jsiegs and slornow's Train Hard and Have Fun group - CLOSED for Training (Page 51)

Christy-welcome back! I'm sure you could do IMFL given the fact that you finished that brutal WVA course!  Any particular reason for IMFL?

Randy

Hey all,

Sorry I've been away from the group for the last week or so.

A brief race report from the H.O.T. (Hammerhead Olympic Triathlon)...

Pre-Race. Well leading up the race I felt great, however I surfed for close to 14-15 hours on Friday and Saturday the day before the race (Thanks Hurricane Irene!), while having to work on Saturday (being on my feet all day). I didn't exactly feel excited for the race for some unknown reason. I guess because I had kept telling myself it was a 'B' race, even though I can never follow that rule.

Anyway, I woke up Sunday at around 3:30am after tossing and turning all night. Felt rather tired, but rolled out of bed, took a quick shower, put my headphones on, and started drinking my coffee. Suddenly started to wake up. Unfortunately the drive was about an hour to the race site, but this was a good and a bad thing. I had time for my breakfast to digest, and get focused and awake for the race.

I got to the race site, got my transition area set up without a hitch and tried to get warmed up. I felt really lethargic and tight probably because of the lack of rest the day(s) before the race. I did my best to get warmed up, and I got my legs feeling good but my shoulders and back were extremely sore from surfing/paddling.

Swim: 1500m

This swim felt more like 4500m, had some problems with my shoulder (left) being really tight, and I was compensating with my right arm, which in turn caused me to constantly go off course. Did the swim in 32:xx, which in a freshwater swim with the slight chop, I really wasn't too upset about it. However, I know I could of done way better at the swim.

Bike: Not sure of my time, and for some reason racesmith won't load right now...Started off really solid on the bike course, which is a new course (as opposed to last years course apparently), but it was fun to do some slight turns, adding a bit more technical side to the bike course as opposed to my previous races.

Around mile 9 I got a flat....GRR, there goes my momentum.

Took me about 18 minutes to fix my flat. I know, I am horrible at fixing a flat. Got done with the two loop course, and felt exhausted since I tried to make up time lost. I definitely pushed it a bit too hard after the flat. My ego got in the way.

Run: Well, I was not expecting the run course to be as hilly, and with the heat/humidity I felt like I was climbing Mt. Everest. Had a bit of my a problem finding any semblance of running legs, but I kept my pace and really just grinded it out. Ended up finishing the run section with an 8:10 mile for the last two miles (which compared to the 9:40-10:30 miles I started out with I was happy). But I was happy I did not have any GI issues on the run like I did my last two races, so there was alot that came out of the less than perfect race. I am really excited leading in the last few weeks heading into Augusta.

Glad everyone is doing well....

Hi guys - EPIC weekend in Wisconsin for Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary festival. I did manage to get in my 6-mile run on Saturday amidst the cornfields, but that was about the extent of my labor day workouts (unless you count dancing on the lawn and walking to and from the parking lots). Good think this week is a 'stepback' week... 6-hours of Pearl Jam in one weekend is probably about all my heart can take! It was seriously amazing. This is probably why I'm doing the Rock-n-Roll half - live music and running in one event is an ideal combination for me (even if the headliners are only Sugar Ray  

christy - Wahoo! go for it!  Make sure u register early they fill up REALLY fast.  I wanted to Florida IM but was to late and it was full. Good luck in convincing husband, it does take ALOT of time to train. 

I have to tell you about my swim on Monday.  Below is the picture.  if you look close enough you can see a little black dot bouncing in the waves, that's my head.  I swam for an hour and only went 20 feet!  It was the so fun!  But man did I get beat up by the waves and swallowed about 4 gallons of seawater.  Luckly the IM is in a lake and not the Gulf of Mexico! 

Hey all,

Sorry I've been away from the group for the last week or so.

A brief race report from the H.O.T. (Hammerhead Olympic Triathlon)...

Pre-Race. Well leading up the race I felt great, however I surfed for close to 14-15 hours on Friday and Saturday the day before the race (Thanks Hurricane Irene!), while having to work on Saturday (being on my feet all day). I didn't exactly feel excited for the race for some unknown reason. I guess because I had kept telling myself it was a 'B' race, even though I can never follow that rule.

Anyway, I woke up Sunday at around 3:30am after tossing and turning all night. Felt rather tired, but rolled out of bed, took a quick shower, put my headphones on, and started drinking my coffee. Suddenly started to wake up. Unfortunately the drive was about an hour to the race site, but this was a good and a bad thing. I had time for my breakfast to digest, and get focused and awake for the race.

I got to the race site, got my transition area set up without a hitch and tried to get warmed up. I felt really lethargic and tight probably because of the lack of rest the day(s) before the race. I did my best to get warmed up, and I got my legs feeling good but my shoulders and back were extremely sore from surfing/paddling.

Swim: 1500m

This swim felt more like 4500m, had some problems with my shoulder (left) being really tight, and I was compensating with my right arm, which in turn caused me to constantly go off course. Did the swim in 32:xx, which in a freshwater swim with the slight chop, I really wasn't too upset about it. However, I know I could of done way better at the swim.

Bike: Not sure of my time, and for some reason racesmith won't load right now...Started off really solid on the bike course, which is a new course (as opposed to last years course apparently), but it was fun to do some slight turns, adding a bit more technical side to the bike course as opposed to my previous races.

Around mile 9 I got a flat....GRR, there goes my momentum.

Took me about 18 minutes to fix my flat. I know, I am horrible at fixing a flat. Got done with the two loop course, and felt exhausted since I tried to make up time lost. I definitely pushed it a bit too hard after the flat. My ego got in the way.

Run: Well, I was not expecting the run course to be as hilly, and with the heat/humidity I felt like I was climbing Mt. Everest. Had a bit of my a problem finding any semblance of running legs, but I kept my pace and really just grinded it out. Ended up finishing the run section with an 8:10 mile for the last two miles (which compared to the 9:40-10:30 miles I started out with I was happy). But I was happy I did not have any GI issues on the run like I did my last two races, so there was alot that came out of the less than perfect race. I am really excited leading in the last few weeks heading into Augusta.

Glad everyone is doing well....