TriAya's Group: SHUT like dog on steak, sorry! (Page 52)

thanks Leslie

you and me both on the rest and the workout - I knew March was going to be rough but geeeeeze!

hopefully the weather is going to be more cooperative going forward 

DUMB QUESTION ALERT:

Why do you fall more w/ clipless pedals?  I've never used them, so I have no idea.

That's a really smart question, actually.

With clipless pedals, your shoe is actually attached to the pedal--there's a locking mechanism on a cleat on the bottom of the shoe that latches onto the pedal. So in order to get your foot off the pedal, you can't just lift up--you have to twist your shoe out against resistance (a bit like opening a twist-off bottle cap, actually).

So if you come to a stop, and need to take your foot off the pedal, and can't do it fast enough or you don't get the twist-and-pop just right, your foot will remain attached to the pedal instead of getting planted on the ground ... and there's nothing to stop your bike from falling over, often with you and your feet still attached to it!

Good morning! I just sent in my registration for the April 27 duathlon and the June 7 Oly (my A race)...so now I actually have a goal that is set in stone.  Still need to find some May races, and fill in the weekends with a couple of trail runs, and decide if I am going to do the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride....which means a TON of biking....gotta see if I can fit that in. Still, I am feeling psyched to have a couple of things on the calendar now.  If my A race is so early in the season, should I find another one to be my A race a few weeks after that one? Most of the rest are sprints, but I think I could do one more Oly (depending on how I fare in the first.)

I hope you guys are all training hard today!

Yes, a lot of the races sell out, so I am trying to figure out exactly how I want the summer to pan out.  I don't want to have so many races that I have no free time on the weekends, as it tends to wipe me out since I usually sleep like crap the night before and don't have the ability to take a nap or ever really get a solid night to recover (kids).  I seem to rely on karma a lot to register for races--I've lucked out a couple of times and bought people's registration, I got a free reg for the duathlon, and sometimes the Lunachix give out free last-minute entries to tris, which I am on top of!  However, I am sort of anal and should plan a little bit just to keep myself on track!

Congrats on the race Leslie!  The biking sounds pretty cool as well - yep, the season is upon us

As of right now, I am only registered for one race, I really don't know if I can swing more than that mentally this year with the whole commuting thing

I'm registered for the HyVee Oly in Des Moines on June 22 - I may see if I can squeeze in the sprint at the Cornhusker State games at the end of July for nostalgic reasons

next year I'll be checking out the venue in PA and NJ

well, I may have my mojo back

workouts two nights in a row!!!!

THIS IS HILARIOUS (and shows how f'ing clueless I am about cycling)!!!!!!  I have clipless pedals and didn't know it!!!  I assumed since they locked me in that they were considered 'clipped' pedals.  I looked it up online and now see how dumb I am!  Wow....I'm glad I never said anything like that at my weekly group ride. 

Now I TOTALLY understand how you fall more.  I've had a hard time getting used to them (but I never had anything else, so I don't really know the difference! 

I'm on a roll!

3 days of workouts in a row - I know that doesn't sound like much, but given my life the past couple of months - it's huge!

I feel like I'm back on track! 

tonights spinning class was better than some of the other ones i've been to - but I continue to scratch my head a bit at some of the instruction

'side to side'

'bounce it out'

just doesn't sound right to me -

they also do a lot of jumping and isolation drills in all of the classes, those drills really bother my knees and..............I would never do them on my road bike, so I just ride - they can all think I'm too old or too out of shape or whatever - lol!

Any insights??? 

I have a feeling that Yanti will say you are totally doing the right thing!  I had  similar question a while back when I was doing spinning classes a lot. 

I actually rode the trainer tonight, which was not so bad!  I've had a mental block on it for a while.  Good to be back.  You too, Beth, happy you are finding your groove again!  I swam today and did some good times, for me.  My only new issue is some foot pain, which paranoid me assumes is a stress fracture....so I set up an appt with a doc on Monday just in case.  If the pain stops I will cancel it.  Better safe than sorry this early in the season.

Yanti, you are just a couple of days away from the BIG EVENT.  If you have the time to fill us in on your preparations, that would be awesome, but I know it's quite a week so whatever you can do.  You know we are your biggest cheering section!!!

Hey you all!  Hope you all are having a MUCH better week than I am!  Less than 3 weeks to my first race and wouldn't you know I got hit with the worst stomach bug EVER!  YUCK!  Passed out Mon, in the middle of the night, trying to make it back to bed from the bathroom . . . finally feeling human again, but no training since Monday.  Ohhhh how I hate this weak feeling and getting so far behind!!  It really makes you appreciate the times you feel healthy!

Monday, before coming down with this ohhh so suddenly, I did get a chance to try out my wetsuit   I was so excited to come tell you all, then got hit with this bug.  Anyhow, it was great!  I wore it to my pool here in Nebraska . . . got LOTS of looks, LOL!  Glad I did it though - have I mentioned I HATE the unknown?   I couldn't see putting it off until race day!  I swam the number of laps I will need to in my OLY race and it went well!  Almost 20 sec faster per 100 (keep in mind my 100 is pretty slow, 2:30 or so)  I hope that all of that gain wasn't from how easily I could glide off of the walls in this thing!  In any case, I'm feeling much better about the swim.  I won't be AS slow as I thought and I know I can get outta the sucker now   No training for me since then   Hopefully I can work in something very light tonight, though I still feel pretty icky!

Beth - WOOHOO on getting back into your training!!  Sounds like you are back!!

Yanti - SUPER GOOD LUCK Saturday . . . as if you need it!!!  SOOOO excited for your big race! 

Hope you are all having a great week!

Renee

MrsUSMC - 2008-03-29 4:38 AM Hey manatees I got to hug our Yanti yesterday at registration. I knew who she was the second she walked in the door. That smile is like a beam of sunshine across the room Transition opens and the body marking begins in about 5 minutes.

Teri, that is great!  Lucky for both of you!  I hope that you get some pictures of the race and have lots of stories to tell.  Of course, we are all awaiting the story of the day from Yanti!!  She's out there right now, folks!  Goooooo!!!!!!

You betcha!!  Cheering all morning Yanti!  Hope you can hear us!!

AWESOME . . . Thanks for sharing!!!! 

GOOOOOOO Yanti!!