kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 90)

Ok, so I guess I did them correctly then.  Just wish I were faster  Yes, it was tough because I didn't know how hard I could go without blowing up on the last one.  Glad to hear it will get easier.  

I figured you couldn't ride on the highway.  It looks like more hills than I thought there would be on the bike.  Do you think you are going to like this race?

You do them to get faster.  They're part of the process, not the end result.

Kelly I sent your review of the course to one of my friends doing IMNY.  I'm sure he'll appreciate it.  Funny story.  When IMNY was announced he told his wife about it and thought it was just too much $$ to do it.  His wife said "Are you kidding me?  You've dragged me to all these backwater towns to race, I'll be damned if we're not going to New York."  Ha!

So we went to Cindy's Aunt's house for the 4th.  They have a pool.  Abby who hasn't shown any interest in swimming just took to the water like a fish.  Reagan, who says she wants to learn to swim badly, couldn't bring herself to put her head under the water.  It was a shocker.  Also came to the realization that we have nothing in common, besides love of my children, with her side of the family.  10 hours of talk about hunting/fishing/and how big of an influence Paula Dean is mind numbing.

Doesn't everyone feel this way about their in-laws?    Talking about hunting and fishing is rough.  LOL   My in-laws are very waspy, and that's just as bad as the hunting and fishing, IMO.  They went on and on about how their city made budget cuts, so now they have to put their trash out on the curb on trash day (vs. behind their house).  God forbid people see the garbage lining the streets.  Better to just pretend humans don't litter this planet with their garbage and keep it out of sight and out of mind.   

Heck, last time we went to my parents' house, we had to go visit their new property out in the middle of nowhere.  Turns out my dad put an elaborate shooting range on the property, so all the adults (minus me, my mother, and my other sister who also has children) went out there to play with guns.  I asked my mother if it was going to be this way from now on......she thinks they'll get over the novelty of the shooting range.  I'm not so sure.  TOTALLY not my thing. In fact I had to explain to my children that we have the freedom to own guns in this country, and some people choose to exercise that right while others choose not to for various reasons.  Then I had to go into all the reasons I don't feel the need to own a gun/play with a gun at a shooting range.  It sucked bad.  That's county livin' for you.  I'm the only outlier in my family, and the feeling grows every time I go to a gathering.  

Kelly - that was a great review. At the tri club meeting last month we had John Korff, race director for IMNYC, speak about his 7 year struggle of getting IMNYC to fruition. It was very interesting. Are you concerned at all about it being a first year race and the things in NYC that cannot be controlled/expected?

Jen - nice job on the repeats this morning!! Speedy!

Re: in laws - ugghhhh...I can so relate. I had to change plans for my daughters birthday this coming weekend because my MIL didn't like what we were going to do (go to the beach). I changed it to something inside for her. So annoying. Luckily we are 4 hours away from them so we don't see/talk to them too much. My husband gets along fine with my mother -thank goodness as we live a mile from her!

I don't go on the Tri Talk forum much for a variety of reasons, but I found this discussion interesting:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=448995&posts=78&start=1

Interesting to see where that thread has gone since the last time I looked at it.  I like the idea of a subforum more focused on going as fast as possible vs just finishing.  I also need to be told that my ideas are f'ing stupid in pretty much those terms at times.  I don't take things like that personally. 

The male 1500m winner swam a 14:xx.  So fast.  

Ya know I was just thinking today about how much more I enjoy swimming than I used to.  Not that much though.  LOL.

And you have permission to enter?

That's exciting, Scott!  Are you doing IMTX next year, too, Kelly?  

I'm pretty sure I came home from this year's IMTX with a look in my eye that Cindy knew just wasn't worth fighting.  Now it came on the condition that I can deal with training with a newborn and/or a really preggers (see moody) woman.

awesome!!!

I think your contribution to that thread is spot on, Kelly.  Good thoughts.

IMO, I think it would be silly to further expand into more subgroups.  Perhaps more thread moving is in order, so things like mdot tattoo discussions and other stuff irrelevant to training get moved to appropriate groups (that should have gone in COJ).  I also don't want much to change about mentor groups either.  I think if there are elite age group athletes and super fast people who want to have a serious conversation about speed and training, then they ought to start a group here....make it an experienced long course group or whatnot.    

When I first joined this site, I asked a handful of really silly newb questions like "road bike or tri bike" on the main forum.  bahahaha.  After hearing the "use the search function" reply several times, I started using the search function.  I still do searches.  I joined this group so I could ask my silly newb questions and get more useful feedback from an experienced mentor.  I also needed a more personal community to connect with, as I don't have any triathlete friends here in Cleveland.  I still feel like I'm the one person in this group who asks more dumba$$ questions than anyone else, but I'm cool with my role here  How else will I learn?  

I've learned more from Kelly and this group than I ever would have learned from the searches or the posts on tri talk.  It's been the greatest thing for me.  Plus, you're all my friends now.  Love you guys.

i agree with Jenny, 

one of the best and most truthful posts in that thread.

and yes, you are pretty