Shellback1998 2012 Group FULL (Page 8)

GO PATRIOTS! You're actually the third person from Massachusetts in here... Welcome... You have some nice races ahead of you, have you ever done the season opener before? It's COLD.... Last year I volunteered it with my Triathlon team... Have you looked into joining Wheelworks tri team? 

I bike out of quad cycles every now and then and do the minuteman path and all around the surrounding areas, It's a great time... I believe they have group rides leaving there Saturday and Sunday morning. I actually live down in Plymouth and belong to the Baystate Triathlon team. Weight loss, is a common goal with many of us so keep it up... Great job on the slowing down the stroke rate. You should look into joining a masters swim class... Are you going to concentrate on the sprint distance this year?

Hi Scott...  I was just reading through the posts and noticed that there were 2 or 3 from Mass... Kind of cool.  Yes... GO PATS!!! (though I am a much more avid (or rabid) Red Sox fan.

I haven't looked into the Wheelworks team, but that is where I am planning to purchase a new road bike in a couple of weeks.  Hoping to pick up the last 2011 Trek 2.3 and outfit with aero bars, etc.

My hope is to do a half ironman at the end of the summer and to make that my focus.  As I have never actually raced in a triathlon, I was hoping to do at least two sprint triathlons prior to that (maybe a third).  I have never done the season opener and I can believe that it is cold... After all its May in Hopkinton!  I am not stuck on that race, as I am not signed up yet... but the timing was right.  I am trying to do a race about every 2 months.

Plymouth (and the Cape) are a great place to be.  For some reason I have always wanted to ride from Bourne to Provincetown and back.  No idea how I got that idea in my head, but maybe I'll have to put that on the list for this spring... or a warm winter day with the weather we've had.

Nice bio man... 8lbs that's nothing... just remember that 3500 calories is one pound. So cut 500 calories off your food intake and that's one pound per week Get in the water! Do you train with a heart rate monitor?

My first year of triathlons, I basically did a triathlong every week for 2 months. My first year I did 14 of them

Well, bourne to Provincetown is 78 miles, I know that because I do the MS 2 day ride and have done that two years in a row. So 156 miles in one day... Trust me when you get to the hills in truro, at miles 60 you don't want to turn around and come back. 

As for your 1/2, you should do the Pumpkinman 1/2 in Berwick ME. There will be three of us in this group that will be doing that one. I did it last year, and I loved the course. 

I'm doing Patriot which is a half in June and then Pumpkin in September as my first two halfs. I plan on training on those courses a few times leading up to the races so if you're up for it let me know.

Masters swim this morning.

100 free
200 2X100 pull with paddles on :10 RI
200 free
200 8X25 on :05 RI
200 bilateral breathing
200 negative split @3:50
500 5X100 @1:50
100 2X50 @45
50 freestyle kick with fins
300 negative split @6
400 4X100 @1:45
50 side kick with fins
200 negative split @3:40
300 3X100 @1:40
100 2X50 @45
50 dolphin kick with fins
100 free
50 one arm drill
50 breast
50 free

3400  total yards.

Weird how different our workout is...

I'm currently tracking my nutrition on MyFitnessPal.com. They have a fairly extensive database. 

I do wear a heart rate monitor. Find it really helps with my running! Although I am having a tough time figuring out my distance for my training log, in my spin class as our bikes are fairly basic with no bells and whistles. Today I rode for an hour class. 

I could also use some help with swim drills. Typically I just swim laps. Any suggestions?

Oh, and I know I have a guy's name but I'm a woman. Better add an avatar!

I posted this at the start of the thread on making your own swimming workouts. For drills you need a set of paddles, fins and a pull buoy. You can search youtube for swimming kick drills, vertical kick drills, pull with paddles, one are drills, closed fist drills, finger tip drag drills, high swinger drills.

If you can't find them I'll do my best to describe them but obviously a visual is so much easier.

If you are a Silver/Gold Member you can view the following links to drills:

Catch-up Drill:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1331

Pull with Paddles

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1365

Fingertip Drag Drill

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1330

Sculling Drill

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1340

Six/Three Kick Drill

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1342

Kicking on your Back Drill

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1347

My swim training plan is basically to try and get up to 1000yard piece and then begin to add drills around that.  At the moment I switch from freestyle to breast stroke almost every length.  I am still working on my breathing and lowering my stroke rate, which as it gets better I try to complete more lengths in a crawl.  Does this make sense to those of you with an understanding of the swim?

On a separate subject, do people use BT to analyze nutrition or are other sites easier/better?

I think you're better of doing intervals. If you can only do 25 yards free at a time then do 25 yard intervals on ten seconds rest. A thousand yards is a good base starting distance. Watch some of the videos that were posted earlier in the thread and work those drills into your 25's. You'll have 40-25's to do some map out what you're doing in advance. I write it down when I workout alone and it keeps me from forgetting how many I've done. Nothing wrong with mixing breast in.

After a workout or two start mixing in some 50's. Couple of workout later some 100's.

Read the how to determine your intervals post I made at that point to start to work on speed. Build your base first.

Yesterday Squat ( to grass baby!), bench, and pull ups/pull downs.  

Went out for a few drinks last night so today will be a bit rough.  Drinking is something i should probably cut back on but it probably wont happen.

Today I have an hour long massage to help with my hip bursaitis.  I'll have her work my hip, leg and glute for pretty much the full hour.  Its been helping I think.

Then swim!

Just finished the 3rd week of my program:

Swim:  4,400 yards

Bike:  19.9 miles

Run:  8.69 miles

Have you been logging your workouts?

Yes, always.  How about you?  I added you as a friend so you can see them.  Why don't you do the same.  Let m know if it works.

Yes, I can view your logs.. I however, log for my coach, so that would be to much logging to do... I can show you my daily workouts though

Great job Craig.

I log my workouts here and it's not locked down if anybody has interest.

Thanks.  My #s pale in comparison.  Maybe after a few more years I'll step it up to a HIM.  I want to build a nice base though and I want to get more comfortable in the saddle (25 miles was about all the time I wanted to spend in the saddle last year due to comfort).  After experimenting with various seats (SMP Pro, ISM Adamo) I am now using a saddle from John Cobb that seems to be working for me (at least on the trainer - we'll have to wait and see how it feels when I get it on the road in the Spring).

Hi, I would love to join your group. I need a lot of help! You will have to forgive my ignorant questions.

Name: Breanne

Story: I have never done a triathlon, but have been interested the last three years when I heard a lady talking about Try a Tri, then this year I found out a Sprint Triathlon is the same thing other than the 400 more meters to swim (at least at ChelanMan). I am the furthest thing from an athlete right now. I had a baby eight months ago and have not got back on any type of exercising. I want to get in shape and be healthy, so I can be a great mom and wife - be able to keep up with my kids and husband. I want to be challenged and succeed!

Family Status: Married five years, eight month old son, seven year old son on the weekends. Lots of family close - 4 brothers and sisters, 8 nephews and neices, my mom - who is my supporter and partner in this

Current Training: I just decided to do this this week - training is zero at the moment. Spent the week looking into gyms and training schedules - found this site! I have a ton of questions but don't really know what to ask... I have never ran in my life, nor even jogged. I can swim good and did lap swimming before I got pregnant, never worked up to this much though. I have a mountain bike and use to do downhill mt biking on a beginner level - just for one year - a year and a half ago.

2011 Races: Never raced before.

Planned 2012 Races:  ChelanMan July 22nd - Swim 800 meters, Bike 13.1 miles, Run 3.1 miles.

Weightloss: My weightloss goal is 130 - I am currently 168.

Decide - Commit - Succeed!