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 2010-07-08 3:15 PM in reply to: #2967033 |
Veteran  320  Orange, CT |  Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSEDOntherun - 2010-07-07 6:39 PM the tour is great, as long as I do not want to get anything done around the house. My kids know I hibernate during tour coverage First day was krazy !! Dogs, end of race pile-ups. I watched the almost all of the Giro de Italia last month. Very exciting if you can keep up with what's going on day to day. DVR's are great for that. Hope everyone on the East Coast of the US is surviving this NASTY heat wave we're having ! Stay Cool  |
| 2010-07-08 5:55 PM in reply to: #2969124 |
Frugal Gear Geek 2199  having fun with the kids | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED rbriggz - 2010-07-08 4:15 PM Ontherun - 2010-07-07 6:39 PM the tour is great, as long as I do not want to get anything done around the house. My kids know I hibernate during tour coverage First day was krazy !! Dogs, end of race pile-ups. I watched the almost all of the Giro de Italia last month. Very exciting if you can keep up with what's going on day to day. DVR's are great for that. Hope everyone on the East Coast of the US is surviving this NASTY heat wave we're having ! Stay Cool Wish I could say I am surviving. I so need a day or two for my body to reset. I have been working on the hedges at work all week. On Tuesday I felt great, but I have declined each day since. I wish I could just hide for a day at work, but oh well. Stay safe in this weather guys, it is nasty out here. |
| 2010-07-09 7:25 AM in reply to: #2777751 |
Veteran 280 Glens Falls | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Hey all, yes I am still around but not getting much computor time. Race season is in full swing and am spending most of my time training. It seems that I have a bit of a competition going on with one of my sons who also races. 2 weeks ago he beat me for the first time!! Although we are in major different age groups (23yrs---57yrs) we still watch each others times in comparision. Next race is a little over a week away 7/18 so am turning up the training-my turn to dust the son!! |
| 2010-07-09 1:19 PM in reply to: #2969124 |
Regular 93 Billerica | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED rbriggz - 2010-07-08 3:15 PM Ontherun - 2010-07-07 6:39 PM the tour is great, as long as I do not want to get anything done around the house. My kids know I hibernate during tour coverage First day was krazy !! Dogs, end of race pile-ups. I watched the almost all of the Giro de Italia last month. Very exciting if you can keep up with what's going on day to day. DVR's are great for that. Hope everyone on the East Coast of the US is surviving this NASTY heat wave we're having ! Stay Cool I would like to agree it is very difficult training conditions outside. I have retreated a couple times this week to the indoors. My long run this week got cut back a little and turned into Walk/run for the last couple miles jsut to get home. I think its good conditioning for the summer season but taking more recovery to get back the next day. Drink,Drink,Drink |
| 2010-07-09 5:21 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Veteran 235 eastleigh | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED There must be some truth in global warming, here in the uk were in the middle of a heat wave too. 30c today, thats very rare here. We wont let the weather defeat us, train safe & smart guys ! Got a family wedding tomorrow so hoping for it to be nice but cooler, and not planning on training much this weekend due to the vast amounts of alcohol i expect to be drunk! lol !! have fun guys ! |
| 2010-07-10 12:45 PM in reply to: #2934006 |
Regular 93 Billerica | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Boston Beginner - 2010-06-21 10:23 AM
05/02/10 - Tiesim - 3 Forts Marathon + 1mile (27.2) 05/29/10 – Gobluedds- Island Lake Olympic 06/19/10 – Gobluedds- Johan Tri-Fest- Olympic 07/04/10 - Tiesim - Bournemouth International Tri - Olympic 07/10/10- Gobluedds- Anchor Bay Triathlon 08/07/10 - Shioban- Iron Girl Tri- Sprint 08/22/10- Gobluedds- Blue Water Triathlon 09/11/10 – Gobluedds- Tawas Triathlon Festival Half Ironman |
| 2010-07-10 4:11 PM in reply to: #2972573 |
Veteran 280 Glens Falls | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED scogz1 - 2010-07-10 1:45 PM Boston Beginner - 2010-06-21 10:23 AM
05/02/10 - Tiesim - 3 Forts Marathon + 1mile (27.2) 05/29/10 – Gobluedds- Island Lake Olympic 06/19/10 – Gobluedds- Johan Tri-Fest- Olympic 07/04/10 - Tiesim - Bournemouth International Tri - Olympic 07/10/10- Gobluedds- Anchor Bay Triathlon 08/07/10 - Shioban- Iron Girl Tri- Sprint 08/22/10- Gobluedds- Blue Water Triathlon 09/11/10 – Gobluedds- Tawas Triathlon Festival Half Ironman |
| 2010-07-10 4:46 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Extreme Veteran 603 Glasgow, UK | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Good luck to all the others racing - hope you have a blast. I have the number on my arm and have driven round the bike course which is different to last year (and harder than I expected). But I'll just do what I can! See you on the other side. |
| 2010-07-12 7:50 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Regular 93 Billerica | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Got the Official but unfortunate Unoffcial times today. Let me explain. Water temp was 80' so USAT rules state no wetsuit allowed. They allowed you to race and get times but no official rank/awards to you. No big deal had no interest in them anyway. More to that later. Took the bullet and raced with for several reasons, 1. Have not practiced swimming without my wetsuit. 2. Certainly not trying it out on race day. Oh well. Race report is done if any one would like to critique? I have thick skin so fire away, constructive critisim is good. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=216807 Back to the no interest in awards and I still don't, just for SH*ts and giggles I looked though the results of my should have been division (M35-39). If the water temp was one, YES 1, degree cooler or just simply raced without the wetsuit, I would have had 3rd place. SH*t Dang Gamit. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow....Swimming with out wetsuit Edited by scogz1 2010-07-12 7:52 PM |
| 2010-07-12 8:06 PM in reply to: #2976487 |
Master 1619 Hingham, Ma | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED scogz1 - 2010-07-12 8:50 PM Got the Official but unfortunate Unoffcial times today. Let me explain. Water temp was 80' so USAT rules state no wetsuit allowed. They allowed you to race and get times but no official rank/awards to you. No big deal had no interest in them anyway. More to that later. Took the bullet and raced with for several reasons, 1. Have not practiced swimming without my wetsuit. 2. Certainly not trying it out on race day. Oh well. Race report is done if any one would like to critique? I have thick skin so fire away, constructive critisim is good. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=216807 Back to the no interest in awards and I still don't, just for SH*ts and giggles I looked though the results of my should have been division (M35-39). If the water temp was one, YES 1, degree cooler or just simply raced without the wetsuit, I would have had 3rd place. SH*t Dang Gamit. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow....Swimming with out wetsuit Congrats. As long as you had a good time and enjoyed yourself, everyone makes mistakes during their first race at a certain distance. Now you know to train without a wetsuit. |
| 2010-07-13 4:39 AM in reply to: #2976487 |
Frugal Gear Geek 2199 having fun with the kids | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED scogz1 - 2010-07-12 8:50 PM Got the Official but unfortunate Unoffcial times today. Let me explain. Water temp was 80' so USAT rules state no wetsuit allowed. They allowed you to race and get times but no official rank/awards to you. No big deal had no interest in them anyway. More to that later. Took the bullet and raced with for several reasons, 1. Have not practiced swimming without my wetsuit. 2. Certainly not trying it out on race day. Oh well. Race report is done if any one would like to critique? I have thick skin so fire away, constructive critisim is good. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=216807 Back to the no interest in awards and I still don't, just for SH*ts and giggles I looked though the results of my should have been division (M35-39). If the water temp was one, YES 1, degree cooler or just simply raced without the wetsuit, I would have had 3rd place. SH*t Dang Gamit. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow....Swimming with out wetsuit No worries Steve. You did great!! For what it is worth, my time when I pulled out of the race at T2 was still not good enough to put me on the podium. |
| 2010-07-13 4:56 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Regular 93 Billerica | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Thanks for the comments. Started my NON wetsuit training today. Handled the race distance NO suit, NO problem. Next one won't get by me. |
| 2010-07-13 5:46 PM in reply to: #2978729 |
Veteran 235 eastleigh | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Well done Steve ! Pooodium !!!! Excellent work !# Guys and gals, can anyone recommend and bike training drills ? I have running drills and swim drills but no bike drills. I can hop on and ride for 3 hours no problem but really thats not advancing me, so i am thinking riding 5min maximum and 2 mins normal for 30 mins, then normal bike for 20 mins then repeat, this way i should cover some decent millage and pushing hard, any suggestions or recommended reading anyone ? Thanks T |
| 2010-07-14 8:50 PM in reply to: #2978792 |
Master 1619 Hingham, Ma | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Tiesim - 2010-07-13 6:46 PM Well done Steve ! Pooodium !!!! Excellent work !# Guys and gals, can anyone recommend and bike training drills ? I have running drills and swim drills but no bike drills. I can hop on and ride for 3 hours no problem but really thats not advancing me, so i am thinking riding 5min maximum and 2 mins normal for 30 mins, then normal bike for 20 mins then repeat, this way i should cover some decent millage and pushing hard, any suggestions or recommended reading anyone ? Thanks T The only one I know is do 1 legged pedaling. I will try and find some and post them here. Good question. Here's one. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1030 Edited by Boston Beginner 2010-07-14 8:53 PM |
| 2010-07-15 9:52 AM in reply to: #2978792 |
Expert 1128 Boston | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Tiesim - 2010-07-13 6:46 PM Well done Steve ! Pooodium !!!! Excellent work !# Guys and gals, can anyone recommend and bike training drills ? I have running drills and swim drills but no bike drills. I can hop on and ride for 3 hours no problem but really thats not advancing me, so i am thinking riding 5min maximum and 2 mins normal for 30 mins, then normal bike for 20 mins then repeat, this way i should cover some decent millage and pushing hard, any suggestions or recommended reading anyone ? Thanks T Hey T, I did a lot of high intensity interval training on the trainer over the winter and saw good results. I do believe you can adapt for an outside workout. One of the BT'ers is a coach who always offers up these workouts every winter for free... his way of giving back to the community. Here is the link to the archives: http://jorgepbmcoaching.blogspot.com/ over on the right scroll until you see blog archives - the 14 week plan starts Nov 2009 and goes thru March of 2010 While its not drills, it will make you faster! |
| 2010-07-15 5:26 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Veteran 235 eastleigh | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Hi Serin & Josh, thanks for your links, i will do some reading. I think i will get a trainer in winter but fear mrs T will not be happy when our carpet begins to smell like my gym kit !! Question for everyone, what bike do you ride, a to race and bg to train ? I am looking for my 1sdt tri bike and its a minefield, bike shops can only tell me about what they stock so its hard to compare, I am thinking a felt b16, B12 or B2 depending on how far i can flex the interest free credit card, would be useful to hear what everyone is riding. I could then throw out some questions to appropriate bike owners about your cherished posessions. Currently by roadie is a Carerra Virago Carbon, my 1st road bike so nothing to compare it too and bought it as it was the best deal for a full carbon ultegra spec bike. Will keep it for training but now going long and commiting to 2011 and beyond its time to have a new toy ! Thanks guys and gals T |
| 2010-07-17 9:31 AM in reply to: #2777751 |
Member 22 | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED I feel silly asking this question, and maybe should have asked prior to the day before the race, but if you don't have a "tri-suit", what do you wear under your suits?  |
| 2010-07-17 9:43 AM in reply to: #2986837 |
Master 1619 Hingham, Ma | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED clarkest - 2010-07-17 10:31 AM I feel silly asking this question, and maybe should have asked prior to the day before the race, but if you don't have a "tri-suit", what do you wear under your suits? This may be an easier question for a guy, but nothing. I would take a cue from the women of the group though. Good luck on the race tomorrow. |
| 2010-07-17 11:46 AM in reply to: #2986837 |
Expert 1128 Boston | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED clarkest - 2010-07-17 10:31 AM I feel silly asking this question, and maybe should have asked prior to the day before the race, but if you don't have a "tri-suit", what do you wear under your suits? I am assuming you mean wetsuit? If thats the case then you might not watn to take Josh's advice...LOL I have a variety of bike shorts with the pads ranging from thick to thin (like tri-suits) and then I wear l some sort of top - Maybe a sports bra - non cotton - or any other top of lycra top. Or you could wear your bathing suit underneath and have bike shorts ready to go at transition. Have a great race tomorrow! |
| 2010-07-17 12:38 PM in reply to: #2986968 |
Master 1619 Hingham, Ma | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Seren - 2010-07-17 12:46 PM clarkest - 2010-07-17 10:31 AM I feel silly asking this question, and maybe should have asked prior to the day before the race, but if you don't have a "tri-suit", what do you wear under your suits? I am assuming you mean wetsuit? If thats the case then you might not watn to take Josh's advice...LOL I have a variety of bike shorts with the pads ranging from thick to thin (like tri-suits) and then I wear l some sort of top - Maybe a sports bra - non cotton - or any other top of lycra top. Or you could wear your bathing suit underneath and have bike shorts ready to go at transition. Have a great race tomorrow! Yeah, I totally read that wrong. In my defense, I just came back from a 40 mile ride. Don't take my advise until you want to get kicked out of the race
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| 2010-07-17 2:01 PM in reply to: #2987025 |
Member 22 | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Boston Beginner - 2010-07-17 11:38 AM Seren - 2010-07-17 12:46 PM clarkest - 2010-07-17 10:31 AM I feel silly asking this question, and maybe should have asked prior to the day before the race, but if you don't have a "tri-suit", what do you wear under your suits? I am assuming you mean wetsuit? If thats the case then you might not watn to take Josh's advice...LOL I have a variety of bike shorts with the pads ranging from thick to thin (like tri-suits) and then I wear l some sort of top - Maybe a sports bra - non cotton - or any other top of lycra top. Or you could wear your bathing suit underneath and have bike shorts ready to go at transition. Have a great race tomorrow! Yeah, I totally read that wrong. In my defense, I just came back from a 40 mile ride. Don't take my advise until you want to get kicked out of the race Sorry! ya I meant wetsuit...thanks for the advice! Going topless everywhere is only legal for girls in Ontario up here |
| 2010-07-18 7:48 AM in reply to: #2777751 |
Extreme Veteran 603 Glasgow, UK | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Under my we suit I wear a tri suit but depending on how body concious I am I slip a thin T shirt with my number pinned on when I get to T1 to hide some of the lumps and bumps. I am blessed with a large chest so there's no way that I couldn't get away with wearing a good sports bra under the trisuit. I may need to change the suit next time. The legs are really short on my and last week one of them rubbed a whole in my thigh which is still not mended  So I'd be really interested in any reccomendations anyone can make for a tri suit with longer legs? |
| 2010-07-18 7:42 PM in reply to: #2777751 |
Veteran 280 Glens Falls | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Just finished my 2d Sprint of the season--personl best in all 3 but I really (I mean, really) died in the swim!! From getting kicked, pushed and bumped during the first 100yds-I was gassed to say the least. Now am looking at another Sprint in just 3 short weeks and another one 3 weeks after that I need to IMPROVE my swimming--advice from the experts, Please--one suggestion has been to don some hand pads and increase my distances--all advice welcomed. |
| 2010-07-19 6:39 PM in reply to: #2988520 |
Regular 93 Billerica | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED Dragonflyer - 2010-07-18 7:42 PM Just finished my 2d Sprint of the season--personl best in all 3 but I really (I mean, really) died in the swim!! From getting kicked, pushed and bumped during the first 100yds-I was gassed to say the least. Now am looking at another Sprint in just 3 short weeks and another one 3 weeks after that I need to IMPROVE my swimming--advice from the experts, Please--one suggestion has been to don some hand pads and increase my distances--all advice welcomed. Congratulations on your race! As for the swimming where did you start in the wave?? ie: front of pack,middle, back, sides. I'm not the most confident swimmer but I just line up on the side to the rear of the swim wave. That way I am a little out of the way of all the beatings that are likely to occur. Just take it easy for the first 100 yds and let the swimwave sort itself out, the fast swimmers will be gone and the rest of us can have a go at it. Thats my two cents |
| 2010-07-19 6:46 PM in reply to: #2991103 |
Frugal Gear Geek 2199 having fun with the kids | Subject: RE: Boston Beginner's Group, Season 2 - CLOSED scogz1 - 2010-07-19 7:39 PM Dragonflyer - 2010-07-18 7:42 PM Just finished my 2d Sprint of the season--personl best in all 3 but I really (I mean, really) died in the swim!! From getting kicked, pushed and bumped during the first 100yds-I was gassed to say the least. Now am looking at another Sprint in just 3 short weeks and another one 3 weeks after that I need to IMPROVE my swimming--advice from the experts, Please--one suggestion has been to don some hand pads and increase my distances--all advice welcomed. Congratulations on your race! As for the swimming where did you start in the wave?? ie: front of pack,middle, back, sides. I'm not the most confident swimmer but I just line up on the side to the rear of the swim wave. That way I am a little out of the way of all the beatings that are likely to occur. Just take it easy for the first 100 yds and let the swimwave sort itself out, the fast swimmers will be gone and the rest of us can have a go at it. Thats my two cents I second all of that. From there it is about getting through the water cleanly. The thing I see most people doing is dropping the legs a bunch. For that try to push your chest down when swimming as if there is a ball trying to push up under your chest. Swimming in a wetsuit helps this if you can use a wetsuit, but being flat in the water is huge. It is relatively natural to lay on top of the water when you are on your back. The trick is to convert that neutral position when face down. FWIW, pick up a Total Immersion book or video. I got a bunch of tips from there |
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