Slornow's and Wannabefaster's Summer Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 46)

Randy, I actually sat for about 2 hours and researched how to treat these abrasions and the majority suggests tegaderm to be the best. I went out and bought a few packages. So far they have been working pretty good. 

I am feeling pretty good today. I mean the road rash hurts but I am not very sore anywhere else. I will take it easy for another day or two. I know swimming will be out for probably two weeks but there is nothing I can do about that. The only good thing about the crash ... a NEW helmet :-)

After IM, I take a full two weeks off from anything SBR.  If the body is up for it, I spend time hiking, doing cross training like TRX and walking the dog.  I then add SBR back in, but only do what I want with no real training or Garmin to be a slave to. After a month I begin focusing on the Fall running season which is my favorite of the three sports so it keeps me jazzed.  Do lots of 10Ks, maybe a half marathon just to have some goals.

Slornow=slower now. Pretty basic....but I'm trying as hard as I can to keep it from being accurate

Funny how you will look at a screen name and think it means/represents one thing when it actually means something else. I know Nancy said hers (hope I'm right) was short for "golf princess". I look at it and my mind sees "golf pro Nancy"...basically the same but its what comes to mind    

Race report from the weekend is done. Not nearly as entertaining as the ones we have been reading lately:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=495317&posts=1&page=1

Good morning all-busy day at work so was at the pool at 5am to get my swim in. Hate getting up that early for a swim but feels so good to get it out of the way. Track intervals this evening.

Anybody racing this weekend?

Question for the group. How much attention due you pay to your USAT ratings after races? Do you check just to see what it is? Never check/don't care? Or, check regularly?

For those of you that may not have known that you received a USAT "score" for each race here is the link:

http://membership.usatriathlon.org/RNK_Ranking_Report_wrapper.aspx

Enjoy the day! 

Jason-I agree that the rankings site is a mess.  You may not have anything posted yet for 2013 as it typically takes several weeks or more for the USAT to get the results then run them through the computer to generate the ratings. My races from June 1 and June 9 and not posted yet.

I don't use the ratings/rankings for showing whether I may be faster or slower than another racer but more as a year to year metric to see if I am improving. The USAT formula for computing the ratings is odd and much depends on who is racing in a particular event. I've had some of my lower ratings in races where I felt like I raced really well. I take it all with a grain of salt. But, I do use it to set some annual goals.