Team Skinny 03/2009 March Madness (Page 15)

its great playing in the sun with a bit of  laugh and watching my really bad bowling.

IRELANd did well in the 5050 world cup last year (in fact, 2 years ago, jeez thats scary) when they beat pakistan on st paddys day, beat bangladesh and drew with  zimbabwe

its also not a bad workout going to training, utterly destroys my shoulders bowling for 90 minutes straight but to be fair i'm more of a batsman

ps go out!, although i guess you'll need the sleep if yoru doing 7am swims Man at the moment i would take any oppurtunity to go out as all my friends are like "PANIC PANIC FINAL YEAR DISSERTATION/THESIS BLAH"

169.6 Well thats my goal done. Its beer and pizza until the end of the month

Or maybe not

March Goal 205:

This week... 205!!!! 

Well, on monday i was 205, today it's up a bit, but I'm holding onto monday's as I figure I'm retaining water since i didn't drink any yesterday! shame.  no wonder i feel so tired today.  I really find that being hydrated makes an energy difference.  strange, but true.  I wonder why?

Gratz on your goal

well if you have your routine your friends should respect it

but i can see what you mean about pubs, you need to find a quieter more comfy pub where you can chat and be sociable ... ie not a student pub which of course means higher prices -_-

Personlly i never go out fridays, if i go out its usually tuesdays (have nothing on wednesday realistically) or saturdays (but not too heavy night because of cricket training ^^)

Actually (once again) getting back on track.

This week: 248.4 (which is NOT good, but better than it has been.)

Trying for: anything under 245 for this month.

Complete change of topic here.

Me has  couple of questions

li'm going to start hitting the pool maybe once a week or so starting the week after next, and i'm wondering what i should be working on. 

What stroke is best for triathalon? Crawl or backstroke or the fly? Although back in my school days i used to race with breast stroke and could outpace quite a few people doing freestyle lol

Bikes :

At the moment i've got a bit of a bike conundrum. My lovely old bike (which i've had for 9 years since i was only 13 according to the receipt) is a bit fubar, needs so much work to it its not worth it (new front gears, new deraileur, new crank shaft, new cranks , new back axle, new brake levers) but i'm wondering whether to invest in buying a new bike (i use it to get around a bit) or just use my old mans bike lol. its a hybrid road/ mountin bike with decent enough features on it and i've been training on it reasonably fine tho it needs a couple of adjustments.

Running: 

As i'm only intending to do the one tri this year to tri it out, would it be acceptable to leave the running til about 2 months before the race before i even attempt it? I hate running at the moment as it is such a pain on my knees (weight problem) and struggle with half a KM (race is 2.5)

by the way my A key doesn't work very well so if i missed some bits out its not me being a thicko

Freestyle is usually best as it is the most efficient in terms of energy expended and most of the power comes from your arms, which (hopefully) leaves your legs fresher for the bike and the run.  That said -  whatever way is the most comfortable for you is fine.  Just a comment on breast stroke - if you choose that option - please swim to the outside as it's no fun getting kicked by a breast stroker.

Stick with the loaner (i.e. use it for free) bike.  Once you've done a few tris and have decided you want to commit is soon enough to think about dropping some $$ on bikes.  I used a $300 bike I bought (old-school steel frame) for the first 5 years I did triathlon and while it wasn't the fastest out there - well, neither am I.  I got a new bike and I love it - but it's not tri-specific.  I bought the bike that's the best for me long term.  I think you need to wait a bit on a bike purchase as that's by far where most of your equipment $$ go.

NO!  If you can't run, start walking.  Then add a bit of jogging here and there as you feel up to it.  Alternatively - there is a couch to 5k program on this site you could use.  Do NOT wait to get out there and do some weight-bearing activity even if it is just fast walking with a little slow jogging thrown in.  Running is the hardest and takes the longest to adjust to.

Good luck!

The scale let me down again, 212.6

Of course it jumps on Wednesday morning

Next week is my revenge (like we haven't heard that before)