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Steph883 - 2006-12-31 7:41 AM Wow, great information, thank you. Sit bones, eh? hmmm... did he leave out a letter? , I don't recall this one from Anatomy & Phys. Just kidding! Great info!! THANK YOU!

  No I didn't leave a letter out....but I guess you could call them s*it bones.

Here's a good pic of what I'm talking about.

I'll kinda answer your question...Any goal can be realistic, the question really is How important is this goal (relative to other goals) to me? 

Looking over the various sprint plans here on BT, you can choose a sprint plan that averages about 3 hours per week (sprint 2x balanced) up to 7-8 hours per week (Beginner Sprint-12 week).  I haven't used either plan, so I can't tell you how different your results will be with either plan, but they are both structured to get you through that first race.  How much time are you willing to devote to training each week?  (This is where you need to be really honest with yourself...if you know you'll only spend 4 hours a week training, then you probably shouldn't pick the plan averaging 7 hours.  You'll spend most of those weeks agonizing over missed training and worried that you won't be ready.  Mentally, you'll be far more ready to race if you 90% follow the 3 hour plan than if you 50% follow a 7 hour plan.) 

My advice... Sign up, pay the $$, commit to your friends and family, develop a plan (hint, hint...there are some pretty good plans here that'll get you to this goal...), FOLLOW THE PLAN, and enjoy a successful race!  Go back through my earlier posts, particularly the one where I talk abou the difference between goals and expectations.  Remember, a goal is something you are willing to change current behavior to achieve.  (It'll be easier to stick to the plan with this goal!) It can be scary to make this kind of bold committment, but it works!  (Look around BT, and you'll find some great examples of this thinking.)  

Mike 

It ain't the body you have to worry about.  Get your mind around the idea that you are a triathlete and triathletes swim and bike and run...the training will bring your body around to the idea soon enough. 

Thanks Mike !!

For those of you frustrated with swimming, check out Tammy's (tnickerson's) log today.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=5286#

Yea!!  and Yea!!

Pretty exciting to sign up for that race...now you have some incentive to train every week. 

Also great that the swimming is starting to come around (ha ha--rotation--come around--)!

Thanks for sharing these two impressive accomplishments!

OK all...now that some of you are signed up for races, you want them to show up in the "planned races" part of your blog (not just in your goals).  This isn't a completely obvious process (or at least it wasn't for me...) so here are the steps.

Go to the "Race Log" page and click on "My Race Log"

Click on "Add Race" and it will bring up the Race Report form. 

Enter as much detail as you can about the race.  (Pay attention specifically to the official name of the race, because "Indy sprint tri" and "Indianapolis Sprint triathlon" may be the same race, but the tools here won't associate the two, so if you use the abbreviated name, it may show you as the only BT'er doing the race while 5 other BT'ers are doing the other race...)

"Save as Draft" and it'll show up in your logs and equally important you'll be included on the "racelink" so other BT'ers will know you're planning to participate. 

After the race, you can edit the report with all of the wonderful details of your adventure and when you make it public, it shows up in the Race Reports forum. 

Exciting times!!

Hi all, I have a question. Does anyone have a good nutrition plan that they are using. I have been doing some research and have found I am not getting enough protein everyday. What do you guys follow? What kind of food routine do you use? How much protein and carbs? I'm looking for real world food and advise from folks with busy lifestyles that don't have time to count and measure everything.

Thanks for the advise.

Here's my mantra:

PB & J everyday!

(just kidding, although I do eat a lot of it.)

Good question Mike, and while I know all of the words in your question and understand what you're asking, I am in no way qualified to provide an answer.  My best suggestion is to poke around in the nutrition forum and ask over there. 

My diet consists of ordinary foods.

Breakfast:  bowl of cereal w/ 1% milk, toast, coffee

Lunch:  Leftovers (chili-mac today), raisins, piece of fruit (orange today)

Dinner:  Midwestern staples (casseroles, spaghetti, occasional meat-potato-vegetable), vegetables, glass of 1% milk. 

Don't plan for mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, but I will plan for a breakfast bar or granola bar post-early-AM-swims.  (I'll get hungry after swimming which is made worse by eating a very early breakfast.) 

I don't take a regular multivitamin or suppliment, although I have taken garlic and potassium supplements in the past.