Ernesto's group (5th season) - OPEN (Page 7)

Originally posted by Samyg

Another question that might elicit multiple responses (i am sure Crhis will have to say something about this if he sees this post)

Yesterday I stopped at a "LRS" (actually a chain of running specific mall stores called fit2trun), as they were having a great sale. Could not find my running shoes (currently using Saucony Hurricane, but also looking for Brooks Adrenaline) but bought a pair of Brooks PureConnect (0 mm drop) for $40.

I currently run in 8mm drop shoes (Saucony Hurricane), and was wondering any advice on including the Connect on my shoe rotation. I know your are supposed to start easy, but is a 3-mile easy run "easy" enough? Start once a week? I am probably planning to use these shoes for my shorter runs, and maybe sprint races, and continue to use the hurricanes for longer runs, as my calves are somewhat tight and don't want to force it.

Worse case scenario, for the price, these are cool sneakers to wear every day.

Originally posted by markhodges1973

so, as I mentioend above my next tri is 6/2 - first oly and really excited.

After reviewing the registration I see the numbers are a meer 100 entrants with 7 in my AG. Ihave already reviewed their race tiems for the last few years at this event and others. I have looked at my individual training times and concluded that I should be able to achieve fourth place and if the top three have a bad day I could place!!

[wakes up from dreaming] ... am I the only person that does this, surely not ... ?

Originally posted by markhodges1973

so, as I mentioend above my next tri is 6/2 - first oly and really excited.

After reviewing the registration I see the numbers are a meer 100 entrants with 7 in my AG. Ihave already reviewed their race tiems for the last few years at this event and others. I have looked at my individual training times and concluded that I should be able to achieve fourth place and if the top three have a bad day I could place!!

[wakes up from dreaming] ... am I the only person that does this, surely not ... ?

Originally posted by Juancho

Very attractive conversation regarding Garmin 910xt and others. I am new to this sport, running my first Sprint next June in Madrid- Spain, and if I finish with dignity, I will give myself one of these gadgets. For those of you with experience: Garmin 910xt or Polar rcx5? So far using free Apps like MapmyRide or similars, but would like to invest for once in a good one!

Originally posted by mharvey642

Ernesto I would like to join your group.

Name: Mike

Story: I am 47. Way back in the day I was an Airborne Ranger. I left the service at the age of 27, as a Captain, in great shape (6.2 185). By the time I hit 36 I was up to 280 and not sure I could run a mile and still be alive. Still never did anything until about age 40 when I was going on a Boy Scout Scuba diving adventure with my son and they said you had to be under 250 to be able to dive. What a wake up. So I got 10 of my friends together and we decided to lose some weight. 4 months later I was at 220. However, I like to eat so I thought the only way I can eat and keep the weight off is to run. I've loved running my entire life. Fastest 2 mile is 9:48 back in college. So in 2009 ran the Charlevoix marathon in 4:07. Started on a goal to qualify for the Boston. Completed 5 more marathons between 2009 and 2012 but the fastest I've completed one is 3:41. 11 minutes shy of what I need for the Boston. Most of my runs have been through several injuries: IT Band, Hip problems, Planter Fasciitis, etc. I've found that about 10-12 weeks in a build up period for the marathon and I started developing some sort of injury. So in June 2012 decided to buy a bike and do triathlons. First one was in July in Texas, (was a highschool swimmer 30 years ago) and since I was in Marathon condition thought I could do an Olympic without any problems. I had not swam more than 100 meters in that time and I did complete the swim, and ended up with a podium finish, only 9 people in my age group. But not a fast time. Around 2:38. After getting off the bike I almost dropped out since I had no training experience with bike to run. LOL. Did the Toyota US Nationals in October (40 degrees day of race in Dallas) go figure. Did ok 2:36 finish time. What I've found is that I don't get injured doing the shorter races and giving my legs time to rest in between. Completed a sprint in March. Finished 2nd in the Clydsdales division (217lbs at start). Time of 1:09:08. But that was with a 400 yard swim. and a 14 mile bike ride.

Family Status: Been married to the most wonderful woman for 24 years. We have 2 young men 18 and 20. Great life.

Current Training: Currently Training for the Harvest Moon HIM Sept 8th in Colorado, but running 2 businesses and a ministry gives me about 8-10 hours a week to train. I would like to complete it under 5 hours, but 5:15 or under would be a great time.

Weight Loss: I was down to about 202 in October, then in November I got a cold and I never get sick, but when I do, I do it right. Back to 220 after the Holidays. As of this morning I'm back down to 203. Goal is to be down to 195 by HIM

2 reasons why I train. I love to eat, and I love to compete. Unfortunately this is about the 5th thing on my list of priorities.

Originally posted by trisuppo

Hey guys. Had a good weekend - PB on a 15k run on Sunday. I'm not doing the HM I usually do in early June so I figured I'd let it out on a "training run". Felt good to push and think I had some in the tank as well. Legs felt fine next day. HR was pretty stable as well.

Question - anyone have experience with a possibly broken little toe? I jammed it pretty hard into a leather ottoman yesterday morning. Its black and blue and doesn't like pressure at the moment. Going to try to tape it and run tomorrow morning to see how it responds. I'd really like to avoid being sidelined on the run. Thoughts?

Originally posted by Juancho

David, thanks so much, extremely useful review!
Regarding races in Spain, you can check www.triathlonseries.org and also www.triatlon.cadenaser.com, I am doing 2 Sprints of the triathlon series, Madrid and Málaga. Also, you can check local federations, but these two are very well organized and very popular. Let me know if you are around, may not run but share a wine!

Originally posted by trisuppo

Hey guys. Had a good weekend - PB on a 15k run on Sunday. I'm not doing the HM I usually do in early June so I figured I'd let it out on a "training run". Felt good to push and think I had some in the tank as well. Legs felt fine next day. HR was pretty stable as well.

Question - anyone have experience with a possibly broken little toe? I jammed it pretty hard into a leather ottoman yesterday morning. Its black and blue and doesn't like pressure at the moment. Going to try to tape it and run tomorrow morning to see how it responds. I'd really like to avoid being sidelined on the run. Thoughts?

Originally posted by trisuppo

Hey guys. Had a good weekend - PB on a 15k run on Sunday. I'm not doing the HM I usually do in early June so I figured I'd let it out on a "training run". Felt good to push and think I had some in the tank as well. Legs felt fine next day. HR was pretty stable as well.

Question - anyone have experience with a possibly broken little toe? I jammed it pretty hard into a leather ottoman yesterday morning. Its black and blue and doesn't like pressure at the moment. Going to try to tape it and run tomorrow morning to see how it responds. I'd really like to avoid being sidelined on the run. Thoughts?

Originally posted by The Chupacabra

I do it for just about every race.

In fact, I did it for a 5k last week. 2 years ago I ran the same 5k and placed 3rd OA with a 20:19. I had a goal of sub 19:00 going in to it and figured that should be good enough for 2nd OA if not 1st OA. Last week at that race, I ran 18:14 and placed 5th OA.

Goes to show...you never know who is going to show up.