Tony's Xterra & Short Course Tri Group - OPEN (Page 8)

Holy long workout! Good luck! Looks like it'll be a good training session.

The Chupacabra - 2013-01-24 12:47 PM

michgirlsk - 2013-01-24 9:13 AM So today at the gym I saw someone wearing an xterra torn shirt triathlon t-shirt... I was thinking I wanna do that!

 

Do it! I'm doing Last Stand in May.

Do BOTH, I may see you out there! ) 

tzcoaching - 2013-01-24 1:13 PM

The Chupacabra - 2013-01-24 12:47 PM

michgirlsk - 2013-01-24 9:13 AM So today at the gym I saw someone wearing an xterra torn shirt triathlon t-shirt... I was thinking I wanna do that!

 

Do it! I'm doing Last Stand in May.

Do BOTH, I may see you out there! ) 

Good idea! I'm in...=) 

Congrats on the new ride! Road bike? 

Just finished my 8 mile fast pace run. Pretty happy with this run especially with slick, snowy sidewalks and chilly air (although nothing like you have in up north!). Tomorrow AM is short, easy run and PM is 2000m straight swim with focus on maintaining form past 1200. 

It's a thought!  But not sure I want to go all the way down there.  I probably have no chance to qualify for Maui, so it's a lot of traveling for just a different venue.  I'll keep it in mind though.

Hi!

Decided this was the year to give the triathlon a try and registered for Xterra Beaver Creek Championship in July. I'm 50 and love to mountain bike and trail run.  I've got great endurance but I need to work on speed. I've been swimming with a competitive Master's group since last June and now feel like I'm ready to start training in earnest.

I'd love to join your group to get ideas for training plans for this kind on event. I train daily, but I'm pretty clueless about what I should be doing at this point in the season.

Any ideas?

Laura

Hi Laura!  Welcome to the group.  What does your training look like now?  I heard Beaver Creek is a good race! 

Working with the Master's club will get your swim going, so good job on that.  Do you have any local bike / run clubs you can join to help the motivation going? 

Welcome, Laura! Glad to have you around!

Did my long run today. Had to convince myself to hold a pace that felt slow, and it worked! I couldn't get the nutrition and water I needed due to the temperature though. My water started turning to ice, so I had to set it down, recover it 2 miles later, drink some, then throw it in a dumpster. I did the last 6.5 miles without water. I was feeling very good until that happened. Other than one cold hand (the other stayed very warm...interesting), no other issues! Recover tomorrow is with some swim drills and easy spin at the gym. The weather might change that though...

Happy training everyone!

Impressive...how did your legs feel throughout? 

Quick 30 min in the pool to recover from yesterday's long run. Busy week this week with meetings and such. I'm pushing to not fall behind in training. I'm buckling down for serious marathon prep and 1st Tri of the year: Xterra Last Stand!!!

Glad to hear your doing better!  It will all come together when it needs to. 

Puppy latte??? 

Its kind of in central AL; Pelham.  It's about 10 hours or so from Chicago, then 10 hours back up to Ft Custer.  

It will be a long weekend, but should be fun! 

I'm doing the Wisconsin Marathon on May 4th. It'll be my first marathon. It's two weeks before Fort Custer, so I'm trying to maintain as much swim fitness as possible with 3 swims a week. I'm not focusing on the bike so much with one short recovery spin (from the long run) and one longer spin worked into my schedule.

It'll also put me in a good spot for my final race of the season: Xterra Marquette Epic. Looks like the HIM of Xterra.  

Really, thats all you have?  I thought FOR SURE you would have been asking to do the Marquette race by now!  LOL 

And yes, Custer is going to hurt after a marathon!