ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 30)

I must have missed it... can we still donate for your MS ride? link please.

I agree. I've had to give up pretty much all other hobbies to pursue triathlon, but it's possible. Of course it helps to have a job with flexibility. I work lots, but I can choose my own hours somewhat. Of course, for the long distance stuff, then that's going to be hard w/ a full time job and family. Also, I only have a 3 month old, so that's why I want to go for the IM this year. I know it will be harder to get that much time away as she grows and as we add more little humans...

I'm not planning on doing anything tomorrow, so here are my totals for June (wow, that month went by fast...):


swim 3h 15m 30s - 9000.00 M

bike 24h 55m 16s - 449.63 Mi

run 4h 16m 50s - 27.25 Mi



And here are the numbers from the IM plan I just started (This is a 20-week plan that I am 2 weeks into):
Note: before I get scolded for lack of swim/run, please keep in mind that I missed 2 weeks of S/R and 1 week of everything because of the Youth Camp I was director of... ha! I'm very pleased w/ my biking though, that is what I wanted to focus in the months leading up to my plan. So, I hope to do better at S/R but I will miss over a week for a mission trip in July.

Swim
-5700.00 M
61%

Bike
+11h 40m 15s
188%

Run
-1h 03m 09s
80%

Dina, it sounds like you have a lot of other things going on so I can see how you are having trouble getting motivated to race. I need to have a scheduled race in order to motivate and sometimes it my nutrition. I always blame things on my nutrition lol.

Dina, it sounds like you have a lot of other things going on so I can see how you are having trouble getting motivated to race. I need to have a scheduled race in order to motivate and sometimes it my nutrition. I always blame things on my nutrition lol.

Did you sign up for the IM?

Tracy Iam sorry to disappoint you but that is not hot I would be looking for long underwear if the temp was 73 here!

Not yet... but I have time (200 spots left in the full and it normally doesnt fill up until end of Sept). Just to clarify with everyone where I'm at, I believe I'm up for the challenge. But, I'm being very careful because I know how big a commitment it is. My wife has already given me the green light, but we haven't had an in-depth discussion about it yet, so before I sign up, I want to make sure she understands the magnitude of it... it's one of those discussions that has to happen under the right circumstances (no distractions, both focused, etc) and we just havent found the time to have it yet. My plan is to go over the training schedule with her and give her a copy of it and then pick a few "family" nights that we say nothing will interrupt. After we do this, I plan to actually sign up. In the meantime, yes... the question crosses my mind frequently: "Can I finish an IM?"... my answer: "I'm about to find out"... ha!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I finished race number 2 this season. I had my Oly this morning and sort of mixed results. I finished 35 seconds slower than I did last year. Not really a big deal though and not to make any excuses though either. I've never done races in back to back weeks before and last week's race was a HIM in some really brutal weather conditions. I know, I know I sound like I'm making excuses lol. I didn't train much this week and I've been dragging all week so I can't really be unhappy with this result. I went as hard as I possibly could push myself today, anything less would have been unacceptable to me. In any case a quick summary along with this year vs. last year's results.

2012 Riverhead Rocks Result
Swim - 31:45
Bike - 1:20:52
Run - 56:37

2013 Riverhead Rocks Result
Swim - 29:50
Bike - 1:17:55
Run - 1:02:54

Swim - Not a bad overall swim today but I got off to a rough start. I forgot to pull my goggles down when I jumped in the water DOH! It's a time trial swim so every 5 seconds they send two people. It took me a bit to get the googles on and the water out. The first 300 meters or so weren't very good but I got much better after I settled in a bit over the next 300 meters and even better after the turnaround heading back. I think I swam the last 900 meters pretty well. I got into a good rythym and had a nice swim that last stretch. I was able to get on the deck this year with out anyone pulling me out plus I didn't run and fall on the dock this year either. I learned my lesson last year.

Bike - I totally hammered on the bike today from start to finish. There were very few places that I let up and took any type of rest on the bike. The only coasting I did was on the one big downhill other than that I really kept the hammer down and rode hard. I don't think I was 100% rested though. I think I could have done better. I passed a lot of people and really didn't get passed much at all. I was definitely getting tired towards the end of the ride, the last 5 miles were tough but overall I'm very happy with the way I rode today. One other thing to note I didn't drink as much as I should've on the bike. It was humid out today and drank very little while on the bike.

Run - I didn't think I would have anything left for the run but I did manage to run faster than I thought I would. I went out to hard in the first mile and reeled myself in for the next two miles. It's a 2 loop course so I was just trying to get through the first loop and make it to the second loop. I think more of the same on the second loop I was just hoping to have enough to sprint to the finish. I was able to do that and finish strong but my run 6 minutes slower this year. I think the HIM, the lack of running, poor nutrition and the fact that I went hard on the bike sort of did me in on the run today.

I'll try and get the race report up later on today.

Will I think the way you are approaching this is great. Go forward like you are going to do it but since you have signed up yet you have nothing to lose. I also think getting your wife on board with the commitment you need to make is key. Good plan in my opinion. I ask myself that same question every day so you are not alone lol!

Congrats Tony!
Will good call on the IM. Sounds like you have a great plan.

I need some help. I am getting discouraged at no improvement on the bike aside from riding more which I honestly don't think has helped me any.
Iam considering doing a biking program with Vision quest (Robby Ventura) Or books? Or bike group ? All of the above.
I will do anything at this point 13 mph in a race just isn't cutting it
I have made myself a promise to learn everything about my bike including maintenance and to figure out what my issue is.......suggestions needed!

JoAnne I know the guys and gals here can probably give you better advice than I on this as they are stronger bikers than I am. However in the short time I have been doing this I found two things that have really helped improve my biking. One was the interval work over the winter, doing Jorge's plan really helped me improve my power so I can ride faster over longer distances.

The second thing that has helped me is getting in small group rides with some of the guys who are much stronger than I am on the bike. Just trying to stay with them makes me have to ride harder to keep up. I think these two things have really helped me improve.

The other thing that has helped me is riding more hills. I have definitely gotten better this year riding the hills. I think we can build endurance pretty quickly but I think in order to get stronger on the bike you really need to ride hard whether it's the group rides, the interval work or the hill climbing. I've found that these things have helped me alot. I'll defer to the experts here on this but just wanted to share that with you.

Here's Tony & I





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I decided to do another impromptu race today.  I rode my bike 21 miles to the race start where I was scheduled to help with registration.  I had to take a loooooong break on the way there for a cattle drive gone wrong.  The cowboy (sans horse) started yelling "STOP....STOP!!!!"  He was running towards me and jumped through the fence.  There was a bull amongst the wayward cows on a road that is about the width of half a mini Cooper.  I happily stopped and waited for him to wrangle the cows.  I was late to registration.  Thankfully, there were plenty of people to help.  In fact, there were so many people, I was able to run the 5K!  I didn't race it, though.  I just did a nice strong Z3 run.  It felt good.  My husband and munchkin ran the race, too!  My super star, four year old ran it in 37:55!  I'm so proud of him!

Here are my June numbers:

Edited by DirkP 2013-07-01 3:50 PM

Dirk, GREAT race, thanks for posting your race report and congrats!

Here are the numbers for June. I think they are a little disappointing. I missed time for my trip to Dallas and I had the two race weeks in there where I didn't do a whole lot. I need to smash it in July and August only 69 more days until IMWI, I need to get back to work with those two races out of the way.

Swim: 8h 21m 14s - 20166 M
Bike: 27h 09m 16s - 464.9 Mi
Run: 17h 27m 57s - 96.91 Mi

Tracy congrats to you guys especially your little guy for completing the 5K. I guess I shouldn't complain when a cat or squirrel decides to dart out in front of me from time to time while on the bike. I have to draw the line when you have loose bulls and cows roaming about the roads.

JoAnne thanks for post the pic, I will pull off here.