Yanti & Lynn: Manatee Madness Mentor Group CLOSED (Page 39)

Kirk, a couple of things come to mind -- first, I'd have 3 goals, the first one being your ideal goal time, the second one, a reasonable one and the third one you can live with. For example, on my first marathon my 3rd goal was just to finish, but I could live with under 5. At that first one, and the first time you do any distance, you simply don't know for sure what you can and cannot do (or what your body can and cannot do). So I hate to see you lock yourself into a goal time and not meet it and be disappointed, but you still performed to the best of your ability on that given day.  My goals are some what more esoteric lik that now but I haven't given up on a clock quite yet, either.

Also, on the longer distance triathlons, and I guess I mean HIM and longer, nutrition kind of becomes the 4th leg of the event. Knowing how to pace and fuel and not bonk, yet not over eat or drink becomes really important and those are things you'll practice in your training. So, no I think your 5:45 goal is doable, especially with the flatter route your tri will be on. I looked and it seems nice and flat, and your times are strong on the bike.

Do you have a training plan you're following? I think you'll eventually want to include lots of runs of the bike (bricks, T-runs) whatever you want to call them so your legs will get that feeling of running tired and know how to respond.

How exciting to be doing your first HIM. We're with you all the way!! Now get out there and train... THWACK!!! manatee flipper firmly planted!

Kate--hope you had a blast at your du! I have yet to do the du--how cool!

GO LYNN!!!

Allen--as Lynn said, just feel about your T.I.T.S. to see what kind of cadences work for you.

Ann--hope things are sparking again soon so you can go home! Love your good attitude.

Kirk--as usual, great advice from Lynn. P.S. Don't forget transitions, and remember that the conditions of any one day may require significantly more or less work. P.P.S. Use times to (as you said) guide and motivate your training, but be ready for a flexible goal on race day, especially on a first distance.

There are probably other important things I should say, but all of you have already pitched in to say them

I'm not exactly in my right mind, but I suppose that's not news to anyone. Trying very hard to get my parents and their Crazy Castle set in order so I can bust outta here and go home to Bali and my own Funny Farm on Tuesday.

Sorry about the power issue. Glad you can stay in a hotel, too. What movies did you see?

That stinks, but having someone cleaning up after you everyday is fun!

GO LYNN -ENJOY YOUR RACE!!!

Ann-Marie

Oh Jim--hang in there--I have never been a fan of long work shifts! Just get to your workouts when you have time for rest--working a long shift and then doing a long workout just seems to me like an invitation for sickness to creep in.

I completed the duathlon this morning--my blog has the basic details, but I will write up the race report once results are posted. Needless to say I am not happy with my performance this morning, but I am looking at it as a means to motivate me to train harder/better for my upcoming races. 

---At least it was not raining! 

jimmyb - 2012-01-21 1:21 PM Hi all, hope your doing well!  Currently in the middle of an 8am-8 pm shift at the hospital.  Have a long bike/short run brick to do tonight but think I will push it off for a day as I wont be home till 1030 pm.  Need my rest too.  I do not like to push my long sessions off like this.  Could sure use some manatee karma!!!  Back to work now as the admissions keep rolling in....

Thanks for checking in, J. Lots of good Manatee love and karma swimming your way. Glad there's someone like you taking care of people!

I'm sorry you're disappointed. Maybe this is one of those learn from experience times. I'll check out your blog and keep an eye out for the RR. Sleep well.

Race report is up. I am not as disappointed with my results as I am with my abilities (or lack there of) as shown today. On the other hand, I know what and how to improve, so I will make those issues my priorities in my training. 

I did run a 10:50 mile, so that did make me happy--now I need to run more of them in a connected order!

Its going to take me a day or two to catch up where I left off.  I think we were on page 41 when I left for vacation.  Hope all is well with all.  kgore-I'll start with your race report.  I love to read race reports.  Great job on the 10:50's!!!  

Me and the wee one!

That is a great attitude, keep it up Kate!! sorry the race didn't go as well as you wanted though.

Lynn-  I plan on doing the 12 week Oly to HIM bridge, 13 to the race so will duplicate peak week before taper...

Good Luck today Lynn!!

What a cutie - and so much hair!  Congrats again.

Ann-Marie

For your bike porn pleasure!  Picked her up today - isn't she pretty?  My lousy camera skills don't do her justice.  Now I have no excuse and must get on the bike and really start looking for a HIM.

Happy Sunday all.

Ann-Marie

Beautiful Jo!!! Both of you!! Congrats on your new role.

Love your new baby, Ann-Marie! So pertty!!! 

Thanks for the well wishes Manatees. Finished my run this morning. From my blog: Missed a PR by 40 some seconds. I would have liked to see a 1 before my minutes time, but 9 seconds and I would have been there. I felt like I was going to toss 'em the last couple of miles, so I know my effort was there. Glad about the negative split. 8:43 for the last 6.6. While this is a fairly flat and rolling course, most of the hills are in the first half. Not a bad run considering everything. DH came out to see my finish. Nice. Waited for over 30 minutes in the gear bag line. Poorly organized and I felt like I should go help them! (Didn't) Selfish, selfish, I know. RR to come.

Hope you're all having a great day!

Great race, Lynn! Looking forward to the race report as usual. Very impressive negative split!

Go grab a nice plate of cheese because I'm about to pour out some whine.

Sooo...I'm still here.  Sorry been MIA these past couple of weeks.  I made the mistake of pushing myself more than I should have a couple of weeks ago.  I ended up hurting my ITB on a run.  Talked to my PT brother and he confirmed that I had probably strained it a little.  Basically went on a longer run (for me) and a faster pace than I should have.  Got tired, hip flexors got fatigued, and my form went all the heck.  Boom! ITB strain.  Of course that didn't stop me from doing other exercises that same day.  After the run I decided to do the Ab Ripper X work-out from my P90X set (about 340 reps total) and ended up with abs so sore I couldn't laugh or cry and further straining my hip-flexors.  Smart right?  Basically ended up hunched over like an old man all week because I couldn't straighten up due to my hip flexors.  My wife felt bad for me but couldn't stop laughing.  :-| 

Last weekend I tried to go for a run and made it to the end of my street before turning around.  Nope, knee wasn't done with me yet.  That kind of demoralized me a bit. 

On the plus side, I've still been able to get my swims and a few good bikes in.

I was finally able to get in a short run last week but pretty discouraged to see how quickly my run fitness had regressed.

These setbacks really stink.