kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 58)

I love it!  Rudy is Connecticut's version of Chris Lieto.

My goals for Patriot:

Swim....Pace....Run Down Rudy

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

Give him a nice little pat on the rear as you go bye. 

Sorry Jeff.  Grew up in a family of Sox and Redskins fans.  While I root for Houston teams I still hold onto my hate for the Yankees and the Cowboys. 

Anyone interested in the previously mentioned pic can go here:  http://raceshots.net/app/event/zoomPictures?eventInstanceId=21148&picture=5633248

Those shorts are a bit too big at the moment.

I have not done any big races and the Chicago marathon will be my first.  Tell me that for all the money they charge for these races that you get awesome goodie bags and finisher items??? 

What do you get for a 70.3? 140.6?

Heat question from last night:

Did the OWS swim in my wetsuit (water was 83, so way too hot, but didn't want to stress my hip flexor, so only did 1/2 mile).  Then did a run, actually mostly walk because it was 90 and it was a very, very hilly course.  I walked when I had to, not problems and had hydration all through the day and gatorade endurance on me for the run.

I get home and about 10 minutes later I feel woozy . . . what is that about?  I have been eating better, but not cut my intake and I have definitely hydrated enough.  Is it just post heat reaction?

Could be a heat reaction.  See if you adjust over your next few workouts.  I've lived in Miami and Houston most of my life so the heat just doesn't bother me anymore.

Race week for me.  My last swim workout was awful so I'm going to try and get a swim and core workout in tomorrow and a quick bike workout in Saturday, race Sunday.  Need to also see if I can get myself comfortable enough through T1 with my shoes clipped in already or not.

Rudy, simply impressive again.  nice work

an IM is no where close to being in my future.  I have to get a sprint done first.  With that said, I don't think I would pay $1,000 for a race, but like somneone said earlier, I am not in that position, yet.  Who knows what the future will bring.  having young kids, I don't have the time to train for a full IM distance.

Did some speed work this morning, and not really sure if I am doing it right.  Please advise.  5 mile run was like this:  10 minute warmup, followed by 8 1 minute sprint intervals, average pace of 5:52, fastest at 5:02.  1 min rest in between.  then finished the last couple miles at about 8:25 pace.  Is this completely wrong?

I would bet heat stress or reaction, sudden change in temp messed with HR and blood pressure maybe??  Was your A/C on when you got inside??

how did you feel a half hour later once your body cooled down and acclimated to the inside temp??

either, both are good, cycleops had a fluid leak issue for a bit, i think that problem has been fixed. I have a KKRM and love it, the cycleops is more quiet for small contained indoor use and hearing the television, either way they are both great trainers and you can't go wrong with either, get the one you can get the best deal on.

At least you dislike the Cowboys, so we have that in common.

OH yeh response to the swimming dizzies.  Totally got them last night, but swimming in OW bilateral breathing will do that cuz you are constantly swimming your head from side to side.

On a positive note and follow up:  Wore the new DeSoto Black Pearl last night and it worked great.  Once in the water, the top shimmied up a bit to allow for movement in the shoulders, but still stayed tight across the mid-section.  Neck it is tight, but takes getting used to ... RECOMMEND

Let's see -

Augusta 70.3 I got a horrible shirt that does not fit, and a hard plastic shoe bag that sucks.

IMKY I got a nice shirt that didn't fit, and a nice shoe bag that I proudly use.  I will say that when I emailed them to complain that the womens shirt I got didn't even reach my belly button, they promptly sent me a mens shirt that fits great.  No additional cost to me, they didn't want the other shirt back, they were very pleasant about the whole thing.  Granted I paid an arm and a leg for the race entry, but I felt like for the logistics of putting on a full Ironman event, they did well and for me it was well worth the fee.

The talk...it is smack-ey!

So far, we have a 40oz Malt Liquor, a tin of Kodiak and a case of Little Debbie cakes to the Winner of the Fast Fat showdown.