TriAya (Yanti) and lmscozz (Lynn), Manatee Mentors--FULL! (Page 32)

quincyf - 2010-07-15 3:57 AM Hi everyone...finally caught up here and have a moment to goof off on the computer.  Last Friday we packed up our show and took it on the road to visit the in-laws in Dubuque (the largest city in America that is NOT located on a major interstate...little known fact for the Cliff Clavins out there).  The kids got to hang with Grama and Grampa and we had a mommy-daddy endurance sports festival.  Saturday morning we got up and drove 65 miles back towards home to Freeport, IL, where I had found a little triathlon at the local Y.  It has been my sinister plan all along to get my husband into triathlon...so we decided this was going to be his first one.

We discovered in the last few weeks that he is not a very good swimmer.  Like I was not comfortable with him doing OWS.  Yeah, that bad.  I was surprised because he made it through Naval Aviation water survival training...but you don't have to be able to swim anywhere fast, in fact it is mostly about staying afloat in one place for as long as possible...anyway, we're working on getting him lessons so he can fix his stroke, but I figured a 400m swim in a 25m pool was pretty benign...

My race report covers the basics...but the really entertaining part is how DH WON his AG with a 10:45 swim.  I still die laughing about it...now granted, it was a very small, not so competitive tri, but seriously, what kind of a freak wins his first tri?

And to my midwestern peeps out there, I have to give this race props.  I ONLY did it because I could roll a tri into a visit with the inlaws and get free babysitting.  The pool swim didn't appeal to me much, and I figured it would be sort of dull, but I ended up having a blast and huge respect for this nice little event.  The bike course was well manned and well marked.  And pretty challenging.  The pool swim was organized and not nearly as chaotic as I expected.  The run was standard.  

And it was fun introducing DH to the interesting world of triathlon...coming from running where people just do their own thing, it is kind of a shocker when you meet so many chatty, friendly people after the race, or hear someone call your name or number out as you go by on the run with a hearty "good job or nice effort."  (Did I just use the word hearty?  What a geek)  Even on the bike or run when you pass or get passed, people often say something cheerful to you.  He actually got a little annoyed on the run because everyone he passed said something to him, and he was finally all...jeez, let me be.  

Anyway, I am pleased to report that he is HOOKED and phase one of my triathlon plan is complete.  

Sunday we did our long runs for marathon training.  I can report with certainty that running in Dubuque is a HILLY mess and tough for this flatlander.  I think I could have done less than 14 miles and gotten the same thing out of it, but I missed a couple of miles last week and I'm really trying to stick right with the plan as much as possible.  Monday we did a recovery run that was SUPPOSED to be only 3 miles, but he missed the turnaround...so we both went too far...I wasn't too happy about that.  It's his 'hood, he's supposed to know his way around.

Anyway before I sign off, can I just express my respect to those of you who trained for and competed in a Marathon?  I am definitely learning new things about endurance running training right now.  Mostly about how it hurts.  I am still more of a sprinter so I can get away with less volume and more quality, it's an interesting new world for me...slogging through such volume.  And I miss my bike and swim...a LOT.  Not going to do this next year...it's all three for me all summer in 2011!!!

Q 

crews - 2010-07-15 11:29 AM Geez, you people crack me up.  I love this group.  More later, hubbs is here to take me to lunch.

gadgetlaw - 2010-07-15 8:21 AM Hi all,

Just wanted to check in real quick.  I am getting ready to leave for the airport.  My race on Sunday was awesome!!  I am still working on the report and will let you know when it is ready!  I will check in soon!

Karen

quincyf - 2010-07-14 4:05 PM Kerry:  welcome home, did you get new shoes yet???


 

TriAya - 2010-07-15 2:29 PM 

Quincy ... holding gut in, laughed too hard at your RR ... ow ow ow

Super congrats to you AND to hubby, he is officially one of the pod people now ... so funny, one of my friends got her dad (a runner) into racing, and after his first one he was like, if one more person rings a cowbell at me, I'm shoving it up his azz. (but he was secretly pleased and he got a medal so he was really happy)

blackledge - 2010-07-15 3:54 PM  
Q- Nice race report and way to get your DH into it also.  I am sure the kids will be more involved before you know it too.

quincyf - 2010-07-16 10:39 AM And now for something completely different...

My husband just used "paucity" in a sentence.  Correctly.  I fell in love all over again.  Sorry, didn't know who else to share this with.  Nighnigh all... 

kerryd - 2010-07-16 1:30 PM I had to look it up.  Do  you still love me?

I am a math geek.

Hey, can someone tell me why I get headaches EVERY time I swim?  Is it my breathing?  I am breathing every 4-6 and never feel out of breath.  Ouch.

TriAya - 2010-07-16 12:20 PM

YES!!! Very appropriate.

I fall in love with complete strangers just because I hear them use a $10 word ...

If someone ever spoke an unfamiliar word, I might have to propose marriage. On the spot. (Australian slang does not count).

kerryd - 2010-07-16 1:30 PM I had to look it up.  Do  you still love me?

I am a math geek.

thndrcloud - 2010-07-16 5:17 PM

Swim cap or goggles too tight and/or sensitivity to the mammoth amounts of chemicals in public pools.  Those are my main culprits.

Hi all.  Thanks for all the prayers.  We're still muddling through the situation but at least now I'm starting to recognize my daughter again.  Every now and then she forgets she's supposed to be angsty and emo (you have no idea how much I HATE emo!  goth is happier and I'm tempted to let her dye her hair black and buy her platform combat boots just to get her off the emo kick) and I see some of her old sparkle.  We still have to deal with the court stuff but things are progressing and it should be over before she starts school. 

We've been at my parent's house for almost 3 weeks now with no casualties which is good.  I've looked at something like 30 houses so far and haven't found the right one yet (unless we count the perfect one that went under contract before I could get Hubs back to see it).  *Sigh*

I said I wasn't going to do any more races this year but it's really killing me.  A friend from high school just told me she's doing one downtown on the 31st and asked if I wanted to join her.  I really want to say yes but I haven't really done any training in the last four weeks.  My logs are accurate and pathetic.  So torn.

I'm so proud of everyone on here for sticking with your training and getting out there to your races.  I'm going to try to get through everyone's race reports over the next week but until then *flipper hi-5* to everyone.

Scottie07 - 2010-07-16 2:54 PM Hi everybody!! I'm hopefully back for good this time.

I'm all healed up and ready to get back in the game. There's a tri in October that I'm looking at doing. I could actually turn it into a vacation weekend because it's at the beach. What's not to love? Just one of the many perks of living in the South.

I'm signing up for swimming lessons. I never actually learned how to swim, I just know how to not drown. Plus I'm phobic of putting my face in the water and I need to get over that. I'm gonna see if they'll let me joint the Saturday morning class a week late. Hopefully it won't be an issue.

kerryd - 2010-07-19 9:14 PM Yanti, I just took a peak at your training log and almost fell over.  WOW!  Impressive!  Congrats to you for being officially on the list

Less than 3 weeks till my tri and it's balls to the wall these next 2 weeks.  I feel pretty good though.  My run completely sucks (Lynn, I wish I could do an aquathon!) but I don't care if I walk half of the run.  Baby steps.

Balls to the wall? I hope you mean just busy, and not training so much, right? Balls to the wall training okay this week, but 2 weeks out from tri--makes no difference. Can only maintain then.

Hmmm, have you been run training or run-walk training? 'Cause if you're gonna walk half of the run anyway ....