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 2008-05-22 8:42 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member  52  Overland Park, KS |  Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSEDQuestion - why are there red squares around the 12th and the 19th on my training calendar? Update - SOOO... thanks for all the well wishes on my job front. I officially accepted a new job at a different company today. I start on 6/9, the week of my tri and my taper week which might work out good. Until then - I am basically "working from home" or on vacation for the next two weeks which will totally help in getting workouts in |
| 2008-05-22 10:47 PM in reply to: #1420467 |
Champion 5782   Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED run_carmen - 2008-05-22 6:42 PM Question - why are there red squares around the 12th and the 19th on my training calendar? Update - SOOO... thanks for all the well wishes on my job front. I officially accepted a new job at a different company today. I start on 6/9, the week of my tri and my taper week which might work out good. Until then - I am basically "working from home" or on vacation for the next two weeks which will totally help in getting workouts in Congrats on the job! The red border is on days where you entered a value in the "sick/injured" field (those are "injury" days). |
| 2008-05-23 9:29 AM in reply to: #1358169 |
Elite 3072  san francisco | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Great news on the new job Carmen. Hope this puts your mind and body at ease. Todd- Hope your work week ends better than it began. At least it is the End of the week, that's for sure. Hope everyone has a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.  |
| 2008-05-23 12:44 PM in reply to: #1420467 |
Veteran 168 Washington , MO | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED run_carmen - 2008-05-22 8:42 PM Question - why are there red squares around the 12th and the 19th on my training calendar? Update - SOOO... thanks for all the well wishes on my job front. I officially accepted a new job at a different company today. I start on 6/9, the week of my tri and my taper week which might work out good. Until then - I am basically "working from home" or on vacation for the next two weeks which will totally help in getting workouts in Woot! Grats on the new gig Carmen. Sounds like a win all the way around. New tri-bikes for the gang, on Carmen!! ---John--- |
In all seriousness i'm happy for ya.| 2008-05-23 2:07 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 28 Texas | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED " />My new G-RideEdited by landon5108 2008-05-23 2:08 PM |
| 2008-05-23 2:18 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Expert 815 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED |
| 2008-05-23 5:56 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Veteran 168 Washington , MO | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Hawt! How's she ride? |
| 2008-05-25 2:22 PM in reply to: #1422427 |
Member 50 Ballantyne | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Well, the weather has turned to rain just enough to get me out of the fields. Which means I have plenty else to catch up on. But I'm getting some training back in the schedule as well. I've got some errands to do and a swim today, but hopefully I'll be able to catch up with the group in the discussion forum. I did see a new bike though. Shiny relflectors! Joe |
| 2008-05-25 4:29 PM in reply to: #1423698 |
Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED pcm95 - 2008-05-25 12:22 PM Well, the weather has turned to rain just enough to get me out of the fields. Which means I have plenty else to catch up on. But I'm getting some training back in the schedule as well. I've got some errands to do and a swim today, but hopefully I'll be able to catch up with the group in the discussion forum. I did see a new bike though. Shiny relflectors! Joe Ooh...shiny... (Hope you had a good swim!) |
| 2008-05-26 2:32 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 269 Minneapolis, MN | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED So had to cancel the backpacking trip because my husband's knee was really bothering him. Oh well, guess that happens when you have two active people married to each other! Anyways, I took full advantage of being home for a 3 day weekend and got lots of good training in. I even managed to get in the cold water for a OWS today. At the beginning I was sort of panicking because the water was so cold when I put my face in it felt like my breath was being taken away. I swam around for a little just breaststroke with my face up and out of the water. Once that felt comfortable I did a little bit of freestyle and I worked on some sighting too. I can't really say I got a "workout" but I definitely felt more comfortable at the end. If the weather is good this week I might go back and get in one more time before Sunday's race. One question - some water gets in your wet suit right? I feel like I have the right size suit but my tri shorts and top were definitely soaked underneath the wet suit when I got out. Is this normal? Well I'm off to see some friends and then bbqing. Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Sarah |
| 2008-05-26 8:49 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Great job getting into the OW Sarah! Yes, water does get into the suit. In fact, one tip that many have given me is to purposely let some water into your suit as you are getting acclimated to the cold water. It will warm up really fast because of your own body temperature. Then put your face in and let your body adjust. Listen to me, the OW expert! LOL, NOT. Anyhow, good to see you got some nice training in before your race next week. Hope your hubby heals up fast. Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend! |
| 2008-05-26 10:29 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 52 Overland Park, KS | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Sarah - I practiced OWS at the lake today too and my tri top and shorts were soaked as well - and my wetsuit certainly couldn't get any smaller Hope everyone has a great week! |
| 2008-05-27 12:09 PM in reply to: #1425057 |
Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED kt65 - 2008-05-26 6:49 PM Great job getting into the OW Sarah! Yes, water does get into the suit. In fact, one tip that many have given me is to purposely let some water into your suit as you are getting acclimated to the cold water. It will warm up really fast because of your own body temperature. Then put your face in and let your body adjust. Yup, all true. (Although sometimes I wish it would warm up just a tad quicker...) One thing to look out for, though, is too loose a fit at the neck: It should be quite snug and you don't want to feel like there's water _flowing_ into the neck of the suit. That creates tremendous drag and really reduces the effectiveness of the suit. In general, water should basically seep into the suit as you get in and start to move around. In addition to warming up and helping create an insulating barrier, the water also increases the mobility of the suit on your body as you swim. It can be helpful to do any adjustments to the positioning of the suit on you (like around your shoulders) in the water before the race--easier to get the suit to where it wants to be if you get in the water after you've got it on and then do some warmup strokes and make any last minute adjustments then. Edited by tcovert 2008-05-27 12:09 PM |
| 2008-05-27 12:20 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Happy For my part, this weekend was the 8-weeks-out mark for my half-iron and it felt like a pretty important point in training for that race. I'd planned a 2500 pool workout, a run of 8-to-10 miles and a 46 mile ride. Got the swim done (and included a 2200 yd continuous segment) and followed it up with a 10 mile run at half-marathon race pace. Bike ride turned out to be longer than I thought and was heading for 49 miles...so I took a short detour just to put it over 50. So I got two milestones this weekend--first continuous swim longer than the HIM swim distance (which is 2112 yds) and first 50 mile bike ride. So I'm actually a little bit ahead of schedule--I didn't plan to hit 50 miles until June 8. Next weekend, Liz and I are running a small local 5K that we've done the last two years and we both had big training weekends, so this will be another rest week before a final three week build that ends one week before our Oly the end of June and four weeks before Vineman: Monday (done)-- Active recovery day: Went out with Liz for her short interval workout (2 x 1 mile and 1/4 mile cool down). We spent the rest of the day at Disneyland, so a lot of walking. Today -- Bike commute, 12 miles Wed -- Run 5 miles Thur -- Bike commute, 12 miles Fri -- Run 4 miles Sat -- Swim 2100, bike 25 miles Sun -- 5K race What's everybody got in mind for this week? |
| 2008-05-27 1:38 PM in reply to: #1426131 |
Member 50 Ballantyne | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Monday - run 2.8 miles - done - walked a little of it Tuesday - swim 500 m Wednesday - Get at least 10 mile bike in Thursday - swim another 500 m Friday - run 2.8 miles Saturday - recover from running this week Sunday - swim 500m or more The way the weather is going, I shouldn''t miss a thing. |
| 2008-05-27 4:03 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 52 Overland Park, KS | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED I'm planning in my head (while trying to think of what I have going on) and typing at the same time so we'll see if I can stick to this schedule: MON - practice OWS (DONE) TUES - bike if kids in bed early or go swim at gym WED - opposite of what I did Tues THURS - bike in a.m. FRI - brick in a.m. SAT - long bike SUN - run 6 miles |
| 2008-05-27 6:38 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Veteran 168 Washington , MO | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED This week backs off the hours a bit before 2 more weeks of build followed by 2 more weeks of taper, soooo.... this week looks something like this: Mon-> 3hr bike ride, done (was supposed to do it on sunday but flopped it) Tues-> 30min bike, 30min run Easy Brick, done Wed-> AM-1200yd recovery swim , PM-30min run Thur-> AM-1200yd recovery swim , PM-30min bike Fri-> 1000yd swim Sat-> Rest Day Sun-> 45min run Hope everyone has a great week. Let the good times roll!
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| 2008-05-27 6:51 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Veteran 168 Washington , MO | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Hmmm, I just remembered i've got a 5k fun run at the St. Louis Zoo this sunday as well. Nothing real competetive since its a very crowded race but it's fun. My oldest daughter does the 1mile kid race while my wife and youngest daughter do the 1mile walk. Good times, and we spend the rest of the afternoon at the zoo. peace. |
| 2008-05-27 7:51 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Looks like people made good use of the holiday weekend to get in really solid workouts! Not always an easy decision to stick with, but I saw alot of quality training when I caught up with everyone's logs. |
| 2008-05-27 10:40 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Expert 815 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Wednesday - swim, short bike Thursday - short run Friday - 24 hour shift Saturday - off Sunday - Hawk Island Tri!!!!! |
| 2008-05-27 11:27 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 50 Ballantyne | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED I think I'm caught up on reading the group's posts. And here's what I've got Todd - great job on the Bay to Breakers! Did you get to do the kilted mile? Melissa- Good luck on your tri this weekend. It sounds like a really cool place for a race. It also sounds like you impressed your training group. Go get em!! Carmen - Hope you're back to full strength. How was the OWS? I've haven't done one yet so I'm really curious to learn all I can. Kim - Great report on your tri. I know it didn't go as planned, but it sounds like it ended up pretty good. I've learned alot from your report. I'm sure I would have repeated the OWS (and still might!) Landon - Nice bike!! I too have new bike envy and want to get one. Sarah - Sorry about the hike. I was at Gooseberry Falls and the lighthouse (can't remember the park name). It's beautiful. I like hearing about the OWS. I'm afraid it might my hardest part. Good luck on your tri. Rip it up! John - Man, the zoo sounds like a really good time. Thanks for the inspire comments! I know there are more things I forgot, so I'll just let you all know I"m having a good time trying to catch up to the rest of the group in my training. I'll probably be skipping the Copper Creek Tri. It was an outside shot to be ready by then, but I'm definately in for the Croixathlon. Maybe I'll even pick one up later in the year. I'll be on Ragbrai also. Anyone else going? |
| 2008-05-27 11:57 PM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 28 Texas | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Hey guys sorry i have not posted in like....4 days but i have been super busy and have been having some family issues. Love the new bike but i think i have some rear derailer issues it seems a bit slippy. I didnt get a chance to swim last weekend because since school ended i have no clue what our rec hours are for the summer. I guess i am going to have to just go up there and check it out. Tuesday- Long Run Wednesday-20 min swim and 20 min bike Thursday- Short Run and Long Bike Friday- Long Run Sat- Long Swim Hope everyone had a great memorial weekend and said a prayer for the troops. |
| 2008-05-28 12:37 AM in reply to: #1427709 |
Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED pcm95 - 2008-05-27 9:27 PM Todd - great job on the Bay to Breakers! Thanks! Did you get to do the kilted mile? No...actually I forgot about the fact that the Games moved back to its old venue this year and doesn't have the course they were able to run the footrace on the last couple years. So no "Kilted Mile" (and, since I swam 2500 yds and ran 10 miles in the morning, I wouldn't have turned in much of a time if they'd had it). |
| 2008-05-28 8:34 AM in reply to: #1358169 |
Member 269 Minneapolis, MN | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED Quick question - in the transition from swim to bike do people usually put biking gloves on? I guess the bike is only 24 miles, so I don't need them and I am not sure I could get them on my wet/cold hands. Just curious what people typically do.... |
| 2008-05-28 9:43 AM in reply to: #1358169 |
Expert 815 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: tcovert's Group - CLOSED If I had to guess I would say most people don't use them. But, I'm leaning toward using them in my race, as the water is freezing and it may help warm up my numb hands |
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