jesse_d Mentor Group - Closed (Page 9)

cher - 2009-06-04 12:26 PM Jesse- Wow I needed that, I also need a good swift kick in the butt You’re right I don’t have a lot of time and I think that was stressing me out. My motivator for signing up for the race was to improve my times from last year. Like you, I like to challenge myself. I also love the feeling I get from training and the feeling of accomplishment I get from this sport. I’m really disappointed in myself for letting myself go. I have to stop with the excuses and let me tell you I have been very creative with excuses!! My schedule is fine; I like what we came up with. I just need to stick with it and not procrastinate. I need to make this a priority. NO MORE EXCUSES!!! Thanks Jesse!!

cher - 2009-06-04 3:39 PM Jesse-My husband calls me the queen of excuses and my 16yr old son just stares, shakes his head and laughs at me every time I put off training. They can’t believe I’m the same person from last year. Last year I was addicted to training. This year I have all kinds of reasons to not train Such as: The need to clean everything and anything excuse (I hate cleaning, our house has never been so clean..lol) Last week my husband asked me, don’t you have to swim tonight and I so seriously said how can I swim when our closet needs to be organized..lol... Last night I was schedule for a run and I called my husband from work and said let’s have a fajita and margarita night, he says your suppose to run tonight, ahh tomorrow I tell him!!! Now I’m convincing myself the extra weight I’ve put on is slowing me down..lol..makes me to exhausted to train. I’ve put on 20lbs since last September, yikes! Its been fun putting the weight on but I need to get healthy again, back into training...need to find my mojo!!! I seem to always be too tired, too wired, too busy, too heavy, to train....which are all just EXCUSES!!! I need to be more disciplined!!!

Carter_83 - 2009-06-04 8:12 PM This week has been crazy with switching positions at work. I did do some on moday 2 min very fast pace and then 1 min rest. repeated for a 35-40 min run. Rained alot and did not get out the rest of the week. Hope to get back out on Sun.

dragonfly253 - 2009-06-04 8:30 PM Jesse,
Those videos were great - Thanks. It's true, people everyday are working hard for so much more...I can absolutely get up and get out!!
Since my move, I am closer to work, so I can sleep in a bit before a workout. I am planning to get up early and get 30 minutes of running in! The more people I tell, the more accountable I will be.
Thanks!!
Christina

jesse_d - 2009-06-05 2:40 PM I did an accidental Century Ride today.

My buddy and I were just going to go for an 80 miler.  We ended up at around 90 something and he said "well, we might as well just keep going to get in the 100."  So, anyways...

Jesse 

njacobs24 - 2009-06-06 9:23 AM Cheryl, I also skipped a workout this week for margarita night!  Not the healthiest choice, but they sure were delicious.  And then I was too sick to run the next morning, so it really ended up costing me two workouts.  One of my good friends is in town this week.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back on track when she goes back home.

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Nikki

cher - 2009-06-08 8:20 AM Morning everyone, Hope everyone had a nice weekend!! Nikki-Gotta love those margarita nights definitely not triathlon food but so darn good and delicious!! Jesse- Well the training is back on track, this weekend went for a long trail run and a bike ride. The bike ride was 40k with a bunch of long hills. The hills were really hard, still trying to figure out my gears. The legs felt a bit shaky after wards. Up early this morning and out for a run. Legs feel a bit sore but overall pretty good. Wasn’t able to get to the pool over the weekend but will tomorrow night. I also did a much needed overhaul on my eating habits getting the nutrition under control. Congrats on the century ride, how do your legs feel? How long did it take? Wow that’s impressive!! Cheryl

mstone11 - 2009-06-08 8:59 AM

Hi All -
Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Love those margaritas - had a couple on Sat and then again on Sunday!

Jesse - I had a pretty good weekend of training. Friday - I did a yoga and pilates class - which I think I desperately needed. My lower back had been aching from all our yard work!

Sat - I did a 700M swim and then just worked on my stroke. I felt good, but I was really tired. Sunday, my husband and I got out on the bike course (our Aug tri). This was the 3rd time doing the course, but they changed it around since we were there last. It is a short loop of 6 miles (the race will be twice around) We did it 3X - which was just over 18 miles in 1 hr 12 min. I felt good for the most part. The first mile starts with killer hills, which are tough b/c you have to turn onto the road and then they go straight up the first hill. I lose a lot of time on those hills (just over 2 miles), but gain a lot of speed the rest of the loop. All the hills after that are a piece of cake! The problem is I have to do those hills twice. Our pace was about 15.6 mi/hr. which is an improvement from our last times out about 13.3 mi/hr. The good thing about this course is there is no stopping to cross streets etc. After our bike, we ran the first mile of the course in 9.48 minutes. My legs were a little wobbly. I am hoping I will feel better during the race, since it's only 12.6 mile bike. 

Congrats on your century ride. Bet you felt good after that!
 

mstone11 - 2009-06-08 1:24 PM

Thanks! I was very happy with improving my pace. I think spin has helped a lot - we did an interval class last week and the resistance was pretty high at times. It does help and I think by Aug those hills will be nothing - I am hoping!

Today, I ran my usual run around the Charles - 4.25 miles at about a 9.4 pace. I was tired, but talked myself into running today - the weather is suppose to be pretty rainy the rest of the week. I have a 6K on Sunday and want to get in a few runs before Sunday.

I was thinking that while I was running yesterday - "there's no way I am going to make it..." I am going to have to think of some positive thoughts during the race. My mental attitude is a huge factor for me when I am training/racing... usually (when running) I have music to keep me going... I am going to have to hum a few tunes during the races I guess!

dragonfly253 - 2009-06-08 4:06 PM Okay, trying to get back on track here. I had a pretty pitiful run today, but I'm trying to keep as positive as possible in all aspects ... so heres the optimists version.

Ran about 2.7 miles, a little less than 15 minutes. Took a short rest ... 3 times....
My pace felt if-y in the beginning, but amazing in the middle of the run. I felt like I had great momentum and felt really smooth. Felt pretty tired at the end of the run.

Anyways, this seems to be my m-o. I get on a role with my workouts and then something comes up - and I get off track for weeks on end. I know its 100% my own fault and I need to figure something out. This time, the videos really helped, Jesse! Maybe in the future this will be enough - I am getting really frustrated at started over from scratch. I should  have been at 4+ miles this week for running

Congrats to everyone - sounds like you are all doing great, aside from the margaritas :-)

-Christina

Carter_83 - 2009-06-08 8:37 PM Well the last two times I tried to go swim the pool was closed. Someone had an accident (no injury) in the pool and it closed for 48hrs. Atleast I was not in the pool when it happened.  I was hoping to swim today. I got a pull bouy to help with proper balance and was mad (being nice) it was closed. Just had to say that. I ended up do and random hill run for 35 min. most of the pace was about 9:30-9:40 and inclined ranged from .8, 1.6, 3.2, and then 5 for usually 1-1.5 min on each incline and then decline.

njacobs24 - 2009-06-09 9:55 AM Hey everyone,

I wrote to an old friend of mine who was really into triathlons a while back.  She's got a pretty, um, intense personality (as you'll probably notice), but she had some good tips, so I thought I'd pass them along.


-Find an outfit that doesn't require changing between swim, bike and run.  I found tri-shorts that have gel padding in them so you can swim in them and they won't soak up the water.  I wear those and a bra, with my wetsuit over them if it's cold.  Trying to put on clothes while you're soaking wet and in a hurry is a .
-For your swimming, train in blackwater.  If you've never swam in anything but a pool, it'll be a nasty shock on race day, my step-mom learned that the hard way.  The best is to go out after a bad storm while the dirt is still stirred up from the bottom of a lake...make yourself basically blind.  Also, learn to swim with your head tilted slightly up so it's not a huge movement to look forward and up between strokes.  It's a little less efficient, but it's better than stopping to tread water every few minutes to find a path through all the thrashing bodies around you.  You will get kicked in the face.  But you'll feel bad- when the blood pouring down your face and staining your suit  makes your mom almost pass out as you come out of the water.
-For transitions, buy yourself a brightly colored flag or handkerchief to put by your stuff. No matter how well I counted the racks from water to my bike or memorized my path, I often got frazzled, especially when my nose was bleeding.
-Equipment wise, get a number belt, for sure.  If you take no other advice, take this: http://www.swimoutlet.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=2145&Click=205964  If you pin your number on a shirt or something similar, and then try to put that shirt on over your lake water and sweat covered body, you'll give your competitors a good laugh. Bring TWO towels for the transitions.  Stand on one, and wipe your feet with the other.  Standing on the same towel you are trying to wipe your feet with will also be a good laugh.  If you're in a Tri big enough that they shut you out of the transition areas before you start (example:  The Lifetime Fitness Tri in Mlps is so big that you have to be out of the transition area 3 HOURS before your start time) then go get a pedicure and steal those disposable flipflops they give you.  Then, you can wear those so you don't have to walk around on hot pavement barefoot...and then just throw them away when you start the swim.  Once I ran half of CrazyLegs with a rock embedded in the bottom of my foot that apparently got there when I walked home barefoot from the Bone formal the night before, I was still too drunk from the night before to notice until the blood started soaking up my socks, but when I sobered up it was quite painful...not recommended.
-This probably goes without saying if you've researched or are training with a coach/team, but make sure you do brick workouts...biking straight to running so you get used to the heavy leg feeling.

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Nikki