Girl Passing on Left (FULL) (Page 61)

Hi Everyone...sorry but the sun has been out round here and I have been trying to FOCUS! haha

looks as though everyone is staying busy!

Julie....looks like you got some great info on what to do and not to do when riding your bike in a tri...and I see you now see where I get my name ( I actually got it from my sister n law) although I have to admit I love saying it in a race to a guy and have them almost wreck trying to see what girl is passing them! nothing better! besides the stay to the right unless passing, stay back three bike lengths, pass within 15 seconds or drop back....there are some transition rules, too...my sister flipped over her handlebars the first race because she had no idea you had to walk your bike thru...she was riding hard and could not hear anything and of course was hamming it up for the family when all of a sudden a race volunteer jumped in front of her and yelled stop! she slammed on her breaks and went over the handlebars and thudded to the ground! she ended up breaking a rib...but still ran the run portion! I too remember my first race and not knowing this...there are signs...but who's reading??? so be careful when you approach the transition areas...be ready to dismount and if you can have your shoes ready to be pealed off so you can put on your running shoes. So you know most of the triathlons I have been in have not been policed and I have yet to hear of anyone get dq'd for drafting...but it is a very good habit to never do it...you never know!!?

Yvonne...I feel for you...I hated grading days! What age do you teach? Congrats on your new wetsuit! like Amy said...do not take it into chlorine. I wanted to do the same with mine...do make sure to get as many practices as possible in it before your race. Make sure to get some glide and rub it all over so you do not get any rashes from where it may rub you wrong and this will help you to get it off and on...plus my final tip and I wish I would have know this before my first ows race is when you are about to leave the water unzip your suit and take the arms off...let as much water as possible in the suit when exiting the water...this will help when you try and remove the leg portion...It must have taken me a good 5 minutes to get out of mine the first tri! A few more minutes and I could have ordered a pizza! haha what kind of suit did you get? and did you say birthday?...happy belated bday!!!!! when was it?

Amy...now why have you waited so long to have that great smiling face as your avatar???? promise me no more hippos! glad you are feeling better! time to find you another profession. Have you ridded your home of all the toxics?

Susie...dont stress on your weight! I say to only weigh yourself once a week! the scale can be your enemy! I find that mine in the garage has done me wonders! I used to get sooooo mad when I would work my butt of training and would eat healthy...small portions...only to see that i had gained..but you have to realize that sometimes we will gain and that is muscle mass. do you drink lots of water? are you logging food intake?  what is this about a challenge? where you can win $50? is this on BT?

Dan...Bianchi is a great bike...I have a very dear friend who is trying to talk me into racing with her next month and she loves her Bianchi bike...which year? model is it?  - - hope your shoulder is feeling better! I see it still has not slowed down your training! kiu but dont over do it! how is the weather in Japan these days/nights?

Nicole...love your new avatar...I think this is History in BT...you never have anything but your bike avatar! good idea on the mark the leg for other BT'ers....and I can imagine that many must remark about not being a hill slug! you rock the bike!

Cheri...hoping you can let the team know more about your workouts with torture your running partner Dan....seems like the topic of discussion of our thread lately is speed interval training....so, maybe you can let us know what your schedule is on those days? and anyone else who may want to interject here! I know that it is great for you and I do my own thing...but would love to bring my run times down...so any help here would be great!

we seemed to have lost a few teammates! I say we ALL hammer them with inspires til they come back! dont want to name names on who the MIA are...head around to each others logs and you will find a few with empty logs and white calendars! hope you will all help with this! we all promised to try and help each other stay on track and I hate to lose even a few of you!!!!

train well everyone!

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sorry lyssa! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^beat you to the top again!!!??!!

Absolutely! Now you know my secret! ;)

Hi all, just popping in to say hi while dd is resting. Turns out she has croup. Once she got the steroid shot she seems to be improving, she just ate two popcicles and has kept them down. THANK GOD !

So, thank you for the info on passing and I'll catch up more later tonight or tomorrow........but for now I'm just really not focused so I'll type more later !

Hi team! seems everyone has something positive this week and a challenge to workout...or an injury that means backing off and working on the mental part of the training.

Arnica gel, ice and motrin is my new "diet ". I will be out this weekend so don't send the missing person's post if i don't respond...hehe will be thinking of you all and will checking your logs sunday.

NoSit - 2009-02-19 5:08 PM

Sledge - 2009-02-15 9:14 AM I decided today was the day to put up or shut up, so I just registered for the Gulf Coast Half Ironman on May 9th.  So now I'm committed -- or maybe I should be committed?

I know I'm a few days late, but ... Whoohoo, Cheri! Welcome to that club! I joined it a couple of months ago and I'm still asking people if I should be committed. We'll be fine - you get to go first, though, mine's not til July. Keep training hard! Trish

you go girls! My hats off to the both of you! There is definitely no athlete's more capable! you guys are going to rock the tri world! you just wait and see!! kiu!

I just got back from a good run....thru in a few up/downhills and I feel great! I never knew I would be sooooo excited to run a few miles! amazing what an injury will do to you!

sorry you will not be around....and I am not sooo sure I am liking your diet! hope you are ok! what is going on? I know you said your leg in your training log...do you know what caused it?

Thanks for the reminders about the chlorine...the pool I go to is salt water but I think they still use a bit of chlorine- I will check with the pool people before taking my new favourite tri gear into the water.

Good advice about getting the wetsuit off! I will try to remember that. It actually was a lot tougher to put on than to take off...hubby and I were laughing about the thought of triathlons starting on the beach but with your wetsuits at your feet. The gun goes and then you have to work at getting it on before going through your swim. It might just qualify as a fourth event! A Quadathlon! LOL

I ended up with a beautiful Zoot Zenith...we found an incredible deal online (over 50% off the price at my local shop)....and it is much closer to my half-birthday than the original day at the end of September. But thanks for the wishes!

And I have the pleasure of teaching what I call the walking hormones...Grades 8 and 9. We have a lot of fun and they leave me shaking my head constantly.

Have a wonderful Friday, gang!

Thanks Julie and Susie.  Nice to hear positive feedback on Bianchi.   Shoulder is feeling better.  Well, it was after swimming and when I woke up this morning.  Not sure how it is going to feel tomorrow after shoveling snow for 1.5 hours.    I love getting the KIUs - they do help.    The weather here was doing okay until last night and it is snowing again as I type.   We have high wind warnings for tonight and tomorrow.  Sunday onwards is looking decent, i.e., highs in the low 50s.

Here is the bike I'm looking at:

http://www.bianchiusa.com/09_c2c_nirone_c_105_mix_comp.html

actual frame color is like this one:

http://www.bianchiusa.com/09_c2c_nirone_c_veloce_comp.html

Have a great Friday everyone!

Good morning!

I was back at the pool today and wow was it crowded! I got there regular time and all the lanes were already taken and there were two people on the deck waiting for lanes. A guy already in the pool volunteered to do circle swimming; the other two preferred to wait so I got in with them. The guy was swimming about my speed but the woman was substantially slower and we had to swim around her. After a little of that she left and we went to half-lane swimming but just a little while later I was asked to go back to circling. Another while of that and then we were back to half-lane. Sprinkled in with all of that distraction I was having trouble keeping my swimcap on my head (I got my hear cut last night and I think the hair product she used was making my hair extra slippery) and then my goggles would start to leak. Of course, this was the day I was trying to do a 1600m+ continuous swim. It didn't really come off as planned. I still got in a decent 2300m total.

I've got a run on tap for tomorrow and a ride planned for Sunday. What's everyone got going on?

that looks suweeet! nice color! same as my friends!

Dont you be working too hard on that shoveling that snow...take care of that shoulder. Looks like we are flip flopping on the weather...I have cold wind and rain coming late Saturday Sunday for the week.....enjoy your weather! sounds like you deserve a break from that snow!!!!

pictures of you in the new wet suit?

8th and 9th grade....wow! that is one tough bunch! and you are sooo right about the walking hormone thing! too funny!

are you on a regular school schedule or the full year schedule?

wow...that was quite the morning swim! I am exhausted for you! so where are the pictures of the new hairdo? must be some really great conditioner she uses! My hair is dreadfully dry...next time you go...ask what she uses! I need it!

congrats on sticking with the swim and not getting frustrated like I would have and left!

I am waiting on my TV to be delivered today...and if it gets here this morning will go for a swim...if not a bike ride....and another bike ride tomorrow..with dh...look as though we are going to get some heavy rains starting Saturday late and will continue thru the week...so will be a swim and run type of week for me! Although I keep getting hounded by my favorite spa and they offered me a week trial visit...may be a good week to take them up on it!!!!

have a great weekend Nicole! KIU!!!!

Now that I've swam and showered it looks exactly like it did before only about an inch shorter and no split ends. She used Cat Walk Curls Rock amplifier.

Even under "normal" conditions I have problems with my swimcap slipping off my head during longer swims. Does anyone have a solution for this? (I use a silicone cap)

OH MY GAWD, ........... I just received my first tri jersey and shorts........AND THEY FREAKIN FIT !

My dh saw them and said "oh wow, those are tiny they will never fit you"....... (I did not say out loud what I was thinking on the inside)......... I just said "they are supposed to be tight ". grumble.....

Anyway, I'll have dh take a pic of me in it later when he is home (never saw the day I'd post a pic of me in spandex  ! lol

I'll definitely have to get that body glide stuff, there are a few places it irritates me, like my neck and the legs where the gripper dealies are.

Otherwise I think they fit fine........lol I'd like to NOT have the back fat or the "muffin" top thing at the shorts but oh well, perfection isn't mine ! lol

1.5 hours of shovelling?!!! That is either a lot of snow or one LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG driveway! Hope the shoulder held up! I had no idea that Japan had so many windy and snowy days! Hope things warm up for you soon.

Sounds like a good swim, Nicole! I find if fascinating that every pool seems to have its own 'etiquette'. I have never been to a pool where it is one person per lane with others expected to wait their turn....not that I have been to that many pools. What I have seen is two people will split the lane and three or more will do circles. I have had as many as four people with me in my lane and it does indeed require some patience but I also think that it will be good training for race day either in the pool when they have 6 people per lane as well as with the extra splash and thrash.

I have also had some troubles with my silicone cap slipping but find it has to do more with positioning on my head and how my goggles positioned as well. I find that if my hair is tied in a pony tail and then the goggle straps are on either side of the 'bump', it stays in place. Let me know if you find a solution!

I guess I was unclear; our pool etiquette is as you describe: one person alone, then two with each taking half, then 3 or more swimming circles. Whenever I have to deal with chop or contact from other swimmers or the ropes I just think that it's good practice for triathlon swimming. One peeve I have is that when you are lucky enough to have a lane to yourself for a while, some people will just hop right in and start swimming without letting you know that they are there and would like to use a half of the lane. So far I've avoided any real crashes but it ticks me off every time. All it takes is to sit with your feet dangling in the water (this is what I do) or be standing in the lane when I get to the end of the lane so that I can see them there. Less than a minute of waiting.

I always have my hair in a ponytail; I've found that the lower on my head I have it, the less likely the cap is to pop off. Today nothing would have kept it on!

I almost had a crash like that yesterday, and all that guy needed to do was wait until I got to the end.  Since I'm new at this, I thought maybe I was being silly about being peeved.  I'm glad to know that I wasn't being irrational (this time!).