TriAya's Group: SHUT like dog on steak, sorry! (Page 51)

What a wonderful story of getting a new bike! That's how it should be! And a Q-Roo AND all sorts of other new tri gear ... that's as close to heaven on earth as it gets ... until you finish the tri  

that is waaaaaay Sweet!

congrats Terri! 

That's awesome Erin! 

Sounds like you also found a great LBS

Be sure to keep us posted 

Good news fellow Manatees - I worked out today

I think my mojo may be returning  

YAAAAY Beth!!  Super glad to hear that

Hey everyone!  Thanks for all of the congrats on the bike!  I'm super happy with it . . .  more later, for now I need SLEEP!  Dang its been another 2 weeks with very little.  Hopefully tomorrow night will go better!  Hope everyone is getting in some great training, I haven't had a chance to check logs lately, but knowing this group, I'm sure you all are

Renee

Laura on AFTER THE PLAN

Hi Laura!

Based on your query here and the details you gave in the Tri Talk post, I have a few thoughts.

Look into the 16- or 20-week bike focused plans here on BT, particularly the ones that require 4-6 hours of training a week.

The other thing, too, is that you can select one of the other plans that will carry you through most of the season, and pump up the bike volume--I learned through my first challenge on BT that even doing 15 min, but every day, makes a HUGE difference.

You can fit in races where the plan has a recovery week, or shift the plan around so that you get a lighter week just before the races.

Another option is this plan from trinewbies.com--a little more involved, but perhaps more to your liking. This one you would probably need to scale back from or miss a workout once in a while; it's pretty dense. However, the trinewbies plans, I've found, have a much stronger bike component, which I think reflects and prepares you well for the bike-heaviness of triathlons.

Good luck! Ask whatever you need. We're with you all the way.

http://trinewbies.com/tno_18wSp.asp

Beth-welcome back!

Terri-awesome news on the bike!

Erin-clipless at last!

So much good news around here.  I love it.  I finally got on the bike yesterday after a long time of near misses due to commitments and weather.  I only did 12 miles but close to half was in wind and rain, so that made it interesting. I am happy to report that my swimming and running are progressing very well, better than I could have imagined.  Just yesterday in my blog I wrote that I had a "short swim to do of only 1800 meters".  That is insane, compared to last year where the most I ever swam was about 1000 meters!  Just gotta get more t.i.t.s. which will happen this weekend.  I have my longest swim ever, timewise, scheduled tomorrow (every Friday this happens in my current plan) and also my longest training run next Tuesday.  I always feel I could keep running past the allotted time, though, which I guess means I am doing something right.  Gotta work on the speed and hit my 7-minute-mile goal before summer ends!  That concludes my update for now!  It's currently hailing outside.  Oh, the pacific northwest in the spring.  Such fun.

I must say, I laughed and laughed at your Disney report. I'm still trying to catch up to this thread. And everything else in my life. Hah!

You are so awesome. Chasing down PRs at every turn. Yes--practice is a PR--what a miracle to be alive, to be human, to be able to frequently do things we have never done before.

HAPPY 1000th POST SHAWN!!!

LOL Erin!!  Welcome to the club   You did better than I did . . . I joined it on my very first ride with my bike haha - Monday I think.  Got to the end of a trail, slowed, unclipped one foot . . . stood there a minute on one leg to look at my phone . . . went to take a step with the other foot to get turned around and just toppled over in slow motion . . . just had to laugh!  If that's the worst thing we do - we will be doing well!!!

How exciting Terri!!

Leslie - How cool for that swim to turn into an "only" 1800 so quickly!!  Awesome job on the improvements!

Laura - Just FINALLY got done reading your race report . . . AWESOME job!!!  Your running has come sooo far!  Super proud of you!!

Yanti - Ohhh I can SO relate to trying to get caught up here AND in the rest of life . . . yikes! 

Shawn - I hear ya on being excited to finally do a tri . . . though I'm SUPER nervous too!  Our races will be here before we know it!  Mine is just a week before yours . . .  I'm actually wishing it was a little further away at this point, LOL!

Beth - Hope things settle down a bit for you!!  I can imagine your schedule is absolutely crazy!  Hang in there and keep breathing!!

Training is going pretty well here, though I get SUPER frustrated with my swimming . . .  and the new bike is really throwing me off . . . hopefully I can get used to it in the next few weeks!!  Anyone else here using aero bars?  Is it normal to have problems holding a straight line at first?  I imagine that could be problematic during a race - YIKES!!!

Well, it's almost midnight and I'm trying REALLY hard to get to bed by then tonight . . . overslept for work today and can't be doing that!! 

TTYL!

Renee

Fielding - 2008-03-21 1:29 AM rreischl - 2008-03-20 9:39 PM

LOL Erin!! Welcome to the club You did better than I did . . . I joined it on my very first ride with my bike haha - Monday I think. Got to the end of a trail, slowed, unclipped one foot . . . stood there a minute on one leg to look at my phone . . . went to take a step with the other foot to get turned around and just toppled over in slow motion . . . just had to laugh! If that's the worst thing we do - we will be doing well!!!

Ha! We're both big dorks on bikes! I didn't do much better than you, by the way -- it was only my second clipless ride. And seriously, I was in my driveway. (Although, actually, that's a good thing: no audience.) Guys, it is so much more fun going through all this tri stuff with all of you. I love reading about everyone's firsts. That includes our very experienced mentor, of course: First HIM in a little over a week! Yanti, I'm so excited for you!

x2!!! 

LOL

Nope, I don't think so - just a busy weekend - speaking for myself, I spent the majority of the weeekend

en route to or from the airport

at the airport

in the air

very little time at home this weekend, but I am thankful for what I did have

Wow, Shawn, what an amazing training weekend for you!  Ice that calf, be good to it!!!  Yes on the massage, for sure!  Were you sore from the long bike?  I rode 2 hours yesterday and can feel it today in my hamstrings.  Just took a 4 mile run to work out the kinks and am feeling ok.  Glad tomorrow is a rest day....I swam and rode more in the past three days than I have in a very very very long time!  And Tuesday I think my run will be over an hour, as I am hitting high hours in my workout plan now.

A BTer who sadly broke his foot transferred his duathlon registration to me, so I will be doing that on April 27.  I plan to pay forward his good karma when the opportunity arises.  More on that later.

Hope everyone is having a good Easter and hasn't eaten too much candy (I have been sorta good....considering the amount that is in the house.).  Here are my boys sampling some pre-breakfast PEEPS.

That does not sound like a fun weekend!  I hope you get some more rest time and workout time soon!!!