Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 78)

On the Veags hotel booking..... There's tons of options in Henderson, I showed up Saturday night without a reservation and got a nice Hampton Inn king suite (short story, boooked the wrong Hampton, realized it when I got there, had to cancel and rebook)

As for qualifying, funny story.  My friends went to the welcome dinner and were sitting at a table with a couple, they all thought the guy was doing it, since the girl did not fit the profile of the typical WC athlete (I wasn't there so didn't see her).  Turns out he was her sherpa, she was doing it, having qualified in at a European race.  My female friend, who wanted to qualify, was a little curious, so we did a little investigative work back at the hotel based on the race and her state.  Turns out she qualified with a time of 7:58.   She was last.  Not in her AG, but the the entire race.

So maybe Europe is an option for us slower people?? 

Writing this post made me go check the worlds results.  Won't post details but it's not pretty.....

Flying from Seattle -- it's usually not too bad to anywhere in Hawaii.

Lodging, I was looking at condo rentals in Waikoloa.  They seem to be pretty close proximity and much cheaper than Mauna Lani.  But this is really just in the "hm, what-if" stage for me.

Flying from Seattle -- it's usually not too bad to anywhere in Hawaii.

Lodging, I was looking at condo rentals in Waikoloa.  They seem to be pretty close proximity and much cheaper than Mauna Lani.  But this is really just in the "hm, what-if" stage for me.

Sorry Rusty, just seeing this.   So far I love the car, it's the first car I've ever had with all th bells and whistles.   As for bike, well I haven't even put the back seats down yet, LOL.  It came with a tow package so I will *probably* use that for the near future.  The interior is unfortunately not black, so I need to be careful with grease smudges inside.  I would look at a roof option but I have the vista roof, and not sure what kind of rack I can put there as there is no factory rack. 

I believe my bike will fit inside, I should probably test that out....   I drove the Explorer, way too big for me.  We don't have kids so no need for the third row, etc.

I have been thinking lately about my plan for next year.  I feel like I did not get the most out of myself this year and really think I need some structure and periodization.

The first thing that came to mind was Endurance Nation and I have been looking at their website and articles the past couple days.  I know thier philosophy gets a lot of hate on ST but it really seems to fit me very well.  High intensity with manageable training hours and focus on ROI.  I really cannot get to the pool more than 3x week so it works anyway with their swim approach.

Also - I really think I burn myself up over the winter and by August I am fried mentally from all of the early morning workouts and staying on schedule.  Their OutSeason plans makes alot of sense keeping it primarily within 6-8 hours and I could certainly add some more swim time on top of that to stay a bit sharper there.

Anybody have thoughts, good or bad?  Has anybody had experience with their plans?

Ryan, I think you did pretty darn good this year.  You pin pointed you HIM trouble.  So I don’t get why you want to change your training.  Change can work in both ways good and bad.  I mean you have solid numbers with a busy work and family style.  Anyway, imo you should just sign up for Rev3 Quassy and be done with it. 

So, on the topic of plans, coaching etc....

I've been thinking for a while that I wanted to look into hiring a coach to see what kind of results it may get me.  I looked into various options like BT's online coaching, a coach local to me, some other recommendations I've seen, and Shane (gsmacleod).  Shane and I have talked over email over the last little while and I've decided to hire him!  Based on everything I've read of his in the forums and from the discussions we've had, I think it will be a great fit for us.

Will probably be starting up with him in the next couple of weeks.  I'm pretty excited about it and look forward to seeing how it goes!

Okay...after 2.5 years of using WKO+, I'm looking to do some playing around with GC and the aerolap (per Marc's good advice ).

I browsed through RChung's slideshow on how to calculate cda using the aerolab, but I have a few questions regarding testing protocol.  I know the idea is to do several laps of a course, not touch your brakes, and hold your position the whole time.  I also understand it's okay to vary speed and effort.

So how do you guys test.  I'm trying to think of an area where I can do loops, but to be safe, I will almost always have to hit the brakes at a couple of points.  Is that "okay" so long as I hit the brakes at the same point and with the same pressure?  What about out and backs.  I assume you need to make a U turn at some point.  Do you need to be overly concerned about how you make these turns?  Will coasting through the turns screw up the test more than braking?

I have no idea why I didn't check this out earlier...looks like fun stuff.

I would need a mapmyride or garmin gpx file. I will try and find one

Ok...honest question but does your son even bother to put on shoes?

Alright folks, the boy is going to be crushing dreams this weekend at his last triathlon of the season in 6&under.  25m/.3mile/100yd.  Looking to come out of the pool a good 5 seconds up and hold on from there.    

Shane is the ONLY person on this site who I would consider as a coach. I'm not looking personally right now, but I would highly, highly recommend him to anyone, and have had several friends with success with him.

Did you see this video on ST ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKf_HJLa5FE