Re: April's Race Report/Tory

[Guest guest]

Tory, you are doing fabulous with your tri training. You're going to

knock everyone's socks off! I can't wait to hear all about it. I've

considered doing one myself, but I'm a terrible swimmer. I basically

do the " doggie paddle " and just float around.

I hope you find the book helpful. I love Bingham's attitude. He

writes a monthly column for Runner's World magazine, and it is

usually one of the first things I read.

To train for the half, I basically melded several training plans

together into something I thought would work for me. I used the half

plan from that book, as well as plans from Hal Higdon's website

(www.halhigdon.com), Jeff Galloway's site (www.jeffgalloway.com), the

Cool Running site, and the Runner's World site. Almost every half or

full marathon training plan has you do one long run a week (called

long slow distance, or LSD for short) that gradually increases in

distance each week until about three weeks before the race, when you

start reducing mileage (called tapering) to rest up for the race. The

plans differ mainly in what they have you do during the rest of the

week. Some are extremely detailed (once a week you do hills, another

day is speed work, etc.), but I just ran two or three days a week in

addition to my LSD run at a comfortable pace for about 3-4 miles. All

in all, my half marathon training schedule was 17 weeks of gradual

buildup. I also cross trained with weights for my upper body a couple

times a week and a pilates class two to three times a week. I find

that keeps me flexible and strong. (I didn't do any weight training

for my legs, mainly because I find it tends to slow me down when I'm

running. Everyone is different, though.)

April

> Oh April, this just made me cry. I am so happy for you, so proud of

you.

> You have such a wonderful, supportive husband!

>

> I got the book you suggested and have been reading it. While it

isn't

> nearly as much as you did yesterday, today I did my 12 mile bike

ride

> and followed with a 3.2 mile run, so I have 2/3 of my triathlon

down to

> an easy pace. Well, a relatively easy pace.

>

> Thank you so much for sharing your story! It gives me hope that I

can do

> this too someday!

>

> Tell us how you trained.

>

[Guest guest]

What exactly does a triatholon consist of? Just curious...

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> > Oh April, this just made me cry. I am so happy for you, so proud

of

> you.

> > You have such a wonderful, supportive husband!

> >

> > I got the book you suggested and have been reading it. While it

> isn't

> > nearly as much as you did yesterday, today I did my 12 mile bike

> ride

> > and followed with a 3.2 mile run, so I have 2/3 of my triathlon

> down to

> > an easy pace. Well, a relatively easy pace.

> >

> > Thank you so much for sharing your story! It gives me hope that

I

> can do

> > this too someday!

> >

> > Tell us how you trained.

> >

[Guest guest]

> What exactly does a triatholon consist of? Just curious...

>

> in OKC <><

> 238/197.4/194

,

Here's how I understand it:

1. Sprint Triathlon consists of 1/4 mile swim, 9-15 mile bike ride,

and 5K (3.1 mile) run

2. Olympic Triathlon consists of 1K swim, 25 mile bike ride, and 10K

(6.2 mile) run.

3. Ironman Tirathlon (the Grandaddy of them all!) consists of 2.4

mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run (a marathon).

There are also half ironmans. I bow to those that complete

Ironmans...those people are truly amazing (and crazy!).

April ; )

[Guest guest]

> What exactly does a triatholon consist of? Just curious...

>

> in OKC <><

> 238/197.4/194

,

Here's how I understand it:

1. Sprint Triathlon consists of 1/4 mile swim, 9-15 mile bike ride,

and 5K (3.1 mile) run

2. Olympic Triathlon consists of 1K swim, 25 mile bike ride, and 10K

(6.2 mile) run.

3. Ironman Tirathlon (the Grandaddy of them all!) consists of 2.4

mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run (a marathon).

There are also half ironmans. I bow to those that complete

Ironmans...those people are truly amazing (and crazy!).

April ; )

[Guest guest]

> What exactly does a triatholon consist of? Just curious...

>

> in OKC <><

> 238/197.4/194

,

Here's how I understand it:

1. Sprint Triathlon consists of 1/4 mile swim, 9-15 mile bike ride,

and 5K (3.1 mile) run

2. Olympic Triathlon consists of 1K swim, 25 mile bike ride, and 10K

(6.2 mile) run.

3. Ironman Tirathlon (the Grandaddy of them all!) consists of 2.4

mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run (a marathon).

There are also half ironmans. I bow to those that complete

Ironmans...those people are truly amazing (and crazy!).

April ; )

[Guest guest]

I think you are definitely on to something with the whole muscled

arms equals faster running thing. I mean it, there's got to be a

theory on that somewhere! ; )

I ran almost all my LSD runs by myself. I have one friend that runs,

but he doesn't do more than 6 or 8 miles, plus he's faster than me,

so we only ran together a few times. Having a running partner is

great because you talk and the time goes by much faster. My husband

will do 5Ks, but anything farther than that and he's not interested.

Also, I prefer to run outside in beautiful weather, but I run inside

on the treadmill when the weather is bad, which was a lot of the time

while I was training over the past couple of months. I actually did

my longest training run (11 miles) on a treadmill in a hotel while on

vacation. All I can say is thank God for mp3 players. Actually,

although treadmills are quite boring to run on, I've found one of the

benefits of running LSDs on a treadmill is that you can have several

bottles of water & gatorade, as well as gels or snacks, available

within hands reach. When outside, it can sometimes become

tricky " hiding " these things along the route or carrying them on your

body.

I'm interested to continue hearing about your tri training. You've

actually got me thinking about considering one myself. I'm planning

to do my first full marathon this fall (Chicago), but a sprint tri

next year could be very doable. I like that it combines three sports,

creating a well-rounded athlete.

By the way, 5 miles is amazing. I remember feeling like superwoman

the first time I ran 5 miles! You are making tremendous progress and

should be extremely proud.

April

> > > Oh April, this just made me cry. I am so happy for you, so

proud of

> > you.

> > > You have such a wonderful, supportive husband!

> > >

> > > I got the book you suggested and have been reading it. While it

> > isn't

> > > nearly as much as you did yesterday, today I did my 12 mile bike

> > ride

> > > and followed with a 3.2 mile run, so I have 2/3 of my triathlon

> > down to

> > > an easy pace. Well, a relatively easy pace.

> > >

> > > Thank you so much for sharing your story! It gives me hope that

I

> > can do

> > > this too someday!

> > >

> > > Tell us how you trained.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Tory, ignore my question about the length of your triathlon

segments. I should have finished getting throught the messages

before I asked ....

Mitch

> > > > Oh April, this just made me cry. I am so happy for you, so proud

> > of

> > > you.

> > > > You have such a wonderful, supportive husband!

> > > >

> > > > I got the book you suggested and have been reading it. While it

> > > isn't

> > > > nearly as much as you did yesterday, today I did my 12 mile bike

> > > ride

> > > > and followed with a 3.2 mile run, so I have 2/3 of my triathlon

> > > down to

> > > > an easy pace. Well, a relatively easy pace.

> > > >

> > > > Thank you so much for sharing your story! It gives me hope that

> > I

> > > can do

> > > > this too someday!

> > > >

> > > > Tell us how you trained.

> > > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >