Mad Manatees Mentor Group - VERY CLOSED!!! Sorry! (Page 68)

That's why I was concerned about the streaking!!! I doubt I could handle a serious case of frostbite down there.

TJ, that sounds delightful!  I have to admit, we are having a stretch of nice weather (read: it is not pouring rain for days on end), but cool temps (30ish overnight, 40ish during the day).

I am sure you did great. Good job!

So I am looking at starting a training plan, getting some structure into my training. I am looking at the Chattanooga Waterfront Tri (oly) on July 7 and NashVegas Half-Distance on Sept 7 being my A races. I am leaning towards dropping a full IM from my schedule this year. I might do a late season HIM or full Mary. I am sure I will find a couple of more B races once I move and get established back in TN.

So my questions are: Should I start a training plan for an Oly then do a "bridge" type plan between the Oly and the HIM? If not what kind of training plan would the Manatees recommend? It will probably be a custom plan from BT.

For Chattanooga I would like to be competitive. I also want to take about 20-30 minutes off of last years time of 3:08. I can already tell I am going to be better prepared for the race. I want to make sure I am well set-up to also deal with my travel time in May/June with a decent base by then.

Ok, last season was my first, so take that into account when hearing my opinion.  My A race last year was a HIM.  I trained for that, and put in an Oly race as part of my training.  It made the most sense to me to direct my training for my A race, and used some races as long training days.  It worked well for me.  I did about 4 sprints as well.

I meant to say that I would love to try and do both the Chatty and NashVegas as A races. But I am not sure which way would be the best way to tackle that. Last year was also my first tri season, and it was only 2 races. Not a lot happens here in Alaska tri rise after mid summer. We have a decent amount of running races, but few tris.

Your meal sounds wonderful, how did it turn out? Hope you get the chance to get outside and enjoy the warmth and sunshine!

That looks seriously good, I love a nice, hot chili and the addition of carrots looks good, I may need to try that next time I make some.

Sounds wonderful!!!  Glad you were able to get out there and enjoy it.

Great job, Jo!!!  I was thinking of you last night at the hockey game when I suddenly remembered because of the time difference it was already Sunday morning for you.  Glad to hear you are having fun and spending it up!

45/30/15   Trainer/Treadmill/upper body weights.     Burnt enough energy to consider it a sprint tri.     Got all  my training in early today so I can take advantage of the abundant sunshine and 50ish temperatures today.

I'm going kayaking!   Hmmm, should I take a short or full wetsuit?    Water temps are in the low 40's.

Carpe vivere.  Memento mori.

I hope it went really well, Jo! Hopefully Auckland will be perfect in a few weeks I would love to met Christina. Poor Terrenzo!

Mike Reilly is calling IMNZ as well, really excited!

Edit because I can't read ... Glad to see it went really well, Jo! CONGRATULATIONS

Jen, sorry you didn't feel up to your race, but it's good to listen to your body.

Jo, sounds like you are having a great time, glad your race went well!