Penn State's mentor group - CLOSED! (Page 66)

calimavs - 2010-06-05 5:54 PM I just got back from this week's big workout with my training group. It was a triple brick which was set up as follows:

18 mile bike, 30 minute run
18 mile bike, 20 minute run
18 mile bike, 10 minute run

I've did something similar a few months ago for my Oly training but the bike legs were only 9 miles so this was in a totally different league. I ended up doing 53 miles on the bike and 5 miles of running total.

I tend to psych myself out before big bike days (since it is my weakness) and end up discounting the work I do because I am the slowest cyclist in my training group. My coach knows that cycling does a number on me mentally, so when I finished today he said something that I've been thinking about all afternoon, he said "since you started training for this race have you ever NOT been able to do something I've asked you to do" and I realize that no, I've done all the training, I just may be a bit slower than the rest of the people I'm training with. I'm uber competitive so it's been interesting trying to rein that in and realize that just doing the training is a huge accomplishment.

Funny how much of this sport is a mental game rather than a physical one.

zionvier - 2010-06-05 11:09 PM Sorry for the lateness of this, I'm heading to bed to grab the last few hours of sleep in a moment here before the San Diego marathon.  Looks like I have like 5 pages of posts to catch up on, but not tonight.

Here's the URL for any of you that want to check in on me.  BQ is 3:10.59, I'm aiming to go closer to 3:09 ~7:15/mile pace, hopefully hit the half with at around 1:35 then get the second half in 1:34.  Like I said, I'll be pushing the far extent of my current limit right now, but it's time to see what I have in the tank.

I have a great picture too that I'll post when I get home and get the images loaded... the name on my bib: "HTFU"  I'm in Corral 1, so I'll be one of the first to start moving.  Gun time is at 6:15am (PST), 9:15am Eastern.

http://www.trackmyathlete.com/vemap.aspx?name=050083 

Results should be posted fairly quickly on the web site I assume since it's a RnR: bib number is: 3143 

zionvier - 2010-06-05 10:09 PM Sorry for the lateness of this, I'm heading to bed to grab the last few hours of sleep in a moment here before the San Diego marathon.  Looks like I have like 5 pages of posts to catch up on, but not tonight.

Here's the URL for any of you that want to check in on me.  BQ is 3:10.59, I'm aiming to go closer to 3:09 ~7:15/mile pace, hopefully hit the half with at around 1:35 then get the second half in 1:34.  Like I said, I'll be pushing the far extent of my current limit right now, but it's time to see what I have in the tank.

I have a great picture too that I'll post when I get home and get the images loaded... the name on my bib: "HTFU"  I'm in Corral 1, so I'll be one of the first to start moving.  Gun time is at 6:15am (PST), 9:15am Eastern.

http://www.trackmyathlete.com/vemap.aspx?name=050083 

Results should be posted fairly quickly on the web site I assume since it's a RnR: bib number is: 3143 

zionvier - 2010-06-06 12:09 AM Sorry for the lateness of this, I'm heading to bed to grab the last few hours of sleep in a moment here before the San Diego marathon.  Looks like I have like 5 pages of posts to catch up on, but not tonight.

Here's the URL for any of you that want to check in on me.  BQ is 3:10.59, I'm aiming to go closer to 3:09 ~7:15/mile pace, hopefully hit the half with at around 1:35 then get the second half in 1:34.  Like I said, I'll be pushing the far extent of my current limit right now, but it's time to see what I have in the tank.

I have a great picture too that I'll post when I get home and get the images loaded... the name on my bib: "HTFU"  I'm in Corral 1, so I'll be one of the first to start moving.  Gun time is at 6:15am (PST), 9:15am Eastern.

http://www.trackmyathlete.com/vemap.aspx?name=050083 

Results should be posted fairly quickly on the web site I assume since it's a RnR: bib number is: 3143 

calimavs - 2010-06-05 7:54 PM I just got back from this week's big workout with my training group. It was a triple brick which was set up as follows:

18 mile bike, 30 minute run
18 mile bike, 20 minute run
18 mile bike, 10 minute run

I've did something similar a few months ago for my Oly training but the bike legs were only 9 miles so this was in a totally different league. I ended up doing 53 miles on the bike and 5 miles of running total.

I tend to psych myself out before big bike days (since it is my weakness) and end up discounting the work I do because I am the slowest cyclist in my training group. My coach knows that cycling does a number on me mentally, so when I finished today he said something that I've been thinking about all afternoon, he said "since you started training for this race have you ever NOT been able to do something I've asked you to do" and I realize that no, I've done all the training, I just may be a bit slower than the rest of the people I'm training with. I'm uber competitive so it's been interesting trying to rein that in and realize that just doing the training is a huge accomplishment.

Funny how much of this sport is a mental game rather than a physical one.

calimavs - 2010-06-05 6:54 PM I just got back from this week's big workout with my training group. It was a triple brick which was set up as follows:

18 mile bike, 30 minute run
18 mile bike, 20 minute run
18 mile bike, 10 minute run

I've did something similar a few months ago for my Oly training but the bike legs were only 9 miles so this was in a totally different league. I ended up doing 53 miles on the bike and 5 miles of running total.

I tend to psych myself out before big bike days (since it is my weakness) and end up discounting the work I do because I am the slowest cyclist in my training group. My coach knows that cycling does a number on me mentally, so when I finished today he said something that I've been thinking about all afternoon, he said "since you started training for this race have you ever NOT been able to do something I've asked you to do" and I realize that no, I've done all the training, I just may be a bit slower than the rest of the people I'm training with. I'm uber competitive so it's been interesting trying to rein that in and realize that just doing the training is a huge accomplishment.

Funny how much of this sport is a mental game rather than a physical one.

PennState - 2010-06-06 11:51 AM

Splits:	5 Km	10 Km	7.4 mi	Half	14.5 Mi	20.5 M	Finish	O'All	Sex	Div
Times:	22:08	43:13	51:36	1:32:11	1:42:40	2:27:14	3:31:08

3:31 is a great job Pete!

I had thought you would be in the 3:30-3:40 overall time with your training and prior results.

Outstanding performance!