kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 44)

Except its hard for me to keep my cadence up when you're riding so very slow . . .

You could trade -- foregoing for long run on Sunday in exchange for registering for IMTX.

OUCH...that'll leave a mark

Ah the humor in here this morning. 

Shaun- just change your screen name to TheRealityCheck or something.  KQ running a 20 minute mile.  I'm hoping before age 40 and think that's ambitious.

Kelly-  I like the way you think.  May throw that idea out there and see how quickly it gets crushed.  Not to paint the wife in a bad light though.  She has a schedule to have us out of debt totally minus the house and cars by November so IMTX entry really isn't conducive to it.  I get it. 

It is one thing to crush dreams with and vinegar to be spiteful, it is entirely different to do it with facts and reality, you only provided facts and reality, it is up to the person involved to accept the challenge they lay before themselves and either succeed or fail.

I'd rather someone crush my dreams with vinegar and spite.  At least that way I can just write them off as being an ahole, and continue in my own little dream world where I crush Lieto on the bike daily.

and then crumble like Lieto on the run?  Once again, there's no such thing as a good bike followed by a bad run . . . ask Shaun.

If the wife won't let you do IMTX what ar her thoughts on Galveston 70.3 (I'm planning on doing on TX double next year -- Galveston in April and IMTX in May).

To be slightly more serious, I know everyone has been training and figuring out schedules, I thought it might be a good time to post what your racing plans are for this summer / year.

Here are mine:

06/05/2011 - Rev3 Quassy Aquabike, CT®
06/12/2011 - Tour of Quabbin 125 Miles, MA®
06/18/2011 - Patriot Aquabike, MA®
07/03/2011 - A Tri in the Buff, NY®
07/24/2011 - Ironman Lake Placid, NY®
08/07/2011 - Niantic Bay Sprint, CT 
08/21/2011 - AG Nationals Burlington, VT®
08/25/2011 - QT2 Vermont Training Camp, VT®
09/24/2011 - Chesepeakeman Skipjack, MD
11/05/2011 - Ironman Florida, FL®

It's funny because he's from here, or at least part of high school, and should know how to deal with the conditions.  Oh and I'm down for Galveston.  Flat and if the wind stays down REALLY fast.

Rest of my year is:

Sylvan Beach Sprint (1100m swim though)- June 12th

Bridgeland Sprint- First weekend in August

Clear Lake Int'l Oly- Last weekend in August

Austin 70.3- Oct. 23rd.

Looking for solid bike or run only events to participate in too.

Cool, so you I will see you guys in Mass, and i want pics if you are racing in the buff in July

Good man there saying what we were thinkin

Schedule

june 5 2011  Tri ridgefield sprint

June 18 Patriot Half Iron

June 25 CT state crit chams

July 10 Mossman Sprint Tri and Rudedog BeerBQ version 3.0

July 24 Amica 19.7 sprint tri

August 10 Tokeneke Classic road race

thinking about skipping Cranberry

Sept 11 Vineyard warrior Oly

a few other bike races as i decide how much i can/want to race

Well that's disappointing. 

On a serious note I'm thinking about getting NASM and USAT Level 1 certified in the next year.  Working behind a desk is slowly killing me.  Bad side effect is Cindy, the wife, is thinking about doing a HM in November and wants me to train her.  This could end poorly.  I'm okay training people that I have only a professional relationship with.  If they skip workouts I'm fine and adapt.  If she skips workouts I start thinking about all the time she spent watching shows on the DVR where she could be training and get snippy.

When Kel initially mentioned that race, I got excited.  When she explained it in detail, I wanted to sue the RD for false advertisement.

These are my definitely doings:

7/31 - Cochiti Olympic Tri

8/27 - Hotter than Hell 100

Maybe list:

7/16 - Santa Fe Sprint Tri

9/10 - Crooked Roubaix

9/25 - Elephantman Olympic Tri

You attorney's always trying to sue someone. 

My rt hip is sore today. Well, it was yesterday too when I ran. Just kind of tight I guess. Ran anyway, which probably wasn't ideal.

It's sore at the front of the hip, kind of right where the pelvic bone sticks out, if that makes sense. 

Any stretches/ideas out there? 

if anyone wants to see what a very fast crit looks like on paper, here is my garmin from last night, the only thing it does not show is HR, i forgot my strap, kinda bummed i would bet i averaged almost 160bpm

it was a 30 lap race, the auto lap missed a few times, notice the 30 hill repeats in the elevation change and the speed fluctuation, serious ebb and flow in a race, each one of those hills i am putting anywhere from 6-900 watts out to go up at the speeds you need to keep with the field.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/88046018

My summer looks like this:

June 12 - Wendy's International Triathlon sprint distance (Columbus, OH)

June 26 - A Most Excellent Race 10k (in my hood...really big event)

July 10 - Lorain summer sprint triathlon (Lorain, OH)

August 7 -  Cleveland sprint triathlon

August 28 - Chicago Triathlon olympic distance

I want to find another HM for October, and I may add the Huntington Beach sprint tri on July 26.  All of my training is geared toward the Chicago olympic.  Has anyone here done the Chicago Triathlon before? 

I'm actually starting to think ahead to my next season.  I want to do Eagleman 70.3 next June.  I'll need to register for that in a couple weeks.  I'm also going to do the Chicago Marathon (my first at this distance). 

I am being a total smartass, but can one RUN a 20 min/mile?

I am slow, but that seems like even a slow walk.

OK, race schedule totally changed and up in the air right now.  Did PT today.  Strained hip flexor and swim Monday without the pull buoy likely irritated it which is why it hurt so much Tuesday.

So, dropping olympic triathlons, but may try to do a couple sprints.  I mean I just bought the darn wetsuit so I have to use it right???  Plus, water is WAY TOO COLD right now anyhow.

For sure races:

Soldier Field 10 Miler - this weekend (PT mention he would probably not do this race, does that mean I shouldn't???  I mean it was listed in Active.com's 10 best Memorial Day Races, and one of my fundraising races - may be race day decision)

Elgin Fox Trot 5k - this weekend (my nephew is doing the kids tri Sunday and running this with me Monday)

Pleasant Prairie Sprint tri - June 26

Peapod Half Madness - early Sept

Fox Valley 20 Miler - Sept 20

Chicago marathon - Oct 9