kaburns1214 and UHCoog's Mentor Group-Closed (Page 54)

Originally posted by jarvy01

Scott, Larkin, and Carrie are racing this weekend. Right? I'm doing a local sprint this Sunday. The bike course goes close to my house, so the kids can ride their bikes out to the main road and wave to me . I had really good splits at this race last year and I'm just looking to better last year's time by a bit (1:15 last year). It's supposed to be 90 with t storms. Hope the storms don't roll in until after my race or Lake Erie will be rough.

Originally posted by kidtri33

Yes I have the REV3 half this weekend!

Kick butt everyone that is racing!

Jen, that is awesome about your kids. I am sure you are a proud mama! I hope the cold goes away quickly.

Originally posted by jarvy01

I am coming down with a cold. Ugh.

Originally posted by jarvy01

My son got put on the A medley relay team swimming the breast leg. He is swimming with some fast kids. He must have put up a smoking fast breast leg in time trials the other day. I remember the coach from club swim saying this was his strong suit. I'd forgotten that. So proud of this kid!!!! He's also swimming 25 individual free and A team free relay. My daughter is doing 2 x 25 free exhibition. Most of the 6 year olds aren't swimming for points (a handful will be!). It should be an interesting evening. I'm going to take some pics and post one here

Originally posted by everlong



I hope we're in the 6:40 wave. It's going to get much hotter after noon time. I'll shoot you a text when we get into town.

Originally posted by everlong



I hope we're in the 6:40 wave. It's going to get much hotter after noon time. I'll shoot you a text when we get into town.

Originally posted by DDVMM

Can we track Rev3 events?

Originally posted by kidtri33

I looked and I know I am in the 6:40 wave. The waves are in the athlete guide.

Originally posted by everlong

Where do you see that? All I saw was.

Pro Swim Start 6:30am
First Wave Half Rev 6:40am
First Wave Olympic Rev 7:15am

Unless they're doing one wave for each.

Originally posted by everlong

Thanks I'm in the 6:50 which still isn't bad. I didn't realize you had to click on print to see all the details.

Originally posted by cobratodd

question regarding heart rates:
During the early morning training sessions: I really struggle to get/keep my HR in the right zones - for example, today I was supposed to do a 1:30 Z2 ride, which for me is 132 to 143 bpm. At the end of the 1:30, my average HR was 111 with a MAX of only 129.
I was really trying to sustain a decent pace at 20 mph but actually ended up around 18, and it was very hard to "push" much faster that early in the morning. (4 to 5:30am).

During the afternoon hours, I have the opposite issue, where it's way to easy for me to get above my HR Zones and not realize it - meaning I could spend 2 hours in the 160+bpm and not have any issues. (at a 21 mph ave pace)

My coach is ready to kill me, because my HR is so variable and with an IM distance event, that's nothing but failure...
Is this really a factor of me being lazy in the morning? Me hating the trainer so much, that I refuse to do what I should be doing? I just couldn't get myself to increase the pace from 18 to 20 and sustain it for any significant length of time this morning.

Do I get too carried away riding outside on the roads? I was advised to cut out all caffeine, that didn't help much.

I will say that trying to train in the right HR Zones has been my biggest challenge by far - and I'm failing miserably at it. Does anyone else struggle with following HR Zones while training? Just curious as to how you stay disciplined, especially in the early mornings.

Originally posted by cobratodd

question regarding heart rates:
During the early morning training sessions: I really struggle to get/keep my HR in the right zones - for example, today I was supposed to do a 1:30 Z2 ride, which for me is 132 to 143 bpm. At the end of the 1:30, my average HR was 111 with a MAX of only 129.
I was really trying to sustain a decent pace at 20 mph but actually ended up around 18, and it was very hard to "push" much faster that early in the morning. (4 to 5:30am).

During the afternoon hours, I have the opposite issue, where it's way to easy for me to get above my HR Zones and not realize it - meaning I could spend 2 hours in the 160+bpm and not have any issues. (at a 21 mph ave pace)

My coach is ready to kill me, because my HR is so variable and with an IM distance event, that's nothing but failure...
Is this really a factor of me being lazy in the morning? Me hating the trainer so much, that I refuse to do what I should be doing? I just couldn't get myself to increase the pace from 18 to 20 and sustain it for any significant length of time this morning.

Do I get too carried away riding outside on the roads? I was advised to cut out all caffeine, that didn't help much.

I will say that trying to train in the right HR Zones has been my biggest challenge by far - and I'm failing miserably at it. Does anyone else struggle with following HR Zones while training? Just curious as to how you stay disciplined, especially in the early mornings.

Originally posted by ccmpsydLarkin, Scott, Carrie and Jen - Have a blast.May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face;the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,may God hold you in the palm of His hand- Traditional Gaelic blessing.Larkin and Scott - I will try to follow if I can.

Originally posted by Rudedog55

Good morning all, and good luck to those racing!!!

You are gonna have the best weekend of the year so far, that means great efforts and results!!!