Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 6)

Thanks everyone for your best wishes with my race today and for the weather report Jayne. It was a balmy 86*F (30*C) at the start of our race, water temp of 77*F (25*C) so not yet at the 100*F that it has reached this afternoon, thankfully.

It went well, it was a mini sprint and I really did it to keep myself motivated to train (not that that worked last week) and to work on a few things in a race situation in the build up to doing an Oly in April.

So the race was a 250m swim, a 10km ride and a 2km run (it feels very insignificant when you look at it like that but we've all got to start somewhere I guess). I had 4 goals for the race:

1. swim the entire distance with my face in the water (except for breathing of course).
2. wear my bike shoes for the ride (first time in a race).
3. do the full km run withut walking.
4. finish in 45minutes or less.

I managed the first 3 but according to my watch my time would have been about 48 minutes which is a bit of a bummer but I can live with that.

Some things that I learnt:

1. dont start the swim at the middle of the back of the pack, there are too many people to swim around or over. start in the middle out wide.
2. buy a number belt so I dont have to try to put a shirt on while Im wet.
3. get down on the drops more when riding. I need to prctice this because my shoulders were getting sore.
4. take 30 seconds to put socks on in T2 otherwise I end up with blisters on the insteps of my feet.
5. Oh and most importantly get to the race a bit earlier to allow for the toilet line or be prepared to do the race with your butt cheeks clamped together

All up good race and I felt good all the way through, I think I could have run faster if I had worn socks because the blisters on my feet were really sore by the time I had finished. Should have listened to the nothing new on race day advice but just looked at my watch when I was in T2 and thought if I put socks on I was not going t make my goal time.

I have 10 weeks today until the Oly that I am planning to do and after today's race I'm feeling no where near even close to being ready for it.

March 10th - Artemis is signed up for her first 'Tryathlon'

100m swim (OWS)

3km Bike

500m run

She is so excited....

KansasMom - 2013-02-03 3:15 PM

amd723 - 2013-02-03 4:58 PM















Just a few friends seen on a hike I did today.  ETA:  don't know what happened to the 3d pic.

Okay, at first glance I totally thought that first picture was of a hippo.  Clearly I need to lay off the Mucinex for a while. Lol

I don't take Mucinex and I thought the same...and it didn't occur to me that she wouldn't have see it on a hike...

March 10th - Artemis is signed up for her first 'Tryathlon'

100m swim (OWS)

3km Bike

500m run

She is so excited....

March 10th - Artemis is signed up for her first 'Tryathlon'

100m swim (OWS)

3km Bike

500m run

She is so excited....

So exciting for her!!

Asalzwed - 2013-02-01 2:41 PM

ugh.now I have to get in the pool and actually start riding my bike for realz.

Exciting!  I just registered for the Sprint distance.  Guess I should ride my bike and get in the pool at some point, too.  

I'm pretty sure you're right on this, as I have never "worked" on anything with my swimming. I also know I drop my hips...I can feel it and have to tell myself "Butt up!" which then takes my thinking away from my stroke. Ugh.

So my homework is to watch your videos and implement some drills. And basically you're saying that I should spend as much time as I need on #1-2 til I "get it", right?

Yes, I'll be trying to get DH to video when he's back at the gym soon after two sick weeks out.

Thanks for help! And I'll let you know how it goes.

KansasMom - 2013-02-03 3:15 PM

amd723 - 2013-02-03 4:58 PM















Just a few friends seen on a hike I did today.  ETA:  don't know what happened to the 3d pic.

Okay, at first glance I totally thought that first picture was of a hippo.  Clearly I need to lay off the Mucinex for a while. Lol

I don't take Mucinex and I thought the same...and it didn't occur to me that she wouldn't have see it on a hike...

bcraht - 2013-02-03 3:41 PM

KansasMom - 2013-02-03 3:15 PM

amd723 - 2013-02-03 4:58 PM















Just a few friends seen on a hike I did today.  ETA:  don't know what happened to the 3d pic.

Okay, at first glance I totally thought that first picture was of a hippo.  Clearly I need to lay off the Mucinex for a while. Lol

I don't take Mucinex and I thought the same...and it didn't occur to me that she wouldn't have see it on a hike...

Haha! Me, too! Except I did wonder where the heck she was hiking where someone would have a pet hippo  (my excuse is that I was looking at it on my phone screen)

Thanks everyone for your best wishes with my race today and for the weather report Jayne. It was a balmy 86*F (30*C) at the start of our race, water temp of 77*F (25*C) so not yet at the 100*F that it has reached this afternoon, thankfully.

It went well, it was a mini sprint and I really did it to keep myself motivated to train (not that that worked last week) and to work on a few things in a race situation in the build up to doing an Oly in April.

So the race was a 250m swim, a 10km ride and a 2km run (it feels very insignificant when you look at it like that but we've all got to start somewhere I guess). I had 4 goals for the race:

1. swim the entire distance with my face in the water (except for breathing of course).
2. wear my bike shoes for the ride (first time in a race).
3. do the full km run withut walking.
4. finish in 45minutes or less.

I managed the first 3 but according to my watch my time would have been about 48 minutes which is a bit of a bummer but I can live with that.

Some things that I learnt:

1. dont start the swim at the middle of the back of the pack, there are too many people to swim around or over. start in the middle out wide.
2. buy a number belt so I dont have to try to put a shirt on while Im wet.
3. get down on the drops more when riding. I need to prctice this because my shoulders were getting sore.
4. take 30 seconds to put socks on in T2 otherwise I end up with blisters on the insteps of my feet.
5. Oh and most importantly get to the race a bit earlier to allow for the toilet line or be prepared to do the race with your butt cheeks clamped together

All up good race and I felt good all the way through, I think I could have run faster if I had worn socks because the blisters on my feet were really sore by the time I had finished. Should have listened to the nothing new on race day advice but just looked at my watch when I was in T2 and thought if I put socks on I was not going t make my goal time.

I have 10 weeks today until the Oly that I am planning to do and after today's race I'm feeling no where near even close to being ready for it.

Here's the race report for my 5 miler today. It was a bit nippy for sure.  This is our course.

I must have missed the four mile marker.  I was waiting for it to pick up the pace, but about that time we started going back uphill, and I started reeling people back in.  Having lived in upstate NY, I'm not afraid of hills, cuz I know what real hills are.

Here are the splits for the 5.11 miles my phone gps gave me:

bcraht - 2013-02-03 3:41 PM

KansasMom - 2013-02-03 3:15 PM

amd723 - 2013-02-03 4:58 PM















Just a few friends seen on a hike I did today.  ETA:  don't know what happened to the 3d pic.

Okay, at first glance I totally thought that first picture was of a hippo.  Clearly I need to lay off the Mucinex for a while. Lol

I don't take Mucinex and I thought the same...and it didn't occur to me that she wouldn't have see it on a hike...

Haha! Me, too! Except I did wonder where the heck she was hiking where someone would have a pet hippo  (my excuse is that I was looking at it on my phone screen)

Thanks everyone for your best wishes with my race today and for the weather report Jayne. It was a balmy 86*F (30*C) at the start of our race, water temp of 77*F (25*C) so not yet at the 100*F that it has reached this afternoon, thankfully.

It went well, it was a mini sprint and I really did it to keep myself motivated to train (not that that worked last week) and to work on a few things in a race situation in the build up to doing an Oly in April.

So the race was a 250m swim, a 10km ride and a 2km run (it feels very insignificant when you look at it like that but we've all got to start somewhere I guess). I had 4 goals for the race:

1. swim the entire distance with my face in the water (except for breathing of course).
2. wear my bike shoes for the ride (first time in a race).
3. do the full km run withut walking.
4. finish in 45minutes or less.

I managed the first 3 but according to my watch my time would have been about 48 minutes which is a bit of a bummer but I can live with that.

Some things that I learnt:

1. dont start the swim at the middle of the back of the pack, there are too many people to swim around or over. start in the middle out wide.
2. buy a number belt so I dont have to try to put a shirt on while Im wet.
3. get down on the drops more when riding. I need to prctice this because my shoulders were getting sore.
4. take 30 seconds to put socks on in T2 otherwise I end up with blisters on the insteps of my feet.
5. Oh and most importantly get to the race a bit earlier to allow for the toilet line or be prepared to do the race with your butt cheeks clamped together

All up good race and I felt good all the way through, I think I could have run faster if I had worn socks because the blisters on my feet were really sore by the time I had finished. Should have listened to the nothing new on race day advice but just looked at my watch when I was in T2 and thought if I put socks on I was not going t make my goal time.

I have 10 weeks today until the Oly that I am planning to do and after today's race I'm feeling no where near even close to being ready for it.