Mndymond and Disturbed275's Awesome SBR Group--- Phase 2--CLOSED! (Page 33)

Things went pretty well for my mini-tri - aside from being caught in a downpour. As I was finishing my bike and coming up to the point where I was going to drop it off the side of the rail trail to start running, I could see the rain off in the distance. I went back and forth between finishing outside and risk being poured on, or finishing on the treadmill at home. My husband was giving a flute lesson to a girl who's mother we always wind up chatting away with, so I knew I'd get caught up in conversation if I showed up at home - so I just got really really soaked. Obviously I was already wet from the swim, but I was a bit worried about my orthotics getting wet - looks like they'll be just fine, though, after an overnight dry-out. It was sloooow going, but I have a bit more confidence about it now.

And then today my husband and I decided to go for an 11 mile hike. It took us 7 hours - we went up 3 mountains, one of which was like climbing a rock pile. I did not expect it to take that long, and wound up missing a concert I hoped to attend. Oh well. I knew it'd be a possibility.

I'm glad I had sort of a push these past few days, because tomorrow I leave for upstate NY, around where I grew up. This will wind up being a light week: no bike (I don't have a bike rack - and not sure which kind to use for my hyundai accent hatchback...), no pool nearby, campfires, and friends and family to catch up with. I'll be watching my two nieces during the day (they are almost 3 and 10 months), M-F, so I will get a few runs in either early morning or evenings.

Just bought this at Walmart online today for my bike.  It said in the instructions it would work for a hatch and it is fairly innexpensive, but feels pretty sturdy.  I just put it on my sedan tonight. 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Allen-Deluxe-Trunk-Mounted-3-Bike-Carrier-Model-103DB/13070208

Glad to see you got in your workout, and holy cow, 7 hours of hiking would have me on the couch sipping barly pops for sure! 

This is not me of course but this is the hazy view I had at dawn on Thursday when I got to run the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Maybe the coolest thing I did while in Philly.  We did a short 2.5 mile run and I had to stop three X!  The humidity was like breathing in wet cotton...81 degrees at 6 in the morning was really a bit much too!  Thank goodness I had a running partner to push me to sprint in the end!  Wheez wheez!

Things went pretty well for my mini-tri - aside from being caught in a downpour. As I was finishing my bike and coming up to the point where I was going to drop it off the side of the rail trail to start running, I could see the rain off in the distance. I went back and forth between finishing outside and risk being poured on, or finishing on the treadmill at home. My husband was giving a flute lesson to a girl who's mother we always wind up chatting away with, so I knew I'd get caught up in conversation if I showed up at home - so I just got really really soaked. Obviously I was already wet from the swim, but I was a bit worried about my orthotics getting wet - looks like they'll be just fine, though, after an overnight dry-out. It was sloooow going, but I have a bit more confidence about it now.

And then today my husband and I decided to go for an 11 mile hike. It took us 7 hours - we went up 3 mountains, one of which was like climbing a rock pile. I did not expect it to take that long, and wound up missing a concert I hoped to attend. Oh well. I knew it'd be a possibility.

I'm glad I had sort of a push these past few days, because tomorrow I leave for upstate NY, around where I grew up. This will wind up being a light week: no bike (I don't have a bike rack - and not sure which kind to use for my hyundai accent hatchback...), no pool nearby, campfires, and friends and family to catch up with. I'll be watching my two nieces during the day (they are almost 3 and 10 months), M-F, so I will get a few runs in either early morning or evenings.

Hi All!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  Mine went surprisingly well!

I raced this morning.... first tri of the season!  I had decided just to train through this one as part of my HIM training, instead of tapering.  I did include more swimming and yoga instead of running & biking, and skipped my longer bike ride for the week.  So I was slightly more refreshed for the race, but I didn't really do a true taper.

I went in this morning deciding to take it easy and do a solid effort but keep within my usual heart rate training zones.  So I kept it very easy on the swim and bike and did a "tempo" effort for the run.  I also decided not to use my wetsuit since
1) it was 75 degrees in the water and I was afraid I'd overheat and
2) I'm in the no-wetsuit division for my 5k swim race in September so I just should practice without it as much as possible anyways.

Well, whaddya know... Using this strategy, I PR'ed my Olympic distance by 17 minutes!  To be fair, the bike leg was 3 miles short due to road construction, but I think it was the exact same route as the last time I did the race (2009) since there was construction that year too!  Plus, it wasn't 17-minutes worth of biking short, so it would have been a PR even if the bike was the right length.  

So I'm pretty happy with that.  This was also my first time going sub-3 hrs on an Olympic, so that's a pretty neat milestone for me as well.

This week is a step-back week for me, and I'm planning on enjoying it thoroughly and getting some extra rest 

Hi All!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  Mine went surprisingly well!

I raced this morning.... first tri of the season!  I had decided just to train through this one as part of my HIM training, instead of tapering.  I did include more swimming and yoga instead of running & biking, and skipped my longer bike ride for the week.  So I was slightly more refreshed for the race, but I didn't really do a true taper.

I went in this morning deciding to take it easy and do a solid effort but keep within my usual heart rate training zones.  So I kept it very easy on the swim and bike and did a "tempo" effort for the run.  I also decided not to use my wetsuit since
1) it was 75 degrees in the water and I was afraid I'd overheat and
2) I'm in the no-wetsuit division for my 5k swim race in September so I just should practice without it as much as possible anyways.

Well, whaddya know... Using this strategy, I PR'ed my Olympic distance by 17 minutes!  To be fair, the bike leg was 3 miles short due to road construction, but I think it was the exact same route as the last time I did the race (2009) since there was construction that year too!  Plus, it wasn't 17-minutes worth of biking short, so it would have been a PR even if the bike was the right length.  

So I'm pretty happy with that.  This was also my first time going sub-3 hrs on an Olympic, so that's a pretty neat milestone for me as well.

This week is a step-back week for me, and I'm planning on enjoying it thoroughly and getting some extra rest 

Hi All!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  Mine went surprisingly well!

I raced this morning.... first tri of the season!  I had decided just to train through this one as part of my HIM training, instead of tapering.  I did include more swimming and yoga instead of running & biking, and skipped my longer bike ride for the week.  So I was slightly more refreshed for the race, but I didn't really do a true taper.

I went in this morning deciding to take it easy and do a solid effort but keep within my usual heart rate training zones.  So I kept it very easy on the swim and bike and did a "tempo" effort for the run.  I also decided not to use my wetsuit since
1) it was 75 degrees in the water and I was afraid I'd overheat and
2) I'm in the no-wetsuit division for my 5k swim race in September so I just should practice without it as much as possible anyways.

Well, whaddya know... Using this strategy, I PR'ed my Olympic distance by 17 minutes!  To be fair, the bike leg was 3 miles short due to road construction, but I think it was the exact same route as the last time I did the race (2009) since there was construction that year too!  Plus, it wasn't 17-minutes worth of biking short, so it would have been a PR even if the bike was the right length.  

So I'm pretty happy with that.  This was also my first time going sub-3 hrs on an Olympic, so that's a pretty neat milestone for me as well.

This week is a step-back week for me, and I'm planning on enjoying it thoroughly and getting some extra rest 

Outstanding!  A sub 3 hr OLY is something to be proud of.  And to PR as well... well that's worthy of enjoying a step-back week.  Enjoy every minute of it.  

Question - I have my first OLY coming up in two weeks.  Any suggestions?

Nice race.  When's the HIM?

Things went pretty well for my mini-tri - aside from being caught in a downpour. As I was finishing my bike and coming up to the point where I was going to drop it off the side of the rail trail to start running, I could see the rain off in the distance. I went back and forth between finishing outside and risk being poured on, or finishing on the treadmill at home. My husband was giving a flute lesson to a girl who's mother we always wind up chatting away with, so I knew I'd get caught up in conversation if I showed up at home - so I just got really really soaked. Obviously I was already wet from the swim, but I was a bit worried about my orthotics getting wet - looks like they'll be just fine, though, after an overnight dry-out. It was sloooow going, but I have a bit more confidence about it now.

And then today my husband and I decided to go for an 11 mile hike. It took us 7 hours - we went up 3 mountains, one of which was like climbing a rock pile. I did not expect it to take that long, and wound up missing a concert I hoped to attend. Oh well. I knew it'd be a possibility.

I'm glad I had sort of a push these past few days, because tomorrow I leave for upstate NY, around where I grew up. This will wind up being a light week: no bike (I don't have a bike rack - and not sure which kind to use for my hyundai accent hatchback...), no pool nearby, campfires, and friends and family to catch up with. I'll be watching my two nieces during the day (they are almost 3 and 10 months), M-F, so I will get a few runs in either early morning or evenings.

Hi All!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  Mine went surprisingly well!

I raced this morning.... first tri of the season!  I had decided just to train through this one as part of my HIM training, instead of tapering.  I did include more swimming and yoga instead of running & biking, and skipped my longer bike ride for the week.  So I was slightly more refreshed for the race, but I didn't really do a true taper.

I went in this morning deciding to take it easy and do a solid effort but keep within my usual heart rate training zones.  So I kept it very easy on the swim and bike and did a "tempo" effort for the run.  I also decided not to use my wetsuit since
1) it was 75 degrees in the water and I was afraid I'd overheat and
2) I'm in the no-wetsuit division for my 5k swim race in September so I just should practice without it as much as possible anyways.

Well, whaddya know... Using this strategy, I PR'ed my Olympic distance by 17 minutes!  To be fair, the bike leg was 3 miles short due to road construction, but I think it was the exact same route as the last time I did the race (2009) since there was construction that year too!  Plus, it wasn't 17-minutes worth of biking short, so it would have been a PR even if the bike was the right length.  

So I'm pretty happy with that.  This was also my first time going sub-3 hrs on an Olympic, so that's a pretty neat milestone for me as well.

This week is a step-back week for me, and I'm planning on enjoying it thoroughly and getting some extra rest