PirateGirl's group - CLOSED - Pirate ship has sailed! (Page 9)

Cool pics, what an awesome wedding!

Totally agree with Bill (no risk of getting thrown overboard ).

You want to maintain your swim and bike and not loose what you've gained, but try to focus on your weaker sport. Sometimes it's something easy like doing an extra run workout a week, or cranking up the intensity on one of the run workouts if you are short on time. But keep up the swimming and biking...you don't want to loose those.

Definitely do the OW swim practice with the tri club. You'll get experience on the course, and be there with others that can give you good tips. Javamom had some excellent gains doing OW swims with her local club before her race this past weekend. Plus, it will reduce the nerves a bit if you get to see the course well before race day. On race day you'll be familiar with the territory.

Tuesday's goal met!  

BigMama - you and your girls look great!  Glad it was a good day for all. go run to celebrate!
Javamom - way to do the OWS!  and send some of those 21yo guys to my race in June pls
Schrup - you ran!  I hope you're on the mend!
Bill - go be a fish.
nevergivin - did you get any of our cooling fog this AM?  it was bliss!
aelizabeth - go buy some cooling bandanas and cool the heat.  I hate hot runs; gimme rain.
PirateCap'nGirl - congrats on your 2008 totals!!

Now have I told y'all that I should get my roadie from the LBS tonight???  well, hubby should get it for me... maiden ride MIGHT be tonight rather than waiting to brick it tomorrow   She has zero miles on her.  Not even on a trainer...

Thanks for the cooler weather, it arrived today, hope the bay area stays cool for the A's game I'm going to Saturday(A's vs Boston).

What kind of roadie,make,model,color,etc?

Ab routine:2x25 situps,2x25 knee-in crunches,2x30sec bridge,2x30sec bicycle kick...........

60's is pretty cold water. I think 57 or 58 degrees is where they make wetsuits mandatory. Some places have wetsuits for rent, and there may be a store doing that for the tri. Or you may be able to rent one locally and take it with you to the tri. That may be a better bet as you can try it on beforehand and make sure it fits, plus the store people will be able to help you out.

The swim is in the lagoon at Disneyland? Like where the canoe rides and Tom Sawyer boats take you to the island?

Awesome! Just 2 more days to go!

I barely got swim #1 for the week done. I don't recommend a weekend of waterskiing during hard tri traning. Holy cow my arms and shoulders were killing me! I survived 26 min of swimming on Monday. Arms are still sore today (probably due to last night's ride) but hopefully I'll be able to do the full swim workout tonight.

Wetsuit tips I have discovered. The best way to aproach wetsuits is to try as many on as you can, I did this last year and this is what I found:

• Just because they sell wetsuits does not make them experts, fit is everything and there is nothing worse than bieng 500 yards into a swim and find out the neck is too tight, water in suit,shoulder area is too tight. Find someone that knows how to fit,ask around .
• Be prepared, after trying on two or three wetsuits you will be very tired and very sweaty, try them all.
• The more expensive suits are better made, faster, last longer, and allot more comfortable in shoulders and neck and easy to remove. My suit was over $400.00 with 30% off and fits very snug, I dont need to lube it to get it to come off.
• If you buy online,try it on in a store before hand, again fit is everything.
• Each brand will fit you differently, therefore I cannot recommend a suit for you, also look at all the zipper release systems,you may find you like one better than the others.
• Sleeveless is good if the temp is not too cold, cheaper and allows more freedom in shoulders, but you sacrifice bouyancy and warmth.
• Rub and push the rubber to move it around, dont pinch it or you will surely rip it!

Renting is the best way to go to decide what you like and do not like!

It is supposed to be cool this weekend - good thing as I'll be camping, climbing, and hiking in Pinnacles for Mem weekend.  Awful to do in the HEAT with the kids. Should be actually pleasant!  I'm supposed to do a 50 minute run too.  maybe I'll do a trial run! 

Sorry Bill I can't send you the heat.  I'm happy to have a cool blast return.  Waking up to a house still at 77 from the prior day's heat and no nighttime cooling -- yuck.  This morning the house was 64.  yeah!

Oh - I got up for my brick this morning... first ride on my road bike!!

I got one of the great sale bikes - a Javelin Garda.  She looks fast and, well, felt fast.  But I did a HILL for my workout and forgot to hit the lap for flats splits so dunno how fast!  I think my quads will feel this workout.  It was a 5 miler with a ~220' climb in .7 miles.  And I dropped my chain shifting on the downhill, needs a tweak to fix that.

But oh she felt good -- amazing how smooooooth road tires feel after miles on mud hawgs on the mtn bike!  I might try to sneak another ride before we get away.

TriSports here in Tucson charges the same for rentals. If you end up buying the suit they contribute your rental payment towards the purchase payment. I have the Women's Fluid Drive sleeveless wetsuit from ProMotion. They are a BT sponsor, so I got 10% off. With that the suit was $150, so I didn't bother renting any suits. I'm average-sized though, so it was easy for me to buy an online suit I had never tried on.

The difference in rolling resistance is huge, isn't it! New bikes are so much fun, and a great motivator for workouts. Gotta play with the new toy, after all.

Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned with the camping, hiking, and climbing!