Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 31)

Originally posted by Ajokisch

Life continues to be crazy, but I did get my race report in: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp... Anyone else have issues with the auto-calculated paces? How does 23:59 on a 3-mile run work out to 7:47 per mile? I tried to manually enter pace, but it recalculates it. Oh well.

What a great race though - first tri, ocean swim and everything. Had a great time, took it relatively easy on the swim because I had no idea what to expect, but pushed a little harder on the bike and big-time on the run. Since I'm signed up for a 3-race series this summer on the same course I have a time to beat for July, just need to keep momentum between now and then.

Hope everyone's having a good week,

Andres

Originally posted by dbmata

Woke up today super sore, figure the swim yesterday was pretty good, so not surprised. I'm getting some increases in the water, but I'm still noticing that when I'm tired, I seem to be moving at just inches per pull. Would be nice if I could do the race using paddles, because I'd be done super quick and without any real stress on me.

My swim coach is helping clean up my stroke a lot, but now I really need to start looking at how to increase my fitness to go the distance, swimming is still the only sport where I'm iffy. I know I can ride the distance, and do it well. I know I can run. I don't actually know if I can swim the distance yet, so I need to just add in yardage.

I have a month, I'm thinking if I can hit 3x to 4x a week swims, I'll be able to get it handled.

Originally posted by Ajokisch



Thanks -

I try to set things up so that there's only one way to do them, especially when you're not functioning at 100% (good life concept, not just in triathlon). If you lay the shirt on top of the helmet, you have to remove it (and hopefully think to put it on) BEFORE you can pick up the helmet and strap it on.

On the shoes, I just did some practice on/offs in my neighborhood, I'm sure anyone looking out their windows was wondering what the heck I was doing. I rubber-banded my shoes so they'd be parallel to the ground and not drag when I was rolling the bike (through the finger loops and onto the frame or bottle cages) then tried a running start.

Once you get your feet on top of the shoes you can start pedaling, the rubber bands snap and fall away, then practice reaching down, getting a finger in the loop and sticking a foot in, pedal again to keep momentum, then reach down to fasten the velcro. I rode around for a while un-velcro-ing and pulling feet out, riding on the tops of the shoes, then putting feet back in and re-velcro-ing. I did it in the race only because I got comfortable practicing around my neighborhood like that; if not I would have just put my shoes on while sitting on the ground and walked/jogged in cleats until exiting transition, most people were doing that.

Originally posted by Qua17

Just a quick note before bed...

Went on my first ride in 2 and 1/2 weeks. The intercostal muscle felt ok but my bulging discs were not happy to be back in the saddle. Too bad, I'm glad I got out there.

I might do a race this weekend that was not on ly calendar. Its the Summer Solstace tri - and it's coming up this Friday at 7pm. My back is killing me - but doing as race in the evening might be a lot of fun. And I need to have fun right now. The only major drawback is that I have a race next Saturday... Maybe I'll do both and just not worry about time.

Watched the Bruins lose to the Blackhawks tonight. The beers were flowing... Working on cleaning out my fridge. Four beers left and counting. Going to pass out. Good night.

And congrats to Kevin!

Originally posted by Qua17

Speaking of having a blast... I LOVED the sprint tri that I completed this evening. Night time racing was fun as hell! There was an incredible sunset, and the lake we were running around was a beautiful backdrop. With a race coming up next week, I never pushed myself and instead forced my self to slow down. But as a wise mystic once said, slow is smooth and smooth is fast. I'm not sure but I think I completed this race at a faster pace than my May race which was a PR. I need to wait for the official times to come out... But I was pumped! Loved it!

I'm celebrating with an ice cold Two Hearted Ale... So good!

Originally posted by NeverTri'd


I know how you feel. I've gradually gotten to my race distance. However, I'm still nervous because I'm just barely there. It's comforting to know you can either stand up or grab the pool edge if you need to. In the end I think you'll be fine and rise to the occasion!

Originally posted by dbmata


They could. I had a mini-one not too far back, resulted in a few grand on rifles and silver, oh and wrecking the diff on my jeep so I could get a newer xterra... Could be a lot worse.


Good luck with the massage. I have a few friends that swear by acupuncture too. BTW, UNR? I almost went there.

I had an interesting weekend, did a mid-distance (16mi) bike ride with some fartleks in it, and while coming in I felt a lot fresher than I anticipated so I turned it into an impromptu brick, and added on a 2.2 mile run. My first brick was a painful experience where I wanted to puke and die of cramping. This one was downright pleasant in comparison. Felt strong at the end, kinda wished I had gone an extra mile. Makes me think that getting through this sprint will be "no big deal" if I can get my swimming figured out. Already looking for a half marathon to do in the fall, to help bring up my weak running.

Sunday, headed over to CDA and watched the Ironman. Winning pro got in at 8 hours 17 minutes. Which is absolutely amazing. Sporting a sweet sunburn, and didn't do my run yesterday, but that's ok I think. Learned a bit about what goes on.


One thing I was looking at and wondering is how to directly increase pedaling power. When doing my rides I'm sitting around 15-16mph, these top level Ironman guys are averaging 23mph. Now I know that's thousands of miles of practice, but there has to be something I can do to get up a couple mph. Any recs?

Originally posted by kevinbe

Getting back after it again.

Got an OWS in yesterday. went 1400 yards with flippers on my feet. tomorrow I'm going to try 1000 w/o fins and just continue to do longer effort with fins and shorter efforts without while slowly increasing distance.

Today I got a 5K TT in at 23:23 a 7:37/mi pace. That's a good baseline moving forward. Goal is to shoot for 4 runs a week: Recovery, speed, build, and long run.

Shooting for 2 swims and 2 bikes per week during this phase with a short high intensity effort, and a long slow is smooth effort in both.

206.5 lbs this morning. up 1 with the poor pizza choice and the three IPA's from a brewery in Utah, Uinita breweries Hop Notch. Decent. Goal is to be 204.5 tomorrow.

Have a great day Beer drinkers, Go get a workout in!

Originally posted by kevinbe

Getting back after it again.

Got an OWS in yesterday. went 1400 yards with flippers on my feet. tomorrow I'm going to try 1000 w/o fins and just continue to do longer effort with fins and shorter efforts without while slowly increasing distance.

Today I got a 5K TT in at 23:23 a 7:37/mi pace. That's a good baseline moving forward. Goal is to shoot for 4 runs a week: Recovery, speed, build, and long run.

Shooting for 2 swims and 2 bikes per week during this phase with a short high intensity effort, and a long slow is smooth effort in both.

206.5 lbs this morning. up 1 with the poor pizza choice and the three IPA's from a brewery in Utah, Uinita breweries Hop Notch. Decent. Goal is to be 204.5 tomorrow.

Have a great day Beer drinkers, Go get a workout in!

Originally posted by NeverTri'd

Well, I finally did my race distance swim yesterday. 600 yards in 14:22. Good thing is that I was immediatly able to follow it up with 300 more yards! Just hope I don't tense up on race day and make it harder than it has to. Thanks for everyone's advice and support while I've been trying to figure this swim thing out. Two weeks from today and I'll be a TRIATHLETE!

Bill

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

So, it's the end of June, so we're halfway done with this year. Anyone care to share their year to date totals?

I was shocked to see that, for the month, I broke 100 miles running. Who is this guy who is filling my running shoes?

YTD:
Total time: 233:11
Total distance: 1,878.83 miles
Total calories: 141,835

363 miles running, 1,454 biking, 56 miles swimming

My weight's been pretty constant, to my chagrin. Those last ten pounds just don't like to come off!

How is everyone else doing?

Originally posted by kevinbe

Getting back after it again.

Got an OWS in yesterday. went 1400 yards with flippers on my feet. tomorrow I'm going to try 1000 w/o fins and just continue to do longer effort with fins and shorter efforts without while slowly increasing distance.

Today I got a 5K TT in at 23:23 a 7:37/mi pace. That's a good baseline moving forward. Goal is to shoot for 4 runs a week: Recovery, speed, build, and long run.

Shooting for 2 swims and 2 bikes per week during this phase with a short high intensity effort, and a long slow is smooth effort in both.

206.5 lbs this morning. up 1 with the poor pizza choice and the three IPA's from a brewery in Utah, Uinita breweries Hop Notch. Decent. Goal is to be 204.5 tomorrow.

Have a great day Beer drinkers, Go get a workout in!

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon



Can't help myself: Just Keep Swimming! .

You'll do fine. There's a good chance you'll tense up and panic (I know I did), but trust yourself, trust your training, and just keep swimming.

Originally posted by Burd

How much does everyone drink in an hour on the bike? I am just starting to get rides around the hour mark and have no idea if I am drinking too much or not enough. Like today I did 55 minutes and drank 2 full bottles. Is this normal or excessive? On rides of 1.5 hours or greater how do you carry enough water or just plan it in a loop to pick up more? Will 2 be enough for a 2 hour ride? I have no idea and don't want to do something stupid in the Florida heat far away from home and stores and run out of fluids.

On this same topic, roughly how many calories should someone be taking in per hour as well? I'm sure this has been covered a bazillion times but the posts I read seemed like brag fests on how far they can go without anything which doesn't seem like the smartest option.

Originally posted by kevinbe

While off for the summer from teaching, and staying home to help with the kids, I picked up Iron War at the local library. This is very inspiring. For anyone not familiar with, it's a book about Dave Scott and Mark Allen's journey to their duel at the 1989 IronMan.

This may have been the shot I needed. I was up to 211 a few days ago, but have gotten it back down to 206 today. I'm going to start running again today, and take it from there. Maybe sign up for a 10K on October if I can get into good running shape and get the weight under control. Flirting with the idea of going all in on May marathon again leading into next season.

Originally posted by NeverTri'd

Well, I finally did my race distance swim yesterday. 600 yards in 14:22. Good thing is that I was immediatly able to follow it up with 300 more yards! Just hope I don't tense up on race day and make it harder than it has to. Thanks for everyone's advice and support while I've been trying to figure this swim thing out. Two weeks from today and I'll be a TRIATHLETE!

Bill

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

So, it's the end of June, so we're halfway done with this year. Anyone care to share their year to date totals?

I was shocked to see that, for the month, I broke 100 miles running. Who is this guy who is filling my running shoes?

YTD:
Total time: 233:11
Total distance: 1,878.83 miles
Total calories: 141,835

363 miles running, 1,454 biking, 56 miles swimming

My weight's been pretty constant, to my chagrin. Those last ten pounds just don't like to come off!

How is everyone else doing?

Originally posted by SportzVision

Upddaaaattee..good news..I am allowed to swim with the buoy and no kicking; bad news still can't run or bike for another two weeks. After discussing my doc's pregnancy for the first 15 minutes of my appointment I did finally get around to ask about PT or other options. She explained that my pain was not going to benefit from PT and to NOT, under any circumstances see chiropractor! As some of you know I can be defiant at times and as soon as she said no I wanted to make an appointment with a chiro that really helped my friend. I didn't even want to see one until she said not to with such vigor! Anyway it is what I did after the appointment that makes this update interesting.

So I went home and on the hottest day of the year at the hottest point of the day my husband wanted to shear the sheep. He of course needed my help herding them into the pen. "Just stand there", he says, "and block them from running to the back forty and the neighbor's field". I knew better but went along with the plan. Of course the wild beast would take off running between us and cutting back and forth across the field. I was staying with them for the most part running full speed back and forth across our 27 acres! Stupid sheep, we are just trying to help them stay cool! Well on my final run i came to a burm and drove my leg hard into the ground jamming it back up into my hip! Sheep 1 sheepherder's wife 0. I was done and hurt. The next day I could barely walk!
Damn sheep look awfully hot wearing all that wool today but my leg is on the mend and I had a Sierra Pale to recover from my training session.

Stupid sheep!

Originally posted by NeverTri'd


Those are some serious training and weight goals. Good luck meeting them. I wish I could lose weight that quickly! I guess I make too many poor food choices. Also, thats a really good 5K time. What do you expect to run when you meet your weight goal? Have a good one!!!

Originally posted by NeverTri'd

Well, I finally did my race distance swim yesterday. 600 yards in 14:22. Good thing is that I was immediatly able to follow it up with 300 more yards! Just hope I don't tense up on race day and make it harder than it has to. Thanks for everyone's advice and support while I've been trying to figure this swim thing out. Two weeks from today and I'll be a TRIATHLETE!

Bill