owl_girl's Group --- FULL! (Page 38)

My new wetsuit was delivered this morning: Blue Seventy Energie (2007 closeout). Even though I was late for work I HAD to open up the package. Feels much lighter and thinner than the Pro-Motion. I have an opportunity to do OWS on Sunday mornings in June with the local tri club. I'm planning to go this Sunday to try out the suit and get more OWS practice.

I'm planning a 50 mile ride for Saturday, my last training ride before the metric century on June 8. Hopefully I can figure out my saddle/shorts issue!

I ended up:

Overall: 171/234
Female: 45/86
AG: 4/6

The best run of my life at that distance and still MOP/BOP. Scary fast group of runners!

I've got some pictures in my blog and a few more in an album. 

Happy Birthday!!!!  Yum!  Sushi!!!!

As for the rocks in the lake.  Just deal with it till you get into the water.  No more great advice on that one.  Sorry.

You are lucky to be able to swim with a tri group!   Is the new wetsuit a full one?

I've never done anything with this group, but I've been thinking about checking them out. If I like the people I'll look into joining.

Yes, full wetsuit. 

I bought swim booties before my April tri. They call them neoprene, but they weren't anything like wetsuit neoprene so they probably didn't add much warmth, but they definitely made it nicer for walking around and getting into and out of the water. They were quick to remove and kept my feet clean. I was told that some other people got cuts on their feet but I was good. My swim this Sunday will start from a nice sandy beach but I might try them out again anyway. Also thinking about using them for my pool tri.

Hey everyone!!!  I'm finally home!!!  Here is a quick race update until I can get my RR up.

The swim SUCKED!!!!  The bike went just as I had hoped!!!  The run was a little slow but I wasted a lot of energy on that stupid swim!

Total time=7:25:20.  At least I have lots of room for improvement for my next HIM!!!  Cheers!!!  I'll catch up with ya later! 

Don't count it out, Nicole.  The hot weather was probably harder on you than you anticipated.  Did you have fun?

I enjoyed meeting the people, I enjoyed the scenery, I enjoyed raising the money, and I enjoyed setting a PB for distance. I suffered from the seat discomfort and its associated toe numbness. If I could solve those I could imagine riding further, otherwise, no. 

I looked at your logs over the past month.  I think you need to work on negative splits.  Your last two laps are almost always slower than your first two.  Flip it around.  You could also sprinkle in some fartleks during the second half of your run.  This would give you a bit of speed work.

Your legs are probably still tired from your ride, too.  How is that new wetsuit working out?

I've heard of fartleks but I'm not sure exactly what it is. How would I apply fartleks into my training?

I haven't done a swim in the new wetsuit (I overslept and missed the OWS on the 1st). I'll get out for an OWS this Sunday.