glow stick when they were heading out and it was getting dark. Pretty electric finish line with good crowds from start to finish.

Jeff

Originally posted by ARtridad74

BY: ARtridad74 on 2014-07-30 3:38 PM

For the LT test do you feel it is important to do a lab test or do you think self testing is fine?

Originally posted by ARtridad74

The race was incredible!! I beat my goal and finished in 5hr 29 min 23 sec!! It was a great experience.

I plan to do LT testing for the bike and run soon so in can train at the right intensity. I can definitely see how that could have helped me finish even better.

I also found out that I need to train harder on the swim. My swim time was by far my worst

Originally posted by midwesttrimom

I had two great days of workouts earlier this week and then yesterday was in a car accident! My car probably has over $4,000 in damage and it is NEW TO ME (had it about 2 months). I finally upgraded from the dreaded minivan after 9 years and got a super cute, non-mom looking car. Anyway, finally had a bike rack instead of shoving my bike into the back. I was rear-ended by someone going close to 30 mph yesterday. Pretty sure the bike rack saved my 3 kids from substantial injuries. However, missed my AM workout today (supposed to bike for an hour and swim for 30 min) due to not having a car and pure exhaustion from just the chaos of it all. My middle child didn't do well with the stress and was up half the night. Long story short, I am feeling unmotivated and down and I know it's only ONE DAY!!! This week is crazy with back to school stuff and squeezing in last-minute summer fun for my kids. One week off track isn't going to kill me, right? I haven't vacationed this summer so I have hardly missed ANY workouts...
Just need some sense talked into me!!!

Originally posted by ARtridad74

My race is this coming Saturday 8/23. Training has been going well. I've been working on my speed on the swim! I hope to have my fastest swim split of the year this weekend. I haven't gotten to ride much in the last two weeks, I rode twice with a friend that is trying to get back into Tri'ing, so those were slower that I would have really liked. However I did do a lot of hill repeats! I would go all out to the top then turn around and do it again so I could get in a decent workout too. I have noticed that over the last month or two that my power on the bike has grown significantly! Before I was having problems staying out of the saddle more than a few seconds before tiring, but now I'm climbing and sprinting much better!

I will be very interested to see how I do in the race this weekend. I need to keep my bike under control and not over do it!

My run training has been doing well too. I'm currently training for a marathon that I plan to run in October. The weekend before last I was scheduled for a 1/2 marathon race, but I just ran it like I was racing on my own. I set my own PR with a time of 1hr 49min 30sec, I could have run it a little faster but ran my first half a little too slow. I will keep working on it.

I'll let you know how the race this weekend goes.