Moms TRI

Santa Fe is sponsoring their first triathlon on July 19. The distances are the same as the Los Alamos Tri, but in run/bike/swim order – all based at the Chavez Community Center. Race start is at 6:30am. You can go here and download race info and registration forms. If anyone wants to do this, let me know and maybe we can stay down there the night before and split the cost of a room.

We won’t be able to use the pool as planned for our Saturday workout since the pool doesn’t open until 10am. Due to this, I’m changing the workout to a run/bike brick as a prep for the SF Tri transition. Meet at 6:30am at the pool, where we will rack our bikes and make our transition.

I think we’re making good progress and will definitely be ready for the TRI come August. I can’t make it to this weeks Tuesday swim (Justin is on travel), but Nicole will be there, so look for her if you are going. I will be at the pool on Thursday though, so hope to see you then. If you’re running in the Dog Jog next week, I thought it might be good prep to run the course down in White Rock this Saturday. Let’s plan on 8am, but let me know if there’s a better time for you. I will be picking up Nicole, and am happy to drive anyone else down that wants to come with – just let me know.

Next week – I’m anxious to go on another bike ride, so that’s on my schedule for next Tuesday at 5:30pm. Let’s meet at the pool and go from there. Then swim on Thursday and Dog Jog on Saturday.

We had a good run on Saturday and a good swim workout on Tuesday – so I’m feeling good. So good, that I’ll be at the pool tonight from 5:30-6:30pm – would love to have company, if you can make it.
No scheduled workout this Saturday due to Easter festivities, but if you want to get out, post a comment here with what time works for you and I’m sure some of us can get out. I’ll edit this post later if I can schedule a time (probably early) to go for a run.

Next scheduled workout will be a swim on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30pm. No workout next Saturday or the following Tuesday as we’re taking our kids to the Grand Canyon for the first part of Spring Break. After that I should be able to get back to regular Tuesday/Saturday workouts with the group. Also hoping by then to be able to add in some bike workouts, maybe alternating Saturday runs with rides.

Keep up the good work everyone!

I’m sure my first swim workout was fine, but could definitely be improved upon if I want to get better and be able to do this. So, I found a pretty good site swimplan.com that will give you personalized workouts (FREE) based on your current swim level/ability. If you don’t know what your current ability level is, do a time trial. Here are the instructions from swimplan.com:

Beginner swimmers should swim as many lengths as they can for about 5 minutes without stopping. Intermediate and advanced swimmers should swim continuously at an even pace (75% effort) for about 5 minutes. Accurately record your distance and your time using the pool clock or a waterproof stopwatch. Please don’t guess your time because your Swimplan programs are customized just for you. The more accurate the time trial, the more suitable your programs will be for you.

In addition to your time we also need to know how tired you felt at the end of the time trial. Try to appraise your feeling of exertion as honestly as possible.
Not Tired:You could easily swim further
Quite Tired:You could swim a little further but you would have to slow down
Very Tired:You could not swim any further

After warming up, this will be the first thing I’m doing at next Tuesday’s swim workout. Then I will follow a basic plan that they provided based on me being a total beginner.

I haven’t been in the pool in quite some time, so tonight was kinda tough. I’ll be able to do it, but I’m pretty sure the swim will be my hardest part of the tri. It was good to have Nicole there to swim with, but we’re hoping that more moms come next week.

*Remember, even if you don’t want to do the triathlon, you can always come and workout with us for any/all of the events you want. Get in shape without the pressure.

Kudos to Amy in Utah for training along with us!