Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! (Page 33)

Thomasski - 2010-05-01 4:42 PM Well today has been a good day. I did do just as I expected... 1:45ish for the half mary. Was able to snag two beers during the run from specators. And I have exceeded my expectations of 13 drinks after the half. I think I am somewhere in the 18 range. But I feel great. Lots of gatorade and bratwurst. The funny thing is... this same race last year when I was training for a boston qual time I ran my fastest half marathon ever... only to blow out after trying to use the bathroom and ended up with a 415 for the marathon. Carl with a C... good job on your du today.

robingray_260 - 2010-05-01 8:56 PM

Great job - those splits are awesome. When I first saw them I thought they were in min/mi and I said holy #$%@! Still awesomes though!  Congrats on the PR!

jpbis26 - 2010-05-01 7:02 PM Good job everyone on your races.

Thomas- Man, you make me miss my younger days. I remember when I could drink like that (I drink more than a couple beers now and I'm falling asleep). Glad you are having fun.

Robin- Congrats on breaking 30! What an accomplishment. I still have yet to do that, so you are NOT slow IMHO.

Update on me: I've been a little sick the past 3 days, so I haven't been training (which annoys me, I don't like to see empty days on my training log). But luckily I woke up feeling good today so I was able to run my 5k. I finished in 32:25 which is good for me (my last one was 33:24). I'm still trying to break 30, I know I just gotta run more often & for longer distances.

So, anyhow. I feel like I'm just creeping along with my weight loss. I still have to lose about 20lbs to get to my goal weight of 145, and I'm fighting for every pound. Only taking off less than 1 lb a week at this point. It's a little frustrating because I've got all these clothes that almost fit me, but I'm just gonna stay the course because I know all those little 1 lb losses will add up. But, the cool thing is I got a compliment this morning. The person said, "Wow, I can't believe you just had a baby and you look like that." I found it amusing since 1) my baby is 8 months old, so didn't just have her & 2) I'm so not at my ideal weight. But, I'm not gonna argue. I'll take the compliment

carlwithac - 2010-05-02 8:13 AM Thanks guys! 

Well today was supposed to be a local 10k that I only paid $16 for!  But due to my carelessness I had it burned into my brain that the race started at 11:30 when as I was checking the website at 8:42 that the 10k starts at 8:40.  Ooops...

I guess the good thing is that I only lost $16 as opposed to what is normally charged for race fees.

tri808 - 2010-05-01 10:40 AM

I think you're like me and have the wrong mental picture.  Originally, I thought that the poof ball needed to stick out the top...like physically, you would see the poof ball coming out of the black hole where you would refill the bottle.  That's not the case.  The poof ball sits 100% inside the bottle, and you can't see it at all.  But because of the shape of the bottle...where it has a fat compartment at the top...the poof ball stays nice and tight at the top and can't move around.  You then put the black foam thingy and the plastic cap on to cover the bottle.  So the poof ball is stuck at the top, and prevents anything from splashing out the black foam...but you can still shove the tip of a bottle through the foam and refill.

Buy the poof ball ($1.50) and shove it in there...you'll understand when you see it.

As for the straw...I experimented with both...having it poke my forehead or my throat...then I cut the straw...and then it became too difficult to drink from without having to tilt my head down and take my eyst completely off the road...hence the longer...but limper extension from home depot...

RogerWilco - 2010-05-01 12:20 PM

Thank you everyone. Thank your from the bottom of my heart. You gave me a new motivation and a TON of ideas to work on.

Just a quick question Jonathan. When should I begin counting? With the start of my stroke (catch) I presume?

I will keep you all posted about my swimming adventures. Thank you again.

tri808 - 2010-05-02 4:00 PM

"half light"...sounds like a beer or something.

But I like the distances...somehow 40 miles on the bike followed by 8.8 miles running seems much more doable than 56/13.1

tri808 - 2010-05-02 6:00 PM "half light"...sounds like a beer or something.

But I like the distances...somehow 40 miles on the bike followed by 8.8 miles running seems much more doable than 56/13.1

newbz - 2010-05-02 8:23 PM haha yeah the name is lame, but it just means having to go faster. something tells me this is going to turn out to be a NASTY distance to race. I would really like a top 5 overall placing/think i am capable of this if things go well, but its gonna hurt, because its sort of like a longer race in the distances, but time was is half way between a half and olympic so room to go faster without as much worry of falling apart. we'll see i guess.

carlwithac - 2010-05-02 7:27 PM


Exploring a new distance is always fun. You can probably assume that lots of other competitors have never raced such a distance before and use it to your advantage.

newbz - 2010-05-02 9:45 PM agreed, and this is a distance very well suited to my strengths righ now with the longer bike and run and a faster swim distance. if i can do 23+ and sub 7s on the run, it will be a good day.

Thomasski - 2010-05-03 10:44 AM So I am normally not a ranter or whatever but today I will be. I went on my nice recovery ride this morning and had an awesome time. I was a mile from home when I was run off the road at an intersection. I almost hit a car that was waiting to turn right and was able to pop up onto the curb and thankfully hit a bush before the building. So I got on my bike and raced up to the next intersection where the car that ran me off was stopped. It just so happens that this same intersection is in front of the police station. I got off my bike and yelled for the guy to roll his window down so I could let him know what he had just done. He locks his car in the intersection and calls the cops on me. They almost arrested me because this guy was some sort of village chairman and he said I threatened him. But the cops let me go and didnt even give the guy a ticket even when the person driving behind us told the cops what had  happened. Ok rant done.

But on a good note my ride was excellent. I found that 'special' gear where I could just sit back at a 100 cadence, 19-20mph and felt great the whole ride.
And today I will be starting a training log.