Gary's Mentor Group - Re-OPENED for Training (Page 89)

Hey Gary, if you put that modified OLY into a spread sheet or PDF, I would love to take a look at it. I have my 16 week OLY in a PDF,  but it scares me just looking at it. Thanks.

David

David, I don't have this years yet but I can look to see if I can export the 2012 version that I used.

Be safe all!

Hmm, still here.  Guess I am glad I got a workout in yesterday.  Kids finished their exams and now they are off for a couple of weeks.  Last night DW wanted to see a modern dance exhibition.  Turns out it was a local dance school doing their Christmas show.  Some good dancing but also some typical 8 yr olds prancing around while parents cheer on.   Very cold here overnight for LA as it hit the low 30's.  Want to ride again today but I will wait until it is at least in the upper 40's.

Brett - Congrats on signing up!

Hey all ... been a while since my last post.  Did a nice 1 hour ride yesterday on the mountain bike ... there's something to be said about peddling you tail off-coasting-peddling your tail off, etc.  It's simply great interval training. Got in some pool time tonight ... it's been a while.

Brett - welcome to the group.  One thing you may try is look in the BT forum tab for the state forum ... mine is NC, so I'm thinking there should be one for Alabama.  Might pick up some details on a local Tri group, cycling group or run club.

kmfioc - Welcome!  Plenty of space!  Where in Louisiana are you?

Okay all!

Went to see Les Mis tonight and loved it.  I would highly recommend seeing this movie!

Very cool.  FYI, March 2nd is the 1st annual Skeeter run.  A series of 5k's throughout LA all on March 2nd in support of the Imagine No Maleria campaign.  I am the race chair.  We will have a Shreveport race along with 9 other sites in LA. 

Easy 3 miler today with the first half mile with the new pup Moose.  Except when he got scared by another dog he did great and should be a great running partner.  Only 4+ months old so taking it easy on him but at near 50lbs it will be hard to regard him as a pup for much longer.

Started comparing 2012 totals to 2011 totals.  Bike mileage was down this year by quite a bit.  Swimming and running I went farther but using less time. 

Starting to look at my training plan for my first race (end of March).  Will be run/bike emphasized but thats all I got so far. 

Everyone have a good Christmas?

I'd like to join if there's still room.

I did my first race, a sprint, in 2008.  At the time, I was going through a separation from my husband and had picked up some destructive habits the previous year and decided in January that I was going to do my first race in June.  I trained by myself and became a triathlete on 6/22/2008.  I wasn't fast, but my goal was to just finish and I did.  It was seriously the proudest time of my life, especially since my soon to be ex was doing everything he could to discourage me in my pursuit.  After my race, I then went back to my couch potato ways for a couple of years.  In the midst of this was a torn meniscus and an extended fight with plantar faciitis.  I managed to eek out another sprint race, but due to the extreme pain from my plantar faciitis, I was very lucky to even finish.  Since then, I haven't done much except have bunion surgery in April.  Needless to say, I'm hoping for a pain free 2013!

I have used my surgery as an excuse for not getting my butt into the gym and because of that, I went ahead and registered for a sprint in June.  It's the same race I've run both times before and I want to be proud of my finish this time.  To do this, I know that I must be more consistent in my nutrition and training and I'm going to need some motivation along the way.

As far as weight loss is concerned, I am currently following a low-carb diet and have lost 25 lbs since June.  I plan on keeping up this diet because it is the only thing that has ever worked and has given me a ton of energy.  I would like to tighten my diet up a bit and maybe do some tracking of foods.

TriCupCake - plenty of room and welcome!  BTW, what is your first name?  Congrats on the weight loss and good luck on continuing the loss.  Sounds like you are ready for 2013 to be your year.  Hopefully this group can help.

First name is Kim.

I have a 910xt but a couple of answers.  You can buy the garmin sensor that goes on the back of your bike (magnet on wheel) and it will allow the Garmin to collect speed/distance data.  I think the sensor is around $30. 

As for the swimming not much help.  You can count laps or if you know you avg a certain speed (i.e. 2:00/100 yards) you can use the watch for time and then use your avg to guesstimate the distance.

Morning all ... had an easy brick session with DD yesterday (spin - swim).  Beautiful clear skies here today (cold though) and plan to do a club ride at 11:00, for ~20 miles. 

I've been working on my 3 daughters ... Anna 33, Emily 31 and Kathryn 23 ... to sign up for a sprint race in March - looks promising.  So far 2 of the 3 are signed up.  Stopped by the LBS in route to the gym yesterday and picked up a pair of bike shoes for Emily.  It will be a lot of fun having my girls race alongside in March.  I printed out the 12 weeks to sprint training plan for these and encouraged a signup to BT, so will see how this goes. 

Also, welcome to the new members in the group.

HAGD ... Dorm

Hey Gary and everyone.

Ugh....I'm going to try (tri) again.  Hopefully I can develop the motivation and self discipline this time around.

Dave