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Carl sounds like your are making an amazing transformation! Keep up the hard work!

Thanks! Looking forward to what is in store this year!

I agree it would be pretty cool to do a race together but 70.3 is probably a bit too far for me this year. I seen a few of yall live in Georgia and I'm about 3 hours from the northern GA line, so maybe it'd be possible to meet up at some point. Not sure how far chattanooga would be for you guys but it looks like they have a sprint and olympic race in late June I'm considering doing.

Unfortunately didn't get a chance to get my long run in today. Worked most of the daylight hours and by the time I got off the gym was closed. Going to get it in tomorrow though which should be fine because I get my wisdom teeth out Monday so will have to take time off due to that anyways.

Could be worse. We have single digit temps and wind chills below zero. 30's sound good!

haha yea i could handle the 30's. its below 20 here today with below 10 wind chill! Us southerners dont handle the cold that well.

I was right there with y'all on the cold and time limitations, but can proudly say that for the first time in a long time I forced myself to do 30 minutes on the trainer (I hate trainers) to make sure I did something. Small accomplishment but one none the less. Now tomorrow it's try to get in a cold run and then off to the lake for some kayaking and fingers crossed a few nice bass!

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Edited by Hunting Triathlete 2017-01-08 12:08 AM

I pretty much have my whole season mapped out! LOL My "A" race is my first attempt at the 70.3 distance. I've already signed up for the Big George in Lake George, NY on September 3rd.

I'm also planning on 2 sprints in mid- to late-June and then an Oly in early July. The only wrench in my plans is that the second sprint is the race my brothers and I are trying to all do together. The problem is that my younger brother will verbally commit to doing things and then back out, so my fear is that he won't train and then 3 weeks before the race will say he isn't ready. My older brother and I may do that race anyway, or we may decide to do a sprint later in the year. Anyway, 3 of 4 races are written in stone and one comes with an asterisk. ;-)

Hey everyone I'm Nate.

I have been in this group with Chris for the last few years with Randy, Scott, and Tony

This will be my fourth season doing Triathlon. I try to to an event a month from April thru October to keep me motivated.

I ran cross country and track thru high school and college and continued running for about two years after college. I when I started med school I stopped running and really just played pickup basketball, soccer and ultimate frisbee for fitness activities. I then did a surgical residency and trauma fellowship during which I would periodically try to start running again but would stop after a month. After being in practice for a year and realizing I was 215 lbs @ 5'10" had borderline blood pressure, and cholesterol I decided it was do or die time. I started biking and swimming and slowly added running in. At some point I google triathlon to see if there were any of "those thing" near me and then I was hooked. In 2014 I did my first race, and quickly signed up for 3 more. Last season I did 5 races in the Setup Events NC triathlon series and took fourth for my age group which was my goal for the season. I am really a middle of the pack guy but planned races well to get points. I also completed my first half marathon. I am also proud to have gotten my wife into running and she did her first race and it was a half marathon and she crushed it. We have 3 kids ages 8, 4, and 2. They have a number of activities from gymnastics to Lacrosse. So with work and family training often times takes a back seat or is done in very off hours.

I have done very little since my HM in November and my wife has been traveling due to some medical issues her family is experiencing. My weight has creeped back up from 185 to 200. My wife likes the 21 day fix workouts which we are doing together right now on top of my tri training.

Goals for 2017 season is largely to stay healthy and fit, improve performance, log 1k miles running, and have fun!

Will post a race schedule and some thoughts on other post later.

I created a google calendar for our local club and put this race on for everyone. I am hoping that Toughman revitalizes all the races that Ironman has abandoned.

Really puzzled at why they dropped that race. Seemed to have good community support and drew some big names.

A few questions about equipment for people new to triathlon. My two cents

Swim - Jammers are nice but ultimately optional until you commit. Especially if your first event is a pool swim. I did feel the $20-30 investment was worth while and help correct some body position issues. Goggles are a must. I use Nike Remoras they are cheep and I like them better and they held up better than the more expensive PsyOps I tried. Will need a place to swim

Run - shoes

Bike - I used a friends bike for half of my first season, biked on a stationary at the gym. You need a helmet

overall - got thru the first season with a pair of tri shorts only. Would run and bike with a tee shirt. Used my tri short for the bike training when I would actually ride and still use them on the trainer. I like desoto tri shorts and bought last season version. Sun glasses are also a must in my opinion.

Randy you asked about pedals. I like my speed play zeros and have used the shimano SPD in the past. I have mid level specialized carbon bike shoes.

Although I like the desoto stuff I have trialed 1 piece kits and haven't liked them as much. Last year my tri group got kits and I used it but didn't like it as much. This year I plan to go back to tri shorts and I am going to put on a full zip bike top.


Edited by nrpoulin 2017-01-08 8:13 PM

Plotted this out last night. Haven't registered but this is my plan

4/9 Granite Falls Sprint
4/21 Flying Pirate Half Marathon
5/13 Beaverdam Olympic
6/24 Carolina Beach Double
7/9 Rev3 Olympic in Williamsburg
8/19 Washington Olympic
10/1 Sandling Beach 50
11/11 OBX Half Marathon

I would also like to do SwimRun NC or SwimRun VA. Need to find a partner for this

I'm considering doing the Chattanooga waterfront sprint tri as well. I was in Chattanooga last year at the same time as the race before I even considered a triathlon. It was such an awesome energy and pretty neat. The only thing that worries me is the open water swim in the river. I wish we would have went to the waterfront to see the start.

Emily

hello all,

I would like to join this group.

About me:
I'm Bert, 33 years old, currently residing in France. 3 Daughters (7 and 2yo twins) 1 wife 1 dog.

Sport:
When I moved to France in 2010 I started trail running. I have done a 32km +2500m race yearly until 2014. In 2015 I did a relay triathlon with colleagues and ever since I wanted to do a full triathlon. My first was planned for 2016 but due to circumstances I didn't get around to doing one and haven't trained since august (except a bit of swimming).

Goals:
Finishing evergreen endurance 58 on sept 10th: https://www.evergreen-endurance.com/en/races/evergreen-58/
1500m swim, 52km +1500m ride, 13km +860m run

prep race:
sprint July 2nd individual start
maybe something in august

I'm trying to put together a training schedule. The most difficult is to get biking in my schedule. Running and swimming I do during my lunch break but and I only have time to do biking in the weekend.

Cheers

Ps I thought I had already posted in this thread yesterday but cannot find a trace of the essay I wrote so must have done something wrong.

Hi Chris.

I shall make it a new year resolution to post more.

As for the racing in the UK or more specifically Watford, which is just North of London it's a bit sparse.
There are a couple of very large TRIs - one at Blenheim Palace (Sprint only), one at the Excel which is called the London Triathlon and is the biggest in the country and another at Windsor, which I haven't done as it;s the same time a Blenheim.

There used to be another in London for the ITU races in Hyde Park (where the Olympic event was), but due to garden work it was moved to Leeds (some brothers called Brownlee presumably don't like to travel to London )

I feel a bit more confident now, so I might try and find some smaller events and maybe even a Duatherlon. You can hide in the larger events as it's more about finishing rather than a great time.

I'm also experimenting with a more ad-hoc training plan. The last couple of years I've downloaded plans (12 week to Olympic distance etc) and followed them very closely. This year I'm going to try and be a bit less restricted and whilst I'll still follow the basic divisions of events and time I'm going to try and introduce more bespoke training, that hopefully will get me fitter and quicker. I even bought my first Turbo training two weeks ago.

I promise I'll try and post more.

Thanks and keep up the good work, even if you don't hear from me it is appreciated.

Cheers from the UK.

Tony.

Sadly I will not be doing a 70.3 this year. Gonna keep with the shorter stuff. As part of planning this season I created a race calendar for regional races and shared it with my local group. A couple of them are doing half and full distance races this year. I decided to hold off this year.

Nate

"A" Race??!!!

I hope to just do A race!!!!

No activities over the weekend both by plan and necessity....had to make an overnight road trip Saturday and Sunday....so, will have to make up for it this week. Hopefully my swim today is not an indication of how it will be; awfully sluggish this morning.....oh well, back at it tomorrow.

Completed an 11 mile long run yesterday in a temp of 20 degrees. It was my longest run to date and went pretty well for the first 9 but legs got super tired for the last 2. Back was super sore afterward. Gonna need a couple days off to recover from my wisdom teeth surgery today. Hope everyone else's training is going well!