kenj's group closed, training hard and having fun!! (Page 5)

scraver - 2011-04-15 9:05 PM

Tomorrow, I am running in a 5k. We'll see!

GoGoGo - 2011-04-15 7:57 PM Practice is definitely the keys. As per any task, you gotta put in time. Time in the saddle & it will become second nature!!!

robingray_260 - 2011-04-15 8:18 AM

Julie - I live in Laramie - which is 1hr 15 minutes N. of Fort Collins and a couple hours away from Denver. Not many tri's here so most of the ones I will do will be in CO. (Pelican Fest Sprint in Windsor and Rattlesnake Oly in Aurora).

Ken - safe travels today! My DH is also in the air flying back home from D.C.

Weekend plans - I have my long run today - will be a little over 2hours (10-11miles). Which will be the longest ever! Easy recovery run tomorrow and then most likely take Sunday off. I am fortunate that I work from home and have a very flexible schedule so I usually do my long ride/runs durring the week so hubby (who is training for a century) can get his long rides in on the weekend.

I hope everyone has  a great Friday!!!!

GoGoGo - 2011-04-15 5:34 PM

So everyone has a bike. Excellent!!

Another QOTD, for those willing to playalong.

What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it.

Running and GI issues related to it.  I try to work on my running but I am not seeing much improvement. I will keep trying though.  I have an appointment with a sports nutritionist next Friday and hope he will be able to help me with the GI problems. That really is my biggest limiter.

GoGoGo - 2011-04-15 8:34 PM

Another QOTD, for those willing to playalong.

What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it.

For me it is definitely time.

scraver - 2011-04-15 8:05 PM

What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it.

Definitely time.  I have a husband, a son, a house, a full time job, a busy family and social life, and way too many hobbies.  It is VERY hard to cram everything in when there is only 24 hours in one day.  Luckily there is a gym at my work, so I work out during my lunch break.  I joined a second gym near my house that has a pool.  If I had all the time in the world, I would work up to working out 1 - 2 hours a day.  But, for now, I have to settle for about one hour a day.

 

Plans for the weekend:  Today I took the day off work and spent it doing some heavy lifting.  Cleaned out part of my basement, moved heavy things into the basement, cleaned out two bedrooms - which included separating a set of bunk beds into separate twin beds.  Please tell me this counted as strength training?

Tomorrow, I am running in a 5k.  Sunday - hubby is riding a bike race.  I am hoping to get to the pool on Sunday.  We'll see!

acv - 2011-04-15 8:57 AM

 

Hi everyone (I’m trying to catch-up, here’s my bio)

NAME: acv/ Adam

STORY: I'm a 42 years old.  I live on Long Island in New York.  My wife actually signed us up for our first tri. She never trained and I sort of trained for it. The kicker was that we had a wedding to go to the night before. I got 4 hours of sleep and almost packed it in during the swim. I was exhausted but pushed through to finish. It was a great experience! She never did the race and has never wanted to be involved in racing since.

This will be my 3^rd year doing tri’s. Last year I got into a good rhythm during the spring but had trouble in the summer and fall being consistent. This will be my second year being part of a mentor group.

FAMILY STATUS: I’ve been married 11 years, I have three children (all boys) 8, 6 and 2. I’m pretty busy with the family and being that spring has started that also means baseball and soccer has started for them. So if I don’t get my workout in early I may not get it in.

 CURRENT TRAINING: I‘ll be doing tri’s this year with a mix of running races for fun. I’ve been running and biking pretty consistently since the end Feb. I’ve been battling the cold and wind and darkness for a while now. Also my running has not been up to par. But I have been seeing the light at the end of the tunnel lately which is nice. The only downside to where I live is indoor pool access. I just don’t have any indoor pools in my area. I do all my training in open water and will start swimming mid May. The water temps are usually in the mid 50’s.

THIS PAST YEAR'S RACES: This past season I did a sprint in the summer and a sprint in the fall. I also did a 10K and a couple 5K’s last year.

2011 RACES:   I have a sprint in July and my first olympic length race in Oct. The footnote to the olympic length is that the RD is allowing you to upgrade to the HIM length up till August 15^th. The 2 races will be going on simultaneously. I always planned on doing an Olympic this year and HIM next but I’d really love to finish a HIM.

WEIGHTLOSS: I’m around 180 right now and was at 240 at one time. I need to stay active and be careful about what I eat in order to maintain my weight. I’d love to drop a few more pounds.

I’m excited to be part of another mentor group and this one looks really active which is nice!

amschrod - 2011-04-15 2:23 PM

It's good to see the group off to a nice start with some great people!

Regarding gogogo's bike question: I started training in 2006 on a hybrid that I already had and soon bought a used roadbike. In 2008 I got a Kuota K-factor which is a carbon fiber tri bike which I am very fond if, but I sometimes think I would like a new bike. Maybe I can convince my wife that a bike would be a great 25th anniversary present...

I like to go fast, but I get chicken when I get over 35 MPH or so.

8 mile hilly run on Saturday, and then a 35 or so mile very hilly ride on Sunday. My Duathlon in May is VERY hilly so I have to hit as many hills as possible.

Welcome back to NY, Ken, and everyone have a great weekend!

Anthony

robingray_260 - 2011-04-15 10:18 AM

Julie - I live in Laramie - which is 1hr 15 minutes N. of Fort Collins and a couple hours away from Denver. Not many tri's here so most of the ones I will do will be in CO. (Pelican Fest Sprint in Windsor and Rattlesnake Oly in Aurora).

Ken - safe travels today! My DH is also in the air flying back home from D.C.

Weekend plans - I have my long run today - will be a little over 2hours (10-11miles). Which will be the longest ever! Easy recovery run tomorrow and then most likely take Sunday off. I am fortunate that I work from home and have a very flexible schedule so I usually do my long ride/runs durring the week so hubby (who is training for a century) can get his long rides in on the weekend.

I hope everyone has  a great Friday!!!!

Viyoung - 2011-04-15 9:54 AM

GOGOGO, in response to your QOTD:

I have a hybrid bike, a Trek something or other.  My goal is to ride 3 x week and build up my strength.  I've been keeping the idea of trading it in for a beginner road bike.  I know Trek has a women's bike for @$500. 

But I need to prove myself "worthy" first.  I don't know if I'm ready to make the investment.

Great question!  Have a good one all,

julta - 2011-04-15 2:53 PM Robin I was wondering just how many tri's were up there. Training this weekend..It's suppose to in the upper 60's so I'm very excited to get out on my bike. Hoping for around 30 miles and then a run sometime around and 1:15 I think. And I guess I really should get my butt back to the pool...it's been a while.

GoGoGo - 2011-04-15 7:34 PM

So everyone has a bike. Excellent!!

Another QOTD, for those willing to playalong.

What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it.

For me it is definitely time.

How about you?

PS.  Ken, I assume you don't mind us playing while you are away.

PPS.  QOTD can be submitted by anyone, for a conversation point!

scraver - 2011-04-15 7:44 PM

Do you have a bike yet?

Kinda

If yes, what type?

I am using my bike that my parents bought for me in high school (stop laughing at me!).  That makes it about 16+ years old.  It is a GT Mountain Bike.

Are you comfortable clipping in?

Don't have clips.  Just riding in my running shoes!

Are you comfortable going fast?

Nope!  I rode my bike on Tuesday.  It was the first time in... well... quite a while.  It was awesome!  But I need practice.  Flying down hills is a bit scary.  

arrogant_bastard - 2011-04-15 6:27 PM In NY for the weekend so training will be low. But on a side note LET'S GO RANGERS...

scraver - 2011-04-15 8:05 PM

What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it.

Definitely time.  I have a husband, a son, a house, a full time job, a busy family and social life, and way too many hobbies.  It is VERY hard to cram everything in when there is only 24 hours in one day.  Luckily there is a gym at my work, so I work out during my lunch break.  I joined a second gym near my house that has a pool.  If I had all the time in the world, I would work up to working out 1 - 2 hours a day.  But, for now, I have to settle for about one hour a day.

 

Plans for the weekend:  Today I took the day off work and spent it doing some heavy lifting.  Cleaned out part of my basement, moved heavy things into the basement, cleaned out two bedrooms - which included separating a set of bunk beds into separate twin beds.  Please tell me this counted as strength training?

Tomorrow, I am running in a 5k.  Sunday - hubby is riding a bike race.  I am hoping to get to the pool on Sunday.  We'll see!

Kath2163 - 2011-04-15 8:59 PM

GI issues can be a challenge, but we can get into that discussion soon.  Sometime between now and Monday I will post my thoughts on run training.  Hopefully you can find some tidbits in that post that will help!

IceManScott - 2011-04-16 9:22 AM

 

Hey Ken, great to see you back mentoring.

Name is Scott.  Iceman is the nickname.  I also answer to Ice.  My nickname has a nickname.

59, racing at 60.  Three years into full triathlons, biked on relay teams for LiveSTRONG two years before that after beating cancer in 2006.  Started riding in 2005 at 50 inch waist about 400 pounds.

Did my first HIM last September, 6 hours, 8 mins.  Down for Wisconsin Ironman 9/11.  Favorite is the bike.  I love it.  I have several.  I bought a Giant TCRc1 as a gift for losing weight.  Then bought a used LeMond titanium frame and learned to build bikes.   Bought a used Orba Oru frame and built it up.  Both used frames were pristine so I got great bikes at half the cost.

Was on the swim team in high school.  Liked it.  When the weight loss slowed I started running and swimming to mix it up.  It worked and I got into doing full triathlons.  I have a sprint in June, Oly in July and the IM in September at this point.  Might work in a HIM beforehand. I weigh about 200 now, about 13% body fat (considered lean.  Measured at the local university scientifically.) 33 inch waist.

Recovering alcoholic/addict 22.5 years and counting.

I am coached by Vision Quest out of Chicago.  

Married 3 years to the best cheerleader/manager in the world.  Takes a special woman to jump on the cancer train after it has pulled from the station.  Three (step)daughters in a blended family that has four grandchildren.

I'm an outdoor writer, newspaper and magazine, living in Central Illinois. 

I've got my foot still in another group with a mentor who is also doing the Wisconsin IM.   I also post on the IM Wisconsin board.   Love the input and sharing here.  Mutual support is important.  Other than loving spouses, who understands this stuff than others who do it?

Today is a 90 min. bike with 2 X 20 mins @ 100% FTP and a 90 min run at half IM pace.

Good luck to all.

Ice.

 

 

julta - 2011-04-16 9:08 AM Wow Ice...what a story! You are a true inspiration in all that you have overcome! What is the single biggest impediment to your training & how do you deal with it My biggest impediment is me.....having been more or less sedentary for the first 35ish year of my life and being at heart a true lazy person who just happens to love triathlons, I need to learn to push through the pain. I'm getting better at it but I don't push myself near as hard as I should. Although I continue to get a little faster if I would push I believe I could see much bigger gains. Also I can talk myself out of workout pretty darn easy if I don't get done it early in the day.