Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 34)

On a good note, cause it is always good to look for the positive, I have never had so many people wave to me on my run today.  I think the locals are getting use to me.  lol

All I can say about the taper is I did better on two weeks of taper then the typical 3 wees you see with marathon plans. 

I'd be interested to hear about your Kettlebell class.  I keep toying with taking that or TRX instructor courses but then I would actually probably have to start training more then just Tina to justify a cost.  But I need some continuing education regardless I suppose.

Haha, me too.  I was already 30-34AG by the time I learned to swim, bought a bike and made it to a race.  Just think how well you'll do against those late comers down the road!

So last night I did freestyle warmup then all my normal 100 / 200 sets as IM instead of freestyle.

God I hurt this morning.  Now I remember why swimming was hard.

Oh how horrible! I have had the same thing happen to me, 2 pit bulls from a ranch out here. I was saved by a landscape truck that was driving by. I never got bit luckily but it was close. At that time I used to run with my son in the stroller but he had been fussy that morning so I left him home, funny how things work out like that. I'll have to remember the stomping trick!

x2.  I don't even think I was really aware that 5 year AGs even existed in amateur sports at that age.

Skipped my swim yesterday because I was feeling sluggish.  Will swim tonight instead and try one of Shane's workouts.

Best of luck to everyone racing B2B.

riorio - 2012-10-18 10:32 AM I have been super busy this week getting ready for our annual Kids Tri this weekend. This is our 6th year and we have over 150 kids age 4-13 registered, we anticipate another 20 or so sign ups at packet pick up tomorrow. Our first year we had less than 20! We have become so big that we started using Active.com for registrations and had to hire a timing company because our old stopwatch method just wasn't cutting it. Anyways, it will be fun but it's really just myself and my BFF that do all the behind the scenes work, so it's a lot- and she is training for Xterra worlds (Oct 28th). Luckily we have lots of great race day volunteers. My boys are racing (hopefully, one of them is home sick today) so I will hopefully have some good pictures and race reports after Sunday  

Wow...that's awesome.  I've never seen a kids race that big.  Kudos to you guys for contributing to the growth/future of the sport.  Maybe a future Olympian or Pro will come out of this down the road?  You never know...

riorio - 2012-10-18 4:32 PMMy boys are racing (hopefully, one of them is home sick today) so I will hopefully have some good pictures and race reports after Sunday  

Awesome!  Looking forward to the pics.

Fred, my hat's off to you. Between family, work, training and leading this mentor group, you have an unbelievably full plate. Kudos.

Brian

Thanks...will likely need it as my recent training logs can attest.

That said, here's a pic of today's adventure:

Spent four hours touring this piece of American history. Very cool.

Thank you...and since every thread is better with pics, here is what I worked on after touring the USS North Carolina today with the family:

Disk cover on!!!

Looks fast! Give 'em hell.

Looks great, good luck!!!

Looking good.  Have an awesome race.  Can't wait to hear about it

Thanks indeed...I'll be back to the group with all that I learn from this race - good, bad or ugly.

I'm not surprised, on one hand; on the other, I am always surprised when people take illegal substances, in any area of life. I am too cautious. I would worry too much about what the unintended effects might be. Heck. I take Zyrtec and Lisinopril every day, and I worry about the long term effects of that!

Agree w/ Shane and Arend.  It is disappointing and I may be a bit jaded by knowing some guys guys back in my lifting days who were taking stuff, but it doesn't really surprise me or phase me.  What is interesting is that I remember a bunch of guys juicing who you would never have known because they weren't very impressive.  Especially in this sport because there is a lot of disposable income in general and guys don't blink when they drop $200/mo on a coach, $100 on Optygen HP and other supplements, TONS of gear, a couple grand to do a race, etc.  What I don't like about it is the pressure.  I actually was approached multiple times back in 2000-2007 time frame when I was more into the gym scene.  Guys would be like, "wow your pretty strong, you SHOULD do THIS, you would be a beast...".  How screwed up is that?  I always responded with I like my hair on my head and not on my back and I plan on using my testicles and my wife doesn't like bacne but thanks.  

Honestly, I get the different angles.  Pros are in it for money.  By the way, check out http://competitorradio.competitor.com/ for a good interview with Tyler Hamilton on his book (speaking of controversial topics).  It's actually pretty good and very honest IMO.  Guy was making 375k a year as Lance's sidekick in those times.  Your damn right he was going to do what the team wanted him to.

I also get the middle aged guy going through a mid-life crisis looking for the fountain of youth.  They are different reasons, but they don't make it ok....anyway...

Have a great weekend racers!  I'm just hoping to get some decent riding in and the weather looks pretty good for this time of year so I'll take it!