Tri Ritter's Mentor Program "Smashin' it 2011" CLOSED (Page 27)

Who's hitting their goals?

I know a couple of us (Trout, Quincyf, and I'm sure a few I'm forgetting) set goals specifically for this month.

Mine was a swim goal to get 12,000 in and I'm at 9,900 with one more workout thursday I'll come just short of it but its been a great month for my swimming so I can't complain!

Yes there are zone guidelines, like zone 1, zone 2, zone 3a, zone 3b, zone4a, zone 4b, zone 5. you need a lacate threshold test to determine these zones.

easy does it, stick to soft flat surfaces for now.

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yes, don't run that far off the bike !!! You were trashed, better to do a long run the day before or after and just a short run at race pace after your bike.

Be sure you holla at me. I heard the current should be pulling us in to shore.

Sorry guys, I have been out of touch on here lately. Been very busy!! I wrecked my bike a couple of weeks ago hitting a deer, then 2 days later wrecked my car (my fault), sprained my ankle over the weekend, and now for some reason my right hand is hurting and I can't explain why.

Roll call, who is going to the Kemah triathlon this weekend? I believe there is a few of you. I'll be down there Friday evening and staying till sometime after the olympic on Sunday. I got a big group I am staying w/ including pro triathlete Andrew Yoder. Good luck everyone!!!

I'll hit my goal today of 20k in the pool for March.  Very happy with my progress as I've dipped below 1:40/100 on my intervals.  I hope to do a TT soon to get a truer picture as to my pace.

I am racing Sunday as well and I am looking forward to it.  I can not wait to ride a flat course!

for swimming I am at 13850m and will probably add another 2000m tonight.

I also got in a really tough 7km run this morning and got the bike outside on the road. I had to lean into the wind at some points and it was a really crappy ride BUT it was OUTSIDE! so Im calling it a good ride.

got my 100 lengths in tonight so that brings me up to 16350. I wanted to do the 20,000m but I had my doubts because of the time I had so I made that the stretch goal with a real goal of 15,000.

On the bike side I have 685km in the bank with one more day in the month. I have the afternoon off tomorrow but checked the weather and its supposed to snow. Back to the trainer I go but I will bring that total up to 750km for sure.

Hey gang - I have been MIA for a bit now.  Things have been a little crazy for Tif and I lately.  Stress all around us.  Our youngest Boston Terrier has been very sick and has required long trips to Texas A&M Univeristy to see the best vets in the country (just my opinion).  This has required some rearranging of the training schedule, but we have managed to get all of the workouts in.  It has also been stressful because we have to make sure there is someone at the house with her all the time because she can not be alone right now...so when we have workouts in the afternoon we have to arrange for a puppy sitter...once again somehow we have made this work.  Then work is crazy because of all the cuts in funding for Texas Education and that means job security goes out the window...who ever thought that you would not have job security with being a teacher.  Anyways, the good news is Taylor (Boston Terrier) is now on medicine and I am hopeful this is going to help her and we can get back to some type of normalcy in our household. 

All that being said...Tif and I are a week and three days away from the HIM.  I am starting to get very excited and I am very greatful for the taper.  I have some lofty goals for my "if everything goes right" race...that would be to finish in 5 1/2 hrs...that is more than an hour better than last years time....but I think I have it in me if things fall into place...then if I don't have the "perfect" race I would at least like to be sub-6 hrs. 

Sorry for the novel....hope everyones' training is solid...and good luck to all racing this week! 

Good luck to all of you who are racing this weekend!

My weekend will be filled with completing tax returns, staining and a little bit of training mixed in somewhere.

I will be out there on Sunday.  Should be fun.

Good luck to everyone who is also racing.   

Good luck! And good for you to have that first time feeling again! Everybody report back as to how it went, look forward to hearing about it all.

I did better than I thought I would.  My swim was where I thought it would be, a whopping 29:34.  My bike was pretty solid.  The T1 and bike time is together and it was a 1:06:55.  I figure I avg close to 23mph on the bike.  I ran a 42:12 for the 10K which is pretty solid for me.  I have been training the run pretty hard so I was glad to push on the bike and come back and have this run.  I thought I could have been close to 40, but I could not keep pace over the Kemah bridge.  I ended up 3rd in the 35-39 AG missing a spot to Alcatraz by :10.  I can not afford to go, but it sure would have been nice to think I could. 

Now, I need to SBR more for IMTX coming in may.  Also I want to lose 10 pounds for IMTX(I know I am getting too close to be cutting calories with the volumn I will be adding).  I still think 206 is a little heavy for the goals I have for myself.

Congrat Patrick you are getting pretty darn fast!!! Teddy sorry to hear about your stomach issues, I hope get things worked out.

I had a bagel w/ peanut butter at 4am, but the long wait  made me hungry again before the start. I also think I over ate the past few days as I had pretty bad stomach cramps on the run and my shoes were digging into my heel on every turn, it  hurt so bad. Anyways, I'll be wearing socks in Galveston so hopefully it won't be too bad this weekend. I should have been under 2:02 or so on that course, instead went 2:10. Oh well, try again this week.

have you ever seen something on sale on line, pulled the trigger and then immediately had seconds thoughts?

I got an email from the Muskoka Iron Man 70.3 for 20% off registration and signed up. I can and have done the distances individually but... I havent even done a sprint yet.. Thank god the race is in September. It looks like I have some work to do.

haha good luck, sounds like you better get on it!!!

Hi everyone, sorry I've been MIA...my internet was not working well for a while and it was all I could do to keep my logs up to date. I finally called ATT support (which I was dreading) and she got everything back up and running in about 20 seconds...

To everyone who did Kemah, did you do race reports yet???

Nothing out of the ordinary to report here...training is going well, no injuries, feeling the increases, but handling them so far (it's early yet). AFA our little challenge, I didn't hit my goal of 4 strength training sessions every week, but the challenge did make me do more than I would have on my own! So it was a semi success for me, I guess!

What's everyone doing today? OFF day for me, but I think we're going to the pool to goof around and work on strokes. My plan is to take some video. If I do, I'll post it here for some laughs.

Thank you everyone for all your help with my shin splints. Took 2 weeks off running and did spinning & swimming instead together with the exercises you recommended & am much better! Started my group training with a tri coach on monday which began with a light 3.3mile run! Now I have someone to help me with my cycling so am very excited for wednesday.

Well done to all you athletes who raced! You inspire me! Can't wait to post after mine!

ROLL CALL FOR IM 70.3 Texas and sprint triathlon this weekend in Galveston!!!

I am going to try and make dinner reservations at Mario's @ 6pm for Friday night.