Experior's Group, Take Two -- CLOSED (Page 8)

StlPhil - 2010-04-21 10:25 PM Well, signed up for a tri. I guess it counts it's at a local rec plex. A 500m swim (pool), 21 mile bike ride and 5 mile run on June 20th. Excited, but a little nervous. The 5 mile run following the bike is a little concerning. I thought I mis-read it at first look. I was thinking it was a 5k, but it's 5 miles. Better start doing some bricks.

Got a 10k run in this morning and bike this evening. Still having problems getting to the pool. That needs to change. Especially now.

BTW Crushed the 100lb. mark today 223.7. Next stop 185. Actually, cutting back on my running miles has really helped. It's made my apetite easier to manage.

Phil

Stone Cutter - 2010-04-25 11:06 AM Good morning all,

Well my first triathlon was a success- I won my AG!  I was thinking I might be able to crack the Top 5 if I raced it, but no way did I think I was going to win.  Two things happened: one; I ran a lot faster than I'd expected to, and two; I caught a huge break in that there were no super fast guys in my age group.   I think my final time was in the high one hour, one minute range with a 300m swim at about 5:50, the 11 mile bike at just over 20mph, and my '5k' (it was shorter than 3.1 miles) pace at about 6:50/mile. My transition times were those of a first timer (high).   Last year my time would probably have gotten me fifth in my age group...I guess the speedsters moved up or stayed home this year. 

I will post a race report once the results are posted online (I was too excited about winning to have written down my times).  One thing I will note now- pool races are a real challenge.  Even though this was a 50m pool, there were still plenty of log jams.  Also, running in a triathlon is incredibly different than regular running...my legs felt really heavy and odd for the first 1/2 mile+.

Now it's time to heal up the shins and calves so that I can start a long-term, injury-free period of training.  To say that I'm hooked on triathlon would be an understatement!

slow turtle - 2010-04-26 6:41 PM

One thing I've noticed with my bike...All winter long I used my flat bar Coda. Now I've switched to the road bike, and it seems like a different set of leg muscles are fatiguing faster. Does that make sense? Or, is it just because I've been off the bike for 5 weeks?

microspawn - 2010-04-26 9:22 PM My tri bike feels very different from my road bike - my legs feel different. Stu - What are your problems with T1? I had a great weekend. I got 4 bike rides in and a brick. Sunday was a hard interval type group ride (TOUGH STUFF) followed immediately by a 3 mile brick. I was able to average ~6:40 on the run but I was slowing quickly. Then Sunday afternoon I did another hard group ride and I was punished. I only brought 2 gels with me and ended up with > 50 miles. I was gone by the end. I told the guys thanks for the ride and I just drifted home. I enjoyed it all but it was not smart. oh, wll. I had a good open water swim tonight! Second OWS of the year. Yes the half IM was the first OWS for the year. Also not smart. james

OneFastMule - 2010-04-26 9:40 PM I finally found time to write up my race report from yesterday:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=205320

BTW, does anyone else use tart cherry juice as their training drink of choice?  As I battle hypoglycemia, this is the only beverage my body tolerates (other than water / milk).  In addition to being a low-glycemic drink, it has an added side benefit of being anti-inflamatory.  If you can get past the tartness, I highly recommend it.

- Mark