Consistency Equals Success (Page 35)

5k Brisbane Southbank Parkrun this beautiful Sunday morning. 25'+5' warm up.

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 04 04:28:11
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 04 03:59:57
Jim 04 02:49:22
Mark Z 04 03:10:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 01 00:52:26

Edited by markz 2014-09-05 7:23 PM

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 05 05:28:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 05 05:14:45
Jim 04 02:49:22
Mark Z 04 03:10:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 01 00:52:26

Gabe, to date I've done 38 of them and volunteered in 5. Yes, you're right, you get a t-shirt after 50, 100 etc. I went to Brisbane today with a guy who did over 100 of them already. The t-shirts are kind of basic though, red for 50 and black for 100 and they come late, so it's not about the shirt, just the company and regular free race on Saturday. Today we had 280 something runners there, beautiful scenery along the river, 2 bridges, steps, ramps and perfect weather. Brilliant idea.

Yesterday's brick was great. Today's was not. Analyzing now :-)

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 05 05:28:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 06 08:50:51
Jim 04 02:49:22
Mark Z 04 03:10:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 01 00:52:26

Adding in two runs and swim from this week. Looks like I will clock close to 25 miles this week if I nail tomorrow's run.

I'm anxious to here about Tawas and glad that Jim and Mitch get to catch up and compete together.

Dennis: nice effort. Racing tragedies suck. I have participated in a tri and a marathon where two competitors didn't make it back. One drowned and the other was a 10 hr Ironman who dropped dead .25M from the finish line. There's no way to make sense of it. Race smart and regularly get checked out by your doctors. EKGs, stress tests, etc. are important. My feeling is that you owe it your family to make sure you know what's going on and even then you can never be certain.

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 05 05:28:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 06 08:50:51
Jim 04 02:49:22
Mark Z 04 03:10:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

Jim and I met up last night and had dinner. Met up again in the morning and started the race together. I think we actually almost finished the swim at the same time. His T1 was faster than mine and he held me off until about midway through the bike. Saw each other numerous times the rest of the race. I finished a bit slower than I hoped but very happy with my first HIM. Full report probably on Monday...maybe tomorrow.

I finished in 5:55:34.

54' swim..very tough, never got comfortable.
2:51:42 bike, very hilly and good headwind most if the way.
2:00 run.

Thank you for everyone's support as I embarked on my first HIM.

Mitch, You did awesome! After a hilly and windy bike, your run was really strong. 5th place in the most competitive age group is great. Confirmation that your training is working.

Jim, I didn't realize that you were racing also. For some reason, I thought you were too busy helping with race setup, etc. Looked like an awsome race. Maybe next year ;-) You need some old ladies to come up there and race.

It was great to meet up with and then race with Mitch. We were pretty close until the third leg of the bike, then he dropped me like I wasn't even racing. I would love it if anyone and everyone in the group came up to race. It is a challenging but fun race.

Adding in my time from today's race 54:00 on the swim, 3:03:22 on the bike and 2:18:20 run.

Race report is up. Pictures tomorrow.

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 06 08:50:51
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 04 03:10:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

Edited by JBacarella 2014-09-06 9:54 PM

Congratulations to both of you, Mitch and Jim! Awesome times and company! Waiting now for the race report.

1.5hr bike for me today. Rain cut it short, we also have a Father's Day here so family plans had to take priority.

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 06 08:50:51
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

1800 yard swim to try out new sleeves Xterra Vortex 4 wetsuit. Lightning had other ideas, so only got slightly over 1200 yards in.

Dennis 04 05:10:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

Congrats Jim and Mitch. Mitch, I think 5:55 is a very respectable time. I'm flirting with the idea of a HIM in 2016 and would be very proud if that time. Great job.

Dennis 06 07:11:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 03 02:03:00
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

Race Report up:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp...

To add to the report I have pasted a few screenshots from my garmin files. On the swim you can see how my sighting needs some imporvement. On the bike, the power tailed off as I neared the end. I think it was more due to getting uncomfortable on the bike than anything. You can also see how the speed fluctuated based on elevation but power #s stayed within a pretty tight band. The run splits exhibit a general slowing as well. At that point I was just tired.



Edited by trisuppo 2014-09-08 8:52 AM












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Updating for HIM on Saturday. Jim admitted to sandbagging the HIM so he could get more total time in case of a tie breaker.

Dennis 06 07:11:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 01 1:45
Joe 04 4:52:26

after too many days off back at it this w/end.

great race Jim, Mitch - its only 7 weeks to my 70.3 and your reports are making me excited!!

Dennis 06 07:11:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 05 09:05:04
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 04 5:35
Joe 04 4:52:26

Jim - love the mustard reference in the RR; that'll keep me going come my race.

Edited by markhodges1973 2014-09-08 1:51 PM

Congratulations Mitch and Jim on a great job with the HIM, hope it was lots of fun!
I'm on my way to Beijing so training is going down

Slow recovery runch today 32:58.

Dennis 06 07:11:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 06 09:38:02
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 04 5:35
Joe 04 4:52:26

Mark- I'm not sure exactly what I said, I just know it was out loud and something along the lines of I should have listened to Jackie.

Adding 2000m swim workout.

Dennis 07 07:58:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 06 09:38:02
Mark Z 05 04:40:00
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 04 5:35
Joe 04 4:52:26

Adding 30min swim and 40min run from Monday and today.

Dennis 07 07:58:00
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Kate 04 04:00:07
Jackie 07 09:24:34
Jim 06 09:38:02
Mark Z 07 05:50:00
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 04 5:35
Joe 04 4:52:26

Jackie 08 10:25:43
Dennis 07 07:58:00
Mark Z 07 05:50:00
Jim 06 09:38:02
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 04 5:35
Joe 04 4:52:26
Kate 04 04:00:07

30 min maf from yesterday evening and 45 min easy run today

Jackie 08 10:25:43
Dennis 07 07:58:00
Mark Z 07 05:50:00
Jim 06 09:38:02
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 05 6:50
Joe 04 4:52:26
Kate 04 04:00:07

Adding 40' run and 20' core workout from this morning. Cool front this weekend and I will be so glad to get off the treadmill for a while!

Jackie 08 10:25:43
Dennis 08 09:48:00
Mark Z 07 05:50:00
Jim 06 09:38:02
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 05 6:50
Joe 04 4:52:26
Kate 04 04:00:07

34:40 light spinning on the bike.

Jackie 08 10:25:43
Dennis 08 09:48:00
Mark Z 07 05:50:00
Jim 07 10:12:42
Gabe 06 08:25:41
Mitch 04 07:40:51
Mark H 05 6:50
Joe 04 4:52:26
Kate 04 04:00:07