kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 30)

Very cool!  And fast!

Awesome finish man!!!  that is great!!!

Ran over a squirrel Sat morning, at like 25mph, both wheels went thump thump, i turned around and the little bugger was running into the woods.

62 miles on the bike Saturday, got very very drunk Sat night at a friends house, ran 13.5 miles hungover Sunday and woke up and did 3 really really easy recovery miles this morning.

Oh and i got a real HR monitor, now i have to figure out how to upload to BT!!!!

An Olympic is 25 miles on the bike right?  That is wicked fast!!!  Nice!

22 low is nice.  That's a wicked solid swim. 

Nice job at the race.  With your consistency, the times are just going to go down.

Rest up today (rest, recover, repeat).

Both are really good add ons for run / tri training.  I really like the book The Athlete's Pocket guide to Yoga (http://www.amazon.com/Athletes-Pocket-Guide-Yoga-Flexibility/dp/1934030414/ref=cm_lmf_tit_7_rsrsrs0), it lets you pick a problem area (e.g. tight hips) and gives you a progression to use to work through the issue.

Conrad and Madge before their race. 

Madge running the race (green t shirt & pink shorts)

The whole family (Freddie didn't want to be held and wouldn't look at the camera). 

The race was held on the Cleveland Browns' football field.  My kids were in the 4-6 yr age group, and they ran 1 length of the field.  There were over 500 kids at the event.  It was pretty cool!

You could say that   This probably isn't the best time in life to be pursuing triathlon, but I had this feeling that it was now or never.  Something just convinced me that I had to try NOW.  I always wanted to do one, and after I gave birth to Frederick, I needed to find something for myself - something that was all mine.  Since I've been training and running races, I've been a much better mother.  Maybe it's because I take some time for myself.  Maybe it's because I burn off all the frustration I feel on a daily basis.  It's really become an amazing thing for my family.  My children are now interested in swimming & running. 

I have a feeling at least one of them will take up triathlon as a sport (or even just as a hobby).  It's really cool.  I'm happier than I've ever been.    

Those are some good times!

Congrats

For those of you that asked about the DeSoto . ..  have yet to try, still trying to send to get altered a bit, but it is the most slimming wetsuit (don't know if guys care) I have ever tried.  Seems to have more movement in the shoulders without feeling stressed.

Got an olympic here in less than 3 weeks and think that water is going to be so, so cold!

There was so much wind and rain this past weekend, some of the tris cancelled the bike portions of thier events.  1/2 marys had to run in 40 mph gusts!   Glad mine was last weekend

Nice work Bryan!

Great work karen!

Those pictures are great! Looks like everyone had a blast...that's cool being on the Browns field, too.

Here's what I did today:

Climbed Sandia Mountain...I'm beat and my knees hate me right now. That pic was a few minutes after my first zero-mph crash when I went to dismount. Legs weren't cooperating after 2+ hours of climbing without stopping I guess.

Here's my garmin data if anyone is interested:

UP - Climbing Sandia Crest

Down - Descending Sandia Crest

Had fun today, not sure I care to do it again anytime soon, though

A few pics from the overlook:

Check out this thread:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=252428&posts=19&start=1

As a race director, its my opinion that you need to have a reasonable expectation of being able to finish the course within the cutoff times before deciding to start.  I think that while lots of people want to be triathletes, you need you to be prepared before taking the plunge.  I believe anyone can do it, but it may take some people longer to get to the start line than others.

shaun cuasing trouble -   remember TNT has special relationships with RDs and venues htat allow their athletes to get official times even though others would be DQd for not finising within the time limits.  no clue if this is the case here. 

I don't think the issue is who is and isn't an official finisher, but whether you should toe the starting line when you pose a risk to yourself and others.