Ontherun's Group -Full, off and running :) (Page 9)

Thank you OntheRun for keeping track.

I have learned that setting realistic goals and achieving them is more important than shooting too high and missing and feeling bad about yourself.

This month totaly sucked for me, especially the last week. Howvere, it is still 100% than March 2006 where I didn't do anything at all.

So my goal for April is:

2 hours in the pool.

2 hours run + 6 hours walk on treadputer. (Approx 25 miles)

3 hours bike.

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On a side note, I have been browsing random profiles, March is a slow month for many users with dwindling new year's resolution motivation.

Cheers all, and lets have a good April

Desty, nice job on realizing your abilitys and making goals realistic. Something is always better than nothing. That is what I have to tell myself as I MUST get back on track in the mornings. I am racing in only about 9 weeks and am not even close to ready to put together anything more than a finsih. tommorow is a big day for me to get back on track. Unfortuanatly I to can not get out to ride yet. Schedualed to rain and not break 40 tommorow. I guess the lesser of the evils is to do the drainer for 3+ hours and get out for the run outside as the kicker. I hope to be able to actualy post those resluts tommorow. That would cover about 1/2 my ridding for a week

I would like to start by saying I am sorry I have not been as supportive to the group as I had intended when this all started. I love keeping in touch, but my time constraints have changed a lot, and I am having trouble keeping my daily affairs in order right now. As with just about anything there are tons of reason. I have taken on a huge task of training for a 1/2 Iron without my kids realy being old enough to enable me to do it. In the process, each missed morning workout brings me emotionaly down. Then I am rarely able to compensate in the evening. When I do, it tends to force the morning workout out agian, thus beginning the cycle again.

I say this, not because I am looking for sympathy, but just so you undertand that I do care what you are doing. I plan to keep in touch with the group as I have been to make sure you all have a good first race. I just feel bad I have not been able to motivate the group as much as I wanted to, but we have been doing a decent job of checking in on each other. The good part is after 3+ months of training together, we have not lost anyone to there old pre workout lives. I would like to commend all of you for getting past the New Years resolution drop out period. I know in gyms, that within 2 mos of New Years, a lot of the "tourists" have passed through and life in the gym gravitates back to where it was before the expected bost in attendance. So good job to all of you.

Now, to try and get things back on track a little. My charge to the group (me included) is to make sure that each week has more pink squares than others combined. Simply put, at least 4 workouts a week. I think that everyone has a chance at it this week if we get a workout in every day including today. I am starting to think that month long goals, and season goals are great, but we need to look a little shorter in time to find our collective rythems again. I will continue to shoot for my 200 miles on the bike this month, but am proud to annouce a new PR on todays run! What ever it takes to boost my enthusiasim to get me to my first race this year.

As always, keep up the good work.

was just hitting my stride again for a potentail good week, and today I am home sick. Hope it is just the 24 hour thing going around work. If all goes well  Iwill be climbing the Kangamangous highway on saturday in NH. wish me luck.

Not green, 3 seasons of tris under my belt

I am here, and trying to stay up on my blogs. I to like to see a daily logging of a something so white is not the color on my calander.

CC, I am sure you will do find, you have worked hard for it. As for being scared, I have you covered on that right now. I am about 5 weeks out from my first 1/2 IM and the self doubt is strong. I would like to have a few really long long rides and runs in. I have not gone over 3.5 hours on the bike, and can not remember the last time I ran more than 10 miles.

I am posting my goals here for what I want at my race on June 3rd. I expect to finish in under 7 hours. With no swimming as of right now, I am going to spot myself 1 hour for the 1.2 miles swim and T1. I know I can average 12 mph on the bike in the hills, last weekend showed me that. I should be able to cover that in well under 4.5 hours. I am going to need to run my 1/2 marry in under 2.5 hours. If you do the math that equals 8 hours. I figure I will end up with the run being pretty close to the 2.5 hours, may shave about 10 minutes off of it. I hope to shave at least 15 minutes, and maybe closer to 30 minutes off the swim. The bike is where the race will take place for me. I expect to take at least 30 more minutes off there. So it should be doable. If I can bike the first loop of the course in a couple of weeks, it would help my confidence, but it is not neccessary.

hope that shows that even I have fears pushing forward into the unknown once in awhile. No added pressure for me but I believe there is actauly a 7 hour cut off for an official finish time. Add to that, this may be my last 1/2 IM for a few years. Too much training to be done with such young kids around the house. I am thinking maybe 3 years before I get anouther good chance at this. We will see. In the mean time CARPE DIEM!!