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Glad to hear you are making progress despite your sore knee. Your speed is off the charts fast! I dream about being that fast. My goal is to average 14 mph and I will have to work my buttisimo off to achieve that. I've got to thaink that your knee will feel pretty good come race day once your legs are able to get some rest during your taper. Nice work showing those guys who's boss last night! Just think how awesome you would have looked if you had been wearing a BDAAS bike jersey.

As for the nerves - as long as we get better weather then they had at IMLP - I feel like we should be all set. Reading some of those race reports blows my mind.

Would love to join this group. I just posted an intro in the intro forum that I will post below. Thought I would add in my beer preferences here. I used to be much more of a wine drinker, but after I had my son in 2012 had a craving for beer. My favorites are IPAs, followed by porters and stouts. I will try anything. Looking forward to getting to know you all. I am 29 years old and new and yet to compete a tri, and am looking to train this fall/winter/spring with a goal of entering a race in early summer 2015 for my 30th birthday. Depending on how my initial 20 weeks of training goes I will decide whether I will do a sprint or tackle an olympic to begin with. I have been involved in various competitive sports throughout my life. I have mostly settled in to running and spinning the last few years, and I am looking for a challenge and a goal. I was a lifeguard in high school/college, but have not swam strokes in a long time, and while I have been spinning a lot, I do not have any real experience on the road. I have been lurking for a few days, and this seems like a great community for advice. I am going to start the 20 Week Sprint - 2x Balanced training plan next week.

Jenn - congrats on finishing your make up race and making something positive out of what could have turned into a negative situation sorry to hear about the sore leg - but you would have still crushed me in terms of time. Just think how fast you will be when you finally get to race at the end of the month.

Hope y9ou don't mind a suggestion - but one of the things that helped me to make sure I don't forget to hydrate is to set an alarm on my watch. When ever I hear it beep i know it's time to drink (and eat every twenty minutes). It's become so ingrained in me that I took a sip of OJ during a recent breakfast when my friends alarm went off without even thinking about it.

Enjoy that switch back - you have earned it!

Jackie - Welcome to the BDAAS! We are so glad to have you! And listing off your Beer preferences right off the bat shows you're a perfect fit for our group.

Seriously - welcome to the sport! Coming into it with a background in swimming is a huge advantage and you'll have a leg up on the competition from the word go.

If I could make one suggestion - I'm not sure where you live but see if you could sign up for a sprint THIS year. If you've been been running and swimming recently, you won't have any problem finishing a late season sprint. Doing so will give you a goal to shoot for in the short term and will fuel your workouts over the winter. Even if it's only a duathlon or a 5K it will really help you get into a routine that will sustain you.

Here is an 11 month training plan I used for my first Tri. http://www.trinewbies.com/tno_trainingprograms/10wtp.pdf

Good luck and we are glad to have you!

Dave, that is brilliant - I will give it a try! Thanks! I love that you've become Pavlov's dog with the alarm! LOL Too funny.

Sandi, I've kind of run all my life - played sports since I was little. I played D1 college softball (though not much running). I ran off and on but nothing serious or with any plan or distance for probably 10 more years and finally four or so years ago I started 1/2 marathon training. I've done four so far and have a fifth on the docket for this fall. (I like my knees too much to do a full marathon) I think long, relatively slow distances actually really help speed and once a week I'll do fartleks - (pick-ups) for short distances/times in between a mile or two on each side. Once a week I'll also either do a tempo run or what I like to call ladders (this is good in the winter on a treadmill where you can control the speed) - I'll warm up for a mile then jack up the speed maybe for example from 5.5 to 6.5 for 2 minutes then drop back for a recovery for a minute but don't drop back as far - go to 5.7 for example. Then jack it up again to 6.7 for 2, then back to 5.9 and keep going as long as able - you may have to drop the high speed to 1 minute. On your final recovery I keep that speed as my "new normal" for the remainder of the run - maybe another mile or so then drop back a little more for a short recovery. This way I also finish faster than I started which I often strive for on most runs. Work the kick.
Anyway, sorry to be so lengthy but those are a couple of the key ones I do to work on speed. Everyone probably has their own sort of thing they like to do but this is what has worked for me in the last couple of years. 10 minutes miles used to be my forced slow runs, now I have a hard time running a 9:30/mile for a slow run. I now do about 9;00 for slow runs. It's just where your body finds it comfortable to be and everyone is different. Runner's World has lots of great stuff to look at too.
I wasn't too psyched for this run as my knee hurt (I ran 8 min/miles in a 10k I hadn't even prepared for a month ago in yukky heat) but I also hadn't done two other events right before it either. I have paid more attention to biking and swimming and took running for granted. Clearly I can't let that slide! The sprint I'm thinking of entering next weekend was won by a woman in the 55-59 age bracket and her run was 19 minutes and change!!!!! Holy cow!! I just hope to get 24 minutes!! She also had the fastest swim time for men and women!! 7 minutes and change for 600 yds! That's cooking!!

Don't you love ows!? This morning the air was only 50 degrees so there was nice fog rolling off the water. It was so cool to be out in the middle and look toward shore. I wish I had my camera out there! Be careful if you swim alone, please! That scares me. A woman was just hit by a boat here in a small lake - her buoy got caught in the guy's prop and pulled her in. She's okay I hear but I don't know what kind of injuries she sustained. Yuk.

Cheers! Time to crack the Switchback IPA!! :-P

Oh my God - I'm so excited! my one regret is that neither my wife nor my kids has expressed any interest in Triathlon. I've alway been so jealous of Alex and Thor and others whose kids have gotten active in the sport because I want my own kids to be healthy too.

Anyway - after welcoming Jackie to the BDAAS and suggesting that she sign up for a late season tri, I started to think about what I was going to do once I finished IMMT in August. I was stoked to find a HIM at the end of September and the best part - it has kids races. I told my kids about it hoping they would be interested and they both jumped at the chance to sign up. Now I just need to convince my wife to do it as well and we'll be able to get the whole family involved (except for our 5 year old who is too young). But how awesome would that be!

Hey y'all. David introduced me to this group in response to my hello post in the new user forum. It seems like you folks have your heads screwed on properly, so I'd really like to join into the conversation. I'm located in College Park, GA (the Atlanta airport is in College Park) and my primary background is in swimming, having coached for the last ten years or so. I completed my first HIM in Raleigh on June 1st and felt pretty strong, but know that I could drop 30 or 40 minutes if I really work at the bike and run. My wife enjoyed watching so much that she has registered with me for Ironman 70.3 Hawaii in May 2015. We had our first training swim today and it felt pretty good. Christy is still working on learning freestyle well, but you can only cross the finish line after taking the first step.

My favorite beers this summer have all been IPAs. Atlanta has a pretty awesome craft beer scene and a few local breweries. Monday Night Brewing has a great IPA and I've given them a whole lot of my money this summer. In the winter, I love Porters and Stouts. Pisgah Brewing Co makes an amazing winter beer called Cosmos that takes a Porter recipe but swaps in Trappist and champagne yeasts. The result has hints of bananas, chocolate, and coffee. I've made a home brew clone that was excellent.

Looking forward to preparing for Hawaii 2015 with some hints, tips, and motivation from y'all. Hopefully, I can help out as well.

I also like the idea for tri gear with beer on it. Again, heads are in the right place in this group.

Robby

Hi Robby! Welcome to BDAAS!!

As promised, my extra pale ale I enjoyed last night. I thought you would appreciate the mug I drank it out of...yup there are still a couple around up here! (for those who know A&W)






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Thanks for the great advice! I originally started with planning on doing a sprint tri in early September because I can do all the distances separately, and thought a month would allow me to string them together. Unfortunately, none of the upcoming local races work with my schedule, but I am definitely planning on a couple races this fall. I'm planning on registering for the Runner's World Five & Dime and a Turkey Trot 5k. I had previously trained for marathons twice, and each time got a hamstring injury a couple weeks before and had to withdraw. That's when I started spinning, and feel tris are more my speed, as I do get very bored with just running. Looking forward to getting to know everyone! Thanks for the welcome.

Welcome aboard to both new members. I'm not sure about having our heads on straight but we have fun.

+1 on the bike jersey I wouldn't wear a tri suit. On a related note I am doing my first HIM beach to battle this year and wondered should I wear a bike jersey (I don't own one) or just my normal tri top?

David congrats on having your kids join you. My daughter wants to do another kids race, but I won't let her until she learns to ride without training wheels. I am using a local kids race in sept to keep her motivated.

also +1 on the advise to go ahead and sign up. I signed up for my first sprint before I owned a bike or had even tried to swim (as exercise I knew how to swim). It gave me a race to compare my progress from last year to this one. I was able to shave 11 min off my time which was a great confidence boost after a rough off season.

Note: This is strictly my opinion for someones question about which to wear, not in anyway related to choice of garment for a BDAAS jersey. On that I vote bike jersey for practicality. 

Advantages of bike jersey: 

You can carry more in the pockets

They're generally more comfortable.

You have less exposed skin (less worry about burning)

 

Advantages to Tri-top:

You can swim in a tri top, be it on its own or under a wetsuit (though having two pieces always makes getting a wetsuit on and off more tricky)

It's technically more aero (but only if its tight fitting and its only really a benefit if you're riding 30+ km/h)

 

In my opinion a tri singlet is a useless piece of material. Either go bike Jersey with a full zip so you can put it on quickly after the swim and swap it easily for the run or go with a full tri-suit if you want to swim/bike/run in the same outfit and are worried about aerodynamics. Full suit is also more comfortable because you don't have to worry about a jersey or singlet riding up during the bike and run. 

Edited by adempsey10 2014-07-31 12:29 PM

I can speak of Pactimo also. I have ordered a jersey from them for my sponsor, Fluid. It is super comfy. I am putting in another order for my tri top and tri shorts today. The quality is excellent.

Well even being on vacation for a week I squeezed in 30/28 after tonight's OWS. Thank goodness no Coors Light for me this month.

As for the climbing challenge next month I call no fair! The highest point we have here in SW FL is the bridge which sits at a whopping 100+/- ft. Unless I go over and back for hours I think I have no chance! HAHA

You can pick the cycling challenge in January...while we are all in snow...

Good point lol

My wife and I ordered support crew t-shirts for my Ironman. There's an Iron Dad, Iron Wife, Ironman, Iron Sister (she's three), Iron Mom and Iron Mayden (for my 'step-mom' who isn't really a step mom but we didn't know what else to call her so she picked Iron Mayden (Maiden was copyrighted).

 

 

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hahahaha....love the Iron Maiden t-shirt for my mother-in-law!