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Hey Dan,

I have been putting in 400-600 min/week as you can see from my log.  Planning on doing Sprints this season, maybe the LA tri Olympic, and some late season Xterra or other off-road races.  Might be doing some distance swims too. 

As I mentioned I work from home so I'm pretty flexible and try to train at least 6 days/week.  I tend to do at least a brick a week of some sort.  I like to swim from La Jolla Shores over to the Cove once a week or some other OW swim, and swim with a coach in Oceanside at my gym 1-2 times/week.  I do a once a week group ride with the Swami's club out of Carlsbad on Thursday AM's.  I spend most of my run time at a slower pace running with my wife who's just running recreationally, so we're between 10 and 12 mintues/mile.  My PR for a 5k is around 7:30 min/mile.  

That's kind of it in a nutshell.... let me know if you want me to go deeper into detail about anything.

Carol,  I am SO happy to hear that the swim went well for you.  I looked for you after the race, but missed you.  Those were some CRAZY waves today! Excellent job !!!!!!!

Also, Nikki did great on the swim too!!   Woo-Hoo!!  You guys are both awesome!!

Unfortunately there were alot of people who did not finish the swim.  That included people who had raced previously (I heard one lady who was heading back in say she had recently completed a Half Ironman).  I think open water swimming plus waves/current are a huge shock if you're not ready for it.

I swam with two different ladies on the course, and they both finished.  The second one had flown in from DC to do the race (her 1st).  She was the last one out of the water, but she made it.  It was pretty cool.

Bubba,

Congrats on finishing the race in great time!!   23.3 mph avg on the bike is SMOKIN'   !!!   Way to go!!

The Encinitas results have been posted online here: http://www.y-events.com/07encinitas.htm

Great job to everyone who participated.

Hi Ron,

Welcome to the group!  Glad to have you here...we have a good mix of people and we're already having a good time!

Those pesky 8 year olds....who do they think they are showing up their Dad?????     That's awesome that your able to race with your son....that's good stuff.

I love the Durango area.  We camped in Pagosa Springs about 10 years ago.  It was gorgeous.  I'd love to visit there again (and also Ourey). One thing I noticed is that at 8500 feet, I couldn't seem to get a good cleansing breath.  Is that an issue for you at all?

Anyhow, it looks like with your busy schedule (family, job, training, juggle a hotel and 2 restaurants) that you could give Courtney a run for her money for the crazy schedule award !!!  The sad thing is, I know what this is like, as my schedule has been known to go completely bezerk also.   Finding a fair balance is almost impossible when this happens, and the first thing to go is often the training.  That's ok, it usually should be the 1st to go (even if we don't like it). 

A couple of things to keep in mind when it gets hectic:

- if you're following a plan and you get behind...don't double up and try to make up the missed workouts.  Let them go!  Focus on jumping back in on your plan, not overdoing by doubling up, and then having quality workouts.

- don't stress if your schedule dosn't allow you to follow the plan exactly.  Do what you can, when you can.  Otherwise, you start getting a major guilt complex and the whole thing turns into work.  I think you have enough of that already.  Having said that, don't be a slacker, but don't beat yourself up either.  You need to work hard, but as I said maintain a healthy balance.

I look forward to working with you and helping anyway I can.

Danny

Hi Josh,

Welcome!  Sounds like you have a good plan to build towards your 1st IM.

One thing I would suggest right off the bat is:  try to check out IM Wisconsin (also know as IM MOO) in person this year.  Even better, volunteer to work as a catcher at the finish line.  Register early to volunteer, as it is a coveted volunteer role.  Absolutely NOTHING will get you more pumped and motivated to work towards your IM goal.  It is awesome watching not only the elite finish in record time (usually around 8 hours), but also watching the athletes who barely finish before the Midnight cutoff, and getting caught up in the emotion and excitement of it all.  I'm telling ya, it will change your life!

I see you are doing Donkey's Stampeed at Elk Lake for your 1st race.  I see on your Log that your goal is to place for your AG!  Awesome.  Let's talk about your plan of attack.  I'd like to find out more from you regarding what your training paces are, versus what race pace you will shoot for in each discipline.  I'd also like to know more about the sprint course also. 

I look forward to helping in any way I can.

Danny

I just got some bad news from the doc today.  I'll elaborate more later, but I may be a little absent for a couple of days.  Please continue to encourage each other, and I will be back full strength shortly.

On a related note, it looks like my 2nd Ironman (CDA), which is in 5 weeks, is almost certainly not going to be possible for me now.  I've really been preparing for it alot, so I'm not too happy.

This has not been a good day. 

Danny

I made a seperate post that explains my previous message:

   http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=76880&posts=2&start=1

Bottom line is I have alot of unknowns a this point. It seems certain that IMCDA is not going to happen this year.  The good news is I will be training less for the next 6 weeks or so, and will have more time to provide support to our group (here).

I'll jump back in later in the week, and will be expecting to see some training logs filled out with some serious hard work. 

Danny

Hey Danny,

Very sorry to hear about the bad news.  You will defintely be in our thoughts. 

Hello All,

Any experienced swimmers in the group?   Have a question and hoping for a solution: Have you ever had problems with dizziness during your swim workout, and immediately after your swim? Could the dizziness be caused by water in the ears? 

Any takers on this one?? 

Hi Gary,

I'm back!

This is a common issue with swimmers. Often, the issue is exactly what you suggested: water in the ears.

I personally never swim without my earplugs, and I also normally swim with a nose clip on. It takes a little time to get use to them (especially the nose clip), but have helped me alot.

For some reason, this was more of an issue for me in the ocean (even if the water was very calm). If the ocean water is rough, I have come out of the water absolutely nauseated.

Even if I do not get dizzy, I seem to have more trouble with swimmer's ear, than when I was younger. Drops do not help as much, so I just wear the plugs.

There area lot of different types of plugs, but I use some cheap one from CVS that work great:

http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/detail?prodid=207955&prev...


There could be other reasons for being dizzy: swimming in a warm pool (same reason why there are temp cutoffs for wearing wetsuits in races), over-exerting yourself (us triathletes never do that), or other issues. Other issues could be all kinds of weird stuff, but let's try the easy stuff first !

Hi everyone,

After 2 days having having my world turned upside down, things are calming down a bit.
Some of my additional tests have been negative so far, so some of the concerns have been eliminated.  Thats the good news.  The bad news is some of my symptoms and pain are not explained yet. 

One step at a time...

I'm having surgery on 6/7/07.  There will be more results available afterwards which will be the best indicator if the cancer is minor or major. 

One step at a time...

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers.  

The initial shock is over (I think), and I'm trying to get back into a regular routine.
My training is on hold for now (except for may a little swimming), so I should be available for the Mentor Group again!!

So fire away with any questions, or requests.

Danny