fitness homework notes

[threadwalker]

triathalon:

Different levels - looking at "long course"; 1.5 mi swim; 18-ish mile bike; 13 mi run

Escape from Alcatraz - you have to qualify for it by doing one of the noted "Escape from" triathalons. Or get lucky by doing one of the qualifying tri-s and being randomly drawn. Fat chance. Move along, nothing to see here.

Wildflower (Monterey) looks close enough. What's with the recommended camping thing? Need to do more homework

Water temp: 55-65
Should do Tri-Camp in March of 2008. Register in December of 2007

Tri camp notes to bring a wet suit. This seems to be the deal for Nor-cal stuff. Eek - buy? rent? Very expensive. probably rent. Looked at event pics - all the swimmers had wet suits. gah! brrr! ick. oh well. Don't want to go too far from home, so wet-suit it is.

Will need a bike by March 2007 plus biking safety equip.

food for thought.

Swimming laps tomorrow night.
Did a mile on treadmill tonight. Woot woot... yeah, pales in comparison to the 13 mi of a tri, BUT I only quit cuz I was out of time, not because my internal whine-o-bot was making any noise. Current fitness plan goes through end of August, so no major tweaks between now and then. Just replace curent cardio w/ swimming 1x a week. Slowly increase running distance/time to eclipse elliptical work outs.

Need to find local 10K and 1/2 marathon for October and December/January.

OMG!!! I'm actually planning this. I am a freak. beddie by time before I start researching any other mad schemes.

Comments

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

hey, I know a little about the Wildflower Triathlon. A long time ago (before kid, even) a friend of a friend did the Wildflower Triathlon. We went down to support her, and ended up as volunteers. This was a long time ago, but here's what I remember. The weather was warm - not too hot, but not foggy or anything like that. I didn't see a lot of wetsuits - a lot of people were wearing those nylon onesies that you could swim, run and bike in. More people had trouble with the swim than the running or biking, but I think that's because they started as runners, not swimmers. They were doing an ultra marathon the next day, so the ultra guys were doing the tri as a warmup for the ultra. Those guys probably had maybe .5% body fat. Completely cut. We didn't camp, (daytripped) and I don't know where or if people were camped. That's my general impression.

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

Once upon a time in a life far far away When I was a kid I swam in the ocean a lot -- was involved in Junior Lifeguards for several years & our regular swims were beyond the break line. I don't know where your triathalon targets are, but I can guarantee that you'll want at minimum a wetsuit top or a spring suit (a onesie that ends in shorts) if you're swimming in the Monterey Bay or points north... south of that I don't really have experience until we get to Huntington Beach area... that's almost like bathwater in comparison.

FWIW, we considered the ocean warm in Santa Cruz when the water would hit 52°F. You can be as big of a stud as you want, but hypothermia is ugly and doesn't care how fit you are.