MightyMojoMentorGroup -- (Full House!) (Page 7)

BonBon

Nearly every sprint race will have a number of beginners so I am sure you won't be alone. Some will even have a special category for first time racers. If so, it gives you a better chance to win an award. There will also be plenty of gung ho types as well.

The first thing you will do is the swim. When you exit the water you will head back to where you previously stashed your bike, cycling, and running stuff. The transition from swimming to biking is called T1. After you finish the bike, you will return to the transition area, drop off your bike, ditch your helmet and start running. That transition is called T2.

If you don't have a lot of money to invest you can go without a wetsuit. You can do the whole thing in a tri suit, or you can change clothes if you really want to. You will need a legal bike helmet. You can ride any old bike. Don't skimp on the running shoes though or you will regret it.

Steve,

Let me in please.  I will post history after I read about everyone else.  But wanted to make sure I got in before this closed.

Denise

I am a poor college student so I have not yet bought any trainer dvds yet (but maybe I will in the future).

I create my own entertainment usually. There's a site called TrainerRoad.com, which projects your paremeters such as HR, cadence, and power on your computer/laptop (even if you don't have a fancy powermeter!, it can find it out from certain pressure curves or something from your trainer, all you need is an ANT stick and speed/cadence sensor), it really motivates me and there are a lot of different workouts from threshold to VO2max to sweetspot, endurance, or you can just go and do your own thang. I found though that after a while just seeing my power graph go up and down I needed a bit more distraction So now I have downloaded some of the great races (usually some of the cycling classics such as Paris-Roubaix, Amstel Gold, Giro Lombardia, etc etc) and watch them while cycling, and TrainerRoad can minimize to a sort of sidebar where it still tells you you should be pedalling harder

If you google cycling torrents youll find some of the videos. For more structured training videos I think Sufferfest.com has some really good videos. My only gripe with them is that they all seem quite intense, and especially in the winter I'm more looking to build my base. But they do seem nicely mixed with music and spectacular cycling footage!

Thomas

What is your email? I will send you the 1 I have on my computer and you can let me know what you think!

Thanks,  Ok how do I join the mentoring group?

I will sign up for the race in beautiful Boca Raton FL.  I checked the average water temps for the Atlantic ocean in FL and in APril it's about 78.  For me thats cold.   That's the only part of the race that scares me is the cold water cause I can swim.

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-20 7:54 PM When I take my horses out for a trail ride, I like to take a Horsecam photo of our view from right between their ears. I was a lucky girl today and got to take 2 Horsecam shots  

I think your avatar says San Jose - is that Silicon Valley down there Johanne?

junthank - 2011-12-22 4:15 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-20 7:54 PM When I take my horses out for a trail ride, I like to take a Horsecam photo of our view from right between their ears. I was a lucky girl today and got to take 2 Horsecam shots  

I think your avatar says San Jose - is that Silicon Valley down there Johanne?

Yes, San Jose is included in the Silicon Valley.

Keep with the swim Chris.  Like you (and a lot of other people) I had a very difficult time initially in the water.  Couldn't swim 40 meters in a pool without struggling to find a wall.  Yeah I could swim, but never was on a swim team in my youth.  Took me 6 months before I learned how to relax in the water.  Be patient, keep at it, and you will be amazed at what you can do.

BTW Steve, the Xterra wetsuit is here.... but my wife won't let me have it until XMAS morning.  Can't wait to see what it does for my swim (hopefully all good)!!!

Congrat's.  Is that the CFA test?  My oldest son who works for Robert Baird recently passed the 1st part of that test (I guess there are a series of CFA tests).  I know he studied long and hard for that thing!! 

OMG!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaah! I had a big bio typed up and my mouse battery went dead. I went to change it and then of course got side tracked with my son and his activities and by the time I got back to the computer -- my typing and the entire page/website was gone and closed. I'm so mad! 

Anyhow...can I still make it into the group? I'm a recent graduate of the Mojos but can always use support and guidance. 

I'll type another bio once the steam from my ears dwindles.

By "gung ho" I assume you mean experienced and/or competitive.  Really, it depends on the race but typically you will get a good mixture of both.  Often there will local races where there is beginner focus.  There is a new series this year called the HITS series.  Over a weekend they put on a race at every distance (Sprint, Olympic, HIM and IM).  They even have what they call an "Open" division that is very short in distance (shorter than a Sprint distance) where the focus is on people doing their 1st tri.  The series is coming to Florida in Jan. (Naples) and Mar. (Ocala).

Amen to that!!  In 2010 I voluteered for the 70.3 World Champs in Clearwater, FL.  I was at the finish line taking timing chips off finishers.  So I got the opporunity to get really close to many of the pro's.  I'm telling you many of the pro's are really, really, really lean (Micheal Raelert and Julie Dibens) come to mind.

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-22 7:21 PM

junthank - 2011-12-22 4:15 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-20 7:54 PM When I take my horses out for a trail ride, I like to take a Horsecam photo of our view from right between their ears. I was a lucky girl today and got to take 2 Horsecam shots  

I think your avatar says San Jose - is that Silicon Valley down there Johanne?

Yes, San Jose is included in the Silicon Valley.

I was referring to the horsecam picture with what looks like a valley down there.  Anyway, I worked for a couple companies HQed in Silicon Valley but never really had the opportunity to venture out of San Jose/Sunnyvale much when I traveled there.  Looks like maybe you are up in those mountains.

How do you know if you are accepted into a group?

junthank - 2011-12-22 5:09 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-22 7:21 PM

junthank - 2011-12-22 4:15 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-20 7:54 PM When I take my horses out for a trail ride, I like to take a Horsecam photo of our view from right between their ears. I was a lucky girl today and got to take 2 Horsecam shots  

I think your avatar says San Jose - is that Silicon Valley down there Johanne?

Yes, San Jose is included in the Silicon Valley.

I was referring to the horsecam picture with what looks like a valley down there.  Anyway, I worked for a couple companies HQed in Silicon Valley but never really had the opportunity to venture out of San Jose/Sunnyvale much when I traveled there.  Looks like maybe you are up in those mountains.

Good eye! Yes, that is downtown San Jose. We live at the south end of town just a couple of minutes from the mountains. My husband has worked for a couple of companies since we moved back to California but he is in finance. He's worked for software companies but this last move was to a biotech company. It's been a whole new world for him What type of work do you do?

hah! DFL baby!

Decent workout tonight - ran for an hour on the dreadmill. About 80% of my running is on the dreadmill for now. My favorite kid is on the swim team at the Y and for now that's the only time I can run. After the holidays things mightn loosed up at work and I get some miles in before work. Followed the run up with a swim. I'm on week 2 of 0 to 1650. The coolest part of being horrible at something is when you start, progress comes fast and easy.

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-22 9:29 PM

junthank - 2011-12-22 5:09 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-22 7:21 PM

junthank - 2011-12-22 4:15 PM

50andgettingfit - 2011-12-20 7:54 PM When I take my horses out for a trail ride, I like to take a Horsecam photo of our view from right between their ears. I was a lucky girl today and got to take 2 Horsecam shots  

I think your avatar says San Jose - is that Silicon Valley down there Johanne?

Yes, San Jose is included in the Silicon Valley.

I was referring to the horsecam picture with what looks like a valley down there.  Anyway, I worked for a couple companies HQed in Silicon Valley but never really had the opportunity to venture out of San Jose/Sunnyvale much when I traveled there.  Looks like maybe you are up in those mountains.

Good eye! Yes, that is downtown San Jose. We live at the south end of town just a couple of minutes from the mountains. My husband has worked for a couple of companies since we moved back to California but he is in finance. He's worked for software companies but this last move was to a biotech company. It's been a whole new world for him What type of work do you do?

The Silicon Valley connection with me was initially with a couple computer company startups.  Netpower and Kubota Pacific Computer (both of which are longer around).  The last west coast company I worked for was NetApp out of Sunnyvale.  Sales in all of them. 

I'm off to celebrate the holidays with the older kids in Virginia starting on Friday.  Training this past week has been light as we have been getting ready for the trip and all of the other stuff that goes with Xmas.  Looking forward to seeing my older kids and grandbaby but also anxious to start back into training at the beginning of the year.  Next time I check in I'm sure I'll be 10 pages behind in theis thread.  Wishing all of you a great holiday season. 

Matt,

I bet your running will come back easier then you think with such a strong background. I think most people are horrible at swimming at the beginning if they didn't swim as a kid. What's the program you're using? A steady progression kind of thing? Ok, I have to ask....why is the swim team kid your favorite? Curious about your sign in name, are you a Pastor?

Johanne