brick94513-GoGoGo Mentor Group - Closed For Now! (Page 53)

PUKE N RALLY!!!! lol, nice work Brian, nice work.  Congrats on a nice finish in a tough race.  The next one should be a piece of cake!

lol....worse than puke

Yes they are! I how found that the vibe is much friendlier than at traditional triathlons. Plus, I find it much more enjoyable to ride and run on the trails.

Are you going to do XTERRA Torn Shirt in MI?

have to check how that fits in my schedule, but I am thinking about it now

Nice.... Enjoy the weekend.

I'm off on Sunday. From the restuarant, you should be able to see the back of my firehouse.

This is usually always a problem for me too. Coming of the TT bike to street running, no problem. But, going from the MTB to trail running, I get cramping in my gluts and lower back. I normally just have to work through it. Granted, I don't do a lot of these types of bricks because I believe the risk-to-benefit is too great. However, I think there is more to it. I think a mjority of the issue comes from different positioning and muscle group engagement while on the MTB.

So my wife just texted (is there no better word?) me a picture of 3 packages sitting outside my front door and said "and there are 3 more shoved in the mailbox!".  I love picking up new hobbies and all the 'gear' for it :D.  Damn you triathlon, damn you!

Good job Brian!

The key is to buy her something and make sure it arrives before your swag shows up at the door. It goes over a lot better that way. Not that I have any experience with this!

Managed to swim 200m with out stopping this PM.  For most of you, that's no big deal.  For me it's huge as I could not do 25m 2 months back!  Almost to the point where I feel that I can go "non-stop" -- albeit at a VERY slow speed.  Starting on 8 June have weekly lessons.  Optimistic that major progress is just around the corner.

The HRM has been huge in my training.  While I can't wear it in the pool, it's made me much more aware of how my HR "feels".  Have been able to use this to dial things back; and, accordingly, go longer distances without getting tired.  On the 200m could feel the rate start up and used this signal to really relax and take it slow and easy.

Followed swim up with a ride on the stationary bike.  Only thing missing was the post work out trip to the sushi bar for a treat!

Don't downplay your accomplishments!  That's big.  I remember when I first got in the pool.  It was a heavy dose of humility.  I grew up around the water surfing, waterskiing, and wakeboarding, so I figured this was going to be no big deal.  Oh, how wrong I was!  I could swim 25 yards and would have to stop at the wall.  So, I know how good that feels when you are able to swim your first 50, 100, 200, etc.  Congratulations!

Also, the more you train with the HR monitor, you will get a good feel for which heart rate zone based on your associated effort of breathing.

LOL, lately I've found flowers to be very effective at deflecting anger.

I forgot the wristband for mine today and I felt kinda lost w/o it on my run.  I haven't run w/o it in a looooong time.  Congrats on the swim milestone as well!  1/4 mile is just around the corner

I wonder this as well. Here's my theory:

1. I think part of the distance may sometimes include the exit/entry and beach run for a 2 lap tri.
2. If it's a smooth day on the water IMO you swim faster than you would in a pool for 100m's because you don't have to stop, turn, and regain momentum.

I think you, Tim, may be used to losing time with surf and current in the ocean.

I agree that over distance I swim faster in the open water than in the pool.  For two reasons, one is no flip turns and two, the wetsuit provides bouyancy and less drag.

In XTERRAs, the beach run is included in your swim, but not the swim distance.  As a result, this should make your split even slower.

I know there are elite swimmers that can split a distance swim at 1 minute per hundred, but this just seems exorbinantly abundandant to me.  I guess I'll find out after the race.  If I split under 1:30/100, then I know something is off as I tend to split between 1:30-1:40/100 in the open water.

Edited by brick94513 2010-05-25 10:36 AM

QOTD:  Anyone have plans for this Memorial Day weekend?

Yep.  Convinced 2 couples that we hang out w/ to run a local 10k w/ the wife and I on Sunday.  Then we're gonna hang out at the pool for the afternoon and get even further dehydrated before grilling dead animals and getting completely chef-ace and trying to get all the wives naked

I dunno. Those were my guesses.

I gotta share this about the Xterra 2 lap swim. When I got to the beach and stared out at those bouys I freaked out!! I thought they were soooooooooo far out. I guess I didn't equate my laps in the pool to a straight shot very well. Anyway, they start going over race details and metion it was 2 laps!!! I was like....what!!!! I had to convince myself this was better for me, since it breaks up my swim well. Like we said in previous conversation I always swim better in the second 400 than I do the first and I can break it up. I kept having to convince myself it was good I've done this in the pool a 1000 times. The 2 laps really worked out well for me.

I'm going to fall off the wagon and drink some beer!! My brother is having a party.

We train so we can drink beer on the weekends.  No wagons involved

i thought beer was a recovery drink???? i have been wrong all this time. who knew.

believe me...I gots nothing against the devils brew I quit drinking all together when I hit a weight loss plateau last year. Heck...the way I was going, I needed a wagon to carry my happy !@S around!!

Going to SLO this weekend! Time to re-live the college days. =)

Edited by dhopman 2010-05-25 12:09 PM