Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 394)

Nice!  So cool when people get to live their dream!

That's what I was thinking.  Not all of us are past our A races yet!

The inhumanity!

I'll rephrase your question to what are my plans/goals for the winter. 

After B2B, I plan to take a bit of time for recovery and then start a run focused block culminating in the Myrtle Beach Marathon in February.  Then I'll want to more serious about the bike so that I'm ready for spring riding.  The plans are all a bit loosey-goosey because I'm pretty focused on B2B right now. 

Others have listed the following for their goals.

TJ - Run more.  Find another winter half marathon and then train for a Jun HIM. (Nearing 500 miles in 2013 which surpasses the running that she did in all of 2012!)
Chirs - Run.  Get faster.  Build a single speed.
Salty - Endurance and nutrition focus and then marathon training
Yanti - What is this off season that you speak of?
Melanie - Improve swimming, run more, ride outside each weekend, enjoy hockey and TKD, dump some plump.
Ann-Marie - Re-evaluate after Rev3 Venice but likely more run focus including a half marathon in December and a 25k in February.  Also TRX.
Judi - Finish marathon training (and the marathon) and then get back to the gym to strength train regularly, complete a winter bike plan, rebuild run speed, swim regularly.
Monica - Continue to work with Josh the trainer, run through the winter (possibly inclucing some races), swim regularly and possibly join a masters group, bike
Ben - get faster

What about you, Switch?

I'm realizing I don't know your racing history

Your build-a-bike goal is AWESOME, btw.  I love this so much!  Maybe we could attempt this at the same time--ooooh--maybe we could set up a challenge!!!  I totally want to do this.  You know who could help us if we got stuck (I'm sure a ton of people, actually), but Moondawg14 (Ryan) is AWESOME at this kind of thing.  He's totally holding my hand as I attempt to tear apart my washing machine. 

My volume varies depending on what's going on.  No, I do not do 15-20 hour training weeks when I am not training full IM!  I'm no Ben or Salty!

The past few years I've had two A races -- a marathon early in the year and an IM later in the year.  I think that it's easier to run through the winter than ride through it and I like riding in the summer a lot more than running in the heat.

And you still have not answered my question - What about you, Switch?

My volume varies depending on what's going on.  No, I do not do 15-20 hour training weeks when I am not training full IM!  I'm no Ben or Salty!

The past few years I've had two A races -- a marathon early in the year and an IM later in the year.  I think that it's easier to run through the winter than ride through it and I like riding in the summer a lot more than running in the heat.

And you still have not answered my question - What about you, Switch?

OK, this is a list!  I love that you've thrown yourself into Masters swimming.  I think you'll be blown away by these gains.  Say more about your biking goals-what are you hoping to do with the long rides outside?  As Salty would ask, what is the purpose?

I didn't know you were such a big hockey player.  Damn, there are a lot of hockey playing Manatees!

Dump some plump?  LOL, that's funny.  How many of us are looking to lose a little bit over the winter?  Anyone else?

Hey Gang,

I have a couple of questions. 

1) How do you put the list of Manatees with the links on the front of your training log.  Many of you have this, and I would like to follow suit.

2) I would love to know what everyone's plans/goals are going into the off-season.  Some people have goals listed in the from part of their logs, but it would be nice to hear what people are reaching towards these days, if you don't mind sharing

I'm kind of in the same boat as Ben. I want to get faster.  I went out on a limb in COJ a few weeks ago and laid out some pretty specific goals, but in thinking about goal setting more, I'm not sure that's how I should be framing things in my mind.  What I said it COJ is that I would like to qualify for Worlds in both the Oly and 70.3 distances (I have specific goal times for these in my head, though others have cautioned me against this.  I can't help it.) and qualify for Boston. 

Any one of those things would be a significant "reach" for me, but all three would be a coup. I am turning 40 next year, mid life crisis, party of one...

In thinking about these goals more, I am thinking I should reframe them a bit, as I could have good tri races for me, but still not qualify, depending on who shows up.  It would be silly to be bent out of shape about that.  So, I'm going to try to get faster, and hopefully that will result in me placing well in my races--aging up won't hurt either

To do this I need to do a few things:

• Be consistent in all three sports.
• Be very careful about doing non SBR things that build lean body mass.
• Be careful with my diet and see where my body weight gravitates while properly fueling for training but not over indulging.  I "think" I would be faster if I could lose 10lbs, but I have never been that light in my adult life and I don't know if that's realistic.  I probably need to do better meal and snack planning to support this goal.
• I need to be better about my sleep.  I need to make this a priority for recovery, sickness prevention, and stress reduction.
• I need to remember to have a purpose for each training session.  Salty, this was such a gift you gave me.  Thank you. xo.
• Try to do these things while minimizing the impact on my family.

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Yup, I'm a, well, currently THE goalie for a women's team.  Our first game is Oct. 19, woooo!

My biking goals are pretty unspecific over the winter, mainly keep some base and if I pick up any speed or whatever over the winter, great!  The 'getting outside' goal is to make use of the cold weather gear I own.  Biking is my 'best' of the 3 tri disciplines so I like to try to keep it that way.  Most of my bike time I imagine will be on the trainer using TrainerRoad. 

edited to strike out the push for Switch to respond...she did as I was typing :)

SO WHAT ABOUT YOU, SWITCH?!  You can't avoid answering us forever, you know...

I really like that you went into the bullet points on how you are going to do this. I thik diet/weight/sleep/consistency are fantastic overarching pieces but I do wonder though, about specific goals within the sports like, for example, running: increase endurance (or whatever you believe your weaknesses/thing to build on to be)

I don't love goals like "worlds" because you don't have a ton of control over the "who shows up" variable but I think your little things to do might make it ok? I dunno. Maybe that is even personal.

I really like that you went into the bullet points on how you are going to do this. I thik diet/weight/sleep/consistency are fantastic overarching pieces but I do wonder though, about specific goals within the sports like, for example, running: increase endurance (or whatever you believe your weaknesses/thing to build on to be)

I don't love goals like "worlds" because you don't have a ton of control over the "who shows up" variable but I think your little things to do might make it ok? I dunno. Maybe that is even personal.

Nice list

OK, so what can we do to help you with your run, my friend?  Is there a fun winter race you could pick out--maybe in a cool destination--that would help you stay motivated?

Masters seems like it produces serious gains for the people who join.  Is there a reason you don't want to do it?  (I really want to join, but my schedule isn't jiving with it right now, I'm hoping I can make that change by January, if not before).

No one should ever, EVER, do a six hour session on the drainer.  *shudder*

So you're in the watching the fluff group too?  OK, I think those of us in this group can help each other with that

Judi,

Did you ever get ideas about solid food to eat during your long runs?  I have been thinking about you but I didn't respond because I can easily do solid food on the bike but not so much on the run.  Well, not in an open marathon at least  When have done IM marathons I've had pretzels, flat cola, chicken broth, Clif Shot Blocks, peaches (at Vineman) -- basically what sounded good at the time.

What have others had success with (when gels don't do it for you)?

Life is good!   Enjoy, and yes, I am TOTALLY jealous!

I'm so freakin jealous!  AWESOME!

Add me to the green team. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!! And don't be telling us tomorrow how bored you are at the seminar