HILDEBEAST'S Magnificently Motivational Mentor Group - CLOSED!!!! (Page 49)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

I had a really good race on Sunday.  39/225 overall and 2/15 in age group!!  Will post details in race report soon.

Welcome back Wilson!!!

Thanks for the welcome back.. .Holy $hit what a great result on your race Sunday.. Huge congrats... you deserved that one!!  We are amongst greatness here people!

Hilde, that cover is very very awesome!!!!  I love it and so creative.  Can you send me the jpg via email so I can print that out and scare some people.. Love it!!!  I look great on the cover, huh... LMAO...

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And.. Hope all you moms had a great day yesterday!!!  We did lots of celebrating for all the Moms at my house yesterday!

Back to the work week grind people... I bought an iPad 3 over the weekend... so now I will be mobile BTing it!

Wow, I didn't have to wait 3 weeks to a month to see Alex's log appear!!  Life MUST be slowing down!!

I had a nice run in the rain this morning, I'm quite proud of myself!

Great race Melanie!  You are FAST!

I got my bike yesterday and have started to get to know her.  I changed out the saddle.  I removed the toe cages (for now) and the extra pedal reflectors that held them on.  I added 2 mismatching bottle holders, LOL!  I put in a skewer that allows me to put it on my trainer. 

I'm currently investigating a chain rub on the front derailler.  It's not bad and I understand that some noise when cross chaining is expected.  The thing is that it seems to be there in either ring when on the smaller/outer sprockets.  I'll get a good look at it while its on the trainer.  Got some internet info to guide me a bit.

I may just learn much more about bike with these little tweaks.  I'm no mechanic, but I'm not too afraid to fiddle with some smaller adjustments.

Welcome back Alex!!

Have fun on your bike Andrea.

Must be something I ate...today I am feeling like a LEAN MEAN TRIATHLON MACHINE!!!

Well when you figure out what it was, PLEASE share!!!

Turns out that I just need to "trim" the front derailer in certain gears.  I hand pedaled on the trainer and watched how it worked.

Melanie – congrats on your race!  Nice job!

Andrea – have fun with the new bike!

I’m slowly getting back into training mode.  The next couple of weeks may be hit and miss though.  We’ve got DD’s HS graduation, my parents’ 50^th wedding anniversary (lots of family in town for that), plus assorted other things going on.  I tried to account for those things in my plan, but we’ll see how it goes. 

Need some opinions here on which tri to sign up for.  These are the ones I’m looking at (both sprints with pool swims):

7/29 – Tour de Kirkwood (400yd/12.3m/3m).  Pros – little bit shorter bike course, I’ve heard good things about it.   Cons – not really familiar with the course, most expensive.

8/19 – Alligator’s Creek (300yd/18.6m/3.1m).  Pros – I’ve done it before so I’m familiar with the course, it’s practically in my backyard.  Cons – longer bike course, very hilly bike and run courses.

Right now I’m leaning towards Kirkwood with Alligator’s Creek a close second.  I considered doing both but don’t think the budget will allow it.  Since the bike is where I still need a lot of work, I’m thinking that the shorter/less hilly bike course might make Kirkwood the better choice.  Any thoughts?

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If you do Alligator with the harder bike, would it push you to train harder on the bike over the next two months??  If so I say, go for the one that will be more challenging.  If you don't think it will push you, then I say go for the one that you think will be more fun!

X3 - I'd do the one I'd be most proud of when it was all said and done. This whole adventure for me is about pushing my limits. But as everyone else has mentioned, that is my own personal mindset. 

We have racers this weekend!!!  Give them some love....

Joe has a 20 mile run on Saturday... with horrid hills, so he equates it to a marathon!  Go Joe, KILL dem hills!!

Melanie has ANOTHER tri on Sunday... hopefully she can quit slacking taking 2nd place and snatch the 1st place or Master's award this time.  Jeez Melanie, speed it up!! 

And Kristen has a 10K on Sunday.  Go get it Kristen!!!!

Good luck and good training to the rest of you!!!  I have discovered that Motivation comes in many shapes and sizes.... when it disappears when you want to train, it appears when you are eating!  I am really feeling the string of peachy days I've put in, body was just plain tired when I got home yesterday in spite of the fact that I actually got out a little early, so I bagged a brick I had planned.  And yet I had NO problems stuffing my face with whatever I could get my hands on!!!  Then again, I had to eat my lunch at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, so no wonder I was starving at 3!!  I did get a bunch of stuff caught up on that I needed to, so not a total waste.

I had my first "getting to know" my bike ride today. 

Shifting: At times I shifted the opposite way to what I intended.  I'll have to ride more outside to get the hang.

Braking: I find that I tend to brake with the rear brake only.  Probably from stories of my Mom mistakenly laying on the front brake as a child and flipping over.  I need to use both at times.  Also, I feel like I'm able to squeeze the brake better from the drops.  I'm sure I look strange with on hand in the drops pulling the brake lever. 

Seat: My butt is fine even with "only" tri-shorts on.  I did swap the original seat out as it seemed narrow and hard.  I think it's at a pretty good height, angle and distance from bars.

My tri bike is most comfortable with the tri-suit.  My bike shorts with bigger pads aren't as comfortable for some reason.  

So that's terrific you've found a seat that works for you so soon!  Have fun on it!