Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS)--OPEN (Page 45)

Congrats Ben on the 10k!  It's pretty amazing, now that you've raced that distance, a 5k will feel easy.  So then you'll try and speed up, and you'll be impressed with how much faster you're able to go.  as we all know, it's half mental!

Don't congratulate me on the wheel fix yet - I fixed the radial trueness and broke the lateral trueness...  

Ahh. That doesn't sound too good, but never mind, practice makes perfect :D

(now you've got me wondering if I should have a go at truing mine ... What could possibly go wrong..?)

Safe travels, Gretchen.  Looking forward to hearing all about your trip!

First 5:30 AM workout in like, I dunno, six months?  50 minutes on the trainer while my wife did some crazy Cindy Crawford workout DVD from the early 90s.  It's like borderline porn LOL.  Anyway, REALLY struggling on the trainer vs. feeling pretty good on the spin bike.  I think I've lost 40 watts off my FTP since November.  I used to be able to use the big ring all the time minus WU/CD, but now I have to stay in the small ring to stay aerobic. 

Oh, and I was cleared to swim.  Again.    Hopefully it goes better this time.  LOL

I'll do cassette changes and simple adjustments, but leave everything to the local wrenches.

Good luck with round 2 at the swim!

I have a more hate than love relationship with the trainer.  I seem to struggle much harder than on the road and never achieve much of a heart rate even still...  Although it seems better when doing intervals.

I've been MIA for a bit....work's been a bit crazy and I'm actually getting ready to head out on a riding/running vacation.  Starting with three days of riding Texas Hill Country tomorrow, and then heading out to Big Bend National Park for some more riding, running, hot spring lounging, picture taking fun

I finally finished up my race report from Galveston 70.3:  http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=546739&posts=1#M5218319

Hope the training, racing, traveling, and recovering is going well for everyone....and hope everyone is enjoying the occasional adult beverage!  There is a brewery out near Big Bend that I'll be hitting up next week

Originally posted by nicole14e

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

First 5:30 AM workout in like, I dunno, six months?  50 minutes on the trainer while my wife did some crazy Cindy Crawford workout DVD from the early 90s.  It's like borderline porn LOL.  Anyway, REALLY struggling on the trainer vs. feeling pretty good on the spin bike.  I think I've lost 40 watts off my FTP since November.  I used to be able to use the big ring all the time minus WU/CD, but now I have to stay in the small ring to stay aerobic. 

Oh, and I was cleared to swim.  Again.    Hopefully it goes better this time.  LOL

Yay, good luck with the swim!! Towson outdoor pool opens soon I honestly didn't even know they had one, but apparently outdoor masters practices start in May!

It's across the parking lot - from what I've heard it's a disaster during the summer.  The Fort Avenue pool has been open for like two weeks now.  Brrrrrr!!!!! 

Holy cow Gretchen.  It's adventurous, but not at all in the Indiana Jones way hahaha!

Great read and great job!!!  Thanks for sharing.

Hey All just checking in.  Getting closer and closer to my first Tri of 2017 and the start of Race Season.  June 10th everything gets rolling...

I'm ready - I could race a sprint right now - but none of my 3 disciplines are anywhere near where I want them.  My swim is as slow as ever, though I can swim longer easier.  Just need a lot more pool time to work on speed but of course life constantly interferes.  I need 3 swims a week and I'm lucky to get one.  

Also feeling like I need 3 bikes and 3 runs a week.  I just don't have time with family and life stuff.  Keep waiting for it to let up and it keeps not happening.  I think I'm going to have to start adopting early morning workouts, which I've never had to resort to in the past...  I feel like I had more time for training last year even while overlapping with my wife's crazy 70.3 training.  And this year she's not working out at all.  

I think I may be just letting life get in the way and putting my workouts as lowest priority.  I gotta stop that - any tips?

+1 on getting up and getting the workouts in, and putting them in a calendar.  It took a while for me to become a morning workout person, but once I got there it made a big difference.  If you can get in like 4-5 hours or decent training first thing, then your afternoon workouts can be short and you can fit them in where you can.  Then you just have to get used to 2-a-days, which is a whole other matter... 

Hi Matt! That sounds hardcore, but fun

I've had most of the week 'off' because of a sketchy knee, plus my wife been away at a conference so I couldn't leave my young son at home.

So finally this morning she was back home & I immediately ran out to practice Bricks & I spent the rest of the afternoon buzzing, even though most of the ride was in a storm so by the time I got to the run my shoes were full of water. It still felt great to be back out again

(When I say I had the week 'off', I still managed to go climbing & swimming with my boy, just not any real lengths. Actually, I also finally taught my son to ride his bike, so a pretty good week in many respects!)