first triathlonites 2006-07

[Kimmyt]

This 1 hour swim is being put on by the USMS and they compile the rankings nationally so we have to have an actual person to record splits and everything for the entire time.

Hmm... maybe if I offer up my newfound bike-cleaning skillZ i will be able to get someone to do it?

[eclectic]

Hey there everyone ! ! ! how are things going? ? ?
Time for updates

My training this fall started out GREAT! ! !

THEN i did something really stupid but necessary. I went back to an former second job when they called me. I really need the money right now and figured 16 hours a week would be OK. Well what has happened is it has cut into all my workout time. I have been trying to get motivated to doing short sessions but it just isn't happening.

so what is happening:

Wednesday I have been diligent about going to the pool for 45 min and getting at least 15-1700 yds of a mixed workout in. Then I have been going upstairs and running on the track for at least 2 miles

Sundays I have been really good about getting to spinning class then going up stairs and running 3 miles and walking 1 or 2

So basically I have crammed 4 workouts into 2 sessions - not the greatest and not the best but all I have been able to manage at this time

One thing I have learned - it is WAAYY easier to run after cycling then after swimming

My running isn't to the distance I wanted it to be (probably because I am not just running - at least I hope that is it) but my speed is gradually increasing

I can easily w/o stressing myself at all do 500 yds swimming in 10 minutes and I am fine w/ that

I am finally down to a 10 min mile for 3 miles but it isn't very easy but getting better

I am down 17 lbs since September (would still like to get 12 more off)

they are having the blizzard biathlon here the end of Feb. I will not be running it (5 mi outside - it is 20 below here today, I don't think so) But I am going to relay it w/ a friend, he'll run and I'll swim.

Anyway all my working out has helped immensly - I am going skiing next week so have been doing wall sits. 1.5 min are a piece of cake now and last year I could barely do 30-45 sec

Also I figured out what was causing my asthma - more on that later!

life is good

[kan]

Last year I participated in a sprint tri on a relay, just to get my feet wet and see what it's all about. I definitely wanted more - After 9 minutes in the water, I was done and that was too short!

So this year I'm training for at least one, probably two sprint distance tris. Maybe more... we'll see!

I'm a decent swimmer and a decent runner (although I'm realizing I need to develop my aerobic base after doing heart rate training, and going back to "walk before I run"). The only thing I've never really done (other than recreationally) was bike. I think the $$ you have to plunk down kept me away. But I'm going to do it - I'm looking at my road bike options and I'm committed.

So I'll be around here and there. I'm also lurking at BT and learning a lot from them. I'm trying to do a 2x training program, where I fit in at least 2 of each discipline a week, plus two strength training sessions. I also hope to add in one more run when spring comes (and my volleyball season is done). Nice to meet you all!

[Kimmyt]

Welcome to the forums, kan! Keep us updated on your training.

Update:

After a brief hiatus due to illness (dang stomach virus) I'm back on the wagon. Still running 3x a week, but now I'm consistently up to 3 miles a run on weekdays with no walking (maybe .25 mile wu and .25 cd not included in the running total), although I'm still working on pace. I'm pretty comfortable at around a 6mph pace for around 2 miles, but can't keep it up for that long, so I'll usually slow down to a lower pace for the last mile. This is all on the treadmill, when I'm outside I have no idea how fast I run... somewhere in between 5 and 6 (running this weekend with The Boy and his new cadence thinger so maybe we can figure out our speed on the trail). Trying for ~4 miles on my 'long' run during the weekend, but if anything this is the run that gets dropped due to busy schedule, etc. I've been pretty good keeping it up though! Hopefully bringing the camera with me this Saturday to take pretty pictures of the trail.

Cycling has been pretty nonexistent for me, especially since I loathe the spin bikes at my gym and don't have a trainer. Once it gets warmer out I'll focus more on that, but for right now I'm paying more attention to the more challenging aspects of the tri.

Swim class (Master's group 2xweek) is going well, too. I've been making strides in technique and am starting to really hone in on what makes me go faster. Got a videotape of my swimming that I intend to watch this weekend and see just what I'm doing wrong. Should be interesting.

My favorite part about all this training? I feel phenomenal, particularly after a good run on the trail on a weekend morning, and I become super-driven to do stuff the rest of the day. It's like I'm on a natural high, and I will get 3x the stuff done that I would normally do! It's insane, really, what a little adrenaline will do to your housework!

K.

[Wahine]

My favorite part about all this training? I feel phenomenal, particularly after a good run on the trail on a weekend morning, and I become super-driven to do stuff the rest of the day. It's like I'm on a natural high, and I will get 3x the stuff done that I would normally do! It's insane, really, what a little adrenaline will do to your housework!

K.

Welcome to the realm of the adrenaline junky. At first you tell yourself you've got your habit under control but eventually it consumes you. You start missing engagements to feed your addiction, first it's coffee with a friend, "sorry I won't make it, I've got to train." Then it's baby showers and eventually you don't even show up for weddings. You become grumpy and distracted when you don't get your fix and soon your friends become worried. You stop paying your morgage so you can save up for that special gear - a carbonfibre tri bike or a GPS/HRM. You've started the downward spiral towards the life of an addicted triathlete.

That was meant to be funny, but as I read it over, really it describes me. Maybe I should plan my own intervention. Naaaaaahhhhhhh!!

Off for a run. I might not make it to work in time. Oh well, who needs a job. It just takes away from my training time anyway.

[Kimmyt]

Ruh Roh...

that describes me and climbing to a T! I don't know if I can fit in another addiction! I'm going to have to develop multiple personalities to deal with all these multiple hobbies!

A conversation I had a few years ago with my brother:

Me: So, I won't be home for Thanksgiving
Bro: Why? Where will you be?
Me: West Virginia
Bro: West... Virginia? What the hell is in West Virginia?
Me: Well there's this really great climbing area..
Bro: And you're going to miss Thanksgiving dinner with your family to go to this climbing place?
Me: Uhm, yeah...
Bro: In NOVEMBER? It's gonna be cold..
Me: I have a 0deg sleeping bag...
Bro: Who are you going with?
Me: Some climbing people I met from the internet
Bro: So you're going to miss holidays with the family to go climbing in a cold place in WV with a bunch of people you don't know?
Me: Well I know a few of them. One's bringing a deep-fryer for a turkey..
Bro: You are ridiculous.

[Wahine]

K - I used to clim too but I had to give it up to adequately fuel my new tri addiction. Watch out.

[HillSlugger]

K - I used to clim too but I had to give it up to adequately fuel my new tri addiction. Watch out.

I climbed obsessively for 4+ years but then took a break for injury and surgery. After 20 months off I started climbing again, but never with the same passion. These days swim, bike, and run get all of my attention.

[rocknrollgirl]

OH My Gosh MD...me too..I was obsessive about it. I have a bouldering wall in my basement.

I stopped in the winter of 05 because one of my partners was killed while we were climbing together. I tried to climb again, but I just can't and should not at this point. My climbing head is gone.

So now I am off road tri girl...all that energy slowly moved over, first mt biking, then trail running and well, you know the rest.

Wow...I would love to chat more with you.

Ruth

[Kimmyt]

RnR,

I'm really sorry to hear that about your partner. I know it's really hard to deal with a situation like that. A while ago I was involved in a very bad rock fall event and watched a friend get really hurt. It could have very well been me as I was standing next to him. I ran one way, he ran the other. Luckily he survived, and I forced myself to continue climbing. But the death of a partner... I know how a partner can become very close. It's so sad when something like that happens!

Kim