BB's Really Beginner Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 7)

Mike – How exciting that you are getting your bike tomorrow!  That’s great!  I’m no expert regarding shoes, I had a pair of New Balance I bought at Sam’s Club which felt very comfortable.  But then somebody told me I should buy a pair of Nike’s specially designed running shoes for women.  The shoes recommended at the Nike site were not to be found, but I got another pair.  They were 40% more expensive than their normal retail price in the US (like everything else I need for tris, bikes even 50%), but I can tell you that they are worth every peso I spent, even though they are not the fanciest ones.    As opposed to my New Balance, I feel I’m walking on air.  If I were in the States, I would do the running style test on line, then at the shop and buy the pair that was designed for my style at a more reasonable price.

I appreciate your cheerleading and inspire.  They come at a good time.  I went to the doctor yesterday and it seems I need to be immobilized for another week.  I changed my plan accordingly, but I expect things to develop slower than I had first hoped.  I will be receiving the New Year and 19 guests for dinner with an orthopaedic boot.  That should be interesting… LOL

Josh – Are we not doing a weight challenge as well?  Is it better to do one at a time?  I’m afraid I’m gaining weight…

Hi everyone,

Sorry I've not been on this thread much. I'm still in Buffalo but will be heading back to Vegas tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who has sent me inspires. I will be sending some out myself when I get back home. Right now, I'm going to try and get on the elliptical for an hour (hopefully my daughter stays asleep-the clock is running so I better get moving).

Congrats.  Don't do too much.  Your feet still need to get used to them.

Good morning everyone.  So I am going to work on the challenge spreadsheet today.   What we will do is have 4 categories - Swim, Bike, Run, and Weight.  Over the next 3 months, pick 1 a month.  This way if you can do one thing or don't have a bike or access to a pool, you can still participate each month.  Durning the first couple of the days of the month, do a TT or weigh yourself.  Then at the end of the month, do the say thing.  The person with the biggest % gain, or weight loss in each category wins.  At the end, we will take the average of all 3 and there will be 1 big winner.  How does this sound?

Josh- I love the challenge. This way each person can pick what they really want to work on.

I weighed myself when I got home. 166. Def up several pounds. My body also likes to hover around the low 160s/high 150s. 158 was the lowest I've been recently and that was right before my Oct tri. My goal weight is 145 by the end of 2011. I know we are only talking about 20lbs. But let me tell you, this weight does not want to come off and it will be battle.

Weight issue aside, I will be doing the run challenge for January because I'm looking to do a 5k each month (Jan-March) and focus on improving my times in this shorter distance. I will do a TT tomorrow. I have the same question as Dan. Do we pick the distance? I will also do mine on a treadmill because all my running routes have stoplights/traffic.

Running question: What should I be doing during my run training to help speed up my 5k time? As of now, I'm able to run about 15mpw- over the course of 3 days (3,5,7 miles). Right now, all I've been doing is running easy for all these runs. I'm assuming I need to start doing some intervals if I want to get faster. Should I do these on the shorter runs? If so, how long should they last and should I really push the pace or just aim to go a little harder?

Let's do -

5k for run

10 miles for bike

1000 yards for swim.

Hope everyone had a safe New Year. Sat at home and watched football and the Redwings lose to the Islanders. Asleep by 10:30. Put in new mailbox this morning that someone hit during snowstorm two weeks ago. This morning it was 52, now it is on its way down to 32.

Anyway, if we decide to TT on the TM should we set the incline at 1.0, 1.5?

New Year’s Eve dinner for 20, New Year’s lunch for 12 and dinner for 7.  The last guests just left.  We are happy but exhausted!  I’ll weight myself tomorrow to check the extent of the damage and begin the challenge.

Good night!

What ever you want.  People tend to do 1.0 to sort of replicate running outside.

I am exhausted and full from reading this.  I hope you get to relax today.