kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 7)

Its not as scary as you think, I promise.  There are several course preview rides before the race -- you should think about doing one. 

You also bring up a really good point about "good" races versus "bad" races.  A lot of times are goals are things we have no or very little control over -- such as a specific finish time or a specific place. Going into a race I think its really important to have goals you have control over -- having a good attitude, going out hard on the swim, hitting a certain watts, HR or pace on the run, running the entire run course and then letting the chips fall on the things you don't have control over. 

On a course like Rev 3, your overall time is going to be slower than on a flatter course, so I think focusing on other things can be really helpful.

I'm with you on both of these.  I just drink water.  Usually filtered water, but just water.  Other than lemon or lime most additives to water contain lots of chemicals, which I try to avoid.

As far as music goes, I think running without music is the best bet.  If you train with music it can be difficult to adjust to no music on race.

I have to ask -- what is a Pear device?

Is there a difference between Whole 30 and Whole 100?  Or just the number of days?

I've worked with and known a lot of athletes.  I've found that men are generally over confident in their abilities and women are generally under confident.

Rev 3 doesn't sell out quickly.  I think there's any harm in doing a few blocks of training, seeing how you feel and talking about your concerns with your coach.  If an "easy"* course is going to give you the mental boost you need for IMLP, I think that may be the way to go.

* I am of the mindset that there are no "easy" triathlon course -- some courses are just faster than others, they all hurt.

Seeing that we're approaching the new year its getting close to resolution time.

I was wondering what are everyone's resolutions / goals?

My two serious triathlon related ones are: (1) getting to race weight (which for me is probably about 145lbs); and (2) going sub 11 at an IM (which mean a realistic shot at qualifying for Kona depending on the field).

My health related goals are: (1) cutting out as much sugar as possible (I need MAJOR help with this one and would love to hear from those of you who have successfully done it); and (2) sleeping more.  I tend to run a huge sleep deficit and I need to work on getting more quality sleep.

I want to say I registered in April.  Rev 3 is really good about posting when races are about to sell out.  I would follow them on FB.  You can also shoot the race director an e-mail to get a better idea. 

Patriot in MA is a little later in June but is a really well run race and a pretty fast course.  I've done the race several times and I believe Scott has done it as well.

I want to join y'all.  Is January 2nd the start date?

My goals for this year:

1. Fix my swimming issues.

2. Tinker with my diet and get back to eating clean all the time.

2a. Get into the 150s

3. Beat Kelly at Texas 70.3 

4. Put up a respectable time at IMTX.

5. Continuing inching closer to podiums on a regular basis.

As far as training goals go, I would a) develop and apply a consistent and planful approach to training, b) improve week to week, month to month, and race to race, c) finish my first HIM respectably, and d) finish in the MOP or better in my age group.

My goals for 2013 -

eat clean (whole100)

lose 20 lbs

get more sleep (stole from Kelly, it's a good one for me)

strong IM Tahoe finish (good run, not a complete death march)

work/life balance (stop working 60+ hours/week)

train smarter (rest when needed, easy days easy, hard days hard, maybe do intervals)

do better job staying in touch with my family

give up beer, ice cream, candy, crap in general (goes with eating clean but I feel the need to put in writing)

Kelly  (and the rest of the group)- Per your recommendation about doing an 8-12 week build phase after Disney, I looked at the plans on Trainerroad and they have an 8 week build phase, which would have me biking about 5 days a week. This seems like a pretty structred plan to follow, and I could begin to incorporate runs and swims with it. Any thoughts? Thanks.