Triathlon https://lindseyhein.com Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:17:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Athlete Highlight: Chrissy Vasquez https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/25/athlete-highlight-chrissy-vasquez/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/25/athlete-highlight-chrissy-vasquez/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:17:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/10/25/athlete-highlight-chrissy-vasquez/ more »]]> Today, I want to share with you someone who is one of the most motivated, inspiring, giving people I know. I’m not just say that. This woman gives her time, her energy and her love… and she means well by it. She’s also one of the most real people I know- she won’t pretty something up if it just sucks- it’s the straight truth from her and I’ve grown to respect and appreciate her so much over the past few years. 

She recently accepted the position of Executive Director for Back on My Feet Indianapolis and I can’t wait to see how this is going to positively impact the organization here in Indy. 

Meet Chrissy Vasquez:

Why did you start running?


My friend called and said we should do the inaugural 13.1 Miami Beach race in 2010. I chuckled, I figured I would register, not train, pick up my shirt and cheer her on from the beach. I enrolled in a running course and barely made it half a mile before we had to turn around (mile total) because my legs were cramping and I was miserable. I was going to quit but the coach said it gets a little easier every time. Somehow by an act of God I lost 40 pounds and made it to the finish line. I hated miles 1-3, loved 4-9 and hated 10-13.1. When I got to the finish I asked when’s the next race and ended up running a total of 4 half marathons that year. To date I’ve run 13 half marathons

What inspired you to start doing triathlons?


I got sick of only running and decided to try a sprint. In the 2011 season I signed up for 4 sprits and ended the season with an Olympic at the Chicago Tri in Chicago.




Do you have a favorite discipline of the three?


Transition 😉 I really suck at running, my swim is meh, as is my bike. But somehow I keep going out for more.

How do you overcome doubts when the training gets tough?


I think about everyone that told me I couldn’t. I’ll never forget the response I got from a friend when I said I was getting ready to leave for my first half marathon. “YOU’RE going to run a half marathon?” that was accompanied by big eyes and a look out doubt. There’s lots of naysayers out there, I’ve even gotten some hate mail (really, you have nothing better to do??). I just try to focus on the people in my life (and strangers) that support me. I think about how far I’ve come in 4 years; how I thought I would never be doing any of this stuff. I also don’t want to disappoint my blog followers with a post that I quit!
Talk about the friendships and relationships you’ve built through the sport

Omg, the friendships are unbelievable. I didn’t realize how unhealthy some of the relationships were in my life until I started becoming friends with runners and triathletes! It’s been a difficult transition, because it took a long time to feel like I had friends in the sport, for a long time it felt like everyone was an acquaintance. The best way to describe it is you’re leaving one island and swimming to another. Your old friends, the comfortable ones are on the island you’re leaving. The new ones are on the other island. You’re not sure if you should go, but you want to try. It takes some time to get to the other island and get your legs back, but when you do, you realize the new island is a better place for this time in your life.

What triathlons have you done in the past and what do you have lined up


2011 – Carmel, Eagle Creek 1 & 2, Tri Indy, Chicago Tri (Oly)

2012 – Carmel, Muncie Oly, Muncieman (1.8m swim, 39 bike, 9.3 run), Eagle Creek, Ironman Muncie 70.3 (shortened to 37.2 due to heat), Oly Tri Indy, Chicago Tri, Cedar Point 70.3

2013 – Muncie Oly, Ironman Kansas 70.3, Ironman Steelhead 70.3, Cedar Point 70.3 (9/8), Ironman Arizona (11/17)

Why IM Arizona?


It was the first Ironman I cheered at. I have a lot of friend there as I went to school there. My parents live there. Seemed like a fun place to do a full ironman. I figured on the run I can think about all of my college memories and reflect on how much I hated to work out then and now I’m doing an Ironman!

What are your main goals?


To FINISH! I have a goal in my mind, but really, the main goal is to finish before the 17:00:00 on the clock. This off season I want to drop more weight and come back next year ready to kick some ass and claim some podium spots!

What have you learned from the sport?


I’ve learned who I am, what I believe in and what I want. I’m not afraid to admit when I’ve failed, I don’t care what others think about me and I’m willing to put it all out there on my blog (sausageinawetsuit.blogspot.com) for others to read. If I inspire one person to better their health or life, to go after their dream or fuck the naysayers, then it’s been worth it. I know that putting it out there has allowed me to grow. I’m such a different person than I was 18 months ago! I believe in myself and my confidence has improved.

How did your BoMF involvement come about? What do you do and why are you so passionate about it?


I ran into Lindsey and Beth at the Carmel Marathon in 2010. I learned about it and loved the idea of the program. I’m huge into community service and it seemed to pair well with my new found interest in running. I didn’t think of myself as a good enough runner to run on the team 3 days a week (or 1 day a week!) I had a BoMF runner behind me at the half marathon that weekend and I loved how he had a team running with him to keep him encouraged. I later would learn it was Joe, who I became very close to after I got involved.

About a month later Lindsey remembered me and cheered for me at Indy Tri. That made a lasting impression with me that she remembered me all that much later. I ran with the team when Cory, the ranger ran through town. Then I got asked to be the team leader for the newest expansion team in Indy, Team Manchester. While I’m sure Brian knew what he was doing when he asked me, I thought if they believe I can be a team leader and run well enough to run 3 days a week I should give it a shot. Here I am still Team Leader 18 months later and BOMF has made a huge impact on my life.

Most inspiring BoMF moment?


At the Geist half marathon 2 years ago I came up upon one of our BoMF members, Joe and mile 4. He was starting to struggle and I told him to stick with me. He didn’t have any nutrition with him for the race so I shared what I had with him. I ran at a faster pace than him at the time. To that point he had not broken 4 hours in a half yet. He kept with me and didn’t quit and ended up having more than a 30 minute PR. He smiled the entire time and his laugh is forever in my mind. One of my favorite BoMF pictures is us running holding hands at mile 11 for the photographer. I was so inspired by him, he pushed himself that day and not many people would push themselves with a smile.

When I’m struggling in a race, I think of Joe. Joe passed away last summer and I know he’s watching over me during races laughing and smiling and saying “you got this girl.”



Chrissy & Joe finishing the Giest Half Marathon in 2012

Why are you fundraising and what is your big goal?

My official goal is $10,000. My BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is $100 for every mile, so $14,060. I was too chicken to put $14,060 as my official goal and train and keep my job. So I put $10K with the hopes of being able to exceed that and reach the BHAG.

I wanted to make the Ironman about more than me. Triathlon training can be a pretty selfish thing. But you have to rely on so many others around you to get through it. The BoMF team serves as an inspiration to me, when I’m having a hard time getting through a workout, I think about what some of our team members have been through and I push myself. If they can get through some of what they’ve been through, I can get through anything. Fundraising helps me honor those on our team that inspire me.



Help Chrissy meet here BHAG goal — Let’s all pledge to give a donation of $5, $10, $25 or $50 to get her there. Even if everyone reading gave $1, we’d make a big impact. A little is a lot when many people do it.  You can donate HERE.

Why do you believe in BoMF?


One of my best friends is a recovering addict. I’ve been to hell and back with him and now have a friendship far greater than I could have ever imagined. Our friendship and his recovery overwhelm me at times in a good way; I just can’t believe how far he’s come. I admire his strength and preservation. Through this relationship I’ve learned so much about addiction and want to help other addicts. I believe this passion, matched with service to others being a core personal value and my love-hate relationship with running makes BoMF the perfect organization for me.

Fun Stuff: 

Shoe Size – 8.5-9
Fav music – I’m a Dave Matthews Band groupie. I love all kinds of music with a soft spot for techno/dance, 60’s/70’s rock
Fav thing to do outside of triathlon? Volunteer; I deliver Meals on Wheels and serve on the Board of Directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Indiana and the International Board of Directors for Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity
Fav food – Steak  if nothing mattered: brownie batter

PRs? I finally PR’d a 70.3 in Steelhead. I’m still chasing a sub 3:00 half

What are the improvements along the way in your journey that you have seen? Way too many to list. I can actually run, I can ride my bike with clips and not fall off, I now know what about 90% of the items in a multisport store are. The biggest one? My self confidence and self worth is night and day from a few years ago.

Fav quote or inspiring words

I have way too many! You need a lot when all the odds are against you!

-DFS – Don’t F*cking Stop is my motto

-Running slow isn’t a character flaw, quitting is

-There will be haters, doubters, non-believers, and then there will be you, proving them wrong

-Feed your faith and your fear will starve to death

-You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have

-Two things define you, your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything

-Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can

-I don’t believe you have to be better than everyone else, you have to be better than you ever thought you could be

Favorite race? When I ran Rock the Relay with my BoMF teammates.




We are all behind you and cheering for you come race day Chrissy! I’m sure Chrissy is going to write up an emotional, yet hilarious post about her IM Arizona adventure on her blog, sausage in a wetsuit. 

Let’s all give Chrissy some encouragement here on the comments!

Who inspires you? 
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/25/athlete-highlight-chrissy-vasquez/feed/ 12 Jake’s 70.3 Race Report! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/23/jakes-703-race-report/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/23/jakes-703-race-report/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:55:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/07/23/jakes-70-3-race-report/ more »]]>

Remember Jake? We highlighted him the week of Muncie 70.3. He completed his goal- and we got to see him finish. I pretty much pestered him for the past week and a half to have him send over a race report… here it is:

When Glenn agreed to start coaching me in February, the thought of July 20th was so far away. Then it was the Mini, then the Indy 500 (Favorite weekend of the year), The Tour de Cure, and then OH MY GOD it’s July and Muncie is here.

My taper week was full of helping friends with different activities that were still physical, but weren’t swim/bike/run. Instead, I spent it using a chainsaw for an hour and a half to help a friend and other stuff to keep my mind busy. I did get out to Eagle Creek for some open water laps, which helped.

Meghan and I left about 4:45am to head north. We stopped for gas along the way and cruised in about 6am. We waited in a short parking line and I was a little rushed getting setup in transition and getting my numbers on my arm, but I did not feel too rushed.

SWIM


Time: 1:02:07

Division Rank: 133/136

Overall Rank: 1457/1541

Gender Rank: 1011/1066

I realized at the beginning of July that my swim was going to suck. I hadn’t been able to get out in open water and trying to get my work/life schedule to match up with the schedule at the Natatorium or Broad Ripple park just weren’t happening.  I thought extra running would help with cardio, but, yeah, this was ugly.

I specifically remember walking to the shore and getting my first look at the course and saying to Meghan, “[Curse words]. That looks MUCH longer than the map.” For those of you in Indy, I compare it to swimming the span of Eagle Creek Reservoir from the beach to the Galyan’s Bear along the 56thstreet bridge, then 500m up the shore, then back across to the beach area in the park. Additionally, the course goes out on an angle to the left and then comes back into the rising sun.

I got started fine, and planned to relax into the swim until I could get a good stroke rate, but that never happened. When I wasn’t trying to find a buoy in front of me, I was trying to get my tugboat of a body out of the way of the next two waves.

Lessons learned

  • The swim sets up the entire race. You can’t cheat the training and you have to get some longer experience in open water.
  • There is a sailboat that camps out by the first turn buoy. Don’t try to find the buoy every few strokes, just get to the damn boat. 

T1: 6:57

I half-jogged out of the water, up the hill, and into transition. When I did a test swim at Eagle Creek during taper week, I got out and felt a little dizzy, so I wanted to make sure I got my legs under me. I also took the extra time to put on compression socks and bike shorts for the ride.

BIKE:


Time: 3:33:58

Division Rank: 130/136

Overall Rank: 1436/1541

Gender Rank: 999/1066

I realized after the first mile that I forgot to take the two salt tabs and the gel I had intended to take during T1. So, I stopped and took them from my bike supply. I spent the majority of the first 15 miles (distance to the first water stop) trying to get sorted and figuring out it was going to be a long day. The thing about the bike is that it is three hours (plus) of being in your own head. No music. No conversation other than a “Good work” or “Way to go” occasionally. It is a long time to be self-motivating and stay focused on pushing.

I got to the first water stop and realized that people weren’t actually stopping. They were just cruising through and grabbing bottles of water or Ironman Perform and moving on. In my race planning, I made the assumption that the stops would be more like Tour De Cure where I could stop, mix up some HEED, take some salt tabs, and then get going again. WRONG. So, I got in a rush, threw the lid off my water bottle, but wanted to keep the water bottle, so I had to get off my bike and pick up my lid. It was a mess, but I got through it and moved on.

Miles 20-36 were rough physically and mentally. During the pre-race meeting on Friday, someone asked about the “rough spots” they had heard about. The guy giving the instructions shrugged it off with “Well, we are on country roads. They aren’t the worst in the 70.3 series, but they are country roads.” Right. I’m not going to say it was cobblestones, but the side wind, rolling country roads, and continuing to fall further back sucked. When you get marked with your bib number, they also mark your age on your right calf. This also means that as you are biking and running, you can see the age of the people around you. I’ll say it this way; I would have gotten my butt handed to me in the 40-44 division AND the 30-34 division.

The progression of my mantras went as follows:

First 15 miles: “Get ticking over the pedals, you can catch up to some people and get to the first water stop.”
Miles 15-28: “Get to the turnaround and the wind will be a tailwind. Earn your tailwind and get through it.”

Miles 28-36: “Get off this GD road. Remember hearing Bob Costas say during the Kona telecast, ‘Headwinds can be managed, tailwinds are appreciated, but side wind can be debilitating.’ And remember that you’re pushing 270lbs through a decent wind.”


Miles 36-56: “Get back in and get on the run. Realize that warm Ironman Perform may be the worst liquid you have ever ingested and learn more for next year. It won’t be the time you want, but you’re going to get it done.”

Lessons Learned:

  • Get a proper bike fit with aero bars so you can tuck when you encounter side wind
  • Bring water bottles that you don’t care about pre-made with HEED so that all you have to take on are squeeze bottles of water
  • Bike shorts with padding were a great call

T2: 4:26

Saw Meghan on the way in. Told her that I was actually having fun and had realized it won’t be the time I wanted, but I was going to get it done and learn lessons for next year. Walked the bike in (goal for next year: run barefoot), switched shoes, wrestled in to my Wabash College track top, took a gel and some salt tabs, and was out on the run.

RUN


Time: 2:50:07

Division Rank: 127/136

Overall Rank: 1409/1541

Gender Rank: 977/1066

This statement sums up the last five months: The run was my favorite part of the day. Coming from a guy that played offensive line in college and, at one point in life, weighed 315-ish lbs on a 6’3” frame (265-ish now), to say that the run was my favorite is pretty incredible. There were great people on the course. On the way out, I got to see Lindsey and Glenn and had no less than 10 people say something about the “Wabash Always Fights” motto.

I told myself to get to the turnaround and then enjoy the way back. I decided the best way to do that was to run the down hills and flats while walking any significant uphill. The nice thing about the run course is that there are evenly spaced cones along the way and water stops about every mile. They make it pretty easy to say “Get to the next cone” or “Get to the water stop”. So, that’s what I did. I got out to the turnaround right as it was getting “Indiana country in the summer hot” and decided to walk the way back until about mile 11. I kept the running miles close to 11min/mile and the walking miles to 15min/mile.

At roughly mile 9, I looked at the time of day and realized that I could realistically make it in 7hrs and 30mins, which was one of my early estimates on finish time when I first started training.

Lessons Learned:

  • The shorter stride/shuffle really is the better way to run off the bike. I am glad I worked that into my running form over the past year.
  • I should have focused on going cone-to-cone or running 2 cones and walking one on the way back in to prevent cramping when I did want to run again.
  • Non-Carbonated cola is awesome.
  • Sunscreen is helpful

OVERALL TIME: 7:37:35

Division Rank: 127/136

Overall Rank: 1409/1541

Meghan met me just before the finish line. I was so worried about the statement that you could get DQ’d for someone running with you that I told her she couldn’t run with me. I still feel badly about that because it shouldn’t matter. She has been an incredible supporter/motivator. So, next year, she’ll be running along the outside of the corral with me. Hopefully taking a video or something. I couldn’t stop yelling at the finish line. The feeling was indescribable.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
What an incredible event. 1541 people finished a Half-Ironman. To me, that’s pretty awesome.  As you have read with the lessons learned, I am definitely planning on Muncie next year. Hopefully Mother Nature cooperates again.
Priority for next year:
  • Get in the open water for longer distances ahead of time. This may require some early morning sneaking into reservoirs, but I have some ideas
  •  Get a tri bike that properly fits and work on flexibility to stay in the aero position for longer.
  • Run the entire way to the turnaround, Run/Walk the way back instead of just walking.
I MEAN… how cute are they?
CONGRATULATIONS JAKE!!!!

Anyone have any races this weekend? How’d it go??

Have any words of congratulations and encouragement for Jake??- Let him hear it here!

]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/23/jakes-703-race-report/feed/ 11 Athlete Profile: Meet Jake! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/11/athlete-profile-meet-jake/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/11/athlete-profile-meet-jake/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:04:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/07/11/athlete-profile-meet-jake/ more »]]> You have to meet Jake. 
Jake, our first Out for a Run Athlete. Jake, who is about to complete Muncie 70.3. The beer lover, Meghan lover, triathlon lover and ex football player, Jake. 


Glenn started coaching Jake back in February. When he came to Glenn, he had an idea and intentions to race Muncie 70.3. He always wanted to put in the work but was ready for a detailed route to get him there. 

Since he started training, he’s ran a half marathon PR, lost a good amount of weight, gone from biking 15 miles a week to 100 miles a week, has increased his swim distance by over double, completed the 100 mile Tour De Cure ride in June (big pre-race goal), has gone from 10 min miles to 9:30 miles, increased his long bike ride speed from 13.5 to 16.5, and… do we need to go on? 

AND he is going to dominate Muncie 70.3, crossing the finish line with absolutely no man tears. Well, we can’t really guarentee that, but we’ll get the dirt from his fiance Meghan.


I have been able to get to know Jake through- 

1. Twiiter. Oh my gosh, do I have to talk about how much I love social media? I knew this guy before I ever even met him. 

2. Bike Riding. I rode 50 miles with Jake shortly after I signed up for Muncie 70.3.  We both had anxiety dreams the night before. Who wouldn’t the night before a long ride with someone you’ve never met? I was like lost in my own backyard or something like that in my dream. 

The ride was nothing but lot’s of talking and nothing awkward at all. Good job us. I’ve rode with him a couple of times since then and although one time, I thought I talked too much, and was afraid he’d never ride with me again…. I think he is still ok with being friends. 

I can’t wait to see what he does on race day and am excited to share the Muncie experience with him.

Learn more about Jake:

Why did you start Running: 

After I played my last football game at Wabash College in 2006, I let myself go. I spent the next two years partying while living in Chicago and quickly added at least 30 lbs to an offensive lineman frame that was used to carrying 285lb.

In the September of 2007, I moved from Chicago to Brisbane (Australia) for work. Living in the tropical heat (yes, worse than Indiana summers), I realized it was time for a change. I knew that I would be flying back to the US for eight weeks in the summer of 2008 and I wanted to be in better shape for the four weddings that I would be attending. So, I found out that Culver was hosting a Sprint Triathlon, signed up for it, and began training while in Australia. I landed in the US on a Thursday and completed the Sprint tri in 1:25 on Saturday. The next challenge was the Mini Marathon in 2010 and I have been hooked since then.

Why did you sign up for Muncie 70.3:

Last fall, I completed the Indianapolis Half-Marathon and started thinking hard about what it would be like to complete an Ironman. After a few sessions on the bike trainer in the basement while watching coverage of the last few Ironman World Championships at Kona, I decided I wanted to see if I could do it Since I am a former offensive lineman who had surgery on a foot and a knee in College, I wanted to see how my body would handle 70.3 miles before setting my sights on 140.6 in the future. Since Muncie is the closest Ironman sanctioned 70.3 to Indianapolis, I signed up for it despite it being July in Indiana.

Why do you Tri:

I like to think that I have ADD when it comes to endurance events. The thought of running multiple times per week for hours always worried me with boredom, so I thought having a mix of disciplines would help. Then I realized that for 70.3, you get to spend hours doing all of them. Backfire. My revised answer is because I have seen improvement in all three and want to see how fast I can get.

The Fun Stuff:

Fav post workout food: Beer.

5K PR: 28:30

Half marathon PR: 2:21

Fav Beer: Daisy Cutter by Half Acre

Fav band/music: Zac Brown Band

Fav Indy restaurant: Yat’s/20 Tap. I could eat every meal at the 54th/College restaurants and be happy.

Fav vacation: Road trip to Atlanta, Augusta, Athens, and Savannah, GA during the Masters in 2012.

Big plans other than Muncie 70.3 in your life: Marathon, Ultra Marathon, and Ironman are all on the 30 things in my 30’s bucket list. Also, I am getting married in the fall of 2014.

Long term goal run/tri wise:

Run: Bring 5k PR under 27:30, Half Marathon PR under 2:10 2:10

Tri: Sprint Tri PR under 1:10, Complete an Ironman

Anything else interesting? 

You can usually find me cheering on/running parts of marathon courses with my fiancé, Meghan.

Although you don’t need luck, we’ll say it anyway- Good Luck on Saturday Jake.  You are prepared, you are strong and you will succeed. 
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/07/11/athlete-profile-meet-jake/feed/ 4 Scratched the Tri https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/30/scratched-tri/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/30/scratched-tri/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:09:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/06/30/scratched-the-tri/ more »]]> I had planned on doing Morse Creek triathlon yesterday. But, last minute on Friday, I decided not to do it. Muncie 70.3 is 2 weeks out and I know where I needed to be this weekend was on the bike. Had I already signed up and spent the $$, I would have done it, but one thing you’ll learn about me, is I’m a last minute race signer upper. Glenn is the exact opposite, he itches to sign up the second the idea enters his mind.

I could have done the triathlon on Saturday and then done a long ride Sunday, but I really didn’t want to spend half of my Sunday on the bike. I used to ALWAYS use Sunday as a rest day. These days, I haven’t been taking rest days once a week- more like every 14 days or something like that so I usually do workout on Sundays…. but I don’t want to workout for 4-5 hours. I want to relax, drink an extra cup of coffee, crawl around on the floor with Marsh and not worry about getting started early. 
SO- I rode 70 miles yesterday instead of doing the triathlon. Would the triathlon have been good for me? Do I need to work on my swim more? Especially in the open water? Do I need to work on transitioning better? Yes, yes, yes, yes. BUT, that bike ride is the majority of the race and I missed a long ride the past two weekends. (more than 40 miles) I told myself I’d be happy with 60 yesterday, but when I started riding yesterday, I had it in my head I wanted to hit 70. 
Thankfully, our friend Jake, who Glenn is coaching and is also doing Muncie was riding in 24 hours of Booty (a 24 hour charity bike ride- relay style on Butler’s campus… 2 miles from our house). They were looking for someone to pick up a leg and I was happy to do so, as that would make for a much better ride than riding all alone all day. He told me I could count on two hours.

I rode up the monon and got 16 miles in before heading over to them. It was really the perfect warm up.  The monon is my second home, but on Saturday mornings, it seems to be everyone’s second home. I saw at least 10-15 people I knew out there and I just love that. When the monon is crazy packed on a Saturday morning, I just want t say “good job Indianapolis”. I was enjoying warming up at a comfortable pace and saying hi to everyone here and there. 
When I got down to the Booty ride- Jake told me I would probably get 10-12 laps in. (around 3.7 mi each). It was nice because the roads were all blocked off as it was an organized race and you had a nice little hill to ride up each loop, along with a nice little downhill and a back stretch that allowed you to pick up the pace and push a bit. Plus, you got to ride by the main area every lap, where there was music and a little extra energy to get the next lap started with.
I found myself breaking up my loops like I break up my laps in the pool. I always think of things in sets of 5. So I could focus on getting my first set of 5 done. At lap 9, Jake jumped in to take over, but I decided to just keep riding with him – if I was going to get to 70 miles, I might as well enjoy the company and keep on booty looping. I said I’d make it to 12 laps with him, but when I got to 12, decided to complete that third set of 5 laps and that would put me at 67 miles. Much better than finishing at 56 and still having to ride 14 on my own. I finished lap 15, chatted with Jake’s fiance, Meghan a bit and rode home- adding a little extra to get the full 3 I had left to get to 70.
Overall- this was a really great ride for me that I really needed.  I know I can finish the 56 a Muncie no matter what, but I’m really want to ride comfortably hard and really dominate and feel in control during the race. I’m not sure what my average pace was yesterday, but I tried to keep it at least 17. (aside from the short uphill part). Based on how I felt, it made me realize how much faster I could  have rode that 10 at the Eagle Creek sprint on the bike I’m borrowing from Stacie now. 
I went to the bike shop on Friday and they eyeballed Stacie’s bike for me– we heightened the seat a little more and it was tilted in a weird direction so he fixed that as well. The seat tilt made a huge difference- on Tuesday when I rode 20 miles with Jake, my lower back was hurting. It didn’t bother me a bit during the 70 miles after the seat adjustment. I am so glad we took care of that before Muncie! My shoulders and neck were a little sore toward the end (and they are today), but that’s to be expected.
And let me just say, those guys at T3 have been so darn nice to me. I am really glad I won the bike fitting at the BoMF silent auction. When I went in to get my fitting, the owner, Vern was very straight forward about my bike and questioning if I should ride it for Muncie. He wasn’t trying to sell me a new, expensive bike, he was just being realistic with me about everything. After talking to him, I made it my mission to find a bike to borrow or rent. THANK YOU so much to my friend Stacie for letting me borrow her very nice, light bike. 

I also asked Tim at T3 to teach me how to change a tire. Glenn was going to teach me, but I figured this would be faster and more efficient since he’s probably changed a lot more flat tires than Glenn. Plus I could see Glenn teaching me turning into a nightmare of me getting frustrated…. (who me? no way!)
This is something I’ve needed to learn for several years now. I stupidly always rely on whoever I’m riding with in case of a blow out. I know how  to do it now, but am still nervous for it to actually happen and to have to do it by myself, especially in a race. It’s kind of hard! I know what will be key if it ever happens is to just slow down and try not to get flustered… one step at a time. 

So back to my bike. Tim at T3 also told us that it’s pretty much pointless to do the work my bike requires because it’s not worth the money. He did some basic tune ups so I can keep riding around the monon on it and what not. But he basically said it’s not safe to go for real rides on it and the brakes are pretty shot. Good thing I did that CIBA ride on crazy hills in Morgan County. No wonder those monster hills were so terrifying. Sooner or later the Hein’s are going to invest in a new bike for me, but in the meantime, I’m really grateful to Stacie for letting me borrow her’s for this race. 
My plan is to get one more longish ride in before Muncie- (45-50 miles… maybe 4th of July?).  I’m going into a taper this week, but still planning to work hard and stay confident for Muncie. I just have to remind myself to do my race. No one else’s. 
Oh and then last night we got a babysitter (scored her from the kids club at LA Fitness) and went to dinner and the Matt & Kim concert. It was fun, we were home by 10 and Glenn was still complaining this AM that I had him up too late. Babysitter or not the night before, there’s not sleeping in past 6:30 around here. 
And right now, Glenn is out getting 14 miles in and I’m on deck for 10. Marshall is sleeping and we have lot’s of coaching to catch up on this afternoon, including a skype session with Belle, who I am excited to talk to!

What’s your favorite part of a long bike ride? 

What’s the longest ride you’ve ever done?

Do YOU know how to change a flat tire?? (now I need to learn how to do that for a car… or wait, I don’t think I really want to learn how to do that.)
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/30/scratched-tri/feed/ 9 Training Updates – Muncie 70.3 https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/25/training-updates-muncie-703/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/25/training-updates-muncie-703/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:51:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/06/25/training-updates-muncie-70-3/ more »]]> Well we had Marshall’s first birthday party on Saturday. Naturally when I saw a 60 bike ride on the schedule for Sunday, I wondered if that would actually happen. I mean I know it wasn’t my birthday or anything, but I had plenty of drinks to celebrate Marshall’s birthday. (I made a delicious concoction, that I recently had at another birthday party- Corona Light, Vodka, Raspberry Concentrate & Raspberries) It’s good people, I promise. Thank you Ashley Langley for this recipe!!

The Hootch.

What happened with that ride? Oh yes, Sunday turned into a rest day. The problem here is that that was in my mind the last “big” ride I planned on doing. I know I have time for more, but I really just didn’t want to venture into the 60 miles ride after this weekend. I’m just kind of over the long bike rides that take 4 hours or so.

It’s really reminding me of marathon training when you are soooo ready for your taper but you HAVE to get the last 20 miler in. The last marathon I trained for, I had wanted to do my last 20 on Friday, then I pushed it to Saturday and I ended up doing it on Sunday. I know Like the 20, I know I’ll make myself do this 60, it’s just… WHEN. It’s such a big chunk of time and I don’t want to give that chuck up.

This morning when I brought it up to Glenn and told him I wanted to make sure I got in one more, but what if I wait until next week during 4th of July time, because he has Wed-Fri off work and he could stay with Marshall one of those days while I ride (and I can hopefully find someone to ride with!)… or he can ride with me and we can get someone to watch Marsh) He politely told me it would be good if I could get in to get 2 more 60 milers in. whomp, whomp. Way to kill my buzz. I’m not going to do that. Nope, not happening. I just don’t want to. One more is fine with me.

And moving on….. some good news about my bike situation– I asked my friend Stacie if I could borrow her road bike. AND it’s a YES!! She has a bike that is pretty much brand new and at least 7 lbs lighter than my bike. When the Vern at T3 told me I could add 2-4 mph (I’m guessing with the little experience I have, it will be more like 2 mph) with a lighter bike, it was my goal to get my butt on a lighter bike. THANK YOU Stacie. Haaks are having dinner on the Hein’s soon.

Holy Moly I just looked at my calendar, dude this race is less than two weeks away. So, basically I need to work hard this week.

My to do list on the bike this week:

  • Learn how to change a tire. 
  • Get in four good rides, one being at least 50 miles. (Had a good 27 miler today on the trainer)
  • Even though some of those rides are happening at the gym- I need to get comfortable on Stacie’s bike.
  • Be confident.

My to do list in the water this week:

  • Three quality swims. 
  • Focus on form.
  • Be powerful.
  • Be confident 
My to do list on the run this week:
  • Work hard during my speedwork Wednesday. 2 X 2 Mile Repeats. (Did you hear that speed group??)
  • Run Fast. 
  • Be confident
Oh and by the way- I have ANOTHER Triathlon this weekend! Morse Creek Sprint! I kind of wish it was an Olympic distance to get the swim/bike experience in a further race, but timing wise, this race is what worked with our schedule. The swim & bike are a bit longer than Eagle Creek. (600 Meters and 14 Mi) The run is the same 3 mi. By the way- this race was Glenn’s very first triathlon and he freaked out on the open water swim. Not that I’m competitive or anything, but I’m like really proud that I didn’t freak out on my first open water swim.
I won’t be able to go for a “PR” since the distances are different than Eagle Creek, but here are my goals:
  • Transition faster.
  • Now that I’ve done an open water swim, my goal is bigger than just not freaking out and surviving. I think I wasted a decent amount of time siting at Eagle Creek, if I can get into more of a groove for longer periods of time without siting (while not going off course!), then I think I will be faster.
  • Increase my mph.. at Eagle Creek I rode 17.5 mph. I’d like to increase it to at least 18 mph. 
  • Beat my run time. (19:50… 6:37 mile pace)
Enough about me- Glenn has been building his base for Chicago for a while now and today marked the first day of his intense work. He’s excited and I want to throw up just thinking about how fast he’s going to have to run.

If you are into triathlons- if you could only give me one piece of advice for each discipline and transition – what is it? 
If you are into cocktails– what do you think of that hootch we had for Marshall’s party? Do you have any recipes that can battle?
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/25/training-updates-muncie-703/feed/ 10 Triathlon Number 1 Recap WHooHOO! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/19/triathlon-number-1-recap-whoohoo/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/19/triathlon-number-1-recap-whoohoo/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:40:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/06/19/triathlon-number-1-recap-whoohoo/ more »]]> I wanted to write this up sooner when it was still fresh, but other life things got in the way so here we are.

I had a lot of fun at my very first triathlon. The two things I was most anxious about were the open water swim and the transitions – I really had no idea what I was doing with either and they both ended up being just fine.

Swim: 

500 Meters

Time: 14:13
Place: 351/470



The swim was a time trial start, so they basically just said line up where you think you should go based on your speed. Your race number was technically where you would get in. I was number 339 out of 500. Glenn signed me up for this race so I asked him what he put down for the swim an he said I was “average”. Hmmm, I think I’m slower than average so I probably went in about number 400? Not positive.

So many people tell me they freaked out on their first open water swim. I was prepared for that. And I made the decision to not let it happen. When looking out at the water at the buoys and where the turn around was, it look far, but I knew it wasn’t. It was 500 meters. I’ve been swimming 2,000 meters on a very regular basis now for quite a few weeks so the distance shouldn’t have scared me. I’d never done it anywhere but a 25 meter lap pool though.

I got in the water and just took my time and tried to get in a bit of a rhythm. I was sighting probably every fifth stroke or something though because I was afraid to get off course too much. When we turned the straight away to head in, I felt great, I was starting to feel warmed up and was excited to be on the home stretch of my first open water swim.

I wouldn’t say I absolutely loved the swim, but I did absolutely love that there was no freaking out and I  think I might have enjoyed it. It felt good to finish thinking I could have kept going for a lot longer. (good thing, since I’ll do almost 4 times that at Muncie 70.3)

Does my face indicate how excited I was that I finished the swim?

T1:

Time: 2:32
Place: 374/470

Yeah I didn’t really know what I was doing, I just threw everything on and did what I could. I messed with my watch a bit and feel like it took me forever to tie my shoes. I have old hand me down mountain  bike clip ins that my mom gave me 4 years ago. I need to get some velcro ones or something. Plus these ones are a size to big.

Bike:

10 Miles

Time: 34:18
Place: 307/470
Speed: 17.5 MPH

I should have had my watch strapped around my bike handle like I do when I ride normally. But I didn’t and I jumped on my bike holding my watch. The GPS wasn’t picking up and at around mile 1 I said screw it and stuffed it in the front of my shorts. I’m sure it looked lovely.

I had no idea how fast I was riding but I was trying to ride fast and not burn out too much. I could have rode harder. I liked the course being an out and back because you could see the leaders on the way out and you saw people the whole time.

I think I only got passed by 3 people on the bike and passed around the same. One lady I passed around mile 3, I’d been eyeing her the whole time. I couldn’t hold it though and she passed me right back a minute later. I figured I’d find her on the run, because she looked quite a bit older than me. (not that that means much- the guy who won and is 52.

T2:

Time: 2:14
Place: 385/470

Yikes. Don’t know why I didn’t realize how quick this transition could have been. It was embarrassingly slow. Even though this event was super short, I took a gel because I didn’t eat enough for breakfast and figured I could hammer the run better with some energy.

Run:

3 Miles

Time: 19:51
Place: 38/470
Speed: 6:37/Mi Pace

The run starts going up a big hill. It’s kind of like WHAAAA? There were some people walking up it. I was ready to work though. Got up the hill heavy breathing and all and took off. The rest of the run was flat but really hot in the sun.

It felt good to just pass every single person I could. I was passing groups of people at a time. I did not get passed on the run. At the turn around I saw a girl kind of cruising behind me and it motivated me to keep up the pace. My watch was being funny again, surprise surprise, so I wasn’t sure of my exact pace at the time, but knew it was sub 7 so I was happy with that. The whole watch thing is tricky with three events- do you clear for each discipline?

Here is the video of my run finish:


Overall: 

Time: 1:13:09
Place: 201/470
Female: 28
Age Group: 2

*I’m not sure how many females were out there and I’m not sure how many people were actually in my age group.

Thoughts my finish:

  • If I took even a minute off of my total transition time, it would have put me at 185/470. There is no real reason I should have taken that long to transition. You learn though. 
  • Running fast can only move you up so far- it moved me up over 100 places, which is good, but if I could get stronger on the bike especially, I could rock this a lot better.’
  • I need to be a more confident swimmer. I’ve been putting the time in, I can swim faster than I think I can, I need to execute better form. 

Other thoughts:

I had my bike fitting today for Muncie 70.3. The owner of T3, explained to me how much I’m slowing myself down with the bike I ride. My mom gave me this bike 5 or so years ago and it weighs nearly 26 lbs. He said with a lighter bike I could easily take 2-4 mph off my bike time. It was discouraging to hear that, although I’m not super competitive with triathlon at this time, I hate to think of 10-15 minutes being added to my time simply because my bike is terrible. That seems like a lot of freaking time! He also talked about how it would effect my run because my legs would be more fatigued. For now though, we’ve decided I’m going to ride it out with my old heavy bike. Maybe it will make me feel that much more tough at Muncie. And I’ll secretly be hating you if you pass me on a fancy bike.

Kyle, Glenn, Marshall and Chrissy were out cheering. Chrissy probably knew like everyone there. And Erika on the far right competed as well. She is doing a full Iron Distance in two weeks!
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/19/triathlon-number-1-recap-whoohoo/feed/ 22 First Triathlon TOMORROW! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/14/first-triathlon-tomorrow/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/14/first-triathlon-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:57:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/06/14/first-triathlon-tomorrow/ more »]]> Tomorrow I’ll be doing my very first triathlon. It’s a sprint triathlon and I’m more prepared than necessary since the half Ironman is just 4-5 weeks away.  Endurance wise, this is just another workout. I’ve never done all three disciplines at once though so that will be interesting.

Swim:

I’ve never done an open water swim. Anyone I’ve ever talked to who isn’t a swimmer by nature has freaked out on their first open water swim. Glenn did it just like all the others. Brian tells me I’ll freak out once I’m 50 meters out. I asked him how to prevent it and he says just calm down.

I plan on starting toward the back. I think there is at timing mat and they kind of just go in short waves and you can get out there where you feel like you fit in, speed wise. I’m thinking I’ll go in once 60-70% of people have gone in. I’ve got the breast stroke in my mind for if I have a freak out. I’m prepared for it and I’m prepared to stay calm.

Right now, I know I need to work on form when I swim- I did a speed workout yesterday and it probably would have made more sense to slow the speed work down and focus on form a little more. The heart rate was sky high!

I talked to a couple of girls last night who were swimmers growing up and they gave me some helpful tips for both the race and when I practice. We’ll see how it goes.

Bike:

10 miles on the bike is no big deal, but I’ve never rode 10 miles all out. I’ve never raced on a bike. I want to work hard, but I’m not super familiar with how to work hard on the bike. I’m thinking that’s how new runners feel. On the swim- I don’t care about pushing hard, I just want to finish feeling strong and not stopping really. On the bike, I know I should be able to hammer it and really test myself. I just have to make it happen.

Run:

It’s a 5K- I’m not sure what kind of goal to give myself, I think I should be able to run 6:55ish miles if it’s not too hilly (or hot!) BUT, I have never after both swimming & biking, so we’ll see.

Transitions:

No clue about transitions, but I’ll have all my stuff set out and will roll with it. I read Michele’s post after she completed her first triathlon last weekend (Congrats Michele!) Her post had lot’s of good stuff in it and didn’t stress me out too much, but made me start thinking about knowing what to have out there more. (and I have thought about the hair thing- gonna wear my haird in long pony tail under swim cap, since that’s how I have to wear it with bike helmet!)

I’m not good when working out gets complicated. Which is probably why I’ve never done a triathlon before. The whole packing up a bike thing or having to put a swim suit on and get wet thing is just more work. That’s why I like being a runner. You just need shoes and clothes and you go run. No body of water, no potential flat tire. Adam, commented on Michele’s post with some really great tips, but had me feeling a little overwhelmed about being prepared. Not that I necessarily need to be crazy prepared for this sprint, but for the half IM, I need to have my shit together.  (side note, I met Adam at the Shamrock marathon, we ran a lot of it together in the same pack- even have a finisher pic with him – it’s the second pic in the sequence) Thanks for the tips though for real. It has helped prepare me 🙂

Tomorrow morning at 8am is gun time, the race shouldn’t take too long. I’m not nervous about completing it, I’m mostly nervous about getting the swim done and transitions. I also hope it doesn’t make me all nervous for the half IM… which is a heck of a lot more intense than a sprint right?

The nice thing is, no matter what time I run, it WILL BE a PR. I won’t lie, I want to do well, but it’s not near as stressful as trying to beat a hard earned PR. This is why I wanted to do some triathlons this summer. I was getting burnt out after training for Shamrock. I put in a lot of big and hard miles for that PR and I didn’t want to think about trying to beat it again soon. Not sure when I’ll go again on racing my next marathon, but I will definitely be after 3:10 for my primary goal and 3:05 for a big goal. Glenn and I like laying the numbers out there- holds you accountable. If I don’t speak it, how will I believe it?

Happy Friday! Race recap to follow!

]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/06/14/first-triathlon-tomorrow/feed/ 6 Workouts and Races – Triathloning https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/31/workouts-and-races-triathloning/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/31/workouts-and-races-triathloning/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 14:46:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/05/31/workouts-and-races-triathloning/ more »]]>

Yesterday, I swam 2750 yards and ran 8 miles. This was the longest swim I’ve ever done by 500 yards, it was quite the accomplishment in my book. I felt really good and actually felt like I could just swim forever. I’m not sure how far I could have gone if I would have just kept going. I have some pretty stellar endurance (for me) with the swimming these days, (considering 500 yards was where I started 8 weeks ago) but I’m still super slow. I think I brought up my swim to Glenn 4-5 times over the course of the day yesterday… he just didn’t seem excited enough so I kept reminding him how far I swam. I would compare it to how it might feel to run 10 miles for the first time? Not sure really, but it’s fun to make the comparison.
The 8 miles were at an easy pace, but they felt hard. It was after my swim, pretty hot out and I was strollering it. When I finished the run, I was feeling pretty beat. I had my first big moment of feeling discouraged about the upcoming 70.3 race. I’m not concerned that I can complete it, I know I’ve been putting the work in to do that and will continue to do so. But, it’s like I was dreading the moments of misery during the race. You know when you have those moments during workouts and races and you really wonder what the heck you are doing and why you are putting yourself through it?
I know at some point on the bike, I will feel a little hopeless and crappy and I don’t know when, but I’m guessing it might be around mile 20, when I still have a long way to go but am getting to be right smack dab in the middle. 
The run will be hard, I’d like to run sub 8 minute pace, but I’m really just throwing that out there, I’ve never run 13.1 miles after swimming 1.2 and biking 56. I’ve ran between 7:15-8:15 pace for all of the brick runs that I’ve done but they were only 4 miles. I know there will be moments of the “misery” feeling on the run, but I also know there will be moments of victory as well. I don’t want to crawl to the finish line. I will have to force myself not to go out all crazy miles 3-7 after I’m warmed up on the run. That is just asking for disaster for the last 6.
Reminiscing on past marathons, I think the worst I’ve ever felt was in Chicago 2010. (Boston, 2009 is a close 2nd, another story for another day). We ran Chicago a week after getting back from our bike trip to New York. I had the cardiovascular endurance to run 26.2, but my legs weren’t recovered from the trip and I didn’t have but maybe one 16 miler under my melt in my “training”.  This wasn’t a race that I was going for a PR at, but I didn’t expect it to be so tough at the end. (A lot of the reason it was so tough at the end is because I stupidly went out too hard, thinking I was stronger than I was.) This might have been my worst second half split of any marathon. 
I remember literally crying around mile 22 when I felt hopeless and I was shuffling. Literally shuffling. I never once walked, but that was one slow shuffle. There were moments in the race where I stupidly ran 7:20 pace (around mile 8? You know how you feel really good at mile 8?) and moments where my pace dipped down to 11:00 pace.  Every marathon since then, I think back to how I felt then and tell myself, “you don’t feel as bad as you did in Chicago, so buck up and keep moving to the finish line.” 
So I will remember Chicago, when it hurts on the run in Muncie. I will keep it in my back pocket like I always do and remind myself, that I’ve been in the “HURT” before and I can push through it.

I did not like the feeling I had after that 8 miles yesterday one bit. The feeling made me want to crawl under a hole and forget about the whole 70.3 all together. It almost felt like a minor moment of panic. That would be quitting and I really hate quitting. Although it hurts A LOT workouts and races at times; the moments of victory make it all worth it.

And when I have moments of BLAH in training or after a bad workout, I know it’s always important to remember how crushing a new goal makes you feel.  It’s easy to think “why the heck am I doing this” but once you’ve crossed one finish line, you get addicted, you want that feeling again. To me, the finish line makes me feel, strong and happy… and ready to do it all over again.

What I love about the sport is, you are competing against yourself, it’s you and the run, you and the bike and what I’m most excited about for this triathlon thing is, no matter what time I do for my upcoming sprint tri and ultimately the half Ironman is, it’s my first and it will be my new PR. No matter what I do, I will have finished something brand new to me. Do I want to do well? Yes. Do I think I will be as fast at triathlon as I am at just running? No. Do I have major improvements to make in all three disciplines? Yes. And I’m excited to see what I can do. I’ll have to remind myself over and over again in the race to focus on what I’m doing right then, do not get bothered by people swimming or biking past me. Now, once the run starts, I’m ok with being a little more bothered by people passing me. I’m hoping that will be my turn to pass. 

Oh and PS- my first triathlon – (sprint) will be June 15th at Eagle Creek. Anyone doing it?

What is your favorite discipline in a triathlon? 

]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/31/workouts-and-races-triathloning/feed/ 6 70.3 Training… longest ride yet! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/28/703-training-longest-ride-yet/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/28/703-training-longest-ride-yet/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 18:53:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/05/28/70-3-training-longest-ride-yet/ more »]]> What I know for sure: (got that line from when I used to read O magazine- yep I used to have a subscription haha) 3 day weekends ROCK, even when you are a stay at home mom. The weekend is STILL the weekend. 
Weekend Run Down:
Saturday- 10 miles with Glenn downtown. Great run even though I had terrible sleep on Friday night. Glenn was running 10 on Saturday and Sunday, he likes to keep a faster pace than I, so when I run with him, I usually run faster than planned and he slows down a bit. It all evens out. 
We hadn’t ran downtown in a long time, so this was fun. We dropped Marshall off at me parents and put him down for a nap- he was still asleep when we returned so it worked out nicely. Man, it’s really nice to have my parents living up here. We hit the canal and the White River loop. Kept an average 7:15 pace, but hammered home, finishing the last mile in 6:28. Something about running with him gets me to throw down on the last mile. Also- saw Pro Trans friend Betsy running on the canal. Always love seeing people out and about when out on a run. She says she is might train for a half in September. We’ll be cheering her on. 🙂
Sunday- Anxious Annie much of the day because I took a complete rest day. I usually take my rest days on Monday. I kept almost just running 3-4 miles but convincing myself not to. The highlight of the day was definitely going to Fat Dan’s for the first time. Go there if you haven’t. Best french fries I’ve ever had. Maybe. I don’t know if I can actually make that claim, but I can’t think of any that beat them off the top of my head. 
Monday-  Thank you times a million to my mom who watched Marshall for us ALL DAY. We put him to bed at my parents house Saturday night and my mom watched him until 4pm, while we rode 62 miles with friends and then went out to lunch with the group. This was my longest training ride so far by 12 miles. I think I’ll be doing one more of this distance before Muncie 70.3. 
This ride was really fun for a coupe of reasons. Our friend Chrissy had told us about the ride, so we knew she would be there, but it turned out the Gardners, Brian and Erika (all Back on My Feet (BoMF) people) were all there as well. Most of us rode together for a lot of the ride and we also picked up another guy who rode with our group as well. 62 miles is a long way to ride, but it’s much better if your riding with a group. It was also a nice route- which we didn’t have to come up with on our own. 🙂
The ride was the “Give Hope Ride: and there was a 12, 24, 42 and 62 mile option. Proceeds from the ride went to St. Jude- there was a parent who’s child had been a patient of St. Jude who spoke and gave a testimony to the great things that St. Jude did for his family during their time there. We were all happy to be a part of this and will for sure do it again next year. 
Pictures from the ride:

Pre Ride

Gardners & Chrissy- three amazing leaders for BoMF Indy.

Group Picture Mid Ride. (Erika, who is on the far right in the green shirt, rode her bike 500K (310 miles) over the weekend, since it was the Indy 500 weekend. She made the goal last year and completed it yesterday. WOAH.

42 miles down, 20 to go. Glenn, Lindsey & Brian
The organizers put an album on facebook and I found this one. I think I might look more excited than I actually was.


AND Happy Memorial Day yesterday! Thank you to all who have served, are serving and will serve our country.

It was a big weekend in Indianapolis- the Indy 500 was Sunday and the Pacers are in the playoffs. This city has been all kinds of busy. Congrats to Tony Kanaan, who won the race Sunday! It was his 12th go at it. Did you know he’s done a full Ironman?! Sounds like someone who doesn’t give up.

Anyone have any great workouts or races this weekend?
]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/28/703-training-longest-ride-yet/feed/ 7 Action packed weekend- Bikes, Runs, Family & Friends. https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/21/action-packed-weekend/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/05/21/action-packed-weekend/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/05/21/action-packed-weekend-bikes-runs-family-friends/ more »]]> Last week was one of my hardest weeks yet for Ironman Muncie 70.3 training. 

I finished the week with a 50 mile bike ride and 4 mile run on Saturday and then Sunday, 10 miles at steady state.

Saturday:

I rode 50 miles with Jake– someone I’d never really met in person, except one time when we ran by each other. We are twitter friends and Glenn is coaching him for Muncie 70.3. I mean I felt like I knew him, but I didn’t in real life. He wanted to meet way early- so we met at 6:15am on the monon and took off. I have to say, although I’m the one who reached out and asked to ride together, I had a little anxiety riding with someone who I hadn’t really met. I even had a weird anxiety dream. 50 miles took us 3 hours an 20 minutes. That’s a long time to hang out with someone you don’t know.

We talked to entire time. (Glenn probably thinks that means we weren’t working hard enough, but I don’t care. We kept 15 mph and that is fine with me. I was working that’s for sure) You learn a lot about someone when you ride your bike for 3.5 hours together. He almost had me in tears when he told me about his proposal to his fiance, Meghan. (also a twitter friend)

When I ride with Glenn, he has the GPS and I have no problem pestering him about where we are on miles, but I didn’t want to go overboard asking Jake too much. He kept me informed though and I pedaled on. At mile 16, we stopped for a minute to take some gel and I felt really defeated when he told me we were at 16 miles. Dude. That’s not very far when you’re riding 50 and I felt like we should have been at 22 or something.

We rode up the monon (duh) for the beginning of the ride an ended back down toward our hood riding around Butler’s campus and Crown Hill Cemetery at the end. As soon as I got home, I took a gel, changed shoes and headed out for my four miles. I felt like I’d crawl them, but ended up running around 7:20 pace. My last mile was 7:08 and I worked for it. It was freaking hot and I was done working out. DONE.

Sunday:

Glenn, Marshall and I ran 10 miles. We got up early and were on the monon by 7:00am. The workout was “10 miles steady state”. Steady state pace being between 7:00-7:30. My legs were tired for this run and I ran half of it with the stroller. Glenn and I took turns. I like running with the stroller though. I feel like I can “hide” behind it sometimes. I’m not sure if that’s necessarily a good thing, but it’s what I do.

I started with the stroller and we switched off every two miles until the last two miles. Then I did one and Glenn did the other, so that it would be even and we both did 5 stroller miles. He offered to take my last mile for me, but I wanted it. We had just done two miles at 7:00 pace and honestly I wanted to slow down a bit and pushing the stroller would be my excuse to do so. We slowed the mile down to 7:19. For the last mile, I would have been content running anything sub 7:30, but I wanted to be stronger than that, so when I felt myself slowing down, I would grind it out a little harder. We finished it out with a 6:55 mile. I was happy with it and again, ready to be done working out.

The miles looked like this:

Mile 1- 7:46 – stroller 
Mile 2- 7:25 – stroller 
Mile 3- 7:22 
Mile 4- 7:23 
Mile 5- 7:22 – stroller 
Mile 6- 7:18 – stroller 
Mile 7- 7:00 
Mile 8- 7:00 
Mile 9- 7:19 – stroller 
Mile 10- 6:55

I was pleased, but the legs were shot for sure. 

After the run, I had a flag football game. I know it’s a stupid intramural game, but man my body was tired and I was kind of sluggish on the field. I’m not exactly an important member of the team, other than the fact that you have to have three girls on the field. It was hot and I didn’t really want to chase the other girls around the field, but my entire team was really hungover though, at least I felt better than them.

I came home and was determined to take a good picture of Marshman for his first birthday invitations. They are going out like two weeks late, (because I was going to try to make them for a hot second to save money. (whomp whomp) but that’s par for the course on how I operate. I can’t help but share some of the pictures. These two aren’t any that I used but they are really cute. I think.

My blue eyed boy.
This standing by himself is newish. If he tries to walk (he’s at 3-4 steps on his own) – his arms are in the air. Celebrating before he even takes the step. Can we all live like that?

Turns out I had quite the little Sunday planned, later on, five of my friends came over to see Marshall (one lives in CA and one in MI, and were in town for a wedding so this isn’t a super regular group to get together).

Beautiful, fun, awesome friends. 

We headed to Flatwater to have dinner and drinks on the patio. LOVE. Sunday Funday lasted until 10pm when we landed at Monkey’s Tail to karaoke & by the time it was about to start, we all decided we were tired and wanted to go home. And also reminded ourselves that is was Sunday.

Glenn & Marshall took us to the bar. Yes this included people sitting on laps and piling into the hatch part of our trailblazer.

College kind of fun with a baby though… 29 not 19.

After flat water we went to Chumley’s and the gentleman below started making fun of us for having fancy bags or something. So, I called him out and told him if he wanted to make fun, then at least give us a real roast. I practically begged him to roast me but he wouldn’t. He was insanely intoxicated and somehow we ended up dragging him with us to Monkey’s Tail where he bought “dollar shots” for the group. I declined, but really am pretty sure the shots consisted of pink lemonade and that’s about it.

This guy. Hey guy, don’t make fun of me OK?

Emily’s husband Andy took us all home, but not without a stop at McDonalds for ice cream. I can’t end a day/night out without a chocolate dipped cone or McFlurry.

I was a tired mama who wanted a lot of water this morning. But is was worth it and I had a very beautiful rest day today. 

On deck for tomorrow…. 2,000 yard swim.  Luckily it’s Tuesday though and I won’t be racing to finish before Aquafit starts. Don’t mess around with aquafit, those old people are ready to start their 9am class at 8:30am. Every Friday, I’m racing to get done by 9:00am. The old men start getting in the pool at 8:15 and by 8:50 they are eyeing me, like “ok lady, it’s time, we need to move these lanes.” I’m super friendly to them and I hope they like me and aren’t just annoyed with me. I always tell them to have a fun class, maybe one day I’ll stay for it. Wouldn’t that be fun. 

Did you have any great workouts this weekend?

Sunday Funday anyone? 
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