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 Me - got in my first 1/2 hour run/walk session and ended up with 1.5 miles - a major improvement on my first walking workout, lol. I'm also thinking of upping my intervals for my next run as the ones I used tonight (used a sort of ladder approach) all went pretty well  

Goodmorning! I had an absolute fabulous time yesterday. It was a perfect day for a race. I was one of the first ones there- I didn't want to be stuck in a line trying to get into the park.  The weather was perfect, not sure of the temp of the water but it had to be close to air temp.

The only problem I had was the ows. It wasn't with the swim but with my head. I had a slight headache from stress and anticpation, and when I hit the water I got the worse headache and almost gave up. I pushed myself and halfway through the headache started to go away.

Here are my stats swim 12:00 min. bike 46:31 run 35 min.  First transition 4 min second 2 min. Total time was 1 hr 41 mins.

Things I would/will change for my next race GET A NEW BIKE! All I heard was left on your left the whole 10 miles. I did get to say that a couple of times, but not enough. But I had a great time. I had trouble with my music and I love running with music but next time I don't think I would use my MP3, because my headphones got tangled and and I mess with it to get my music and not the radio.

I can't wait for the next race-I think I'm going to do the trek woman series in Aug. I'm sure that would be more competitive. I'm hoping to get a new bike before that.

I'm am now a triathlete!

Tracie

Thanks everyone for all the advice and encourgement!

Back from the weekend wedding trip to PA -- lots of fun, but a fitness disaster. Ate lots, worked out close to zero, and had a humiliating open water swim this AM which is making me question my ability to complete a race in a couple weeks.

the OWS -- was at my sister in laws in NJ today. There is a big lake near them, and is about as perfect a spot to do some OWS as there is anywhere. My brother in law & i went down and we started. Planned on a mile swim which I didn't have any issue with. However abotu 100 yards in, I had the old open water freak out, and bailed on the swim. Rather than just chill, pull it together, and go on, I wussed out. Pathetic. The worst part is, I felt *great* in the water. strong, easy stokes, moved well. then kaboom. WTH??!?!?!

Anyway, back on the bike tomorrow, run tomorrow, swim tuesday, etc.

Sara - I'm not doing the push up challenge properly just using it as some inspiration to drop and give some, lol. On ST can you give me any pointers on beginner ab workouts? And great work on the 100 mile hilly ride. I'm with Curt and Kate - I can't even imagine riding that far.

 Me - got in my first 1/2 hour run/walk session and ended up with 1.5 miles - a major improvement on my first walking workout, lol. I'm also thinking of upping my intervals for my next run as the ones I used tonight (used a sort of ladder approach) all went pretty well  

Goodmorning! I had an absolute fabulous time yesterday. It was a perfect day for a race. I was one of the first ones there- I didn't want to be stuck in a line trying to get into the park.  The weather was perfect, not sure of the temp of the water but it had to be close to air temp.

The only problem I had was the ows. It wasn't with the swim but with my head. I had a slight headache from stress and anticpation, and when I hit the water I got the worse headache and almost gave up. I pushed myself and halfway through the headache started to go away.

Here are my stats swim 12:00 min. bike 46:31 run 35 min.  First transition 4 min second 2 min. Total time was 1 hr 41 mins.

Things I would/will change for my next race GET A NEW BIKE! All I heard was left on your left the whole 10 miles. I did get to say that a couple of times, but not enough. But I had a great time. I had trouble with my music and I love running with music but next time I don't think I would use my MP3, because my headphones got tangled and and I mess with it to get my music and not the radio.

I can't wait for the next race-I think I'm going to do the trek woman series in Aug. I'm sure that would be more competitive. I'm hoping to get a new bike before that.

I'm am now a triathlete!

Tracie

Thanks everyone for all the advice and encourgement!

1/2 hour run/walk is great!

For beginner ab workouts, I'd definitely do flutter kicking on my back and then rollover to my stomach and do the yoga "swimmer"- on your stomach, stretch your arms out in front and stretch your legs behind you.  Lift arms and legs off floor and 1) hold for 15+ seconds or press right arm down/left leg down alternate. =)  You'll definitely feel flutter kicking on your back! I keep my feet about 5 inches off the ground and put my hands under the small of my back.

I'm not sure if this will be any help, but do you think you freaked out because there were no life guards in boats out. I know I felt alot better at the race because of the life guards and knowing that I could grab onto a boat if needed. Maybe if you have someone go with you in a boat or kayak it might help.

Mike_D - 2011-06-05 9:48 PM

Back from the weekend wedding trip to PA -- lots of fun, but a fitness disaster. Ate lots, worked out close to zero, and had a humiliating open water swim this AM which is making me question my ability to complete a race in a couple weeks.

the OWS -- was at my sister in laws in NJ today. There is a big lake near them, and is about as perfect a spot to do some OWS as there is anywhere. My brother in law & i went down and we started. Planned on a mile swim which I didn't have any issue with. However abotu 100 yards in, I had the old open water freak out, and bailed on the swim. Rather than just chill, pull it together, and go on, I wussed out. Pathetic. The worst part is, I felt *great* in the water. strong, easy stokes, moved well. then kaboom. WTH??!?!?!

Anyway, back on the bike tomorrow, run tomorrow, swim tuesday, etc.

Today's day one of trying to get in an AM workout.  Hit the pool with the goal of 10 x 50, 5 x 100, 3 x 200, 1 x 400.  Managed to do 10 x 50, 5 x 100 and 2 x 100 -- it's a start.  50's were around 1:10, 100's around 2:30, and held the 2:30 pace on the 200's -- although it was hard/was feeling it.  Was going off at 1:30, 3:00 and 5:30 so not too bad on the rest.  I'm definitely getting the feel of reaching out and staying long through the entire stroke.  I can also notice that the balance is improving / feel as if my back end is coming up a bit.  Next big challenge is to work on the catch / not "digging" on each stroke.

I'm hoping to put in an AM swim on Tu, Th and Sa, a PM run on the same days, and an AM bike on We, Fr, Su.  We'll see how it goes / next week will NOT work due to travel out of the country. 

A big thanks to both Mike and Sara on this topic -- both have been very encouraging/helpful on the need to schedule workouts.  Mike's idea on getting the "Be Iron Fit" book was a great one.  Even if you're not planning to do an ironman, the concepts in the book are very instructive.

Yesterday's Weigh In Monday....I gained .8 lbs. Oh well! My body was doing wacky things and holding on to things for the week Back at it for next weeks weigh in!

I did a local Splash & Dash last Thursday. It's a 1500K swim and a 5K run. It was a lot of fun. I missed when the announcer said that the swim was a 2 loop course and I swam to the dock after the 1st loop feeling pretty good. Ha! The guy there said to tell the announcer that I was only swimming 1 loop and I thought oh oh! So I turned around and swam another loop. T1 was slow. My hands were pretty cold from the water and I was fumbling. The run was good. A little slow. There were 2 big hills that even the fast boys were walking up. Overall it was a fun time. This is a series that they put on for the summer on both a weekday and a weekend. I'm going to try to do more of them just for the ows experience of swimming with a crowd.

Last weekend had some good workouts and this week I'm tapering for my Oly Sunday. The plan I'm following has this as a build week but I'm taking the taper week before my July HIM and using that. I'm always worried when I have to change the plan too much and hope I'm not losing too much fitness build. I'll need all I can get for July because that distance still has me worried.

I'm headed back to Arizona next Monday with my middle daughter to move the rest of her stuff home. She got a job here and she's going to live at home for a while to save some $$$. My oldest son is going down to SoCal in the fall to finish a class for graduation but somehow our house just stays full We had 1 year of being empty nesters but I think we won't see that again for a while!

Hope everyone has a great day,

Johanne

 I've read a bunch of OWS articles the past 2 days and they all say the same thing -- practice, and HTFU.  I'm still very bitterly disappointed in myself.

I like the idea of a splash and dash! I may bring this up to our tri club!

Curt - great work on the swim.

Johanne - I hope your mean 1500m or 1.5k rather than 1500k swim.  

Mike - can you remind me what HTFU means? please

Sara - I've done "action plans" as part of my disability training and made up a plan for myself last year but what's the deal with only choosing 1 action?

Me - Slowly catching up on my push ups, and will try the flutter kicking and yoga moves some time today but skipping my run today although I will definitely make it up tomorrow - I just didn't really feel it today.

HTFU = Harden the F*$& Up.

Mike - thanks. I should of thought of that but I guess my webspeak isn't up to scratch yet, lol.

Curt - love the morning success.

Me - Finally caught up on my push ups with an extra 56 in the bank for today plus I did some flutter kicks and bicycles as ab work. I'm aiming to get in another run/walk plus more push ups/ab work and maybe a swim today too - it's currently 12:34 on the 9th so I'm posting about thursday workouts.

Fun night of family running after dinner at our house. First up was my oldest daughter (13 going on 19) who will be doing her first tri in 2 1/2 weeks. She's the 'run' leg of a relay team. She's quite athletic, and I dragged her to the actual run course she'll be doing. Luckily the tri is in our town, so it was all of 2 minutes away. We ran the course in about 28 minutes. She wanted  to walk a couple short bits which we did. Overall she did great.

Next up was the 8 year old. We did a good 1 mile run/walk combo, and she had a blast. when she ran it was fast, but she also appreciated a good walk