To be more competitive on the swim. I've always had okay swim times but not great, this leaves me to play catch up on the bike and run, which isn't all that bad as I am better on the bike and best on the run. But I really want to improve my swim time.

Finish 50K run.
Big PR at IM Brasil.

How?
Do what the coach says.
Do a couple of big training camps/focused bouts of training.

clm

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clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

1. Get faster at all 4.
2. Be "in the hunt" for winning a local sprint race (if the really fast people don't show up)
3. 10:45 or under at Moo and challenge for a Kona slot in 45-49.
4. Have fun with the family.

My plan is to achieve the above on 10-11 training hours per week.

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Coach at KonaCoach Multisport

   
Goals: 1. Stay healthy and injury free. 2. Go close to 5 hours at Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon in June. 3. Sub 5 hours at Longhorn 1/2 IM in early October. 4. Sub 2:20 for an oly somewhere along the way, 30+ minute swim notwithstanding.

How to achieve: Work on running strength (1:42ish off the bike for HIM). Ride longer "long" rides. Follow my own instincts on training.

My primary goal for 2007 is to cheat on my diet following a race. I always resolve to go to DQ or somewhere and stuff myself post-race as a reward, and always wind up having a bagel or a muffin or something at least quasi-nutrient-dense instead. It's a tough goal, and I really have to get serious about this if I want to enjoy the race season.

I wish you luck I had a disc issue 3 years ago, bad pain could hardly walk.

Took about 4 months to even job follwing PT.

I hope to get to the bottome of mine in the next little while. MRI is next and if there is nothing there then a nerve test.

good luck.

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http://slow-triathlete.blogspot.com/

My goals for 2007:

- balance work, family and sport
- hold back early in the season so I don´t burn out before october
- do my local races without loosing sight of the big picture
- be nice to the wife so her patience doesn´t crash before october
- train all out in august, september
- be tough if the weather gets really crappy in september
- peak in october
- don´t do stupid stuff the last week before Ironman (climbing hualalai, getting carried away at the P.A.T.H-run etc.)

Race aims IMH:
- be smart
- hold back all day until 10 miles to go
- don´t get angry and loose focus when drafting occures
- remember the mental lessons learned at IMMoo
- run all the way
- set a run PR
- set a overall PR
- place top 200
- place top 100

(with the last 3 being highly unlikely)

:-)

Axel

I want to:

Swim 1500m in LCM on 19 mins +/-15sec
Run 10K sub 33min
Run ½Marathon on 1:15
Come close to breaking 4h in HIM
Win swedish champinships OD or Sprint or both
Race some ETU Oly races for experience and preperation for future success.

How to achieve:

Go back in time to unbreak my clavicle, so I can continue and finish my swim focus months
Bike lots of long hard tempo rides
Try to do group rides more often (or at all)
Do bike races
Run intervals slower on shorter rest
At least 5 swims/w
3-4 bike rides/w (my strenght)
At least 5 runs/w
Eat less candy
Drink less beer

Sorry, Dude. :) Just trying to share a good thing. All my regards to "your people."

Good Lord am I suffering in this picture. Nice. Like my new shorts leg sponsor?

P.S. What's it worth to you to keep mum on this fine race? I know LOTS of fast people. I'm thinking per click charge---mmmm... recurring revenue stream...

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http://www.performentor.com

Yes, I too am on Facebook. And LinkedIn. And Twitter. Which begs the question - do I exist in the physical world? Do I?

I agree - hopefully someone will pull this thread up periodically to see how we are all doing.

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Proud Member of the Cervelo Mafia.

I like seeing how varied everyone's goals are, from winning races to balancing their lives to PRs to racing through pain . . . good stuff here.

And it seems like a lot of the 'how' falls into the 'more is more' school of training.

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Proud Member of the Cervelo Mafia.

Top of my list is to be nice to my wife to help her tolerate my training and race schedule. Second will be to train smart to prevent injury. I now have a draft race and training schedule for 2007. I race every week (bike, run, or DU) from April 1st till July 4th.

Goals:
Keep wife happy
No injuries
5k, 10k, and 10mile run PR
Qualify for and compete well in DU long course world championship
Qualify for 2008 short course DU world championship
Beat 2006 DU course times
Podium finish for all bicycle events at Senior Olympics Nationals in Kentucky
Be ranked in top 3 for CAT 5 Kansas Road race and individual TT throughout 2007 (joined local race team this year).

Training to a 550 hour annual schedule, balancing work, home, and race team commitments to achieve goals. Knees are allowing more running this year than previous few years and this is playing into some of the above goals.

let's see: go under 4:20 at a HIM, finish top 30 at Timberman, and run a 32:00 min 10K (that's a bet with my coach ;))

To achieve those I plan to be consistent, be patient and train smart

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Jorge Martinez
Head Coach - Sports Science
E3 Training Solutions, LLC
@CoachJorgeM

In no particular order, and I know I'll have to pick and choose with the races, but these are all that I've come up with:

-Swim less. Bike more.
-STAY STRESS-FRACTURE FREE
-Race, instead of just train all the time. One of those will be a 5k, the other a 10k, because I've never raced either. I'm scared to death of short races, and I need to get over it.
-Actually follow a training plan, rather than JFTing.
-<3:30 spring marathon
-~5:15 half IM (Timberman was 5:52. I think if I learn how to bike, and not spend so much time changing out of my swimsuit in transition, I'll be all set)
- seek revenge with the Maine Marathon course, which I crashed and burned on last fall
-make sure I get enough sleep each night!
-Halifax (maybe)
-Remember to be greatful every day that I can s/b/r

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

The Committee would like to make you aware that Jonnyo once tried to blow off the lid on the race, so we had to send him a message. Let's just say we sent him on a little extra journey during the run. I dare you to mention Mike Bressan's name in Jonathan's presence.

We will not be exorted, especially by fast people who know other fast people. Why is it you all hang out together?

Nice legs...er I mean shorts.

Colin, awesome goals...keep it up man. you can get there.

Kurt

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http://www.pbmcoaching.com
USA Triathlon Level 3 Elite Coach
USA Cycling Level 1 Elite Coach

Oh my gosh, I wish I were half as hilarious as you. Holy crap.

So back to the original topic: I'm going to hit the championship circuit this year and see what I can do. I haven't made it to Tri Nats in several years and look forward to making it out to Oregon.

My schedule: http://aliciaparr.com/blog/?page_id=202

How I'll do it: train lots and have fun

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Yes, I too am on Facebook. And LinkedIn. And Twitter. Which begs the question - do I exist in the physical world? Do I?

The usual - Get as fit as I can on the bike to help with Miss P's training for IMUSA and IMH this year.

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HEY HEY!!!! I dont mind the name Mike Bressan..... he is a top class guy and good athlete and very frendly person...

the name i dont want to hear is the one of the race director that found a way to make me lose the race by 60 secondes...

-sending me 3 miles of course on the bike
-locking the Grand Dam gates when i show up(bike)
-make sure no aid station where set up for me on the first 6 miles of the run
-give me a 4 minutes penality for ...................
and NOT APOLOGIZE for the lack of professionalism he showed, i was so mad and down.... it took me 1 full bottle of wine to get my smile back!!!!

but grand coulee is awsome, beautifull place, amazing homestay, community and volunteer, i would really like to comeback and race there.....it s a beautifull course and a really hard race!!!!!

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Jonathan Caron / Professional Coach / ironman champions / age group world champions
Jonnyo Coaching
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sub 2:20 Oly
unofficially did this at Nationals last year, the run was a measured 6.3mi, the bike seemed to be long on everyone's cyclocomputer, but officially not yet..
There's only one Oly with the actual distances in/near Colorado, which is Rattlesnake. Not an easy bike and the run can be hot (no shade) but I think it's doable. It would be easy to travel to a sea-level flat race and do it, but that costs too much.

I'm travelling to S. Africa for a month in June/July, which could make things tricky - winter down there, not many heated pools, and there are bike-jackings in Johannesburg plus some of the world's worst BMW drivers, so riding is also tough.
Plan on a strong run focus, once-a-week swim to keep fluent, and set up some hardy exercise-bike sessions. We'll see.

Thanks Kurt. That's always nice to hear from someone who is already fast. I hope the snow is treating you well,
-C

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Any run that doesn't include pooping in someone's front yard is a win.

My goal is to train for and complete IMCDA in late June, approximately 3 months after I become a first-time father. I have a feeling that it will be tough. I'll probably get by on minimal training, given the many sleepless nights I will have endured. It will be my first "M-Dot" Ironman finish, and second iron-distance finish. I hope to PR.

My plans are to train mostly for the bike, run 15-20 miles a week, and completely screw swimming.

Not that it is triathlon, but I hope to run a couple of 50Ks this year. All the ones I've run so far were super-hard, so I want to try an "easy" one and hopefully PR.

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Kicking butt and writing down people's names since 2001

1. Manage family/work/triathlon
2. 5430 Long Course HIM
3. Coaching starts on 2/10
4. Raising $$ for Leukemia on TNT
5. Run my first 1/2 mary
6. Swim a lot.

I have a few modest goals for 2007, none of them "tri" related as I've developed an allergy to water, but goals nonetheless:

Break 40:00 in a 10K
Snag a some podium slots in a few local DU's
Stay on my bike the whole way up Brasstown Bald at the TDG in April

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Dan DeMaio
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Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein