QuincyF and Oriolepwr's Magical Mys-tri Tour for Newbies Has Begun (CLOSED) (Page 44)

Happy that a bunch of you will be back with "The Sequel" 

Right now the new thread is parked in a "staging" area for mentor groups.  They limit how many groups are open for members at a given point.  So as more of the new groups fill,  new groups will appear.   I don't know how long this will take but expect it to be any time between now and a few more days.   But no worries,   We'll be "breaking bad"   in no time!  

BTW I attended my first masters swim last night.   There was a lot of drill focus and the coach,  Tina  is an Ironman her self.   Her time for 2.4 miles?  51 minutes  WOW!  my time?  1:32     me  "sooo which IM have you done?"    Tina;  Two,    IM-Moo and KONA!   yup  qualified on her rookie IM attempt.   Then did Kona.  

So got a ton of instruction and drills to work on.      My hands are too high in water and kick too hard.  Snake in the water and bring my elbow up too far creating extra work for my shoulders.  Next week video taping.     I'm thinking this is really going to help.     

The negative?  community (no, not coed)  style get naked shower area as this is a high school pool and locker room.   Ya not used to that,  had a lil bit of stage fright.   I know  TMI  

FINALLY!!! got in the pool tonight.  I did 14 - 35 m lengths.  So is that 14 laps or 7 laps.  Anyway, 490 meters in about 20 minutes.  Is this good, average, or terrible.  I'm thinking not great, but since I have not swam in over 2 years, I'm happy.

I do predominately breathe on my right side, tried bilateral.  I need to work on that.  Also need to work on pressing my split button correctly on my Ironman watch.  I think my time was a little faster than 20 min, but I'm not worried.

It did however give me the confindence to register for my first sprint tri on April 29th.  200 yd swim, 13 mi bike, 5k run.

MY friend was worried about me and I told her that if my heart stops while swimming my defibrillator will go off.  Of course the electricty in the water will disable all the other swimmers and I should be fine.  JUST KIDDING  LOL

HAPPY EASTER AND PASSOVER

Ask her if you still need that toe?  It may soften your kick!  (I'm sorry, couldn't resist)

So today was my first "official" brick, and starting my tri training plan.  Swam for 20 min and bike for 30.  About an hour in between.  And I'm down to 207.4 lbs 

Hope the next group opens soon.

Great work Tom!   first brick! 

new group will be up soon!   there will be a rule though.......

DUDE!  Awesome time!  you are faster than I am too.   I'm jealous!      You are right though.  If you went a lil slower early on and steady, you would have broke 1:40     ah well  it's all good,   awesome race today and you will PR the next time as well.

That's right no double dipping  will be allowed.    It's like putting your WHOLE face in the dip.   So uncool.     But we will have dip available so there's that to look forward to.

Easter ride to my sister in-law's house.   Took the loooong way to get there too.    it was REALLY windy out there.  Against me the whole time.     The ride itself  kinda sucked.    But,  I did find WALDO!  and had my iphone to take a pic.     So  y'all can stop looking for him.    No wonder he has been so hard to find.      DO I win anything?     Oh yea  I also accidentally made a video while I was riding.   I think I will edit it and post it some time.

Hi all.  Back from an awesome spring break cruise to the Bahamas with a nice tan and a few extra pounds!  I managed to get 1 run in on the cruise ship.  I'm not sure how to log the 14 hour day of walking at Universal Studios, though.  Holy cow...that was a workout!  Anyway...hit the bricks this morning and back at it this week.  I have the Carmel Sprint Tri on Sunday!!!!!!   Ready to get this one under my belt and have a panic-free swim!  Honestly...don't care what the time is...just want to be panic-free!!

I'm in for Tour 2 and I don't double dip.  My strategy is to flip to the opposite side of the chip!

Jacki