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phoenixrising404 - 2007-09-10 11:42 AM Hey Dave, did you race yesterday too?? I don't bother to look at your logs because you don't post on them, so I'm a little in the dark about your race shedule

No race for me.  Next will be Longhorn HIM on Oct 7th in Austin, TX.  I rode 72 miles @ 18.9 mph solo on Saturday, and I wanted to do a long run on Sunday, but I actually listened to my body and took the day off.  My legs were pretty sore, tired and "heavy" from 2 weeks of higher intensity build workouts.

I went out to watch and support Ken at his HIM.  I was the first time I actually went to a race just to watch, and it was a lot funner that I thought it'd be! 

Did you go volunteer/watch IMMOO?

phoenixrising404 - 2007-09-10 11:41 AM Awesome Ken!! Cramps and rain = major suckage! What did your son think of his tuff daddy?? I bet he's super proud Congrats!

Oh well, probably no more long distance stuff.  Need to take it easier and try and get in good graces of the wife again.  At least that is my plan for now but we will see how long it will last.  My goal for now is sprints but work on my time.  I actually would like to PR my open 5K time but at the end of a sprint so I need to get sub 22:00 but I still want a good bike split.  I plan on redoing my first tri ever at the end of October if plans workout to see how I have progress the last year.  The race is a 300m pool swim, 12 mile bike and 5K.  Last year I went 1:12 with 6 mo of swimmin about 5 bike rides.  I redid the same course in April in 1:11 but took it easy.  I think sub 1:10 is definately possible but I am going to take if fairly easy the next 2.5 weeks.  I have to take a manadatory 2 week vacation starting next week so come October I will start training again but a little less time and more intensity to see what happens.

Thanks to everyone for their support especially David who braved the rain on Sunday for his first spectating experience.  I hope I can return the favor sometime soon.

As far as an IM and it happening sooner than later I really doubt it.  I already told her basically only sprints next year since I can compete in those without little planned training.  I will probably do some long run (marathon or longer next year though).  Really the only thing she really does not like about Tri's other than me talking about them all the time is the bike and that is the biggest part of a HIM or IM.  Plus there is the $ aspect.  I have a very inexpensive but usable bike.  Ask David it is a tank, I think it' s new name is "Sherman" (like the tank).  So if I do an IM I want a new bike so $1500 min, $500 for the race and 5 days in a hotel plus travel is just money I don't have.  We really want to have another little toad next year so we will really have no money.  In a few years I might start ramping up mileage to where I could do one with minimal training but part of me does not just want to finish. 

As far a her prefering a tri dude over a beer belly drunk a$$hole, I have been a drunk with a beer belly just not the a$$hole part and she complained about that too.   I always joke with her that she just likes to complain which usually gets me hit but oh well.   She has admitted in the past that part of her dislike of me training is that she loathes going to the gym and is slightly jealous and that is where part of the problem lies.

So for now short races but get faster.   I just have to decide if I think my body can handle another ultra.  I am thinking 50 miles but man my knees cringe at the though.

Ken does not lie.  I had to wheel that beast from the TA back to his car after his race, and I'm still feeling the effects of that effort!  I didn't even attempt to put on his bike rack for him; I'm not sure I could lift it that high! 

phoenixrising404 - 2007-09-20 7:19 PM Hey superpeople...how ya'll doing??? I miss you guys! Talk to me. I'm going through posting withdrawal and need my fix I don't have a lot to report, but a sort of miracle has happened. I'm gaining some fitness. I can now maintain a 19mph average for an hour at a time and that wasn't possible a month ago.

WOW! Pene.  19 mph for an hour ROCKS!  That is quite an improvement for you.  Way to go! Won't be long before you're able to hold 20s!   

That's great.  I know it can be tough to meet people at this stage in life, so congrats. 

As for me, good news and bad news I suppose.  I was doing pretty well in my build phase in prep for my last race of the season, the Longhorn HIM in Austin on Oct 7th.  I have been doing bike intervals (4-5 x 12 mins at high Z3) and even a few track workouts (4-5 x 800s), and I've also been trying to finish the last 10-30 minutes my longer rides and runs at a faster than normal pace.  Things were good, and then this past weekend I went up to the DC area to visit some friends at the end of my rest week, and decided to run in a half-marathon last minute.  I wanted to get a long run in while I was there and this race went right by their house, so I figured what the hell.  BIG MISTAKE.  I ended up pulling/tweaking/somehow messing up my left hamstring and I haven't been able to run all week.  DAMN!!  I went too hard and too far at the same time.  I broke a cardinal rule: Don't increase intensity (speed) and volume (distance) at the same time!

I did however set a PR = 1:37:11 (7:25 pace), but only by 30 seconds.  It's nice to set a PR, but trust me it wasn't worth missing a week or maybe even more of running with my big race less than 3 weeks away!

Still learning...

Thank god I can still bike!   

How's everyone else doing?  Does anyone else have races left?

Matt, where's your RR?  I'm dying to read it! 

Awesome race, Kevin.  Congrats on "becoming a triathlete".   I'm sooo glad you had a good time and want to do more, but be careful; they're addicting.

18.3 mph avg is not bad at all, but what's more important is that you had a good time.  Don't worry about transitions especially in your first race.  I'm still working on mine after 3 years!  Also, I'm not surprised that it took you a while to get your running legs despite having done some bricks.  People typically ride and run races at a higher intensity than they train and thus your legs were not used to running hard after riding hard.  But again, don't worry about this now. 

Enjoy the off season, keep some level of training going, work on your "limiters", try not to put on holiday weight and you'll be in great shape for next season.

Please do write up a race report and let us know about it here when you're done. 

phoenixrising404 - 2007-09-23 9:48 PM Hey kids! I discovered I'm out of juice these days because my darn anemia is back. Bah!! Noah did his second Du today and came in third!! His race report is as follows: "I could have got second if I had kept my helmet on. I lost a lot of time with that." So there you have it--in a duathlon, keep your darn helmet on!!

Sorry to hear about the anemia, but please give my heart felt congratulations to Noah.  3rd place is AWESOME!  It's so funny that he's already obsessing about losing a few seconds messing with his helmet.  Pretty soon, he'll be asking you for racing flats and a disc wheel!  

Nice results.  They sure are motivating aren't they?!   87/204 is top 43%!  You were faster than way more than half of the people!  8:10 pace is really good too after hard bike and swim. 

Race report? 

phoenixrising404 - 2007-09-26 11:43 AM Hah!! This is just tooo funny!! My sister just brought me my 3rd place medal for the Cashton Fall fest 5K I did a few weeks back! I didn't remember my watch and didn't really think I did very well, but just had fun anyway and thought of it as hill practice. So I didn't stick around for the awards ceremony. This is amazing! I've never won anything for an athletic endeavor in my LIFE! And for the RUN, no less! Well, now, I'm expecting pigs to fly!!

WOW!  Congratulations, Pene.  Your first piece of hardware!  That's so awesome.   I'm very happy for you!  Now use it as motivation to keep up the training!

Next time, stick around for the awards ceremony!