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 2010-04-30 12:26 AM in reply to: #2827534 |
Master  3479     Utah |  Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Fullwmcgee62 - 2010-04-29 9:35 PM When I got home from work I biked for 9 miles before going swimming for an hour and 40 minutes last night. I was burnt out when I got home. Tonight I am wired. Wow. I think I should bow down and worship you!  9 miles and then an hour and 40 minute swim? Nice! You go!!! |
| 2010-04-30 12:32 AM in reply to: #2825594 |
Master 3479 Utah | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full MarlaS - 2010-04-29 10:17 AM I haven't ever done a race with an OWS. I love to swim, but I don't like being in OW. My goal is to do one this year with an OWS. We'll see if I chicken out again. The woman who coaches our running group said that the OWS is what totally freaked her out in her first tri and why she no longer does them - I'm saying that not to freak you out too, lol, but bc she said that she'd never done an OWS until her first tri, and wished she'd practiced. That sure seems like good advice to me. I've never minded OW recreationally myself, but am going to be able to do a couple of OWS practices (tho not in the race venue), and then an OWS clinic & a race before my first tri, so that I'm as prepared as I know how to be. I found my OWS clinic/race on the USMS website - perhaps they'll have something in your area, too, to help you prep? Oh, I do an open water swim clinic with my tri club every spring. And I own a wetsuit, so last summer after the county built a small pond for recreational use of the secondary water they are using to water peoples lawns, I went once a week with a couple friends. Even after 2 months of that, I was still panicking every time i swam in OW. Doesn't help that the water is always cold and the visibility is poor--you can barely see your hand when you're swimming--and the lake/pond is surrounded by 3-plus foot boulders, which look pretty dang creepy when they pop out of nowhere when you haven't sighted for a while, LOL. Oh, and s 22 year old from my church drowned there, just 15 feet away from his cousins. It took the divers hours to find his body, due to the visibility issues. Blech. *sigh* I'll get there. I might have to drive an hour or so up to the mountains once a week this summer to swim in clearer water. If there's one thing I know, it's that I can't give up now. I just can't. |
| 2010-04-30 6:00 AM in reply to: #2770589 |
Champion 16743  Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. |
| 2010-04-30 6:15 AM in reply to: #2827606 |
Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full givemashot - 2010-04-30 1:25 AM abake - 2010-04-29 11:45 AM ironannekidd - 2010-04-29 12:40 PM givemashot - 2010-04-29 12:57 PM ironannekidd - 2010-04-29 10:45 AM givemashot - 2010-04-29 12:14 PM I am on the committee of a new marathon/half marathon/5k being held here in September, and I could use some input. What makes a race/event a good one? Aside from how you feel you performed athletically? What makes a race something you want to do again? Is it the medals? The flavor of gatorade at the aid station? What would make you NOT want to do that race again the next year, and do another event instead? Freebies are good. A good t-shirt, and other goodies. Atmosphere is important, too. At the RNR half there were bands every mile, and cheerleader groups. I think Pittsburgh will have them, too. 13.1 or 26.2 miles is a long way to go if the course is boring. So things along the way to liven the race course up are GOOD! Post race food and activities, too. Music at the finish line. Good food, and plenty of it. Define post-race activities and good food. (I already know that =no veggies for Ann)  Bagels Bananas Beer Oranges Pizza Subs Baked Potato and the fixins BBQ or pulled pork Cookies Chocolate Milk If you have some sort of local favorite dish THIS Hmmm. Too bad we are in Utah. Land of the State-run liquor store. We're lucky we can still buy plain ol' 3.2% budweiser at the grocery store. Sure can't buy any bartles and james or boone's at the grocery store anymore. That makes this sweet-toothed drinker sad. Here in PA you can't buy any alcohol at grocery stores. |
| 2010-04-30 7:26 AM in reply to: #2827675 |
Veteran 149 | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 6:00 AM Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. Good morning to all. Thanks for the suggestions. I don't drink, oh I might (big might) drink a beer once a year for some occasion. As far as Wednesday training. Its my mid week push. If you knew how bad I swam it would not impress. Coaches are commenting how much I have improved from only being able to doggy paddle one length. I am breathing and completing laps. Late Jan I joined a beginners indoor triathlon training program. It was sad I was by far the worse swimmer there. Cant prove it but believe they were taking bets on whether I finished the program. I just kept at it. Bought a book and videos on the Total Immersion method, emulated other good swimmers. That got me thru the program. I was at the the pool 3 to 5 times a week anywhere 30 minutes to an hour an half. Remember I might have to swim part of it freestyle till I ran out of air, come up and doggy paddle the rest of the way. People would give me help here and there. Finally I got into a swim class. I did 8 weeks of class and seen how far I was ahead of others. The instructor help my form and we never go to the breathing part. So i would do ok till I ran out of air. I joined the second class and got a personal trainer session for a half hour after the class. I believe I have made great improvement with the personal one on one trainer. Being tired after the swim class and my instructor pushes me hard along with the additional things to do for the week is taking a lot of my focus. I usually take Thursday off or just do lite exercising. Anyway Have a great day everyone |
| 2010-04-30 7:55 AM in reply to: #2827783 |
Expert 1067 Douglaston, NY | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full wmcgee62 - 2010-04-30 8:26 AM ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 6:00 AM Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. Good morning to all. Thanks for the suggestions. I don't drink, oh I might (big might) drink a beer once a year for some occasion. As far as Wednesday training. Its my mid week push. If you knew how bad I swam it would not impress. Coaches are commenting how much I have improved from only being able to doggy paddle one length. I am breathing and completing laps. Late Jan I joined a beginners indoor triathlon training program. It was sad I was by far the worse swimmer there. Cant prove it but believe they were taking bets on whether I finished the program. I just kept at it. Bought a book and videos on the Total Immersion method, emulated other good swimmers. That got me thru the program. I was at the the pool 3 to 5 times a week anywhere 30 minutes to an hour an half. Remember I might have to swim part of it freestyle till I ran out of air, come up and doggy paddle the rest of the way. People would give me help here and there. Finally I got into a swim class. I did 8 weeks of class and seen how far I was ahead of others. The instructor help my form and we never go to the breathing part. So i would do ok till I ran out of air. I joined the second class and got a personal trainer session for a half hour after the class. I believe I have made great improvement with the personal one on one trainer. Being tired after the swim class and my instructor pushes me hard along with the additional things to do for the week is taking a lot of my focus. I usually take Thursday off or just do lite exercising. Anyway Have a great day everyone That's a great story - don't discount it your amazing progress in just a few short months! I can only hope that I can do the same thing with my running someday. Have a great day everyone! |
| 2010-04-30 7:59 AM in reply to: #2827675 |
Extreme Veteran 643 metro DC | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 7:00 AM Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. good advice, but i'm learning to channel my wiredness for the greater good of productivity.....which is a good thing bc i have no patience for baths, and save my calories for chocolate.....! |
| 2010-04-30 8:03 AM in reply to: #2827838 |
Extreme Veteran 643 metro DC | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full Sulcus - 2010-04-30 8:55 AM wmcgee62 - 2010-04-30 8:26 AM ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 6:00 AM Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. Good morning to all. Thanks for the suggestions. I don't drink, oh I might (big might) drink a beer once a year for some occasion. As far as Wednesday training. Its my mid week push. If you knew how bad I swam it would not impress. Coaches are commenting how much I have improved from only being able to doggy paddle one length. I am breathing and completing laps. Late Jan I joined a beginners indoor triathlon training program. It was sad I was by far the worse swimmer there. Cant prove it but believe they were taking bets on whether I finished the program. I just kept at it. Bought a book and videos on the Total Immersion method, emulated other good swimmers. That got me thru the program. I was at the the pool 3 to 5 times a week anywhere 30 minutes to an hour an half. Remember I might have to swim part of it freestyle till I ran out of air, come up and doggy paddle the rest of the way. People would give me help here and there. Finally I got into a swim class. I did 8 weeks of class and seen how far I was ahead of others. The instructor help my form and we never go to the breathing part. So i would do ok till I ran out of air. I joined the second class and got a personal trainer session for a half hour after the class. I believe I have made great improvement with the personal one on one trainer. Being tired after the swim class and my instructor pushes me hard along with the additional things to do for the week is taking a lot of my focus. I usually take Thursday off or just do lite exercising. Anyway Have a great day everyone That's a great story - don't discount it your amazing progress in just a few short months! I can only hope that I can do the same thing with my running someday. Have a great day everyone! ditto (esp the great day part!). Progress will keep coming w/ your persistence & work ethic (not to mention good listening skills ). One of the women at our masters swims said that she literally didn't know how to swim when she started this 4 or 5 years ago, and is training now for a 2 mile swim in the gulf at the end of the month - not her first year doing it, either. |
| 2010-04-30 8:28 AM in reply to: #2827307 |
Regular 90 cabot, Arkansas | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full wgraves7582 - 2010-04-29 7:42 PM wgraves7582 - 2010-04-28 11:23 AM onevette80 - 2010-04-28 11:17 AM ironannekidd - 2010-04-28 9:15 AM Wes - Is it REALLY expensive to paint a motorcycle helmet? When I got my new bike last year I was going to get my helmet painted the same color. I got a quote of $250 to get it painted. I can buy a new helmet for that. I painted a set of Dura Ace wheels last year for a guy. He wanted them to match his TIME RXR ULTeam. $500 Helmets depending on graphics would be bt $200-500. I mostly do Bikes $1k-3k Cars $5k-15k(Painted several cars that have covered magazines) But I just do it for side money to spend on my other obsessions. One of my personal cars before.....  After  My son would be drooling on the laptop right now if I showed him this picture! Very nice! Just showed my son and he loved it!!!!! You have a new fan who is 11 y/o - LOL LOL. Thanks On more than one occasion, Ive returned to my car in a parking lot to have several preteens taking pics of it. For some reason, adults are much harder to impress......... Stigma of rough ride and bad mpg wins over a nice paint job i guess.  |
| 2010-04-30 8:38 AM in reply to: #2827519 |
Expert 1694 Illinois | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full MarlaS - 2010-04-29 10:23 PM Only problem with swim workouts til 10:00 at night is that I'm still wired for sound while everyone else is falling asleep.....do love a good swim in cool water though..... I bet! My swim class is at 8 on Thursdays and it is 9:45 or so before I get home. Hard to unwind. |
| 2010-04-30 8:40 AM in reply to: #2827606 |
Expert 1694 Illinois | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full givemashot - 2010-04-30 12:25 AM abake - 2010-04-29 11:45 AM ironannekidd - 2010-04-29 12:40 PM givemashot - 2010-04-29 12:57 PM ironannekidd - 2010-04-29 10:45 AM givemashot - 2010-04-29 12:14 PM I am on the committee of a new marathon/half marathon/5k being held here in September, and I could use some input. What makes a race/event a good one? Aside from how you feel you performed athletically? What makes a race something you want to do again? Is it the medals? The flavor of gatorade at the aid station? What would make you NOT want to do that race again the next year, and do another event instead? Freebies are good. A good t-shirt, and other goodies. Atmosphere is important, too. At the RNR half there were bands every mile, and cheerleader groups. I think Pittsburgh will have them, too. 13.1 or 26.2 miles is a long way to go if the course is boring. So things along the way to liven the race course up are GOOD! Post race food and activities, too. Music at the finish line. Good food, and plenty of it. Define post-race activities and good food. (I already know that =no veggies for Ann) Bagels Bananas Beer Oranges Pizza Subs Baked Potato and the fixins BBQ or pulled pork Cookies Chocolate Milk If you have some sort of local favorite dish THIS Hmmm. Too bad we are in Utah. Land of the State-run liquor store. We're lucky we can still buy plain ol' 3.2% budweiser at the grocery store. Sure can't buy any bartles and james or boone's at the grocery store anymore. That makes this sweet-toothed drinker sad. You know, I wondered about that. |
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| Expert 1694 Illinois | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 6:00 AM Good morning everyone! To those of you who said you were too wired to sleep after working out I have a tip. You have trouble falling asleep because your HR is still high. I have found for myself that a glass or two of red wine and/or a warm bath have helped me wind down faster. Excellent ideas! I like to hang out in the sauna a little bit after swimming, except on class night, the Y shuts down at 9 and this is not an option. They flick the lights on and off in the pool area to let us know it's time to go home. So last night I had a glass of chardonnay when I got home, which helped. A wam bath would have been the icing on the cake. |
| 2010-04-30 10:00 AM in reply to: #2827966 |
| Regular 90 cabot, Arkansas | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full I tell my son all the time - they all go the speedlimit but there is nothing wrong with looking at a sweet car and that vette is a sweet car!!!! Thanks! I've been thinking about fabing up a bike rack for it, as its my daily driver. |
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| 2010-04-30 12:01 PM in reply to: #2770589 |
| Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full It is toooooooo quiet in here today. Who's racing this weekend? I have the Pittsburgh Half Marathon Occassional guest speaker in here disturbed275 AKA Neal is doing the Excape From Alcatraz triathlon |
| 2010-04-30 12:06 PM in reply to: #2828674 |
Champion 14677 Bronze member | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 1:01 PM It is toooooooo quiet in here today. Who's racing this weekend? I have the Pittsburgh Half Marathon Occassional guest speaker in here disturbed275 AKA Neal is doing the Excape From Alcatraz triathlon Hey all. Busy day here today. there is maintenance (both personal and yard-wise) that needs to get done today. I did get my run in this am. I have a 5 K this weekend. It is supporting a non-profit I am on the board of so I gotta do it. Ann, you will ROCK your 1/2- especially if you take the pizza cure! |
| 2010-04-30 12:09 PM in reply to: #2828699 |
| Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ceilidh - 2010-04-30 1:06 PM ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 1:01 PM It is toooooooo quiet in here today. Who's racing this weekend? I have the Pittsburgh Half Marathon Occassional guest speaker in here disturbed275 AKA Neal is doing the Excape From Alcatraz triathlon Hey all. Busy day here today. there is maintenance (both personal and yard-wise) that needs to get done today. I did get my run in this am. I have a 5 K this weekend. It is supporting a non-profit I am on the board of so I gotta do it. Ann, you will ROCK your 1/2- especially if you take the pizza cure! Too funny! |
| 2010-04-30 12:13 PM in reply to: #2770589 |
| Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full FYI - It looks like the May challenge is getting tossed around now. Could be men lose to vs. women. Go check it out. |
| 2010-04-30 12:30 PM in reply to: #2770589 |
| Expert 1694 Illinois | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full It is quiet in here today. No racing for me this weekend. Good luck on your half Ann! |
| 2010-04-30 12:40 PM in reply to: #2828775 |
| Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full abake - 2010-04-30 1:30 PM It is quiet in here today. No racing for me this weekend. Good luck on your half Ann! Thank you |
| 2010-04-30 1:13 PM in reply to: #2828699 |
| Extreme Veteran 643 metro DC | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full ceilidh - 2010-04-30 1:06 PM ironannekidd - 2010-04-30 1:01 PM It is toooooooo quiet in here today. Who's racing this weekend? I have the Pittsburgh Half Marathon Occassional guest speaker in here disturbed275 AKA Neal is doing the Excape From Alcatraz triathlon Hey all. Busy day here today. there is maintenance (both personal and yard-wise) that needs to get done today. I did get my run in this am. I have a 5 K this weekend. It is supporting a non-profit I am on the board of so I gotta do it. Ann, you will ROCK your 1/2- especially if you take the pizza cure! good luck & sunny skies to you both! |
| 2010-04-30 1:36 PM in reply to: #2770589 |
| Veteran 149 | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full Oncall starting @ 5PM If no call outs I plan on biking 12 miles and doing hour swim. Mowing the yard in there somewhere. Priorities, Priorities. LOL |
| 2010-04-30 1:44 PM in reply to: #2770589 |
| Veteran 149 | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full Next will be my first time with clip ins pedals Worried about the humpty dumpty falling thing. Everyone is gone this weekend so no one to put me back together. Edited by wmcgee62 2010-04-30 1:45 PM |
| 2010-04-30 1:46 PM in reply to: #2828960 |
| Champion 16743 Somewhere I can be nekidd | Subject: RE: The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full wmcgee62 - 2010-04-30 2:44 PM Next will be my first time with clip ins pedals Worried about the humpty dumpty falling thing. Everyone is gone this weekend so no one to put me back together. Everyone gets to join the club sooner or later. Do you have a trainer you could put your bike on to practice first? Or I've seen other people suggest a doorway. Good luck! |
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