kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 - CLOSED (Page 45)

Upstate NY (Geneva) Mussleman is an awesome race, Patriot Half in Mass is a flat fast course that is great for newbies to that distance. I have a personal anti WTC feeling as they tend to target dates to directly compete and take over smaller local races that are very successful, so they could give me a free entry and i would still not do one of their races.  I would look at race reports for the Pocono race, which i believe was new last year, i heard the course was hilly and hot, but September weather is hit and miss up here.  You could also look at the Toughman course here in Westchester county, i believe it is also September, it is a rolling slightly hilly course run by a very good race director that gets a lot of great reviews.

Good luck!!!!

RockTractor - 2012-01-25 8:19 AM

abqtj - 2012-01-24 8:11 PM

I hate Coach Troy

Spinervals session over at Jay's house this evening. 5 of us in his garage on our trainers. Good lord did it get hot and STINK in there by the end LOL

Way better than riding the drainer alone...!

Man there sure is a shortage of hair in that garage.

In this vein the WTC just move the Galveston 5150 even to the weekend after a prominent local oly distance race in town.  All the elites are still doing the local race from what I can tell.  The local puts on a much better race anyway.

Poconos this year was a bit of a disaster.  Swim was cancelled and the weather involved pouring rains and temperatures in the 50s.  Historically late September in Poconos has sketchy weather (for the past two years the weather on race weekend has been cold and rainy). 

In addition the courses were not finalizend until right before the race.  The bike course they ended up using is hilly, there were some reports on ST stating that it was unsafe (e.g. rain, blind corners, nasty descents and wet leaves).  The race also didn't come naywhere near selling out, which would explain the Schwaggle deal.

If you want to do a half, I think there's no question that you can be ready to complete the distance.  If you're looking for a faster course later in the year, I would look at the Chesepakeman Skipjack in Maryland and FIRMman in Rhode Island, both of which are in September and neither of which sells out. 

I believe WTC moved the date of the Syracuse 70.3 to compete with Musselman. 

We told Jay we were going to shave his head. He's the only one with a full head of hair (and was taking the pic, so off camera).

70.3 Syracuse is June 24th

Musselman is July 13-15

For those of you in the Northeast --

Check out the contest on the Hartford Track Club Page -- http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/50013510898/ -- to win a free entry to the 2012 1/4 Marathon

I thought I would say hello.   I have been busy lately so not much time around BT.  I did get my 910 the other day so I am going to take it for a run.  I am not the quickest when it comes to technology so it is crazy to see how much it does and its on my arm instead of on a desk.  I did swim with it and wasnt real impressed as it screwed up my distance.  The next thing is trying to figure out how to get the info to my training log.  I am sure I will recruit the wife for that...

I hope everyone has a good day.

Morning everyone! Got in a good hour long run last night and we have our first track session of the year for my tri club tonight. Our track coach doesn't officially start until Feb 15th so I'm "coaching" the workout tonight. Should be fun!

Karen and Jen hope you feel better - I seem to be fighting off a cold right now too. It's no fun.

Since I'm out west I can't help much with the HIM recommendations but I always seem to hear a lot of great things about Musselman. I went to college in the Finger Lakes so I'm partial to that area of NY.

Here's a study:

http://advancedmusclescience.blogspot.com/2012/01/fed-vs-fasted-cardio.html

Where did you go to school?

Morning, all!  I was up for an early run, and then I'll probably hit the pool tonight (if my sinuses aren't too congested).  I'm really not good at motivating myself for these evening swims, so I'm really thinking that it's time to join the masters team.  They meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30-9.  Fits the schedule, as my husband doesn't get home until 6-6:30.  I'm going to email the coach today and see if it's a good fit for me.

^^^Thinking of joining masters again myself.  I was trying to not pay to swim since I already have a gym membership with a pool.  But, I really made improvements when I was swimming consistently.  And masters made me be more consistent because I was paying for it!

My sore throat is better today, but now I can feel whatever I have moving to my chest.  Being sick sucks!  I used to never get sick, but have been sick 3 times this past year.  Not happy about that.

I did get my run & bike in last night, so that was good.

Today I have weights (do at lunch) and then an easy bike tonight.  Should be able to do both no problem.

Swam 2500 this morning

Last 500 was 8:46

It was supposed to be straight but my 500 splits are all srewed up since I can not cout past 5 send my back to Pre-K.

I hate counting laps in the pool.

I hope my Garmin 910XT shows up soon!!

1600 in the pool this morning.  T/TH my tri club pretty much takes over the pool at our gym.  It's fun, makes me accountable to my friends and give me someone to chase.  Hit the weights and core afterwards.  Will get some trainer time at lunch. 

On the sleep front we decided a few nights ago to pull the trundle out on Reagan's bed and throw Abby in there with her.  Seems to be working.  Fingers crossed.  We're going to start trying for #3 sometime this summer I think so it's a good test run anyway since they'll end up sharing a room and Abby's room will become a nursery.

Its a work out I do once every 4th week to see progression and progress.

It also helps me mentally to focus on the little things rather then set times.

Also in case you didn't know Ironman  is a 4224 yards contineous swim.(JK)

I LOVE THE BLACK LINE!!

I'm waiting for my Garmin 910, too.  Better get here soon.  LOL

Yeah, I'm actually thinking about dropping my gym membership if the masters team works out.  It would save my family a lot of money.  We're selling our house and moving closer to the lake, so it will be a lot easier to get in open water swim on the weekends this summer.

So you had a good experience with masters swim?  I don't know why I've been hesitant to join.  I guess I just feel like I'll be the slowest one there, and it will be humiliating (or I won't be able to keep up or something).  I need to set my pride aside and do what will make me a better swimmer.

Hope you feel better soon.