SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 54)

fattyfatfat - 2009-05-14 1:38 PM

tahrens - 2009-05-14 3:35 PM

serious posting problems I guess

among other things

WHATEVER!!!! 

Suzy, I have a Blue Seventy Reaction (i think that's what it's called).  I got it for my first tri and wasn't sure how much I was going to like tri-ing.  In retrospect, I wish I had gone with their higher end model like the helix because it has much better flexibility in the shoulders.  The blue seventy fit was better than all of the others I tried...the others were all bunchy in the torso no matter what...I had tried desoto and zoot.

Suzy, my blue seventy is a size small btw, so xs should fit you...i'm 5'1"

Anyone have socks they just love?  I recently got a pair of Asics Kinsei Socks which I only ordered because I needed to meet the free shipping amount on a purchase, and I just LOVE them.  They are anatomically corrected with a L and R side and they are just so comfy!  I am trying to find them cheaper than the 15.99 listed price because that just seems like an incredible price to pay for socks.  otoh, i haven't gotten any blisters on my long runs with them and they go onto a wet foot easily!  yes, I tried this out already   maybe they are worth the $16 bucks.

well, anyone have favorite places to buy socks for less?

I have the dry fit nike socks and the asics equivalent.  I like them both..  the asics run a little small for me but overall their great.

After talking to my wife, I registered for the NYC triathlon.  This past week my wife has been pushing me to sign-up and has been very supportive in everything.  She believes that even though in face the tri is expensive ($225 registration plus $300 charity donation/store credit) that in reality it's not more than we would have spent if I did another one someplace else due to travel costs/hotel.  She also thinks that I won't have time next year to until I pretty much retire to train and condition my body for the next distance..  

I think this should be a good first olympic for me because supposedly the swim can be very easy if you're in the earlier starts/waves due to the current and the swim is a straight line (hopefully there will be no jellyfish like last yr, it was weird the whole NE area had jellyfish last yr).  All in all I just have to get my butt in gear and train harder at everything..  BTW I ended-up using the $300 store credit/charity donation to pre-order the Garmin 310xt.  My wife told me she already pre-ordered one for me for father's day but now we're just canceling her order and using the store credit so I guess I we saved $300??  Not really...  So now I need to look at the bridge training plans (sprint to olympic) on BT..  Does anyone have any recommendations?

Stan- wtg on signing up!  How exciting for you!  Last year I used the bronze 16 week olympic 3x/wk balanced plan for my first oly.  It was just enough for me.  If I could have swam in a straight line, I actually would have said I did great!

I just looked at the 8 week beginner oly plan for silver members and it looks pretty comparable in volume.  When is the NYC tri again?  You are probably doing about that amount of training right now maybe except for the bike. 

Tony, I used to not care much about socks until I developed those odd blisters (on long runs of 10+ miles) near the tongue of my shoe.  Odd, that I was using anti blister socks (made by Wright), at the time.  but they were maybe getting waaaayyy too old.  But thanks everyone for the feedback, I will look into the balaga. The nike dry fit are a little thin for me.

Best of luck to you and your training Stanley. Way to step up to the challenge. I'm sure you'll do great.  BT does have some Sprint to Oly bridge plans available. Don't have any feedback though - sorry . Don't worry too much about the swim, it is the shortest part and a good warm up. As long as you are comfortable and don't burn too much energy in the swim you should be fine.  As we were saying earlier in the thread the bike is always the longest section so don't burn yourself out there. Save some for the run.  High cadance spin, at least at the end, will help work out the kinks on the brick.  That's my back of the pack finisher two cents anyway. 

All this info about the socks is interesting.  Like Tony, I never really thought about it. But I do get blisters so maybe I should.  Guess I'll be sock shopping soon.  (say that three times fast)

Ok, I gave everyone numbers and told my wife to call out 4 numbers at a time to me.

If I accidentally left you off I apologize, I went back and think I got everyone that said they wanted to race.  We have one team randomly with 5 people and the rest with 4, but we are averaging out times so it all should work out.