Scott F's group - FULL! (Page 7)

What up group? Well I finally finished the Race Report so feel free to look at it if you have the time. It was an awesome experience, and once I conquer my fear of OWS I should definately drop more time. Thanks for ya'lls motivation and such. I can't wait for everyone to do their first DU or Tri!! I think Scott mentioned it to me to just enjoy it and have a good time for the first one, and honestly I made sure I did. It was a great experience and I'm stoked for the next one in a little over a month. Giddy UP!

Matt, Mauricio, I hope the knee issues heal up quickly and you guys are back on full training mode soon! Keep us posted on what the Doc's say if you see them.

Ok I'm slammed at work but had to post this. I hope everyone's doing well and I'll be online again tomorrow. Later!

Matt - just to clarify - when I said leg extension, I actually meant without weights. You can obviously do them with weights, but I just do high reps, no weights, or with ankle weights, since I don't have time to go to the gym to do them, and I don't think weight training in general is a good expenditure of time during the "on season" for training (it's fine for the off season, but when you're pressed for training time, SBR offers more ROI). Anyway, I just do the leg extensions (30 degrees of motion, from slightly bent to straight) while at my desk or on a chair at home...

Matt, I purchased a DeSoto Tri Top, which was just like a DriFit sleeveless shirt. Pretty tight, but it fit well under the wetsuit and was great on the ride and run. It had a pocket on each side of the shirt. I bought some DeSoto Tri Shorts (5" inseam) low waist. Man it was like I was out there in underwear... something I have to get used to! But if you can fit it under your wetsuit and forgo putting it on at Transition I would recommend it. Saw a couple of guys with problems putting theirs on b/c of being wet and rolled upin the back... not fun.

How's everybody feeling about their race coming up? Stoked? Yeahhhh buddy.

Mauricio, Barb, Laurie, Good luck this weekend! YOu guys will rock!

Let us know how it goes!

Sorry all - busy week at work...

You all will rock your races this weekend! Can't wait to hear about them. Remember, you've done all you can to prepare, now take it easy and execute what you've been working on.

Race day nutrition: for a sprint, not much of  an issue. Grab a gel at the beginning of the race, or one the bike, maybe some calories in your drink mix. For Oly, hopefully you've worked on it a bit during training - maybe a gel or two on the bike, drink mix, another gel on the run. Clif Bloks rock!!

Tri tops: yeah, they're often tight. Sizing is WEIRD for tri/cycling clothing. Better to try things on, or expect at least a decent chance that you'll need to return something. Tri tops should be snug, but not super tight - tighter than a bike jersey (so you can swim in it w/o a wetsuit if you want) but not restricting your breathing! Pockets are optional - if they're there, the should be snug and streamlined so they don't fill up with water if you swim sans wetsuit. 

Personally, I usually err on the side of being too cold rather than too hot, mostly because I hate to stop and put on clothes when I'm wet... if anything, it's my feet and hands that get cold, so putting on a jacket wouldn't help much anyway. But by all means if you think you'll be cold enough to suffer, throw something on, lots of people do, but usually when it's not expected to warm up much. If it is, you'll probably be overheating before long.

Pre-race food - stick to your usual breakfast, don't change your routine too much. I usually have a bagel and cream cheese, which goes down easy and provides some carbs and some fat for longer term energy...

Good luck! 

Hey everybody.  Sorry for being missing this past while.  I had moved at the end of last month and I still do not have Internet access so I have not been able to log on here.  I also didn't write down my training so I am not even going to guess at my last week of training. 

I had my first triathlon today!  I will update a full race log on it but heres the short version

I showed up nice and early to register and setup.  I was setting up my transition around 830am, with a race start of 10:05.  As I am setting up a realize I didn't have my helmet.  crap....

I couldn't make it back to town and back so I called my mom to grab my helmet and get it to me.  I am standing by the road waiting for her in my wetsuit.  My heart was beating a million miles an hour, as it is 9:30 and she is still not here.  9:45 comes and they ask people to clear out of transition, and I am contemplating doing the swim and hoping my helmet appears.  9:50 comes and she arrives (thank god).

So I go line up in the water, making useless chit-chat while we wait.  I am first wave of course.  We start off and I get to the first buoy,  and I am running out of breath and gulping  so much lake water I have to do the backstroke about 50% of the way.  For some reason this made me very dizzy on my back from the waves I had to take my goggles off.  I get to shore and stumble to my bike.  I grab a towel and put it on my face, and fall down on the grass.  I was so dizzy and full of lake water, I bent over and threw up my breakfast.  *note to self, bring 2 towels next time.

Get on the bike, went well and made up a lot of time I think.  Came back for the run and just couldn't do it.  I had done so many 4k runs before, but I just couldn't move my legs.  Luckily an angel in the form of Helen from this site caught up beside me in the last 1mile and pushed me to the end.   Final time was 1hr 35mins for a 500m/18k/4k sprint.  I was happy to finish and crawled home and sat in the new hot tub for about 2 hours.

So there you have it.  Probably the most painful, challenging experience of my life.  Can't wait to do it again. 

Rob,

Congratulations on the race! That is great man, and it's so addicting isn't it?!

Glad to see you're back online, and definately let us know when the RR is up!