kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 81)

I think I only missed 1 swim workout this month.  No changes for next month.....just keep on keepin. 

easy run this morning and then I'm going to hit the pool later.  Plan calls for 6 x 500.  Gross.  I am really over swimming at the moment.....I have to drag my butt to the pool to get in these workouts.  I hope some time off in Sept. & Oct. will make me excited to get in the pool again (because I'm over it right now).

long bike ride tomorrow morning and then recovery week.  Sunday is an off day.  Woot!!  My next tri is next weekend.  Looking forward to testing myself again!

Now that the kids are home from school, July will be my biggest month.

7 mile run this morning, it was miserable.  Walked the hills.  I weighed myself before & after, and dropped 4 pounds in 75 minutes.  I even drank a bottle of water.  My shorts felt like they were carrying the entire 4 pounds in sweat!

Long bike ride tomorrow (although my knee has been bothering me biking so we'll see how that goes), long run Sunday, and then Peachtree 10k Monday.  I'm tired just thinking about all this.

Oh, and I'm planning to swim this afternoon, and at the lake over the weekend.

Heading out to Buffalo for the race tomorrow (Tri in the Buff -- such a fun name).

Karen -- I was thinking of you this morning when I stopped to move and earth worm from the pavement to the grass, poor little guy.

An earth worm?  Are you trying to make fun of me?  I don't know that I'd stop for a worm, and certainly not for a snake.  Turtle yes (except the last two times I did stop for turtles it was kind of scary - one hissed at me, the other rattled around in his shell and started clawing at me), penguin absolutely!

How big was this worm?

I just decided to skip work, hit the beach with the fam, and start the weekend early.

40ish miles planned for early tmrw morning with a couple new bike friends!!

Good luck Kelly & Karen!

Jeff - Have a great vacation!!  Enjoy the break. 

Jeff (rizer) - Have an awesome time at the beach!  I'll be riding 40ish tomorrow morning, too.  Good times

Not making fun of you -- just thinking of the turtles.  He was 3 or so inches long and was going to get baked in the sun.

I'm an idiot.  Drove all the way to Buffalo and forgot to bring a tri top, so I'll be racing in a borrowed swimsuit tomorrow morning (love the fact that it has the wrong name on the ).

Up and heading to the race site.  As Scott said, I'll be closer to racing "in the buff."  I'll update when we get back.

Hope everyone has goo training / racing days.

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I guess I should have been more specific when I asked everyone to show their "Suit", even if it is not yours.  Don't be afraid to follow Kelly's post!!!

38 miles this morning with a couple new biking friends.  We did some good climbing (3,200 feet) and I asked if we could try a couple pace lines as I haven't really experienced that.  That was fun.  Hit 46 mph on a steep downhill.  That was not in a pace line, we just separated for that.  Fun ride!!

Happy 4th and be safe this weekend.

I ordered some Spinerval interval dvds - Suffer-O-Rama & No Slackers Allowed.  They are 45 minute workouts with lots of tempo work.  Doing something like this once a week will address speed on the bicycle; right?  I mean, I know I have to cycle more to get faster (trying here), but I need some tempo workouts.  This week I did 3 x 20 minutes are RPE 7 with 3 minute RIs.  Does that sound right?

Happy 4th, everyone.  We're hitting the beach tomorrow morning (where I'm secretly hoping to get in some more practice with the wetsuit..shhh) and then my ILs are hosting a picnic.  Monday is a freebie day...lot of chill this weekend.  I have tomorrow off and get to sleep in!  Yay! 

Karen

You're running a 10k tmrw in the heat after doing almost 80 miles on the bike today.  That must be your "LIGHT SPIN" the day before a race.  IMPRESSIVE!!!   Good Luck

Nice job on the sprint Kelly.  Nice warm up for you for LP.

Ok got some orange and blue Brooks running shoes today so I need new laces.  What's your favorite lacing system?

Tomorrow is 50 miles followed by a 30-40 minute Trun.  5 or 10k with friends from the Y on Monday.  Kinda depends of how my legs feel.

Good job Kelly.