https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:20:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1226094 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:11:31 +0000 Janet 1226094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Carla! Good advice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225889 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:17:58 +0000 Carla 1225889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, and anyone looking for a road bike....</p> <p>I got a great deal on my bike 'cause I picked it up at the end of the season at a discount. Still cost a small fortune but I have had so much joy from it. Also, bikes hold some value. When you really get involved you can upgrade components. Wheels are usually the first thing to upgrade. </p> <p>That said, spring is swap time for lots of folks looking to change-up their ride. You might be able to get a better quality gently used bike for a decent price. Most bike shops catering to serious cyclists carry a few higher end used bikes on consignment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225612 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:06:57 +0000 Mo 1225612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and the race is just a mini sprint, so only 400M swim (thank god) and 10 mile bike with the 5K run. &nbsp;<br />Carla, I am lifting this time around. &nbsp;It's been twice a week pretty regularly for a couple months now, but I imagine I might go down to just Sundays. &nbsp;I've been doing less on the legs to give them a break from all the running but concentrating on upper body.&nbsp;<br />At least this time around I have a gym, so I can do some of the bike training indoors. &nbsp;My biggest issue is that the pool is 2.5 miles away. &nbsp;I can get a ride there from BF on his way to work, and then I only have to run home. &nbsp;Or I can ride my bike both ways. &nbsp;In essence, every swim workout is going to have to be a brick. &nbsp;I don't really see a way around it. &nbsp;I could walk home I guess, but in the heat that may get less and less appealing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225595 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:53:15 +0000 Mo 1225595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember I needed a road bike when I did this race before. &nbsp;I was practicing on an old cruiser type Schwinn that was at the rental condo as a tour around town kind of thing! &nbsp;<br />No rental companies in town. &nbsp;I had to privately contact a guy who organized rides for his church and agree to have him loan me a bike for 36 hours for $50 for the charity. &nbsp;It was all very weird. &nbsp;Leaving it on a prescribed address's doorstep afterward, etc. &nbsp;It ended up matching my suit lol!<br />This time around I have a $90 Walmart special and it's just going to have to do.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Roadmaster-Granite-Peak-Women-s-Mountain-Bike-Magenta/23428861">http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-R.....a/23428861</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225562 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:15:36 +0000 Isis 1225562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To answer Runcarla's question: &nbsp;I ride distance and my main bike is a Surly Long Haul Trucker. &nbsp;Not fast but very comfortable. &nbsp;As they say, Steel is real. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225432 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:09:32 +0000 Janet 1225432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, I was chatting/texting with a friend yesterday who is a long-time serious competitive cyclist -- he is going to go with me to a great local bike shop to look at new options. There's a Trek I'm eyeing. They're not cheap, but I guess I could sell my old bike (which is only 5 years old and a nice Gary Fisher) to offset the cost. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225299 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:02:48 +0000 Carla 1225299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, you HAVE to get yourself a road bike! I have an uncommon bike (for where I live, anyway) that I just adore but there are some really sweet rides out there. And pay the extra money to have a real bike fitting. </p> <p>Trek and Specialized and Scott are making some really nice bikes at good price points. If it's in the budget, get a carbon fibre bike. A road bike is better for tri'athlon than a tri bike, unless you are going to do an Ironman. </p> <p>I ride a LITESPEED Archon C-3. DS has a Trek Madone 5.</p> <p>What do other cyclists out there ride? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1225286 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:44:29 +0000 Carla 1225286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, you can get faster if you don't have a lot of races/times. You can train better, and race smarter. Work on the bike and the transitions. </p> <p>I'm not fast..best marathon at 40 - 4:44:02, lots of 2:20 halfs, mostly 1:10 - 10 k's and 35 min 5k's these days. I started with 1:50 sprint tris and was consistent with that time for 6 years until 2012. I added weight training to the swim-run-bike cycle, and did more events (3 in 2012 and 4 in 2013) and went under 1:45 consistently including 2 x 1:40. Gains all around, but mostly a faster bike time, and something left in the legs for the run (thank you evil personal trainer Kevin and your leg workouts!)</p> <p>My next goal is to go under 1:40. I don't think this will be the year, since 'the move' and all it involves has really impacted my ability to get to the gym. Oh well. Next year I go up an age group (55-60)!</p> <p>FWIW, it is the 'career' athletes who experience the decline after 40 the hardest. Having competed at such a high caliber from youth, the effects of age are truthfully reflected in older age. Older 'fitness lifestyle' amateur athletes who compete less frequently might change things up a lot between events-loose weight, train better, invest in better equipment, learn efficiencies, eat better, etc. and this can translate to better personal times. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224754 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:31:42 +0000 Kim 1224754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"As easy as a 100 miles can be"...Now that's a REAL athlete's quote! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224721 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:46:20 +0000 Mo 1224721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AWESOME Janet! &nbsp;A century. &nbsp;Whew.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224674 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:28:03 +0000 Janet 1224674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kim, I feel better now! I guess I hear from so many really athletic friends (via FB etc.) about their fast times (you know, the ones who do a nice easy 6 miles every other day in about 50 min) that I feel ashamed of my stubborn 11-12 minute mile pace. Even when I'm training for an event, my speeds don't improve much, although my ability to eliminate walk breaks does. </p> <p>I've been enjoying my bike time so much, I think I'm signing up for the Seagull Century in September. It's as easy as 100 miles can be because the eastern shore of MD is nice and flat (and scenic!). I'm already capable of riding 40 miles in a day, so my training curve is not too steep. In fact, I think I'm about to start shopping for a new bike to make it easier -- right now I'm riding a mountain bike, and a lighter, faster bike will mean an easier time completing long miles. </p> <p>It's funny, a little over three years ago, I never thought I'd do any of this stuff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224639 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:33:10 +0000 Kim 1224639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My best ever 10k was 1:03 and my (only) Half was 2:35.<br />I ran that half with my BFF and it was our first ever. &nbsp;We were 50. &nbsp;We called it Half Century VS Half Marathon.</p> <p>I'm quite proud of that time, and I'm sure it could have been faster, but we were having too much fun, and I run 4 minutes, walk one. &nbsp; She wasn't used to the walk breaks (which is how I had trained) so she was afraid we'd slow up other runners who were behind us. &nbsp;</p> <p>I told her we were in the last corral before the half marathon&nbsp;walkers. &nbsp;If we slowed them up, we'd just have to WALK the race to finish! &nbsp;So, we weren't expecting to go fast, just to finish without being overrun by walkers. &nbsp;A good goal, I think! LOL</p> <p>Mo, I'm impressed. &nbsp;A Tri is a big accomplishment! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224372 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:09:12 +0000 Mo 1224372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marin, that helps - thanks!<br />Janet, those are completely respectable times! &nbsp;I just did my 10K on Saturday and it was 57:43 something. &nbsp;If I remember my half was 2:13? &nbsp;I did take a potty break, which I would avoid if I do one again. &nbsp;Anyway, times very similar to yours. &nbsp;I'm not winning any medals here. &nbsp;Just racing against myself </p> <p>Oh, and I never ran until 37 myself. &nbsp;We're just late bloomers.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224321 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:23:25 +0000 Anonymous 1224321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mo, the Olympic tri I just did the 40-44 women where faster than the 34-39... Just saying. Besides, did you have a time to beat last time? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224274 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:53:06 +0000 Janet 1224274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've thought about doing a sprint tri too, but I try not to think about times since they just depress me. Says the woman who NEVER ran until age 45. I am so slow it takes me 2:30 to finish a half marathon, and at my fastest, I was thrilled to finish a 10k once in just over an hour. So yeah, I suck at running, but I just keep doing it at my own pace. I can only trust that all the other runners aren't laughing at my efforts. </p> <p>My consolation is that I'm way better on a bike and in water than I am at running. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224213 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:01:14 +0000 Mo 1224213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh, those are my Birk's. &nbsp;Guess I'm WAY ahead of the style curve, since it was 2008. &nbsp;ha!<br />I'm hoping I can best that 1:15. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224070 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:29:22 +0000 claracluck 1224070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i&nbsp;think you could&nbsp; beat that time- strategy can be a big factor,and by the way are those your birks on the wall? because that's a fashion sign/ omen&nbsp;for sure lol </p> <p>oops sorry Carla </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/triathlon-times---carla#post-1224026 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:24:33 +0000 Mo 1224026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am likely going to try a sprint tri in July that I first did 6 years ago. &nbsp;Is it realistic to expect the same, or even better, times? &nbsp;I'm not as fast a runner&nbsp;as I once was, but I'd like to think I'm smarter as far as racing. &nbsp;I finished less than a minute over 1:15.<br />I'd love to break 1:15 this time. &nbsp;My run time isn't as quick but I think I might be able to make it up on the swim. &nbsp;Am I kidding myself? &nbsp;lol<br />Do you find you improve over the years or that age indeed starts to slow one down? &nbsp;Thanks for any input. &nbsp; </p> <p>Edit: then, 38, now 44.</p>