Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux (Page 53)

Yeah, there's no real magic hear. It's mostly personal. How much you actually want/need to consume and what can you tolerate while running long distances. None of those products branded as specific to running really have anything special. They are usually easily digestible sugary empty carbs.  

I don't really know much of anything about the watch, but it's sounding like an accelerometer thing. It'll need a fairly quick change in speed in a straight line. Such as ... hitting a wall. Though since acceleration is change in speed, fast to slow or slow to fast, the push-off should do it too, and is probably where they try to have it do that for flip turns. The strokes tend to move in various loops, hence the straight line earlier.

I wonder if the extra laps coming in on slower swimming come from taking a longer time in the turn? First the hand touch and then the push-off? Maybe an extra arm flail to bring the body around. Something changing in the movement is doing that.

I worked Bike Aid Station 2 at IM Raleigh 70.3 this morning and I saw Adam go though.  He was looking good!  

I just got home and checked.  It looks like he finished the swim and bike part in just under four hours.  He's heading to the check point at mile 6.6 on the run.  Go Adam!

It's in the 80s today but super humid.  The RealFeel right now is 90.  

Go Adam!!!

Congratulations to Adam!  He finished in 6:21:00 which beat his goal time!

Great job, congrats!

Great job, I can't wait to hear all about it!

Gj Adamn as well as the other racers.  

For a quickish update from me, I've finally solidified what will be my first race of any sort this year.  I will be racing the Ella Strong Triathlon on June 25, which is a sprint, but it will challenge me plenty.  

The distances are 300m swim, 10 mile bike, and a 5k.  I've been biking occasionally, but my swim is nonexistent and my run hasn't been much better this year.  The swim I can get ready for via a few lunch swims I think.  The run however will be the big obstacle for me.  When I raced triathlon I weighed 150-155 lbs, and I now bounce between 175-180.  While most of that weight is from my lifting, that weight can and will slow me down.  Currently my plan is to get as many 3 mile runs in as I can at a relatively easy pace.  

I started this approach since last Wednesday, and it seems like 3 miles is my sweet spot of not too far to wear me out for the next day while being long enough to feel like I've done something.  It will be interesting to see how I do come race day.

Great job recers!! I hope you all had as much fun as possible.

Heal up Jen.

Welcome Bryce and welcome back Monica!

Mary, I hope and pray that things begin to lighten up for you and yours.

Lots of good stuff! Congrats Laura and Adam - way to get out there!!! 

I am feeling okay but not great yet - i have a fluid filled year. What say you Manatees? Should I swim tonight?? 

Congrats Adam!  Reports on other racing pod-mates?  Just back on-the-line after heading to Boston for the weekend for an old friend's wedding, so I'm catching up!

I use gels for races.  For HM, I'll take two on course and only sometimes use both.  First goes down about 45' to 1 hour in.  Whether I take the next one depends on both how I feel ~45' later and how close I am to finishing.  I don't usually take within 10' of the finish line, and from 10-20' out will go by feel (sucky? I'm downing one.  Bouncy stride?  Prolly not).  I also try to take them right before a water stop and wash down with water.  Historically have used GU when given the chance (as in carrying my own).

For longer courses (M or HIM - as long as I've gone), I like to at least try to use what's on course in my training so I know that if I drop my gels, I can live off the course.  Hammer is about the only thing that sets me to absolutely gagging, but otherwise I'm lucky in being able to tolerate most stuff.  For an HIM (not the original question, I know), I also add ~half strength Skratch as my drink, so that's a few more calories.

I don't do flip turns (at least not intentionally).  They make me completely nauseated.  Not sure why, but there you have it.  Don't feel I'm missing much, though, as I don't race in pools.  Would be nice not to get dirty looks from the "real" swimmers in the other lanes, but my honkin' 920 and inability to swim anything but freestyle without worrying the lifeguards give me away anyway!  Also, as I apparently cannot count beyond 2 in the pool, that watch saves me...

As for watch, yep - the 920 is what I use.  It nails laps (whereas my 910 used to add 25 every so often - same thing, if I hitched or something).  The bummer is that the 910 used to NAIL OWS's for yardage, but the 920 reeeeeeeaaaaalllllly struggles (like 2/3 of a known distance kind of miss).  Argh...

OK - running back to work!

M

First we do the healing.

Then we do the training.

Unless your name is Yanti

agreed!

Way to go Adam!!