Gary's Mentor Group - Re-OPENED for Training (Page 50)

And I thought 38 was cold. Hope you have a good race and they have a good turnout.

Let us know how it goes.

Shelly

Texas - nice job on the PR!

Moto - hope the race went well!

Fit - I am soooo jealous, I ordered mine in december but won't get it until late February.  Since I only paid around $300 with free shipping I can't complain too much.  I am using my HR strap from my 405

18 mile ride yesterday and a bit windy.  Today 15 miles but fast, pushed hard since I knew I didn't have a lot of time.  Ended up pulling for someone for 10 miles, great motivation to work hard.

BTW, if you want motivation to stick with Tris:

http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2012/01/at-74-years-oldthese-are-your-legs-on-triathlon-these-are-your-legs-without-triathlon.html

Congrats on the PR!

Nice job!  At least the wind dies down.

Well time is all relative. For me that time would be smoking fast- lol. My goal is to one day get to a 10 minute mile and 30:15 is actually faster than that. So I say you did a great job! Especially dealing with the cold- no way I could ever do 10 degrees. It makes me cold just typing that temp- lol.

kuddos,

Shelly

Gary,

I totally understand about being willing to wait in order to get the discount. I too would be waiting if the stars hadn't just aligned up right for me- lol. Just so happened that dh ordered through Amazon with a deal on Am EX rewards points at Christmas time. We didn't have to pay out of pocket at all and even only had to use 3/4 of the points it should have taken- so it translated into a 25% off discount. It was just my lucky day that some third party sellers on Amazon got them in stock so I could cancel the Amazon order and reorder through the third party seller. I totally would have waited otherwise as that's just too much extra money to spend just to get it a couple weeks sooner. I work too hard for my money. I got my email today saying that mine has been shipped. I can't wait. Now to figure out how to use it- lol!

I personally think that those who ordered on heartmonitors with the discount are crazy if they cancel and pay full price. But that's just me. I can get impatient but not enough to spend an almost extra 100 or so dollars. Or maybe they're just independently wealthy- lol. Then I'd say go for it.

Shelly

I want to be a 74 yr old with legs like that! I'm going to print this out and post it for motivation! I used an online life expectancy calculator yesterday to determine how close to 100 (a goal I've had since I was a kid) I will live. It said 98 based on my health scores from March 2011. I'll do it again this March when I get my new scores. It's kind of neat, if you want to check it out here it is.

http://calculator.livingto100.com/calculator

Nope, not closed and not too late.  Feel free to post an introduction of yourself and join the group.

Moto - congrats on a tough race!

Everyone, please make sure to update the race calendar so we all know when folks are racing.  I have the calendar set to send me notifications (and you can set it up the same).

Yesterday went for a short ride before my sons soccer game.  Decided to push a bit and on the way back I noticed that I had a rider drafting off me.  So I used it as motivation to push hard all the way back.  Good workout for me.  Today is a 6 mile run while kids are at church youth.

Diddo, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Walked/jogged with the dog this morning in full parka and snow boots. Got a mile in though. 20 degrees and a wind stong enough to make my eyes water.

Greetings Friends

Name: Yang

My Story: I am currently a college student studying nursing in Madison, WI.  I've always have participated in sports through out my time in school, be it wrestling to track. I love the energy you get from hearing the crowds cheering or crossing the finish line. I have ran many charity 5k and 10k events and wanted to try something new. Low and behold the only think I came to was to participate in triathlons! I'm super psyched to compete! I'm relatively new to the sport, but I think with guidance from my fellow veteran and newbie tri-athletes I'll be ready. My goal is to compete in an Iron man in the next few years and would love to make it to the IronMan Championship in my life time! It would be a life time accomplishment!I feel by having a mentor I can stay more focused and increase motivation on my work outs and I believe the correct thing to do is to surround yourself with people have a passion for this sport too! I have tons of questions, and am open to advice!

Current Training: swim 4+ miles a week,  bike 25 + miles a week, run 15 + miles a week. Also do strength training, and intense cardio workouts. Going to adjust my work out plan to Olympic - 3x Balanced - 20 Week training plan.

Game Plan: I have two main triathlon events I'd like to participate in this year:

1.) Capital View Olympic Distance Triathlon (June 10th)
:swim 1500 meters, bike 24.85 miles, run 6.2 miles

2.)Rev3 WI Dells Half distance Triathlon (August 12th)
:swim 1.2 Miles, Bike 56 Miles, Run 13.1 Miles

3.)Also, will be doing aquathons each month (May-August)
:swim 1000 Meters, Run 3.1 Miles

Yang - Welcome!

Couple of housekeeping items.  First PM me your email address so I can grant you access to our group calendar everyone will/has put their upcoming races on it.  2nd, plan on going thru the thread and reading as much of the previous posts as possible.  Lots of great info there just waiting to be read. 

Once the group is closed I will be posting a master list of all in the group.

Post an introduction and join the group!  If you go back thru the last few pages you will see several folks who have posted intros.  Use one of theirs as a model for yours.

Welcome!

Hey all.  Congrats on races and PRs.  I miss racing, has been since August, and I am jealous of all of you.

Just imported a 20 week HIM plan into my planned training.  I will start tomorrow.  Take a look and see if it looks reasonable.  I generated with the custom plan generator here on BT.

Hope all is well.

Rob

Gary,

Any room for one more??? Would love the motivation of others during the "cold winter months"!

Thanks!

MaryBeth

MaryBeth you are in!!