Tri/tbay group - CLOSED

Hi Roy I would like to join your Beginner Tri Mentor Program.

NAME: buc20/Courtney Blum

STORY: I am a 35 year old mother of a 2 yr. old son. I started attending a workout boot camp last May 10' and have currently lost 36lbs. I think I am addicted to feeling great without the extra weight loading me down. I have run some 5k's, but I want to complete a TRI! I am kind of afraid of ALL the new terminology that comes along with triathlon's, so I am very excited that this is offered.

FAMILY STATUS: Married 9 yrs, 2yr old son

Current Training: I am still doing the boot camp 3-4x's a week and attend personal training 3x's a week. I went to the pool to get a schedule of their swim training and they offer a triathlon training or stroke technique training, not sure which one to commit to yet.

Races: A handful of 5K's.

2011 Races:I am currently registered for the Florida Dirty Duo (just as a runner) Jan 16, and the Warrior Dash Jan 29th.

Weight Loss: Went from 161lbs. to 125lbs. in 7 months consistently working out 4-5 times a week with running at least 15 miles a week and eating healthy. Love my new weight just want to continue to tone up and get stronger.

Good Morning Courtney,

Glad to have you in the group, you are officially the first for this year. It looks like you are well on your way to achieving your goals. Getting started in your preparation for your first tri can seem pretty overwhelming. But thats the great thing about this forum it is to help get you to the line. I look foward to helping in anyway I can. You live in St. Pete the North Shore pool always has lots of lap swimmers hanging around. I'm not sure what pool is close to you.

And Yes go Bucs!!!!!!

Greetings Corey, Ron and JD glad your aboard. As you can see already with the group that is assembled at this point everyone will have an area of emphasis but all with a common cause which us what makes these mentor forums great. I look forward to the next few months, I'm sure we are going to have some great discussion. I am going to be away at a seminar tomorrow so I might not be able to respond until the evening or on Thursday morning. But if you have a question go ahead and ask.

Hello Brian, and welcome. Would very much enjoy having you in the group. You already have some goals so your off to a good start.  We will all venture down the road together this spring, can't wait.

Roy,

I appreciate it!  I am looking forward to learning from the group and getting involved in the sport.

Brian

Good Afternoon to you all,

Well a nice group is assembling for this spring. It appears that everyone has a race or two in their sights and a couple of you have already committed to a race. That sometimes is the first step in getting started and putting a little more urgency in the training. JD has really committed IM St. George is a committment for sure. I've checked most are using or have been using the logs available on BT. It is a great feature to utilize in whatever degree you choose. I know personally I've not used it to its fullest, but am going to try to improve on that this year. We can all add each other into our friends.

To date it looks like Corey, Courtney and Ron have the outdoors for training available to you. JD and Brian may still be working out indoors for the near term.

Courtney a borrowed bike is a great way to get started, that is what is nice about the sport you can compete with what you have without going out and spending lots. That will come soon enough.  But for now working on base conditioning is the emphasis for this time of year.

Bike experts.....
I am looking for a ideas on open road bike workouts.  I have started implementing a combination of workouts for the trainer. My road rides have been just riding, trying to pedal the entire ride.

Gear: Borrowed GT mountain bike that weighs close to a metric ton 
          Blackburn Delphi 4.0 computer (cadence and speed) Saturday will be the first full trial.

Not too worried about riding the mountain bike yet.  I should be getting a road bike soon ( I will be asking for more advice later), plus I figure the more I work on the mountain bike the stronger I will be on the road bike.

Thanks,
Brian 

Welcome Mike glad to have you along with us. Was up that way last month in Jax. I'm a similar age with one daughter out of college last May and one with two years to go. So I can relate to that part anyway(lol). I see you like to do duathlon as well, we all should probably do one or two a year, its pretty taxing on the legs and should be a benefit in the long run to complement the triathlon. The Jax tri series is pretty good I hear and it is open water, you should look into those DRC is the promoter I think.

Anyway welcome.

Roy,

Bike still has the knobbies on it.  I have access to good wide shoulder highways (RT66) just out my front door. Luckily, I have been able to ride on Satudays without much problem, less last weekend (incredibly windy) which happened to be my longest ride (15mi.).  Sit bones slightly sore but not too uncomfortable. 

Greetings and welcome to the group, looking forward to assisting you along  with the others in getting to that first race this season.

Well I hope there is room in this group! So here I go:

NAME: Mauricio Solis

STORY: I have a friend that is 62 yrs and had done many ironmans. I recently started running and working out in order to lose weight so one thing took to another and now I'm looking for tri's. My goal is to one day be able to do an ironman.

FAMILY STATUS: Married 36yr., two boys

Current Training: I have done 2 5k's and before last year end was running 10k 3 times a week and doing some weightlifting. I would like to do my first tri asap, as well as the Little Rock Marathon if possible (maybe just half or it or all!).

Races: Couple 5k's in 2010. I started running around August.

2011 Races: Want to do Little Rock marathon in march if I'm rdy or just half if not.

Weight Loss: When I decided to get back in shape in July I was 211lb on a 5'7" frame. By the end of november I was 153lb!  Then went for vacations to Costa Rica over x-mas and gained 3lbs.....food is just delicious! so will get rid of that soon!  I want to lose some more body fat and build up muscle. i think I have about 12% body fat which according to some calculations is like 19lb of fat, so not sure how much I should get rid off, but would like to be in good shape...actually this is the best shape I have been since I was a kid!

I used to do lots of mountain biking and usually do cardio on a bike 16miles everyday. I know I can do a 5k or a 10k but swimming.....I'm like a rock on a pond...right to the bottom. I need to work alot of the swimming part so I'm looking for advice on this matter.

So there is, that's my story!

Welcome Mauricio good to have you with us, looks like you have a good start on conditioning, now we'll work on getting you ready for your first Tri.

Good Morning to group TRI/TBAY, were just a couple of people away from closing out the group. I'd like to see what everyone is up to with there training currently, and then we can begin to get a little more involved in some idea sharing and specifics going forward. I participated in a swim camp this past Saturday at the NTC in Clermont with Sarah Mclarty, well worth the time of getting some good video and coaching feedback. Mostly body positional changes for me to work on creating a more streamlined posture in the water. I'm looking forward to working on that in the next few weeks. Outside of going into a very swim specific period I felt like  I needed to do something like this and it would be more beneficial to me personally and as a coach. Got in a nice ride yesterday so a pretty good weekend for me.

During this time frame, most everyone is two months or more out from an event, base conditioning should be taking place which is mostly aerobic type of work, relatively low intensity, moderate HR work, with increasing volumes. From what most everyone has written it looks like you are all doing something along there lines. As you move into February a more specific endurance period will begin, meaning increased heart rates with higher intensities of activity. If you are using a plan or just reading along in the forums you'll see RPE, Zone 1, etc. referred to by people, these are just a means of levels of exertion you are to use during a workout.  

                                                                                                                                                                                       Weight workouts are also important during this time, there are many discussions about this in relation to triathlon, but I'm a believer in doing weight workouts, mostly strengthening the muscle groups that we'll be using. Swim= shoulders, back, lats, triceps and core, Bike= legs, hamstrings, quads, glutes and core, Run= legs, hamstrings, glutes and core. Increasing body size isnt' as important as increasing lean mass specific to the activities we'll be doing. Once you get more into a race mode or have a race schedule for the year you may see your weight work begin to diminish do to time. But if you have the time I say continue. I try to always work my legs outside of running and biking. You'll notice that core is relevent to all three disciplines and an area that is easy to overlook, I'm guilty. And it is an area I'm putting some focus on at this time. Although I'm in very good shape that midsection could improve.

Give me some feedback on your thoughts.