Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 40)

kgore - 2012-04-20 10:28 PM

Good luck Kirk and Allen!!! You guys will kick serious behind--I just know it.

I completed my 25 mile ride tonight--w/ a personal best time! 1:35:03---my last best was at a race last year: 1:50:49....I was a aiming for 1:30, but I'll take it...especially considering it was the first time that I had broken the average of 15mph. Lots of birds tonight--and bugs---my solid blue shirt was covered in little black dots at the halfway point! And of course a couple(?) of the little bugs got into my jersey and bit me--so I was quite itchy, I even had to stop to scratch it was so bad. ick...Once I got home I found a bunch of little tiny red dots on my back. Good to know I wasn't imagining it. 

No races for me this weekend, just more working out--6 mile run tomorrow and a swim workout in the pool on Sunday; hopefully it will be a rest day on Monday---7 days in a row is my limit (at least this season! )

KansasMom - 2012-04-21 4:20 AM

Beautiful! I've been missing my long runs. I am seriously considering going out tonight to run, but I am so tired. My allergies are really kicking my butt. My system is exhausted.

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Hope you wake re-charged and ready to take on the world.

TriRx - 2012-04-21 5:12 AM

Those little buggers.  Not too much you can do to solve that issue though...  at least you're outside!

 

rrrunner - 2012-04-21 6:22 AM

Great start to the weekend everyone!

Good luck racers!

I am sitting in a hotel in Las Vegas, In-N-Out in my belly.  Not exactly a pre-race dinner as I don't run until about 2:00 AM on Sunday morning but I wouldn't try In-N-Out right before a race.  I like it but don't want to taste it during the race.

My happy news is that my 23 year old son is going to a bike swap tomorrow.  I've been encouraging him to ride but my roadie is small for him.  I suggested he go to the bike swap tomorrow and told him I would "subsidize" his purchase.  He went today to do some recon of the bikes and saw a roadie and a tri bike he liked. Oddly enough I discouraged the tri-bike purchase as he is not interested (yet) in getting into tri.  (This sport is expensive enough paying for my gear and entrance fees).  It's gonna get really expensive if he gets into it too. But if he shows interest I'll probably help him do it to keep him active.

ukweeble - 2012-04-21 2:54 AM

Ok guys and girls. Need your advice/comments cause i have no experience in this area.

I have checked the forcast for my race tommorrow. I race at 8.00 am. At this time the weather will only be 44 degrees with a 50% chance of rain (possibly including thunderstorms and hail) and a 10mph wind . I guess that if anything is going to 'Harden The Frog Up', it will be my first race!

ukweeble - 2012-04-21 1:54 AM

Ok guys and girls. Need your advice/comments cause i have no experience in this area.

I have checked the forcast for my race tommorrow. I race at 8.00 am. At this time the weather will only be 44 degrees with a 50% chance of rain (possibly including thunderstorms and hail) and a 10mph wind . I guess that if anything is going to 'Harden The Frog Up', it will be my first race!

Now, i don't want to 'do a Yanti' and end up with hypothermia by the time i cross the finish line but i am totally perplexed as to what to wear as i haven't really done much training in these sort of conditions and the little i have done, has been for a much shorter time period than my race.

My swim is not a problem as it is pool based.

I was planning to wear my tri shorts for the whole race and add a light weight t-shirt and lightweight hi-viz jacket at T1 for my bike. The jacket is not remotely waterproof and is there mainly to keep a little wind off me plus warn traffic as we are open roads. I wore it on my run in the rain a few days ago and was soaked within two minutes.

At T2 i was going to ditch the jacket.

If it rains, i am concerned that the cold will really affect my performance as i don't tend to feel warm when riding the bike anyway due to the wind chill, but this weather will take it down a whole new level. Should i cough up for a new riding jacket that is waterproof though i can't really afford one? Should i wear an extra layer under my existing jacket?

Finally, being 'follically challenged', my head can also get cold. I am thinking of wearing a woolly hat under my biking helmet. I have not done this before. Good idea or stupid?

Will keep checking the posts throughout the day in case you guys persuade me to get to the shops to pick up something useful.

Finally, thanks for all the great 'inspires' i have been sent. I have not replied to them cos i couldn't figure out how to do it but i think i might have solved that now. (its only taken three months)

TriRx - 2012-04-20 11:10 PM

 

Beautiful! I've been missing my long runs. I am seriously considering going out tonight to run, but I am so tired. My allergies are really kicking my butt. My system is exhausted.

ukweeble - 2012-04-21 1:26 AM

Didn't realise you were also racing this weekend TJ. What sort of start time is 2.00AM???? Also what is 'In and Out?' Good luck with your race and let us all know how it went.

rrrunner - 2012-04-21 12:22 AM

Great start to the weekend everyone!

Good luck racers!

I am sitting in a hotel in Las Vegas, In-N-Out in my belly.  Not exactly a pre-race dinner as I don't run until about 2:00 AM on Sunday morning but I wouldn't try In-N-Out right before a race.  I like it but don't want to taste it during the race.

My happy news is that my 23 year old son is going to a bike swap tomorrow.  I've been encouraging him to ride but my roadie is small for him.  I suggested he go to the bike swap tomorrow and told him I would "subsidize" his purchase.  He went today to do some recon of the bikes and saw a roadie and a tri bike he liked. Oddly enough I discouraged the tri-bike purchase as he is not interested (yet) in getting into tri.  (This sport is expensive enough paying for my gear and entrance fees).  It's gonna get really expensive if he gets into it too. But if he shows interest I'll probably help him do it to keep him active.

ukweeble - 2012-04-21 1:54 AM

Ok guys and girls. Need your advice/comments cause i have no experience in this area.

I have checked the forcast for my race tommorrow. I race at 8.00 am. At this time the weather will only be 44 degrees with a 50% chance of rain (possibly including thunderstorms and hail) and a 10mph wind . I guess that if anything is going to 'Harden The Frog Up', it will be my first race!

Now, i don't want to 'do a Yanti' and end up with hypothermia by the time i cross the finish line but i am totally perplexed as to what to wear as i haven't really done much training in these sort of conditions and the little i have done, has been for a much shorter time period than my race.

My swim is not a problem as it is pool based.

I was planning to wear my tri shorts for the whole race and add a light weight t-shirt and lightweight hi-viz jacket at T1 for my bike. The jacket is not remotely waterproof and is there mainly to keep a little wind off me plus warn traffic as we are open roads. I wore it on my run in the rain a few days ago and was soaked within two minutes.

At T2 i was going to ditch the jacket.

If it rains, i am concerned that the cold will really affect my performance as i don't tend to feel warm when riding the bike anyway due to the wind chill, but this weather will take it down a whole new level. Should i cough up for a new riding jacket that is waterproof though i can't really afford one? Should i wear an extra layer under my existing jacket?

Finally, being 'follically challenged', my head can also get cold. I am thinking of wearing a woolly hat under my biking helmet. I have not done this before. Good idea or stupid?

Will keep checking the posts throughout the day in case you guys persuade me to get to the shops to pick up something useful.

Finally, thanks for all the great 'inspires' i have been sent. I have not replied to them cos i couldn't figure out how to do it but i think i might have solved that now. (its only taken three months)

cdban66 - 2012-04-21 9:18 AM OK, here is my day, offered as the antithesis to Kirk and Allen. Wake at 6:30, coffee. 7:00 am, get the smoker started, wood soaked overnight in beer & water. Rub the pork with a dry rub that includes brown sugar, salt, and a variety of spices. 7:15 am, place the pork in the smoker and then go run 48 minutes through the neighborhood. Get home, add more beer soaked wood to the smoker. Continue this for the next 6 hours. Eventually, I'll pull the pork and have friends over for a party. I may not be racing, but I still need to pace myself. Enjoy the racing Kirk and Allen. I am actually jealous that you're out there doing it. Smile all the while and you'll have memories to last you a good long time!

rrrunner - 2012-04-21 11:10 AM

Nothing to add for Allen, Felicia covered it quite well.  A warm jacket and something over the ears will help bunches.

I also second Felicia's assessment of In-N-Out, it IS the best burger on the planet.  We don't have one at home either so I only get it one or two times a year.

As for my race it is a relay called Baker to Vegas.  It starts in Baker, California and ends in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is 120 miles and each team has 20 runners.  I am leg 17.  This is my 3rd year on this team with this leg and I enjoy it.  I run from 7.5 miles out of Vegas to the very edge of Vegas so I get to run toward the Vegas city lights for most of my run.  I enjoy the 2 AM temps as compared to the folks running today (our team starts in about 2 hours) who will be facing 90 - 100 temps. Each runner is followed by a support car and those of us running at night wear a blinking vest. 

It's not a tri but I enjoy doing it. The teams consist of local, state and federal law enforcement from all over the US and around the world (last year I got passed by a guy from the Canadian Mounted Police).

KansasMom - 2012-04-21 2:43 PM

Did you actually ask that???

Only the best hamburgers in the world. I also crave their chocolate shakes. Fortunately, the closest one to us is about 1000 miles away. lol So I have an In and Out about once every three years.

ukweeble - 2012-04-22 2:01 AM

i guess the closest one to me must be 5000miles away, guessi'll just have to wait.