Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 50)

Originally posted by kevinbe

missed my lift today. Took the older kids camping last night along the river. My 8 yr. old caught her first of many trout on her new "adult" Barbie shakespere fishing rod. She's "hooked". She says "dad, now we need to go fishing all the time!" That brought a smile to dad's face.

Wife has Weight Watchers meeting tomorrow morning, and I'm moving a friend, so no go for lift tomorrow. Maybe get a run in tomorrow evening. Still on for my Sunday "long" run. 6.2 miler. 8.2 miler next week. Getting all fired up out here on the left coast. Thanks Alex for the motivation!

Originally posted by kevinbe

missed my lift today. Took the older kids camping last night along the river. My 8 yr. old caught her first of many trout on her new "adult" Barbie shakespere fishing rod. She's "hooked". She says "dad, now we need to go fishing all the time!" That brought a smile to dad's face.

Wife has Weight Watchers meeting tomorrow morning, and I'm moving a friend, so no go for lift tomorrow. Maybe get a run in tomorrow evening. Still on for my Sunday "long" run. 6.2 miler. 8.2 miler next week. Getting all fired up out here on the left coast. Thanks Alex for the motivation!

Originally posted by thor67

I think everyone should sign up for Challenger Penticton next year. Beautiful location and great weather. They are also adding shorter races next year! David can get his fill of Molson Canadian...

Originally posted by kevinbe

Cedar point. You and Fam can enjoy the awesomeness that is the worlds best roller coaster park after you kick A$$ on one flat REV 3. Your family will love you forever. It's a win/win. +, what good beer is in Quebec anyway, Labatt's? No thank you. (spoken for a Pacific Northwest pov.) Boo on Tremblant, Yeah on Cedar Point.
Screw the Mdot, 140.6 makes you a bad a$$ regardless of corporate affiliation. If you have any leave saved up, you can plan it with your school ahead of time and take a week off to just chill and refocus after your crushing successful 140.6 finish.

Originally posted by kevinbe

missed my lift today. Took the older kids camping last night along the river. My 8 yr. old caught her first of many trout on her new "adult" Barbie shakespere fishing rod. She's "hooked". She says "dad, now we need to go fishing all the time!" That brought a smile to dad's face.

Wife has Weight Watchers meeting tomorrow morning, and I'm moving a friend, so no go for lift tomorrow. Maybe get a run in tomorrow evening. Still on for my Sunday "long" run. 6.2 miler. 8.2 miler next week. Getting all fired up out here on the left coast. Thanks Alex for the motivation!

Originally posted by NeverTri'd

Well, just when I thought my race season was over, I have now found a race in October! Still trying to decide if I'm going to go for it. Since school has started back I'm now having to do some pretty fancy scheduling to get anthing other than a run in. Going today to do my first bike ride in two weeks. Been tough with one kid in soccer, the other in softball, and the wife in class two nights a week. Now I know what people go through who don't have the advantage of having two months off in the summer!

Here's my potential race schedule for the fall. What do y'all think?
9/7 - 10K
10/12 - Sprint Tri
11/2 - Half Marathon
Probable a couple of 5K's somewhere in between. I'm hoping that building up to the HM in November will pay off on my running times and fitness. 10K is the most I've ever done.

Another thing...I'm not sure I'll need a wetsuit for the Oct. Tri being down here in Mississippi, but I'll probably need to get one for early spring next year. What recommendations do y'all have? Brand, sleeves or no sleeves etc? Thanks everyone!

Originally posted by Qua17


Bill: That is awesome. It sounds like a great plan. A race a month is perfect and will give you a little time to rest before bumping up the training to attain your next goal.

As someone who loves to race - I get the idea of throwing in a few 5k's but I would think twice about doing so. Races force you to go hard (which is one of the reasons why I like them) but when you add in additional training for the next race - you can end up injured if you don't give yourself a little downtime. So I would be cautious. However, if you just wanted to run in the 5k as part of a training run - then by all means go for it.

As for the wet suit, I bought the one that's always advertised on this site You're picking a good time of year to buy one. People will be selling their old ones and if getting a good deal on a really good suit appeals to you - then by all means pull the trigger.

Keep up the great work. Did you manage to find a ride to that race

Originally posted by Qua17

Just wanted to check in this morning. Sorry for the # of posts this morning - Alex has me all fired up!

My plan to day is to listen to my body and go for a walk. My ITB's and Achilles are still bugging me so I will compromise and just walk. If I feel good tomorrow, I will go on a short recovery ride before taking the day off on Monday.

I also just wanted to let the group know what I am up to today. Thanks to my beloved wife for the freedom - I'm going to brew beer with my church this morning and then pick hops at the local brewery this afternoon. Does it get any better?

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

I have a question for my friends. My wife has had a bad year of training and hasn't really done anything near what she wanted to do. Tomorrow is the Chicago triathlon and she is signed up for the olympic. I am relatively sure (80% ) She can finish, but it's probably going to be like 5 hours. She is debating whether it is worth it. She is in an early wave and the event is huge, so the cutoff isn't an issue. She is worried that it wont mean anything to her since she hadn't really trained and won't run the race she wants. She will wind up walking the run portion.

What do you folks think?

Originally posted by Burd



Tough one. I am going to leave this to the more experienced but put my two cents in here as well. For me personally if I could finish the race I would do the race. If I had to walk so be it but I still finished. Since I have only done one tri I can't speak from much experience but I had a blast and just being there doing it made my day. My time wasn't what I really wanted but I wanted the whole experience of just doing it. Since she has done them the same reason I had may not be there but if any spark is there go for it. If she feels so under trained that she may find injury then it's not worth it, IMO. Can she herself in the medal and t-shirt? If so then race that bad boy! Use the fishing slogan here...a bad day of racing is better than a good day at work.

Originally posted by Qua17





I tend to agree with Alex. I would think that going to the race and supporting you and not doing the race would be pretty painful.

Perhaps she could make it her goal to push herself for the swim and bike and then challenge herself to be the best cheerleader she can be during the run. I've got two other people I know doing the race and I know it would be a huge benefit to them to get some positive feedback from the course during the race.

I'm not coming off as all knowing... I completely get the frustration. And my heart goes out to her. I was supposed to do a half in two weeks and instead will struggle to finish the sprint - but it was more important to me not to give up...

Good luck to the two of you making the decision.

And I hope you have an absolute blast!

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

I have a question for my friends. My wife has had a bad year of training and hasn't really done anything near what she wanted to do. Tomorrow is the Chicago triathlon and she is signed up for the olympic. I am relatively sure (80% ) She can finish, but it's probably going to be like 5 hours. She is debating whether it is worth it. She is in an early wave and the event is huge, so the cutoff isn't an issue. She is worried that it wont mean anything to her since she hadn't really trained and won't run the race she wants. She will wind up walking the run portion.

What do you folks think?

Originally posted by SportzVision

Soooo last Saturday I did a local sprint tri. I was really nervous because I hadn't trained for two months. I ran three times prior to the race and suffered the sciatic pain something awful after my 3 mile run/walk. My leg hurt so bad the day before that I could not even sit at work I had to stand. Husband asked, as I was wiping the dust off my bike, if I should do this race since I was ill prepared, injured and would be taking a risk of further injury. This was something that needed to be done. I needed to know my true grt, that I had not been beaten by injury, and to not let fear stop me. Despite wanting to take the path of least resistance I assured him i would stop if the pain was "wrong" and would call him. So the goal was just to finish, no expectations, and race with a pleasant face blah blah blah.

Happy to report, though I had some pain I had no major issues during the race. Took a little time to stretch in T2, I had to keep my bike in an easy spin gear because pushing did cause pain in my glute/sciatic spot. I of course had noooo endurance on the run and walked a lot! I did not find out my time because I had to head to Lake Tahoe for a retreat for our U of Nevada ambassadors. The cold water of the Lake felt amazing on my legs by the way. Before heading to the Lake I stuck around long enough to hear the places for my age group. I did not place but I hadn't really expected to. I was disappointed because the third place winner in my age group finished with a time that was 13 minutes longer than my time from last year. Damn! I really added over 13 mins to my time?

Well it took me a week to get the courage to look at my exact time. Come to find out I took 2nd in my age group. i actually did all the events faster but because I took the time to stretch my T2 was longer! Yeah! I only added 4 mins to my time from last year! I feel so much better!

Oh and sorry i haven't been logging or on here...Students moved into the dorm last week and i had parents at my desk crying, on the phone yelling and everything in between! I am fried and fried. Also, I found a running group in my town Whooo hoo! Sciatic pain is still there I am just building slowly...but not as slowly as i thought.

Originally posted by Burd

Quick shout out to Charles for the tip about slowing down my runs a bunch. Thanks for checking my logs to see. Since I stopped pushing so hard I have 4 runs in so far and it feels if I can keep this slower pace I will do it injury free this time. I wouldn't call it pain still but just uncomfortable but it is less each run and last for a shorter time. I have been religious about the leg exercises and ice and just like the article said after a week it should start improving just don't stop with the rehab.

OK the rest of you square one restarts we need to go slow and steady this time since we're all in the same boat. No super hero stuff just steady training.

Originally posted by kevinbe

Did not make many of my goals for the week last week but did workout 5/7 days, ran 3, swim 2, lift 4. Goals are made to be motivational. I can't wait till next week, and next week's challenges. I'll be on my first 3 week workout streak in a long while, with no indication of stopping any time soon. Short term goals are great, they help reach the long term goals, which are awesome.

Prost!

Originally posted by Burd

Quick shout out to Charles for the tip about slowing down my runs a bunch. Thanks for checking my logs to see. Since I stopped pushing so hard I have 4 runs in so far and it feels if I can keep this slower pace I will do it injury free this time. I wouldn't call it pain still but just uncomfortable but it is less each run and last for a shorter time. I have been religious about the leg exercises and ice and just like the article said after a week it should start improving just don't stop with the rehab.

OK the rest of you square one restarts we need to go slow and steady this time since we're all in the same boat. No super hero stuff just steady training.