Jon Metz's Group - FULL (Page 5)

mcox06 - 2010-04-22 5:46 PM Well I'm going to the book store tomorrow or Saturday to get the Triathlete magazine you referenced.  Would you consider that a good plan over the one on this site?

mcox06 - 2010-04-23 7:33 AM I am so happy today.  I swam my first 500m straight without any break.  I started out with 2 x 250m 1x 300m 1 x 500m then 2 x 100m.  I have a meeting with a tri coach next Friday to go over my form.  Hopefully this will be very productive.  I might also get him to coach me for a longer time.  Anyone heard of oneononeendurance.com.  This is the guy that happens to be local to my area.  Plus he knows the guys I workout with now and occasionally trains with them and gives some pointers.  I'm very excited!

Also when I swim easy it seems like I could stay at the pool longer than the recommended time from my program.  Ie today was 40 mins but I went over accidentally to 45mins.  But I could have stayed an hour....Does this mean I should try and do more intense shorter intervals?

Aneides - 2010-04-23 2:11 PM So one of my stupid questions is about tri specific tops.  I'm looking into getting one, and was under the impression the handiness of their design is you put it on and wear it for the whole race.  So, wear it under your wetsuit?  Because if you don't I'd think you could easily also just wear a cycling jersey.

Which brings me to my next stupid question series, where do race belts fit into this?  How necessary are they?  Do you wear those under your wetsuit, or wait and put your bib on in transition?  Wouldn't the bottom of the bib fly up a bit?  Why do we have bibs if they write on us?  Do all tris have bibs?

Just trying to figure out what I'll need for race day....

mponder - 2010-04-23 2:16 PM

Speaking from experience, I would say yes, definitely wear your tri top under your wetsuit AND get a race belt. I didn't do either of those and ended up spending 8:42 in T1 getting both on. Had I already had my top on and a race belt I would have had an average T1 and finished 15 or so places higher.

mponder - 2010-04-16 4:00 PM I need some good motivation and a mentor. I just completed my first sprint on 4/10 (0.5m/10m/4m) in 1:25:53, and got the tri bug, which I knew I would. I'm competing in St. Anthony's (OLY) on 4/25 in St. Pete, FL with a goal time of 3:20.

My story: Played hockey in college and studied engineering, graduated, stopped working out and started sitting at a desk, then got out of shape and overweight. About two years ago I was tired of feeling, well... blah, I got back into the gym and started running. Last year I started swimming, and this year I got into tri's. In the last two years I've dropped 25lbs and I'm now back to my college weight.
I'm very competitive with myself and would like some tips from experienced triathletes to better my results.

se7930 - 2010-04-25 8:00 PM Race Report from my Sprint today

total time was 1:22 and change ... at the time of the posting that was 17th in my age group and I think I probably stayed somewhere around there. The final results arent up yet so I dont have a breakdown of the times and I want to compare them against what I have for the bike and run (I didnt time the swim, apparently too nervous to remember to start my watch when I jumped in the pool)

All in all, I think it went well.. pool swim was crazy. somone going in about every 5 seconds so the last 5 or 6 lengths bottle necked at the turns and really slowed me down. T1 was good. no issues at all getting in and out of transition. had everything laid out and ready and I thought I did pretty good here. The bike was a good ride with a mix of hills and flat terrain however I think I left some time on the course here. I didnt know what to save for the run so I took this a little easier than I probably could have. Going uphill in a 20mph wind is always fun! T2 was good. got in and got out quickly. (note to self) get some of the quick cinch shoe laces! going out on the run, it took about 3/4 to 1 mile to really get my legs under me again, at least thats what I thought at the time, but mile 1 was my fastest, mile 3 was 2nd fastest and mile 2 was my slowest ...

I felt really good when it was all over with as I can say I completed my first triathlon. I have another Sprint in 3 weeks but it has a longer swim and bike and the swim is in open water, so a new set of challenges await!

Thanks Jon for all your help so far!

I just looked up your race results. You hit your goal time! Great job!

jonmetz - 2010-04-25 7:05 PM Sounds great! You will take something away from every race (and workout) that you do. Again great job. I look forward to helping you in anyway that I can in the coming months!

se7930 - 2010-04-25 7:00 PM Race Report from my Sprint today

total time was 1:22 and change ... at the time of the posting that was 17th in my age group and I think I probably stayed somewhere around there. The final results arent up yet so I dont have a breakdown of the times and I want to compare them against what I have for the bike and run (I didnt time the swim, apparently too nervous to remember to start my watch when I jumped in the pool)

All in all, I think it went well.. pool swim was crazy. somone going in about every 5 seconds so the last 5 or 6 lengths bottle necked at the turns and really slowed me down. T1 was good. no issues at all getting in and out of transition. had everything laid out and ready and I thought I did pretty good here. The bike was a good ride with a mix of hills and flat terrain however I think I left some time on the course here. I didnt know what to save for the run so I took this a little easier than I probably could have. Going uphill in a 20mph wind is always fun! T2 was good. got in and got out quickly. (note to self) get some of the quick cinch shoe laces! going out on the run, it took about 3/4 to 1 mile to really get my legs under me again, at least thats what I thought at the time, but mile 1 was my fastest, mile 3 was 2nd fastest and mile 2 was my slowest ...

I felt really good when it was all over with as I can say I completed my first triathlon. I have another Sprint in 3 weeks but it has a longer swim and bike and the swim is in open water, so a new set of challenges await!

Thanks Jon for all your help so far!

amyjotris - 2010-04-26 9:27 AM

Congrats!! Nice job! Hope everyone had a great weekend.

se7930 - 2010-04-26 2:40 PM I am about to embark on my HIM training program I printed from the BT site. On most days it has a swim and a bike or swim and a run, etc ... I assume unless otherwise notated, that these do not have to be done back to back? for example Monday has a 40 minute run RPE 3 then a swim (long day) wu with 200 swim,200 kick, 200 pull, then 1x1500 REP 4 and a cool down ... does it matter if one of these is in the morning and one is in the afternoon or is it better if I do them in succession.

amyjotris - 2010-04-26 3:50 PM

When I trained for Ironman..I took what I could get.  I did part of my workout in the morning and part in the afternoon.  I think it all depends on your life,  family time...job...etc.  I do not think it has to be done back to back.

mponder - 2010-04-26 3:36 PM Just posted my RR from St. Anthony's if anyone is curious.

se7930 - 2010-04-27 9:18 AM When doing swim work 4x100 or 8x100, should I keep my rest in between to 30 seconds or less, or should I be closer to 1 minute in between?

jonmetz - 2010-04-27 9:14 AM The rest period between sets will change based on the focus of the workout. However, somewhere between 20-30 seconds is probably good. If you want to change it up a bit you can change the rest interval. For example the 4X100 could look like this (100 and rest for 30 sec., 100 and rest for 25 sec., 100 and rest for 20 sec., 100 and rest for 15 sec.).