Stuck in the Middle - May Challenge (Page 4)

RunningJayhawk - 2008-05-01 9:29 AM

sparco - 2008-05-01 9:20 AM

sesh - 2008-04-30 11:12 PM Oh yeah, and everyone please post your goals for the month.

Swim - 28,800 yards
Bike - 650 min
Run - 440 min

Did 2150 yds this morning. Felt good to work on bi-lateral breathing...had to cut the workout short, though...carpool...

Dude. I just mastered this. I feel like a swimming machine because of it!

That's awesome! 

Quick question:  In a race, do you now bi-lateral breathe, or revert back to one side?

I've heard a lot of people say they start out with bi-lateral, then go into one-sided...

I feel much more comfortable taking a breath every other stroke (right side)...

I don't really think about it in a race.  The more you work on it, the more second nature it becomes, and then you just don't even realize you are doing it.  Toward the ends of the swim I'm typically breathing every other stroke.  Whether that's right or left just sorta depends on how I end up.  I feel comfortable either way.

That's the key, though.  Comfort.  It's great to have bilateral breathing in your arsenal, but if the thought of doing it is occupying your thoughts in a race, you should probably scrap it and stick to your comfort side.  Don't let it clutter up the brain.  It'll slow you down.

sparco - 2008-05-01 7:01 AM

sesh - 2008-04-30 2:17 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-04-30 1:58 PM Hi there! Glad to be "stuck in the middle" with all of you.

Well that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day now.  Glad it's a good one!

Clowns to left of me.  Jokers to the right.  Here I am.  Stuck in the middle with you.

Has your wetsuit come in, Barb?

That would make a cool team name:

Stuck in the middle with you... 

 

cupcake is that you!? oooooh I likey the new avatar! and thanks for the icecream you sent my way...I am going to have one after my run on the beach this morning! you be de best! but you are on the WRONG team!

Hey Team - I'm Terry from just south of Nashville, TN.  45, married w/2 kiddos.  I played a lot of local tennis for 6 years then got into mtn. bike racing.  Have done that for the past 3 years.  Last year, a teammate asked me to do an XTERRA with him.  I freaked on the swim (racing heartrate), did okay on the bike since it was offroad, but locked up with leg cramps 100 yards into the run.  I swore I'd never do anything that stupid again.  Until a month later a voice in my head said, "What if you tried it again next year and kicked its a$$?"  So I signed onto BT, got my scription to Triathlete mag and have been training like a banshee since.  I did another off road tri (no swim, canoe) in late Sept last year and did well. 

In Feb I started the BT Olympic 2x plan religiously and it'll culminate with that XTERRA (redeaux!) on July 6th when I kick its royal hinee!  I want to do a few Olys later in Aug and Sept.  Sprinkle in some mtn bike races and it is a full year.  I've been in the last 2 challenges, am an admitted challenge-addict, and haven't had any trouble meeting my training goals.

My training plan calls for (goals this month) :
S - 425 mins
B - 999 mins
R - 460 mins
Strength - 230 mins.

I have a 12 hour (4-man) team mtn. bike race on Saturday (www.DirtSweatandGears.com) and I'm sitting here at the office with a fever and a sinus infection.  I'm off to the doc in 30 minutes then home to bed.  I'll only miss a short run today and I can pick that up next week on a rest day.  I have another mtn bike race on the 18th and a sprint tri on the 26th.  In the sprint tri there are 11 of us BT'ers doing it, so it'll be great to meet some local BT'ers!  I've put together some decent oly bricks, so I feel confident with the sprint.  Love swimming 2x week in the mornings!

Didn't mean to talk too much - looking forward to this month's challenge! 

Thanks Bill for taking on captain AND cheer squad for us!!

My goals are (from favorite to least favorite!):

Run - 12 hours
Bike - 20 hours
Swim - 8 hours

Can't believe I'm calling RUNNING my favorite anything :P

GOOOOOOO TEAM Monsters of the Midway!!!

Renee

Haha... on this team there will be no such thing as talking to much!

You love to swim, you love to swim, you love to swim

Freedom is just another word for two-wheeled, self propelled nirvana. - Bob Roll

Ride lots!  And then ride some more!

Hi Terry!  Thanks for the intro.  It will be SWEET to go back and kick some a$$ on that race this year!!  It sounds like you have a fun year of races planned & how awesome to be doing a race with so many local BT'rs!  Hope you kick the sinus infection soon!!

LOL!  I think you'd need a whole page of those to get THAT to stick in my head

Thanks . . . I'll try

LOL Barb!  I used to love biking . . . on my mountain bike!  It would have easily been my favorite over running!!  This is my first season of tri's though and I just bought a tri bike . . . WOAH is that different!  Hopefully as I get more time on it I will enjoy the biking more again!  I'm just a little out of my comfort zone (read: incredibly shaky while I ride - don't get too close!) right now.  Being from NE, I also haven't had many good days to get outside and haven't had much of a chance to practice hills!  I really need to find some before the Kansas 70.3 to practice on!!!  Hopefully I'll see ya out there!  I love meeting fellow BT'rs!  I hear ya on hoping to survive it - YIKES!!

Lunch is over   Back to work . . . 

Renee

Girl Passing on Left - 2008-05-01 10:43 AM

sparco - 2008-05-01 7:01 AM

sesh - 2008-04-30 2:17 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-04-30 1:58 PM Hi there! Glad to be "stuck in the middle" with all of you.

Well that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day now.  Glad it's a good one!

Clowns to left of me.  Jokers to the right.  Here I am.  Stuck in the middle with you.

Has your wetsuit come in, Barb?

That would make a cool team name:

Stuck in the middle with you...

cupcake is that you!? oooooh I likey the new avatar! and thanks for the icecream you sent my way...I am going to have one after my run on the beach this morning! you be de best! but you are on the WRONG team!

Yep, it's me...cupcake.    Yeah, my avatar is my new 'flower' avatar.  We were at the bottom of the pile for last month's challenge...

And...you are wrong...I am on the RIGHT team...too bad you couldn't join us... 

Renee, do you and Beth (lastcall2003) know each other?  She's originally from Omaha, but took a new job in Philly...I think she's met mr2tony.

Well there's your problem.  Who wants to live in reality?  We're challenge addicts.  We love EVERYTHING!

I've just been added to this group, so here is my intro.

My name is Chris and I'm from Wylie (N Dallas) Texas. I started triathlons in '05 as a get-in-shape program after being a couch potato for 10 years in the "real world".

I've completed nothing but Sprint races, but not for a lack of trying other distances. My big race in '06 was an Oly, but weather forced the Oly to be reduced to the Sprint distances for the s/b. Thankfully, they let us still run the 10k. Then, last year I was in for the Longhorn HIM and ruptured a disk in my lumbar about 2 weeks before the race. I ended up swimming the 1.2 and turned in my chip; probably not the smartest decision I made.

Dec I was back at swim training, on the bike in Jan, and finally running mid February. My real focus to this point has been the swim since it was the safest for my back, so I joined a local masters swim team. I had my first race (sprint) of the year this past Sunday and while I did great on the swim and was ecstatic over the run, I wasn't too happy on the bike. So, here I am. My goal is:

Swim: 30,000 yards
Bike: 300 miles
Run: 30 miles

I really don't care about the run, but 30 mi should be fine (I was going with the 30 theme). To be sure I start off on the wrong foot, I'm feeling a bit sick and am taking today off, but I should be fine.

My races for this year will be a few sprints and (hopefully) 2 HIM Aquabikes.

Hey Techie! The Monster's Inc. team listing is hilarious! How do I get it into my goals section?

Sparco - I'm with you. I can only manage to breathe every other stroke, right side too! Someday, I hope to be relaxed enough to get to a three stroke.

Well, I'm not geek techie sesh, but here's Nicole's post:

Click on the spreadsheet link above, and enter the above username and password.

I've got to add camy and a link to our spreadsheet, then I'll post the html here in the thread.  That way you can copy and paste.  If ANYONE wants to clean it up for me... fell free.  Please.

Oh, and it's not like three stroke is some magic number, or any number of strokes is some magic number.  I'm much faster breathing every other stroke.  Again, find comfort and effeciency and the speed will follow.