kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 74)

i'm not gonna get my hopes up about the weather, this weekend was supposed to be amazing with a small chance of shower last night, it rained half of yesterday and so far i am not impressed with this morning either.

but i would love cloudy and cool, no doubt.

Back from LP early.  Swam Friday night before the storm. Headed out Saturday morning got 13.1 miles into the ride headed down the Keene descent and and had a front wheel blow out at 30 mph. After a huge wreck I visited the LP ER and ended up with 9 stitches in my hand, alot of road rash and a severely brusied hip. No swimming for a week the doctor said. I as able to do 1 hr on the trainer after the crash just to keep my hip moblie. Taking today off and hopefully will be back at something tomorrow.

So your goal was 2:45 and you pulled off 2:47 in 90+ degree heat and this isn't a victory because..........?

You're too hard on yourself. That's a great time in that heat. Heat like that crushes the pros never mind weekend warriors like us.

Great job.

^^^^^^ x 2!

^^^^^^ x 2!

x 3.

So run down on my race.  Swim course felt long.  Even guys who swam collegiately were swimming mid to high 1:30s.  So I don't feel so bad about that and my HR was OK coming out of the water.  Bike was awesome.  24mph and I kept my HR in check.  Then I made a boo boo.  Left my Garmin on the bike as I rushed to get out of T2.  Ran by feel instead of by numbers and I pulled back too much.  Ran a 7:48/mile split when I should have been running 7:10s.  Dumb. 

Oh well.  Fun race.  May try the duathlon next year if I feel like racing at all after IMTX.

So run down on my race.  Swim course felt long.  Even guys who swam collegiately were swimming mid to high 1:30s.  So I don't feel so bad about that and my HR was OK coming out of the water.  Bike was awesome.  24mph and I kept my HR in check.  Then I made a boo boo.  Left my Garmin on the bike as I rushed to get out of T2.  Ran by feel instead of by numbers and I pulled back too much.  Ran a 7:48/mile split when I should have been running 7:10s.  Dumb. 

Oh well.  Fun race.  May try the duathlon next year if I feel like racing at all after IMTX.

So your goal was 2:45 and you pulled off 2:47 in 90+ degree heat and this isn't a victory because..........?

You're too hard on yourself. That's a great time in that heat. Heat like that crushes the pros never mind weekend warriors like us.

Great job.

On another note, if you are bored, I made a 5 min slide show. (damn youtube blocked it on mobile devices only due to copyright on the song, stupid) My two boys did the Super Kids Tri at Univ of Rhode Island yesterday. this was my 8 year olds second time, and i signed up my 4 year old last second (who is a nut on the bike). Cole (8 yr old) finished 6th out of 27 boys in his AG, and Brayden (4 year old), he actually ran the 1/2 mile portion of the race non stop and did so well at the bike as well.  He needed a little help with the pool, but they let them wear flotation devices.  Scott, don't they let you wear flotation devices at IMTX???  ha ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Cdyhf28-8&feature=plcp

Hey there everyone ... I know I have been out of touch for the last month and I wanted to apologize to everyone.  

Long story short, I have been out of work for several months and the hunt is hard and frustrating. 

To add to that stress, I finally got real with myself last weekend and it was determined that I have a stress fracture in the 4th metatarsal of my right foot.  What most don't know (actually pretty much everyone until about a week ago, although Kelly knew something was going on early May) was that I have been running on this stress fracture since last November.  How you say?  Very painfully.  I never really hurt when I run, but was horribly painful right after and for the rest of the day.  Why did I continue?  I was performing very well since I started working with Kelly and didn't want to derail that.  Stupid?  Maybe, but I did have a really good first part of my season.  I PR's every race I set out to PR, some with significant improvements ... yes, at a cost.

What this means is I am not running for another 5-7 weeks, which since I am focusing on running, is very hard!  I am frustrated about the injury itself, but also because I have races paid  for, and especially since the Chicago Marathon is likely not going to happen.  I will evaluate with Kelly in July and we will see what the rest of the year holds. 

So I wanted to let you all know what was going on.  I am not normally a person that reaches out.  I am pretty quiet about most everything and keep most things to myself.  So this has been a very rough time.

On a positive note ... I have been stalking the group and keeping up with everyone.  So hope races went well this weekend (Scott more OW practice), Michelle I would've walked home, I saw a crash ... hoping for a quick recovery.

I had a blast this weekend in MI.  Finish time was 2:47 for a course that measured long in every discipline (was shooting for 2:45).  4th in AG.  I followed my race plan 100%, and it paid off.  I'm most proud of the swim (averaged 1:35/100, a first for me).  I started to have a panic attack in my wetsuit, but I just focused on breathing, and then I pictured myself swimming in a pool.  It seemed to do the trick.  Bike course was ok.  I should have pushed harder in the very beginning, and the headwinds got the best of me in the second half of the race.  My first transition sucked again.  It was about a .25 mile to get there, so the only thing I can think of is that I wasn't running hard enough.  My run was decent for me (but sucks in the general sense, I guess).  It was a hilly run, and I really tried to focus on keeping my feet under me instead of in front of me.

It was HOT.  90+ degrees.  Didn't bother me for a second, but the half people were struggling.  Monster sunburn here on the face, shoulders, and back.  It's still painful this morning.

Things for me to work on:  sighting in OW, more time in aero, and running, running, and more running (ew ) 

So run down on my race.  Swim course felt long.  Even guys who swam collegiately were swimming mid to high 1:30s.  So I don't feel so bad about that and my HR was OK coming out of the water.  Bike was awesome.  24mph and I kept my HR in check.  Then I made a boo boo.  Left my Garmin on the bike as I rushed to get out of T2.  Ran by feel instead of by numbers and I pulled back too much.  Ran a 7:48/mile split when I should have been running 7:10s.  Dumb. 

Oh well.  Fun race.  May try the duathlon next year if I feel like racing at all after IMTX.

On another note, if you are bored, I made a 5 min slide show. (damn youtube blocked it on mobile devices only due to copyright on the song, stupid) My two boys did the Super Kids Tri at Univ of Rhode Island yesterday. this was my 8 year olds second time, and i signed up my 4 year old last second (who is a nut on the bike). Cole (8 yr old) finished 6th out of 27 boys in his AG, and Brayden (4 year old), he actually ran the 1/2 mile portion of the race non stop and did so well at the bike as well.  He needed a little help with the pool, but they let them wear flotation devices.  Scott, don't they let you wear flotation devices at IMTX???  ha ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Cdyhf28-8&feature=plcp

I was up early for a swim, and then I have to squeeze in a bike later.  I'm still struggling with a head cold (2 of my kids are sick as well) and muscle soreness from the race, so it was a total PITA to do the speed sets.  I just didn't have the energy to go as fast as I would have liked, and I couldn't breathe out of my nostrils.  LOL  Anyway, I got it done.  It ended up being a HTFU workout.  

Anyone know when Eagleman registration opens up?