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The Clydsdale and Athena divisions are for bigger triathletes.  For Athena's It's usually anyone over 160# or something in that range.  Clydsdale I think is over 200#??  It can be different for different races as well.  It's basically treated as another age group, but not specific to age, but size.

Diane&Mike - 2007-01-28 10:07 AM Good day Julia, Trying to get strength training in today not real up on the weights on my own so have found a "cardio/chisel" class at the gym that I really enjoy. How would I log this in the training logs? Also will be getting bike time in today, may be with family should this be added as part of training? We loved the article posted about Dick and Rick! We had seen the Ironman footage before but everytime it is inspiring. Cry everytime I see it. ( I am such a girl) Cried the whole time listing to the song and video. Thanks, Diane & Mike

I would log the cardio/ chisel class under 'sports' then 'aerobics'.  I think that's the best way to look at it for now.  Or you could just classify it as 'strength' then 'general' and give a description of what you worked on  

As for the biking, I would DEFINATELY log it as biking, even if it's a MTB ride with the kids or whatever.  We take out kids all of the time - the point is that you are moving your legs  

I'm not sure if I posted this everywhere but D3 multisport has GREAT core strength exercises on their web site.  http://www.d3multisport.com/articles.php then click on the Strength I, II, etc...  They are easy and there are pictures of EVERY routine and they are great for Core work!

So let's all set a little goal for the week.  This is just a little something I do with myself each week - I pick one little thing to stick to for a whole week.  Mine this week has to do with nutrition (and a secondary one is sleep)

This week I will make sure I eat enough, eat healthy - specifically no beer, no chocolate and no ice cream this week.  And I will sleep 8 hours each night. 

Can you guys think of one small easy goal for yourselves for the week.  It can be as simple as drinking 100 oz of water a day.  But make it a goal that you know you can achieve - it will help you feel better about yourself by the end of the week

No BEER?  Julia...you were supposed to pick something you could DO all week. 

Great idea! 

My goal for the week...ok goals: 

Cut down my coffee intake to one thermos (1 1/2 big cups). 

Spend 10 minutes each day stretching outside of my work day. 

Julia,

        Girl don't totally deprive yourself of all the goodstuff.  Be realistic, ice cream?  You can have it once!

I got a little carried away last week...  And no one asked you JEN!!!

BTW - this is a Monday to Saturday goal.  I can eat as much ice cream as I want on Sunday

That's like saying Sundays in Lent don't count....   I double-dog dare you to make it through Sunday!

Oh Jen, come on!  This is Superbowl Sunday!  No way Julia can sit there and watch the Colts play instead of her beloved Pats and not break into the beer.  Have some compassion!

Well, since the freaking BEST team in football isn't in the Superbowl...Julia doesn't have to watch it and can thus avoid the beer (and ice cream).

Well, since the freaking BEST team in football isn't in the Superbowl...Julia doesn't have to watch it and can thus avoid the beer (and ice cream).

This happens to me all of the time.  I think there are a few explanations, but this is just opinion.  As I started running more and more, I noticed that I was never even warmed up until mile 3 or 4 - that used to be my entire run!  So as you build endurance (even though maybe not in the pool specifically, maybe you've been biking more) it might take you longer to get warmed up and feeling good. 

Also, there seems to be a phenomenon of the psyche...  If you know you have to do a treadmill run for 30 minutes, you are tired at 20 minutes...  If you are supposed to run for 75 minutes, at 20 minutes you are feeling just FINE! 

Another possible explanation - at some point during a breakthrough workout, you will also start to produce more adrenaline and endorphines.  This could be an actual physical cause for you starting to feel good...  This would be a GREAT question to put to "ask the coach" on the BT website - Mike Ricci and/ or Coach Kevin would know the correct answer for sure...