BamaDC's Mentor Group v3.0 - CLOSED

titeloops - 2010-12-26 7:51 AM I'm in. Woke up to about 8 inches of snow this morning. Hello trainer ride!

croyston - 2010-12-26 3:31 PM Mark - I'd like to join your mentor group.

Quick Bio - Name - Chris, I'm 43 yrs old, married to a runner and have 2 boys (12 & 8). Starting 2nd season of tri's. Have a HIM in April

I got a Felt B16 as a partial x-mas gift, then misc tri accessories (socks, shoe covers for biking, running shorts, tri top and a Hi-Vis wind breaker for biking)

Thanks

croyston - 2010-12-26 3:31 PM Mark - I'd like to join your mentor group.

Quick Bio - Name - Chris, I'm 43 yrs old, married to a runner and have 2 boys (12 & 8). Starting 2nd season of tri's. Have a HIM in April

I got a Felt B16 as a partial x-mas gift, then misc tri accessories (socks, shoe covers for biking, running shorts, tri top and a Hi-Vis wind breaker for biking)

Thanks

croyston - 2010-12-26 3:31 PM Mark - I'd like to join your mentor group.

Quick Bio - Name - Chris, I'm 43 yrs old, married to a runner and have 2 boys (12 & 8). Starting 2nd season of tri's. Have a HIM in April

I got a Felt B16 as a partial x-mas gift, then misc tri accessories (socks, shoe covers for biking, running shorts, tri top and a Hi-Vis wind breaker for biking)

Thanks

BamaDC - 2010-12-27 10:55 AM 20 min CP of 261 watts at an average HR of 167 bpm.  That makes my FTP 250.

It's hard to believe I've lost that much fitness since peaking at the end of August.  My FTP was in the 280s.

croyston - 2010-12-26 7:02 PM I'm doing the Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside ( north of San Diego ).

It's about an 8 hour drive from home, so the family and I will drive down a couple of days before the race.

It's an ocean swim ( my first ), but it's in the harbor so the water is suppose to be calm.  Bike ride is through Camp Pendleton, so no worries about traffic, but also no spectators and it's windy and hilly.  Run is a two loop course along the coast and very flat.

croyston - 2010-12-26 7:02
It's an ocean swim ( my first ), but it's in the harbor so the water is suppose to be calm.  Bike ride is through Camp Pendleton, so no worries about traffic, but also no spectators and it's windy and hilly.  Run is a two loop course along the coast and very flat.

sand101 - 2010-12-27 2:48 PM

First off, welcome!  This is a good group of folks.  Second, just to let you in on a secret most don't know - ocean swims are way, way better than any other type of swim.  Much more fun than a murky lake, and infinitely better than swimming in that cube following the black line.

titeloops - 2010-12-27 2:57 PM



Unless you drink several big gulps. Then they can reek havock for the remaining 138.2 miles of your day! Lesson learned the hard way.

titeloops - 2010-12-27 12:50 PM


Wow! Those look like awesome numbers to me. mine was only 209 watts at average HR or 159. Sort of disappointed in that. I thought I would have done better. I was pretty wiped out afterwards though.

BamaDC - 2010-12-26 2:21 PM Anyone get any tri gifts? 

BamaDC - 2010-12-27 3:18 PM

What's your height and weight?

Crazymama - 2010-12-27 9:06 PM Is there room for one more? Will leave a bio once I hear back. Have a great night....leslie

Donto - 2010-12-27 7:00 PM Mark,
I'd like to hang out with your Mentor group.

I have a HM on Feb 6th that I'm currently training for and am looking to drop my PR 2 minutes, sure would love to have a group to 'get my arse out the door'!  After that its Jorge's cycling plan and some sort of swim training plan to get ready for a very competivite Sprint on June 5th.