Katie SB

Thanks coach!

We’ve just bought our first home, so I’ve spent the tapering period stripping wallpaper and painting – not sure this is highly recommended as a tactic, but it has enforced less training time.  Setting off for Musselman this afternoon and looking forward to a fun weekend in beautiful countryside, and quite decent weather forecast at…[Read more]

Yes!  Highly recommend!  I did the first one, and got a lot out of it, going around again this weekend.

Really sorry but a family commitment has come up on Sunday so I will now be unable to make this clinic – the event looks like it’s sold out online so just wanted to let the group know in case anyone wants to make use of the place.

Best wishes for what looks like an extremely useful session!

Katie

Really sorry to hear this, hope you’re on the mend now, and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Great weekend! I found the clinics very useful – good to have a friendly, open environment to be able to ask basic questions and learn from the mountain of collective wisdom. A few of us ended up swimming to the start of the ‘Escape from Saigon’ swim too so double the open water practice!

In terms of lessons learned – I was so worried about…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to pass on a cycling route I recently discovered and really like for the Saturday long ride.

Prince William Forest Park in Dumfries, VA, has a great 7-mile loop, as part of an 11-mile paved road called Scenic Drive: https://www.nps.gov/prwi/planyourvisit/bicycling.htm https://rootsrated.com/washington-dc/cycling/prince-wi…[Read more]

Yes, welcome Sebastiaan!  I’m also doing IMMD, and will also be my first full-distance ironman.  Happy training!

Very helpful – thank you!

Yes!  But similarly only figured it out later…  oops.

I found the clinic really useful – initial feedback was that I do a 1980s/90s-style S-shaped pull (I remember learning this as – make the “Z” for Zorro), which is not the thing to do now – turns out it should be straight back.  I’m also often finishing my stroke too early and kicking too mu…[Read more]

I’ve signed up to this – looks like a great workshop and still seemed to be slots available when I was on there: https://goteamup.com/p/21123-<wbr />dc-triathlon-club-swim-pr/<wbr />courses/34474/.   Seems like you have the analysis, then spend the rest of the hour slot practising and getting some feedback.  Look forward to seeing any of you the…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

I’ve just joined the program and am very much looking forward to training/comparing nutrition notes/bike routes/tackling this exciting/terrifying adventure with you all!  I’m training for Ironman Maryland in September and doing Musselman HIM in July.

I thought I’d jump onto this thread as this is where I made my biggest mistake at…[Read more]