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STTV (Sticka The Tri Virgin) getting used to OWS

I love it when you're on your soap box too, Bryan! Man, that post is awesome. I wonder if you have any idea how much you've helped me or how much you've encouraged me and made me believe in myself. You've made this sport fun and taken the pressure off by making me feel like I don't have to "perform" but just "enjoy." Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Dan? Did you read my posts after my first tri on the 24th? I had a pool swim for that tri, and I panicked. I can swim 2 miles without stopping when I workout at my gym. I've been swimming like that for almost a year! And I still freaked! My second tri (OWS) was night and day different. I'm so proud of you! I think you had  GREAT PERFORMANCE!

Love the pics, Leston! Awesome! I'm so glad you posted those! And Peter, you cracked me up with the "4th event", ROFL! Great pics too!

I'm the only one without a sausage casing! *SOB!*

Happy early Birthday Marianne! I just celebrated my birthday last week! WOW. I was 53 on June 19. My awesome son drove down from Auburn for the weekend to surprise me. *ear to ear smile* I love the way you're celebrating yours! And hey, take care of that hammy!

Actually, I don't start work until Monday. But I had my physical this week, and have an appointment tomorrow to take care of paper work. I went to the gym Monday and cancelled my cancellation. That was fun. Feels SO good to know I can keep on swimming!

Keep on sTRIving, all! You guys ROCK!

Good morning fellow sTRIvers,

Early start for me as I'm on the road to Saint John (about 90 minutes from Fredericton) for work today.

Did my second OWS last evening and it was really encouraging. Felt way more comfortable in the water. I estimate that I swam about 1/2 the distance that I will have to do on the day and it was no problem. I went to the place where we will exit the water and it is a little tricky - combination of mud and big rocks on the bottom so footing isn't great. Then the path to the bike rack area is fine gravel - I wonder if people will leave flip-flops at the water exit to slip on for the run to T1? 

One thing that I'm finding is that the buoyancy from the wet suit causes me to not think so much about kicking since my legs and butt don't automatically sink like they do in the pool. I found last night that at times I was barely kicking at all - I assume this isn't good so I'll have to remember to kick!

Did a little better on sighting but I see now exactly why people can swim way off course and not know it. My solution is to do a few strokes of breast stroke every so often.

Have a great day everyone. Happy belated birthday flipper and happy birthday in advance mav !!
 

Happy birthday to both our girls!!!  Flipper you didn't think you could get that past us did you?  Mav.....you look MAV E LOUS!!!!  Enjoy the swim....wow....

Sounds like everyone is doing well....

Sticka - some will leave flip flops but most will probably just go for it...at least that's what they do here....the race may put a rack on the mud or some astroturf to help.

I would not swim with alligator teethed fishes of any size...if they are man eating....and not scared of me....that's why the snakes didn't bother me much...I knew they were scared of me...

If the food network show is on again and I see it on the schedule I will let you know...they run it for a while....

sTRIve

That's exactly how I described myself to the two ladies (each of whom was WOTHP - Well Over Two Hundred Pounds and munching away on burgers and fries)  who were sitting  on a bench nearby. I said I now know what a bratwurst feels like just before it goes on the grill.

My daughter Stef (who was also my rescue 911 backup) took the pics.

Just about to hit the road to the cottage. Runners, wetsuit and bike all coming with me too.

Sticka 

Road two hours this morning and finished with a mile run....it was actually a great workout.  This week, let's all try to squeeze a touch more distance out of our long swim....do an extra 50 or 100 at the end prior to stopping...I know you can do it.

sTRIve

All Finish Lines count....I will update.

Did a long run with some intervals today....you all might try this sometime....it was pretty cool....okay it was tough but it was different.  Start your run with a warm up.  After warm-up, nice easy jog for 4 minutes (zone 1 for you fellow HR zone guys and gals), then kick to zone 3 or just below breathless pace for four minutes, then kick it up a notch to breathless pace for two minutes (this is not a sprint, just a zone 4 pace which is the pace where you are feeling the beginning of muscle burn and you can only get out one to two word communications, breathing is labored.  Then repeat 6 times for a nice 60 minute run, then cool down - if you are doing 30 minutes, then only do three times....smile.  MAV - YOU MAY NOT DO THIS AT ALL.....until released from medical care....

I am going to try this on the bike this week too just for fun....it is something different to do and helps focus the mind on something other than the run.

Have a great turtle week,

sTRIve

By the way, some body cues for the run interval above...

First 4 minutes of the interval, you should be able to talk pretty easily during this part.

Second 4 minutes, a 5-7 word sentence is okay but you want to breathe after that, you feel like you can run this pace for a long time, but you will need to focus on form and breathing to keep it going.

Then the 2 minutes, muscle burn, one or two word communication is about all she wrote....

Try it and let me know what you think...

Happy Canada Day to our own FBP....

I hope all of you also have a great fourth of July....I won't be around much for the balance of the week.  We expect thirteen people at our house from tomorrow through Saturday...I am trying to figure out how to get some 3-4 hour workouts on Thursday and Friday.....LOL...I think Debbie would kill me....but hopefully I can steal an hour or so each day.....have a great weekend

B

Thanks B-Man for the Canada Day best wishes. We got home from our cottage in time to go to the fireworks last night and they were great. I'll be thinking of y'all on the 4th of July!!

Well, I'm into the final countdown now - 4 days to go !! Although I was quite nervous last week, I'm starting to get less nervous and more excited now. Let's get this party started!!

Had a great 4-day weekend at the cottage. Managed to get in 3 good 20k bike rides and a  single 5k run. Also practised a couple of transition skills - running in my cycling shoes, getting on and clipping in, clipping out and dismounting, etc. This week I want to get one more OWS at the race site and at least one more run.

Pete

Holy s**t Mav. That is one MONSTER swim. Too bad you'll miss fireworks but how patriotic must it be to have a 4th of July baby !!

Sticka