HILDEKQ'S Magnificently Motivational Mentor Group - CLOSED!! (Page 7)

TTucker - 2011-01-12 11:27 AM 'Turtle' - Yeah, well I'm hoping that speed will come with practice. At this point it is a matter of getting the breathing thing down. That's what FREAKS ME OUT!! Then, once I get the breathing down, figuring out how to breath and swim at the right intervals to prevent my lungs from exploding...Coming in EXACTLY last in my wave because it takes me SO LONG to swim 400's and then having dead dog tired legs because they are doing most of the work - just is NOT working..ya know?!

The TI camps etc I just cannot afford to attend so I have been watching the videos on you tube and hope with repeated watching of the videos and repeated attempts to complete those drills some of the techniques will weedle their way into my brain and eventually it will CLICK.

The swim is my most FRUSTRATING event and training aspect. I can run all day, bike 50 miles (albeit not as fast as some) but when I get in the pool I feel like....someone who is very out of shape and ill made for the water.

I found a number for a swim coach and going to see how much it would cost, even for 2 meetings a month for 30 minutes or an hour, just to COACH me how to breath...

We shall see     

hildekq - 2011-01-10 5:58 PM Tammy the date is June 18th. it's a Saturday, and of course if we go together we can split the costs (as well as having FANTABULOUS girlie conversations for hours and hours... we can talk about Wilson's, umm, Moose Knuckle??) 

Here's a link, there is info, but it is from 2010, but you can get an idea:

http://www.tuxbro.com/entry-info/sprint-triathlon/sprint-tri-entry-info.html

Sulcus - 2011-01-10 8:30 PM

Hee hee - we'll have to compare notes after our swims then.  I just hope no one yells out "Thar she blows - the great white whale!" as I'm swimming.  Well, no one other than my wife who marvels at how pasty white I get in the winter. 

PTWykes - 2011-01-11 6:48 PM Awesome snowman story We're slated for 8-12 inches tomorrow so it will be my turn for showman making with the kiddo's tomorrow

Had a good workout today but, my hip is still aggravating me :humph: I wish it would just "shut up" already. It's not really painful (except when I first get up to walk after sitting for a while) just tight and sore. Nothing I seem to do makes it any worse (other than one particular type of squats that I just avoid doing) and nothing seems to make it better. I'm reluctant to go to the doctor because they're going to want to 1)take an x-ray (and I know there is no fracture!) - waste of time, and 2)tell me to take Advil and go to PT which I am already doing. I keep thinking I can wait it out but it's getting really draining!

On a better note my throat is about 90% improved and SO FAR no one else here has gotten sick

gnome - 2011-01-12 10:57 AM

nice clock!

I hear you on the irritating day part.  12 hour shift at the firehouse with an ice/snow storm, and dispatch blew up around rush hour with calls.  then they couldn't send me on the right call, and when i called to get my call times for my paperwork they bitched at me for the botched calls.  hello, when things are crazy like that you have to verify what unit is going to what call, especially when there are multiple calls in a units area.  also, what is it about crappy weather that makes people wiht no real medical need for a hospital suddenly want to go to a hospital via an ambulance? 

also, had a rare call yesterday.  dude got stung by his fish.  some exotic fish with venomous barbs got him in the hand.  had to google that one on my phone on the way to the call. 

feeling better today after my run though...now to start cleaning hte house...mom comes in this weekend so we can go wedding dress shopping (Oye Vey)

hildekq - 2011-01-12 8:42 PM Tammy Turtle, LOVE the clock, such itty bitty men (obviously they are NOT as endowed as Wilson!)

Sulcus - 2011-01-13 6:59 AM Happy Thursday all.  Would you believe that I finally caught up on the thread on the train last night.  Hopefully, I can stay caught up now!

Just a couple of things:

Wilson, just because I seem to do it differently, I thought I'd give you my nutritional angle for sprint races, at least.  Because I sweat so much, I tend go heavier on the drinks than gels to avoid cramping.  I used to use Gu20 but they stopped making it so I need to find a new one.  A bottle of Gu20 when I eat breakfast a couple of hours before the race (all my races are wetsuit races so a little ammunition to warm up of the old suit doesn't hurt either), a powerbar 30 minutes before the race, a bottle of Gu20 on the bike and I'm all set.  I know it's probably too many calories but I've found I do fine with them and I would rather have too many calories then cramp up.

I imagine I will have to start using some gels or something else during my Olympic races this year but need to figure out where and when I want to use them.

I hate jelly beans but I received some at a race and the sports beans aren't horrible.  For what it's worth, I didn't get a sugar rush of any kind when I ate them.  I think they're a mix of sugars, including malto-dextrin so you won't spike and then fall flat but you may want to double check.

wsilverthorne - 2011-01-13 4:33 PM  As few strokes as possible to hit the wall of course...cuz i'm all about efficiency! 

tstl - 2011-01-14 12:19 AM

... yeah, that's what she said ;-)

Glad your girl got the bean out of her ear... Reminds me of when my girl was in kindergarten. One day after she had been home about 3 hours, she told me about her friend who took a bead away from her during a craft project (she was all indignant about this). I asked her what the girl did with the bead. In a very matter-of-fact voice, she said "She put it in my nose." Is it still there? "Yes." Again, very matter-of-fact. A quick peek with a flashlight and extraction with tweezers took care of the situation. What is it with these kids?? 

hildekq - 2011-01-14 9:01 AM Another bean in the ear story?  That's what my grandson did... shoved a ROCK in there... and really delayed his speech.  It's been a couple of months since they got it out and his talking has improved dramatically!  There are days at school I'd like to shove beans or rocks in my ears so I wouldn't hear the non-stop TALKING!!  Really, I don't know how they learn anything, since they hardly ever shut up!

TTucker - 2011-01-14 10:02 AM What is it with these kids and putting things in their ears/noses?!! Of my 7, only 1 of the boys and 2 of the girls did it - but my youngest daughter (about to be 3) doesn't seem to learn the FIRST time she does silly things like this and MUST do it at least twice!!  Luckily....up her nose and NOT in her ears though!!

wsilverthorne - 2011-01-13 6:40 PM