Down to the wire!

So, having registered for my first tri (Philly Sprint Insurance Tri, June 23) a while back, I went into training ecstasy. I didn't think I'd enjoyed it so much. I filled every hour to the brim with training, to the point I was possibly on the brink of overtraining. But I loved it. After all, it gave me something to do to take my mind off of The Boy having moved off to Colorado for 8 months for a temporary job assignment (after I had just moved in with him months prior).

Maybe I thought that if I trained hard enough, that 8 months would fly by. And it did, because The Boy came home a week or so ago, and now the prospect of the Tri is looming in the upcoming weeks.

Life has begun to come back now, the family affairs and the housework blues and the newly engaged list of things to do and people to see, and well, training has taken a bit of a back seat.

It took me a bit by surprise, but I realized a few weeks ago that I hadn't run in almost a month! Eek! I had been feeling so strong about this tri, and perhaps because the distances aren't too out of my range I felt like I could slack off a bit. Which isn't good.

But now I'm stressing, and starting running again, and doing a bit of swimming and cycling, and we'll see how it goes!

Yesterday I did a brick with The Boy. 16 miles on the bike followed by a 2 mile run. I felt okay, until about mile 1.5 of the run. I think if it was race day I could have pushed through and run the 5K.

This Friday I have my longest run ever scheduled, a 5-miler after work which should be... interesting. And I racked up 15 miles towards my June-August 100-mile running challenge, so I'm off to a good start there. Last swim class of the season is tonight, and then I get my weeks back to cycle.

There really is no point to this rambling post, but just to say that thanks everyone for posting their race reports, I need to get in The Zone again and am looking forward to putting on my warpaint on June 23!

K.

Whoo hoo KimmyT - Great job on commiting to it and getting back in the saddle.

Glad to hear "The Boy" is home and life is doing normal things but it really does cut into training time.

Sounds like you are doing some great bricks - that is what I really need to step the pace up on - I had done them but obviously not enough or long enough ones. NOW it will be longer rides and longer runs and at least 1 per week. Live and learn

I found that Tri's are very logistically interesting, lot's of things to plan and organize. I definately recommend doing a mini tri at least a week prior to the event. That is probably the single most important thing I did to make sure everything worked and to get the transitions sorted out.

Is your tri an open water swim?

Any way keep us posted and GOOD LUCK ! ! !

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Originally Posted by Kimmyt

Life has begun to come back now, the family affairs and the housework blues and the newly engaged list of things to do and people to see, and well, training has taken a bit of a back seat.

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Life is quieter when the boys are not around - LOL. Mine is gone until the middle of next month and, hmm, I'm using the time to train for a triathlon. Best of luck with the training and I hope you have a great race!

I'm glad you have your "boy" back! That's a good brick if you haven't been running lately. If you do the 5 miler this week I bet the next brick (or the tri if you don't have time for another brick) will be much better. Do you have a time goal for the tri, or are you doing it just for fun? Sometimes life gets in the way of doing the things we'd rather be doing. But for me training time is "me" time, as in, it helps keep me sane and happy. Can you push some other things aside this week to focus on training more? Good luck juggling it all. Just remember, you are one person and can only accomplish the work of one person.

I'm glad the boy's back too though I know what you mean...when it was just me, I could train at all odd hours and not worry about infringing on together time.

You can do it though :D

I got married in November so I know the whole planning/engagement thing.

Honestly, you trained when it was most important so I doubt if you lost much. I bet you are so excited and I am sure the tri will go well!

Ditto on the good news of the boy returning! Like teigyr said, you've got a good, solid base so you shouldn't have lost too much in your off time. You're right on track for your race in a week and a half, and you'll have such a great time!!!! Anything you can do between now and then is a good thing- so keep at it girlie!!
Can't wait to hear about your race!

The heck with the training stuff, did you say NEWLY ENGAGED? Did I miss something?????

haha yeah

i'm hoping to kick his *** during the tri

:D

You are gonna do great. You have a base, just race smart, good transitions and whatnot. Practice that stuff before race day. It made a huge difference for me.

My next one is coming up on the 24th!

What everyone else said Kimmy. You have a good base and won't lose much by training a little less. Enjoy your engagement!! That comes once in a lifetime (hopefully!!), tris come along every other weekend.

Practice your transitions like RnR said and get out in the open water.

Have fun!!

How did I miss the "newly engaged" comment (going back to re-read)...

A-HA, there it is! Congrats kimmy!!!!! :D

As for goals, I'd like to:

1) Beat The Boy (a definite in the swim, but may be compromised in the bike/run as he has been known to be uber-competitive and I'll admit is a tad bit stronger than me, at least in the cycle)
2) Beat all or most of my climbing buddies who are racing this with me (in particular one gal I get a bit competitive with, I am a better cyclist than her but the swim and run may be dicey)
3) Run the 5K portion in less than 30 minutes.

No overall time goal though, and I'm in a younger age group so I think my likelihood of placing at all is exceedingly low, especially because I'm a new runner and a marginally new cyclist.

Kimmy,
You will be surprised as to what you can pull of your..er...um...sleeve, on race day.

I pre-rode my xterra course three times prior to race day, fastest time was 1:27. I raced it in 1:15...where did that come from....my race day...er...um..sleeve!

KICK THEIR BUTTS!!!!!!!!!!! oh in a nice way naturally....

'in a nice way'.... wink wink gotcha

Kimmy, in a short race transitions mean a lot and if you're racing with other inexperienced triathletes that's your best bet for really gaining some time on them.

Someplace I posted my transtion practice routine on this forum, I'm going to try to find the link.

Do the routine and if you're serious about beating your buddies, don't share it. Sounds mean but...

Found it:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ice#post199705

The week before my race on 5/20, I spent one whole workout just practicing transition. Went out the lake, did the swim, got out, wiggle, wiggle, out of the wetsuit, set up my area, got on my bike, followed Wahine's suggestions, rode for 10 mins, got off ran. Did that two or three times. Did a world of good.

Now this will make you laugh. After the first round, I tried to dry off and put my wetsuit back on. Hilarious....just picture that wiggle.