Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! (Page 54)

newbz - 2010-05-28 9:43 PM here is what i spent my weekend doing when not racing!: http://www.triathlonshots.com/AmericanTTT2010.html \\\no idea what is up with the text issues but here are the photos

jpbis26 - 2010-05-31 12:27 PM Did my 1st run with a running group I joined to train for the HM in Dec. I went with the pace leader who was doing 3 miles at a 10-11 min/mile pace and was able to keep up. The group meets to run every Sunday morning until the HM, so I think it will be a really good thing to keep me on track with my training during the week (knowing that my Sunday run will just keep getting longer and longer and I'll have to get in weekday training to be prepared).

My masters class starts Tues, so hopefully that will help my swim. Just 1.5 more days of school with the kids and 3 more full workdays for the teachers until summer break. By Friday I'm a free woman and to celebrate, I'm going on a long bike ride with my friend from work. Plans to take me to Red Rock (if you know the Vegas area-it's got some tough climbs) and kick my butt. You may recall last time I went there I was climbing up one of the hils at 4 mph- so slow I almost fell into a cactus.

P.S.
Sorry, little off topic but if you're interested check out the cutest photo of my baby taken today
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=210111&start=21&posts=40
Gotta scroll all the way to the bottom

DirkP - 2010-05-31 2:42 AM I'm off to the DC and boy do I feel great at this hour. 

I hope to get a short run tonight, other than that I won't train until Saturday.  Good luck to everyone this week training.

RogerWilco - 2010-05-31 6:39 AM Hello everyone,
I have been away from BT for a while. In the meantime the group seems to gain about 15 more pages

I will try to read it all and see what happened in thr group but first I've got a question. I did a 10K running race yesterday. At training season's start (November 2009 for me), I've set myself o goal of breaking 40 minutes for 10K by the end of May. So I attended a 10K race (which is in short supply in our country) to try and break 40. But to my shock there was too much climbing in the race. I checked with somebody else's Garmin data and saw that the elevation gain was 519 ft.

I started the race with the intention of doing 3:55-4:00 per km. I hit the first km at 3:55, and just going at my normal pace, then a downhill before the second and I hit the 2 km mark at 7:43, but I since it included a downhill I was cautious, then the climbs began and all the pace was off. Anyway, I finished at 41:06

My question is, can I do a sub-40 10K on a flatter course? I know, it is hard to answer but if you have raced similar races, you can compare your flat and "hilly" race times. I really do not have much race experience. This was my 3rd ever running race (all 10K's). I know I cannot push myself enough at training and there are no 10K races around, so I am trying to "feel" if I have achieved my goal.