Jnowash's Group - CLOSED!

Hi Jenny -- I'm 47. Completed my first sprint tri April 20th and had a great time. I did a 1/2 mary in Jan. and I'm doing my 2nd one tomorrow. Gulp! I love the tri lifestyle and it gives me something to focus on with training. I was working out anyway, but this really helps me pump it up a notch. I've always been pretty athletic but this offers a new challenge.

I work part time, have a 13 year old son (just turned 13), a hubby who works and travels and a dog, cat and house, etc. etc. I seem to be somewhat consumed by this tri stuff lately and have been a bit like a sponge, just trying to soak up as much info. as possible. I was in a Jan. mentor group that has great peeps and we offer each other support, but I'd like to have a little more direction and help with specific questions from someone who's done some of these. I'd like to do an oly this fall.

I log my workouts faithfully and log my nutrition as well.  Getting my workouts/training in is imperative to me for mental and physical health.  I'd love to be part of your group, too. Thanks and good luck tomorrow. :-)

~Lynn 

Hi -- I'm having some ultima drink and grape nuts with bananas (no milk) right now. It's 4:48 a.m. pst. It will be interesting to hear how a rainy tri goes. Where do you live again? PA?

I'm in Ca. It's supposed to be warm and sunny, so no chace of rain. It might get a little warm toward the end, but we're near the ocean so I don't expect it to be too bad.  

 Surfing BT is one of my favorite things to do! You might be riding the bike right now!!

I'll look forward to the race report. :-)

Lynn 

I would like to join this group, if it is still open. I am completely new to triathlons, just completed my first day of the 20 week run focused olympic training plan. I am a runner, 4 marathons and multiple other races of lower distances completed, but I was getting a little burnt out and it's super hot here in the summer so I thought I would try out a triathlon and see how it goes.

Is spin class going to work for me for the bike? I have a Trek 7200 hybrid bike that I will be using so I would think that for group rides I would be slower since I don't have a road bike. I would also love some swimming pointers because that is going to be my weak spot. I'll probably also alter the training schedule to make my runs longer (especially the long run on the weekend) since I'm used to running longer already.

Looking forward to seeing if I like triathlons!

 A little more information: 24, married, no kids (1 dog), work out of the house (makes it really difficult for me with snacking because food is always available).

Good morning -- at least it's still morning here. :-) Well, I ran the 1/2 mary yesterday and my time wasn't great, but I really wasn't looking for a time or a PR. This one had a huge hill and it was hot. People were out with their hoses and we ran through them. It was awesome!  I felt so much better after this one, than I did in Jan. so I can really see progress with my running. I wore a calf brace as I've got a cranky soleus muscle that my PT has been working on.

Hi Letcia -- Glad to see you signing up for more!! You'll do great. 

My question is this -- now that I've done one sprint tri (another scheduled for May4th) and 2 1/2 marys -- I'm looking at an oly for the fall as a culmination to my "season." Oh, I'm doing the Danskin in Disney in June, too. I kind of like to work on all three sports, but wondered if focusing more on one is helpful. Since my running seems to getting stronger, should I focus on that? Or, should I jsut keep up my 2 x balanced oly plan I did up to the 4/20 tri? I currently have a sprint tri plan in my log just to get me through to 5/4. And, I'm counting that tri as a training one.

I appreciate your help and guidance, J. And hello to our new people.

HAve a great training day --

~Lynn 

Thanks for the reply! I'll look around in the area for a slower group ride. My swim right now is ok, but not fabulous. I had swim lessons as a kid and swam for fun, but never competitively. My first workout yesterday for the swim I swam 1200 yards -- first swim of the year. That went fine, just doing freestyle the whole time, but I took a quick break every 100 yards to get a sip of water. My problem with swimming is I hate getting water up my nose (why I could never be on the swim team, I couldn't master a flip turn without getting water up my nose). So if I get too much water, I have to quit swimming to get it out. Not good!

For my first triathlon, should I do any kind of drills for swimming and biking? I'll do some speedwork for running because I'm used to it, but not sure if I should do it for the other 2 sports. 

 I'm happy to dish out any running advice if you have any questions...

Hi,

I would love to join your group also.  I haven't been part of a mentor group before so I'm not sure what exactly it means but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

TRIATHLON/TRAINING HISTORY:  I did my first, and only (so far), triathlon last year.  It was a women's only tri in Lake Las Vegas, April 28th.  I started training at the end of January and got derailed for a couple weeks late February and into March due to an illness in the family.  I picked it back up, then it dropped off some again closer to the race.  Anyway, the triathlon sort of kicked my butt.  I was able to finish, but it took my time was 3:18:51.  Kind of embarrassing but I was happy to finish.  One of my challenges is the swimming.  I don't swim with my face in the water because I get really out of breath.  Therefore, last year I did the entire swim by backstroke.  

WEIGHTLOSS:  I lost 11 pounds before the race last year and by the end of the year, with no additional races and not many workouts, I had put 9 pounds back on.  This year, I'm training more and training harder and have lost 17 pounds since New Year's Day.  I'm really serious about continuing that.  I still have 40 more pounds that I want to lose.  My goal is to lose 1/5 pounds per week until I reach my goal.  

2008 RACES:  I'm registered for 1 race so far this year, the Danskin Women's Tri in Southern California June 15th.  But, I would like to do 2 races, maybe 3 before the end of the year.  I'm thinking about the Lake of the Pines Triathlon August 30th and possibly the Catalina Island Tri in November.  I went to a Master's Swim class twice, but didn't go back.  I was soooo much slower than everyone else and I didn't really feel like the coaches were giving me much advice, they were just letting me swim back and forth and would tell me the others were doing drills where they blah, blah, blah.  She would say them so fast and not explain them, it was kind of irritating.  Although I haven't been for a while, I am a certified scuba diver.  As such, I'm used to swimming underwater, at a slow pace and having an air source to breath normally without all the issues of breathing while swimming freestyle.

ABOUT ME:  I'm 42, I've been married 14 1/2 years, no kids but I have 5 cats and they are my babies.  My husband works the swing shift so he leaves at 2:30 p.m. and is not home until after midnight M-F and an occasional weekend day.  I'm a Project Manager for a large insurance company but I work from home 4 days a week and drive to the office about once a week, which is 70 miles away.  I think I do better with my workouts when I have something I'm training for, but occasionally, I still have a tendency to get a little lazy and miss a few days.  

I hope you've got room for me.

Lisa 

I'd love to be a part of this group. No time for a bio, but I'm 46, 5 kids, job with crazy hours that I'm rushing off to right now. Hope I'm not too late to join.