dhyte's Group - (Full to the brim) !!! (Page 4)

Congrats on the 1st day back in the pool.  The first couple of swim sessions usually wipe me out (after a long break).  Don't be discouraged!!!  Keep plugging away at it.

We want to hear about every single swimming victory you have (and struggle).  

There are a few very experienced swimmers in this group that can help.

If you would like some input on drills/workouts for the pool let me know.

In general, don't worry about your speed (for now).  Work on adding a little distance/overall duration each time you swim.  The idea is to build your swim endurance. 

MilkeC - 2008-01-10 10:03 AM

dhyte - 2008-01-10 11:30 AM

Question for the group:

What is your biggest obstacle for achieving your triathlon goals?

Danny, In my case I would say SWIMING On the good note, a friend of mine has volunteered to help me learn how to swim efficiently. She has been swiming for quite a while now, so any help that I can get on the swiming part..I take it Mike ps: I'll add my races as soon as I get home. And I'm getting new running shoes on payday (Tuesday) next week wooooooooo hooooooooo

Hi Brian,

It's good to look at how others are doing to help meanure your progress, but don't get too hung up on this.

Every person is different.  You are out there doing your own thing!

Keep track of everything in your logs, and try to mainly focus on constant improvement.

When first started running, I was getting passed by kids, people MUCH older than me, and I kid you not, my second 5K I got BLOWN AWAY by a very pregnant lady.  That was a tough one.  But then I realized that they are all good athletes and/or working very hard also.

Just do your thing, and have a great time! 

Thom,

Good job on the race lineup!

The 1st race in the pool should be a lot of fun. I assume the water will be warm enough that you will not be wearing a wetsuit (will you for the other races?).  I'm curious how they will do the swim.  You may end up having some jostling in that race too!

3:45 marathon...that's a great time.  I'm alot slower 
How does that compare with your marathon PR, and when was that?

Is there anywhere you can borrow/rent a road bike ??
 

Be very careful on guarding against injury, or back off if problems occur.  Obviously this takes longer to recover from that other more short term obstacles.

Dead legs off the bike...you need to practice brick workouts more (combined bike/run workouts).  It'll come together though! 

I'll admit it...I'm lazy !

having said that, I start getting crazy when I don't work out for a while.

Keep at it and try to find ways to make it fun.  Group workouts, join a local triathlon club, whatever...

Maybe reward yourself for achieving some of your goals??

Having workout partners that keep me accountable, and showing up has been a great tool for getting out of bed on some days.

This table can be copied into your short term goal area (or long term goal), and it will show up on the top of your training log page.

This provides a quick link to the group thread, and also makes it easier to encourage others in the group.

Let me know if you have any questions on how to copy the table.

Danny 

Let's talk about Triathlon Swimming....

Some of you have sprint triathlons coming up throughout the spring.
I'm not sure about each specific race's venue/layout, but there may be some swims that are in:

     - pools
     - freshwater lakes
     - the ocean

Some of you may have a variety of questions, and might not know where to begin...

So, I'll answer any question about:

- race starting formats (wave start vs mass start, floating vs beach),
- appropriate attire for race (depending on race length, water temp)
- equipment questions (swimcaps, goggles, etc)
- breathing
- sighting
- drafting
- pace selection
- wave entry/exit
- bathroom issues before during swim....
- survival tips

Fire away with those questions !!!

The real Ironman.....

Hi Everyone,

Things are a little crazy yesterday and today (work stuff, painting inside our house, bought a new Xbox 360 <fun but MASSIVE consumer of time>. etc).

I'll log on a little bit throughout the day with some updates, and much more tomorrow. 

I bought a wireless adapter last night and was having some trouble with it conflicting with my PC.  I rebooted this morning and all was good again.  I read some stuff about open up either my firewall settings, or same with the router DHCP settings, or even checking for firmware updates for the router. 

I tried to get away from the technical stuff and just goof off with this new toy, but it is never that simple.....

My list of games:

   Halo3
   Guitar Hero II/III
   DDR
   Need For Speed
   Mx vs ATV

   Thinking about buying Call of Duty 4 

I will never get anything done now that we have this new toy!!!!!!!