Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? (Page 75)

66.02 mile ride out to Sauvie Island today. I mapped the route and it was supposed to be 60 miles - thankfully I brought extra food! Ended up being a perfect day despite the early start sluggishness. I found some sheep to talk to at my turn around point.


Edited by kirih 2010-04-11 3:19 PM

I was able to aero the first ride - took a few <5 to really get the hang of it. Still getting used to riding aero long though...

Awesome - cept for the longness factor! Today was the longest ever on the tri bike. The longest ride I've ever done was somewhere between 106-109 miles on ALC7 - from Santa Cruz to King City CA. I might be going longer on Reach the Beach as I'm thinking about going camping overnight and riding back the next day - the campground is about 12 miles from the finish, and I'd only do ~80 back (take the train the rest of the way) and probably on the touring bike as it's more comfortable than the tri bike.
Century rides are fun! Can you map a route out and back from a closer location?

Oh yeah I can do some local self supported ones... Just was thinking most of the group ones are a bit far out and my husband is already being dragged upto door and madison (twice) I can't ask him to keep driving me around. I do need to learn to deal with driving more though because I have to make it out to the suburbs on my own to do the hills.

109! When was that?

Today was my "tie" with longest ride so far... although my Garmin tells me it was farther then I realized last time I did it (47 miles) I REALLY wanted to extend it to 50 just so I could say I did 50. Haha.... but 1) I already rode half hour more then the plan called for and 2) had to go home and do a half hour Brick run... so no Half century mark for me... but I think next weekend I'll do it since my ride is slated to be 3:00 next week, so just a tiny bit over and I'll hit the 50 mark. I felt surprisingly good on the run when I got back today. Not super speedy but holding just under 5mph in zone 2. I expected to be more spent.

How was everyone's training weekend?

What a lot of biking this weekend.  I will try to figure out how much we did, but feel to correct if I get it wrong.

Leah - 37.91 miles
Kate - 72 miles
Heather - 10 miles plus 20 miles
Kiri - 66.02 miles
Debb - 47 miles
Judi - 32.44

285.37 (if I added correctly).  And maybe more, once we hear from Keely and Scott.  Are we amazing or what? 

That's cool!

I joined Disturbed275's mentor group.  He posted a tidbit he picked up in a clinic today and I thought I would share it here cause I am guilty of not drinking enough ou the bike. 

Aim to take 4 oz every 15 min.( One swallow= 1 oz)  Wow, I am =way underhydrated when I ride.

I'm hoping "century rides are fun" as I am planning to do three or four as part of my Ironman training.  My first one, which is a (loosely defined) metric century is on May 8.  It is 68 miles with 3,000 feet of climbing.  I am planning to do it with my new bike and hope I don't a) make a fool of myself or b) kill myself on a bike I don't know how to ride yet.  But hopefully I will have the hang of it by then.  As long as I describe geographic reasonableness as within a three-hour drive (which is how I am defining it), I do have a few centuries to choose from. 

I have several 100+ mile routes that people have given me to choose from, but I am looking forward to the "supported" part of the ride. 

Me too.  I got to my ride starting point yesterday and realized that my water bottle was empty.  And I never filled it and did my whole ride without a single sip of water.   If it had been warm, I probably would have filled it, but since it wasn't, I didn't.  I also need to be better about this.  Thanks for the reminder.

Wow! Awesome Job guys. I biked too yesterday but only 18.5 so I guess that takes me to about 65.5 and the "team" to 303.87!

Legs certainly are a bit tired now though after that brick.

Edited by IdealMuse 2010-04-11 8:57 PM

Wow I over hydrated today, but it felt just right in the end - took in ~98oz today in 4:24. Maybe that's why I had to hit the honey bucket so badly at mile 52!

Thanks for sharing the pictures Kiri!  I love seeing the views from everyone's rides. 

Leah - I agree we all kicked butt this weekend!  Go Team Go! 

Judi - I heard the same thing about water.  I use my watch as a guide now.  Drink on the 15s and I eat gu on the 45s.  So far so good.  I usually need something more than gu around the 50 mark. 

I'm exhausted so I'll check in tomorrow.  I'm hoping for a more consistant week next week.  This was a rough one due to work travel.   

Glad you're back.  Tell us what you biked last weekend so we can add it to our already rather impressive numbers. 

Scott - Don't discount your mileage.  At least you are moving!!  That is more that many people out there can do. 

I'm tired but trying to muster up the strength for a late night run.  I really need to get on a morning cycle. 

I slugged out today.  I didn't run.  I didn't swim.  I didn't bike.  UGH!  I know I need to get moving but I am SO tired.  I need to get fired up.  I'm going to try to go to bed early and get up in the morning.

Maybe I'll start fresh toomorrow.

Hey Guys!!

Sorry I haven't been on but it's been stressful and crazy at work!!! I need to work on my resume and submit it for a few of the >400 postings this past week!

Judi - Thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement! It's so nice to log on and see something nice and uplifting being said!! I can't wait to meet you this weekend!!

I tried my wetsuit on Sunday at the pool..didn't wear it in just tried it on in a dog hair-free environment. Wanted my friend to take a picture but she refused seeing as we were in the women's locker room...well, I didn't want to have a pic of a half-naked woman in the background!! Getting it on wasn't too bad, I'll remember the PAM this weekend...getting it off was a cinch!

It was a great swim lesson and I felt the improvement the last couple of laps so I'm going to continue working on the drills my friend Kevin gave us and in another month meet up with him again to re-evaluate. In the meantime I'll join the masters swim this week at my gym.

After the swim we got a 14 mile bike ride through some very hilly terrain, my friend failed to mention how many hills and how steep. But I made it. I had to stop during the first hill just because of fatigue. My body was fine but I think the mental stress, lack of sleep, so-so nutrition really wore me down and it showed that morning. But after that hill I was fine. Need to work on getting out of my saddle on hills..I really haven't tried it because my balance and coordination are horrible so I'm a little intimidated.

Rumpass in Bumpass Sprint is Sunday...looking forward to seeing how I feel with the wetsuit,etc and I'll get to meet Queenie Saturday!!

Oh yeah, forgot - Weight = 209

Scott,
12 miles doing MTB is big mileage...that is HARD work!

My husband got this T-shirt made for some comic convention he's going to... At this local place apparently you can get them really cheap (like 6 bucks). I doubt they have non-cotton workout shirts, but I'm having him check on it for me.

I'm thinking about getting some kinda "Ironman in Training" shirt made for myself.

Any cool ideas for silly tag lines?

So far all I can think of is "Yes. ME. Really." or something like that

What's everyone got going on today? Group Workouts tonight for me... walking to the store otherwise (Gonna go get some more Clif varieties to test)

I've got running tonight in the RAIN..but that's better than the 93 degree heat last week!

I've been trying the various HEED drinks and the taste is mild but I like them. I have some Hammer Gels to try but those are always so weird. I've got a Perpetum? Hammer product to try but I haven't really worked out for more than two hours except a couple of weeks ago on the bike/run and it says to consume a lot of water with it. I need to get a hydration bottle for my aero bars so I can have a larger amount of fluid on my bike instead of just the cage and one bottle!

I had a slight panic attack earlier when I was trying to verify my registration for Rumpass Saturday under Set Up events website and it kept telling me "You have no events"..I was like, "WHAT???" so I'm cruising my email folders for receipts and finally found it then finally found the link for registered participants and my name WAS there....WHEW...got a little worried!!! I booked a hotel for Saturday night, had the dogs in the kennel, rescheduled time with the boyfriend..would've been funny to show up at packet pick up and they don't have my name!!

Debb - don't know if these are really silly but I like some of them for inspiration

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin to Pooh

"Today I do what others will not, so tomorrow I do what others cannot."

"Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still."

"Only the mediocre are always at their best."

"Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you are always right." (Henry Ford)

"Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone."

"When you're going through Hell, keep going!" - Winston Churchill


Not sure about funny ones but I'd love to have one of those shirts with the "YES..ME" on it too...LMAO

Kinda like that one. Seems fitting... Not sure if I want to go serious or silly yet. even if they only do cotton shirts I might get one anyway.

Haven't tried HEED yet. What flavor did you get? I've been using Infinite... seems to be working fine for me so just going to stick with it for now. Too much money to keep switching around.

Glad you found your name registered. Although I bet they keep extra packets in case of such events. Have a great time at the Rumpass (to both of you!)

Only the mediocre are at their best
"Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still."

Good ones!!

Edited by QueenZipp 2010-04-13 5:12 PM

My wave goes off at 10:16 AM on Saturday.....