SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 64)

John, those bike photos practically made me cry.  I am so glad you are okay, yikes!  And such a trooper, you were thinking about being okay to run!  Sounds like your 50% deal will make it a bit less painful.

Trevor, I didn't run up Diamond Head, the mountain!  Just out along the coast to the tip of Diamond Head Beach.  I highly recommend the run for anyone staying in Waikiki or nearby because early in the am, there are no cars, just you and the other crazy walkers/runners and of course, surfers looking for good waves!  But there is a nice hill to get to the top, so it is a nice challenge.

I also like to do some speed training on the treadmill, as it doesn't let me off the hook.... I will do something like a 10 minute warm up at long run pace (Z1-2), then alternate 4 minutes Z4 and 3 min recovery (Z1-2) about 4 cycles of this and then c/d 10 minutes.  The first fast interval always sucks for me, but then I start really cruising by the 2nd and 3rd... the 4th one is a relief to be done with.  I do a similar type of thing with hill workouts.  These are workouts that are in my silver HIM plan and they seem to occur once every 2 weeks or so.

Today I swam at Kailua Beach (no not that Kailua, Suzy ), this is on the east coast of Oahu.  The water was crystal clear and maybe 78 degrees.  I was able to actually sight okay, and it was much easier swimming without a wetsuit.  I didn't feel the fatigue in my shoulders that I normally do with ows... it makes me believe that perhaps my starter wetsuit is part of the problem and I may look into getting a better model with more range of motion.  

Take care everyone.

Hello everybody. I spoke with Steve today about joining this group a bit late. He said yes so I am here to introduce myself. I joined BT a little late to get into a group and the one I joined (one of the few still open) is very inactive.  Anyway I have been reading yours and it seems to have the atmosphere I prefer. I live in Raleigh, NC and work in Durham, so I am near two of the members. I moved here from Northern Va so I know the area of another member in Arlington.

Hello everybody. I spoke with Steve today about joining this group a bit late. He said yes so I am here to introduce myself. I joined BT a little late to get into a group and the one I joined (one of the few still open) is very inactive.  Anyway I have been reading yours and it seems to have the atmosphere I prefer. I live in Raleigh, NC and work in Durham, so I am near two of the members. I moved here from Northern Va so I know the area of another member in Arlington.

NAME: Doug

STORY: I am 48 years old. I was a serious road racer in the late 70's early 80's. I have played ice hockey regularly for the past 30 years. Unfortunately I let m fitness fall by the waist side (pun intended) and found myself at 285+ pounds on 5/24/08. I joined Weightwatchers and strated walking. That evolved into running and swimming (we have a pool in the backyard). I also began riding my exercycle at night. No television unless I was on the bike. Well in April this year I broke 200 lbs. and last week became a lifetime member at WWer's for keeping my lbs . off for 6 weeks.

Prior to Spring I was up to 35-45 miles/week running. Now I am running less, but riding and swimming more. Triathlon seemed the obvious way to apply the exercise I was doing and keep myself focused. I have a hilly 2.5 mile route I run. It is the same route I started on that I had to walk in the beginning. Periodically I like to run it as fast as I can to gauge my fitness and see how far I have come. My best so far is 17 minutes and 7 seconds. I am spent at the end though! Running used to be my worst event as I am flat footed and pronate. However I got fitted and now run in Brooks shoes that are a dream. Now I am working on my swim technique as biking is still my best.

I just got a new Tri bike and will post some bike Porn as soon as I snap some pics. My road bike is my baby as it was made for me when I raced and I  designed the paint job. I will ride that one in my first tri as I am unot used to the new one yet.

Speaking of my first tri, it is in 16 days! My next is 3 weeks later and my 3rd is 2 weeks after that. They are all sprints. I went and watched a spint at NC State in April to see one up close and watch transitions. I am pumped to compete! I am just using the first one as a trial and a base line. They do not use timing chips in this one so it helps me dial down my expectations and get my feet wet. I have done the course 4 times now.

I have enjoyed reading your posts. You seem very diverse and very enthustiastic. Please forgive my late arrival.

FAMILY STATUS: Married (Robin) close to 13 years, two kids, girl 10.5 and boy almost 9.
 
CURRENT TRAINING: Kinda described this in the beginning. Running about 25 miles/week. Swimming moving up to about 2.5 miles a week from 1+ miles/week. Biking moving to 100+ /week.

2009 RACES:  Looking forward to the Triangle Triathlon, Pinehurst Tri, and Duke Half (If I am ready)

WEIGHTLOSS: I am at the high end of where I want to be. I hope to shed another 10-15 lbs. over the rest of 2009.

WHAT DO I BRING: I have a lot of bicycling experience and was a bike mechanic off and on for 7 years as a teenager and ito college.

Thanks again Steve.

Oh, BTW: I travel periodically to Germany for work so my posts may be at odd hours. I leave Saturday for all of next week.

Doug