Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 7)

ponderingfox - 2013-02-03 11:50 PM

Here's the race report for my 5 miler today. It was a bit nippy for sure.  This is our course.

I must have missed the four mile marker.  I was waiting for it to pick up the pace, but about that time we started going back uphill, and I started reeling people back in.  Having lived in upstate NY, I'm not afraid of hills, cuz I know what real hills are.

Here are the splits for the 5.11 miles my phone gps gave me:

1 mi	07:18 min/mi
2 mi	07:09 min/mi
3 mi	07:50 min/mi
4 mi	07:48 min/mi
5 mi	07:18 min/mi
5.1 mi	06:00 min/mi

 

ponderingfox - 2013-02-03 7:50 PM

Here's the race report for my 5 miler today. It was a bit nippy for sure.  This is our course.

I must have missed the four mile marker.  I was waiting for it to pick up the pace, but about that time we started going back uphill, and I started reeling people back in.  Having lived in upstate NY, I'm not afraid of hills, cuz I know what real hills are.

Here are the splits for the 5.11 miles my phone gps gave me:

1 mi	07:18 min/mi
2 mi	07:09 min/mi
3 mi	07:50 min/mi
4 mi	07:48 min/mi
5 mi	07:18 min/mi
5.1 mi	06:00 min/mi

 

JJ- - 2013-02-04 7:05 AM

Congrats Stacey and Tom!!

 

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Well I have taken 4 complete full days off and I'm going crazy!!!!!!!! But I feel much much better. Actually feel like I could run a marathon right now but I'm not going to Just going to ease back into it. Seeing my Doc this morning so hopefully he has good news for me and I'm back to training. I think I've gained 10 pounds in the last 4 days. (note to self, change eating habits when not working out )

JJ- - 2013-02-04 9:05 AM

Well I have taken 4 complete full days off and I'm going crazy!!!!!!!! But I feel much much better. Actually feel like I could run a marathon right now but I'm not going to Just going to ease back into it. Seeing my Doc this morning so hopefully he has good news for me and I'm back to training. I think I've gained 10 pounds in the last 4 days. (note to self, change eating habits when not working out )

StaceyK - 2013-02-02 10:12 PM

Thanks everyone for your best wishes with my race today and for the weather report Jayne. It was a balmy 86*F (30*C) at the start of our race, water temp of 77*F (25*C) so not yet at the 100*F that it has reached this afternoon, thankfully.

It went well, it was a mini sprint and I really did it to keep myself motivated to train (not that that worked last week) and to work on a few things in a race situation in the build up to doing an Oly in April.

So the race was a 250m swim, a 10km ride and a 2km run (it feels very insignificant when you look at it like that but we've all got to start somewhere I guess). I had 4 goals for the race:

1. swim the entire distance with my face in the water (except for breathing of course).
2. wear my bike shoes for the ride (first time in a race).
3. do the full km run withut walking.
4. finish in 45minutes or less.

I managed the first 3 but according to my watch my time would have been about 48 minutes which is a bit of a bummer but I can live with that.

Some things that I learnt:

1. dont start the swim at the middle of the back of the pack, there are too many people to swim around or over. start in the middle out wide.
2. buy a number belt so I dont have to try to put a shirt on while Im wet.
3. get down on the drops more when riding. I need to prctice this because my shoulders were getting sore.
4. take 30 seconds to put socks on in T2 otherwise I end up with blisters on the insteps of my feet.
5. Oh and most importantly get to the race a bit earlier to allow for the toilet line or be prepared to do the race with your butt cheeks clamped together

All up good race and I felt good all the way through, I think I could have run faster if I had worn socks because the blisters on my feet were really sore by the time I had finished. Should have listened to the nothing new on race day advice but just looked at my watch when I was in T2 and thought if I put socks on I was not going t make my goal time.

I have 10 weeks today until the Oly that I am planning to do and after today's race I'm feeling no where near even close to being ready for it.

rrrunner - 2013-02-04 11:39 AM Well I feel pretty good about my 3.5 hour ride Saturday. I felt like I could have strapped on my running shoes when I was done, but I opted for a hot bath instead :-) yesterday the legs were feeling the effects of the ride, and I think I need to take a look at my nutrition. Feeling weak and light headed after the long ride and again after the long run. But overall the ride gave me a confidence boost for Oceanside. Oh, and my aero bottle fell off and cracked within the first half hour. I lost about 1/4 of my water supply but I wasn't gonna let that hinder my ride. For most of the 3rd hour I was riding in to the wind. Practice for the ocean "breezes" I'll face. Here's my ride:

cdban66 - 2013-02-05 1:10 AM

Great job of setting aside your fears and getting through it, strong too!

TriAya - 2013-02-04 10:12 AM

Welp ... I couldn't dodge the bullet forever. Sick with mild fever, deep barky productive cough, sore throat, chest pain, headache.

I was pretty disheartened and angry about it--mostly at myself--what was I thinking, letting someone traveling and being around lots of crowds touristing visit? On the other hand, unless I hermetically seal myself into my home, this may have happened anyway.

I've put in some incredibly solid training and the truth is that I could just do some basic maintenance working out between now and New Zealand and be just fine, perhaps even better for letting the training consolidate. And having just put in four really big training weeks (ave. hours in the high teens), a few days completely off isn't going to kill me either and may very well be good.

Also, I'm always plagued with saddle sores during high-load cycling (I had two that never quite healed up from WA) and most thankfully they are gone Happy crotch. Heh.

TriAya - 2013-02-04 11:12 AM

Welp ... I couldn't dodge the bullet forever. Sick with mild fever, deep barky productive cough, sore throat, chest pain, headache.

I was pretty disheartened and angry about it--mostly at myself--what was I thinking, letting someone traveling and being around lots of crowds touristing visit? On the other hand, unless I hermetically seal myself into my home, this may have happened anyway.

I've put in some incredibly solid training and the truth is that I could just do some basic maintenance working out between now and New Zealand and be just fine, perhaps even better for letting the training consolidate. And having just put in four really big training weeks (ave. hours in the high teens), a few days completely off isn't going to kill me either and may very well be good.

Also, I'm always plagued with saddle sores during high-load cycling (I had two that never quite healed up from WA) and most thankfully they are gone Happy crotch. Heh.

amd723 - 2013-02-04 6:58 AM















Just a few friends seen on a hike I did today.  ETA:  don't know what happened to the 3d pic.

JJ- - 2013-02-04 10:36 AM

Doc said quad and IT band much much improved over last week and is ordering me a 3 mile run tonight! Yiippeeee!!!!!!!!!!

JJ- - 2013-02-05 1:36 AM

Doc said quad and IT band much much improved over last week and is ordering me a 3 mile run tonight! Yiippeeee!!!!!!!!!!

StaceyK - 2013-02-03 12:12 AM

Thanks everyone for your best wishes with my race today and for the weather report Jayne. It was a balmy 86*F (30*C) at the start of our race, water temp of 77*F (25*C) so not yet at the 100*F that it has reached this afternoon, thankfully.

It went well, it was a mini sprint and I really did it to keep myself motivated to train (not that that worked last week) and to work on a few things in a race situation in the build up to doing an Oly in April.

So the race was a 250m swim, a 10km ride and a 2km run (it feels very insignificant when you look at it like that but we've all got to start somewhere I guess). I had 4 goals for the race:

1. swim the entire distance with my face in the water (except for breathing of course).
2. wear my bike shoes for the ride (first time in a race).
3. do the full km run withut walking.
4. finish in 45minutes or less.

I managed the first 3 but according to my watch my time would have been about 48 minutes which is a bit of a bummer but I can live with that.

Some things that I learnt:

1. dont start the swim at the middle of the back of the pack, there are too many people to swim around or over. start in the middle out wide.
2. buy a number belt so I dont have to try to put a shirt on while Im wet.
3. get down on the drops more when riding. I need to prctice this because my shoulders were getting sore.
4. take 30 seconds to put socks on in T2 otherwise I end up with blisters on the insteps of my feet.
5. Oh and most importantly get to the race a bit earlier to allow for the toilet line or be prepared to do the race with your butt cheeks clamped together

All up good race and I felt good all the way through, I think I could have run faster if I had worn socks because the blisters on my feet were really sore by the time I had finished. Should have listened to the nothing new on race day advice but just looked at my watch when I was in T2 and thought if I put socks on I was not going t make my goal time.

I have 10 weeks today until the Oly that I am planning to do and after today's race I'm feeling no where near even close to being ready for it.

TriAya - 2013-02-04 9:12 AM

Welp ... I couldn't dodge the bullet forever. Sick with mild fever, deep barky productive cough, sore throat, chest pain, headache.

I was pretty disheartened and angry about it--mostly at myself--what was I thinking, letting someone traveling and being around lots of crowds touristing visit? On the other hand, unless I hermetically seal myself into my home, this may have happened anyway.

I've put in some incredibly solid training and the truth is that I could just do some basic maintenance working out between now and New Zealand and be just fine, perhaps even better for letting the training consolidate. And having just put in four really big training weeks (ave. hours in the high teens), a few days completely off isn't going to kill me either and may very well be good.

Also, I'm always plagued with saddle sores during high-load cycling (I had two that never quite healed up from WA) and most thankfully they are gone Happy crotch. Heh.

4agoodlife - 2013-02-05 2:48 AM Oh no!!! Is it too gross to say "I spit upon your sickness!" in an effort to convey my contempt for such an attack upon your plans?

Asalzwed - 2013-02-05 2:15 AM

Raaaaace report!

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=476942&posts=1#M4607866

 

Here I am with some of my winnings haha:

Asalzwed - 2013-02-04 2:02 PM

So, I had one of the most disturbing experiences in my life during my long run on Sunday. It's NSFW in content but there aren't pictures, thank goodness.

Anyway, it's in my blog. 

As I said, it's terrible so consider yourself warned.