More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed (Page 23)

Congrats!  I have heard that it is an amazing experience.  I know someone who said, "I felt like a rock start the whole 26 miles."  I hope that you get in. I look forward to hearing about it!

Woo hoo! They rocked it!

I sort of figured that you were in transition.

Good mom, letting you set up the trainer at her place ;-)

I've never done a half marathon as part of a half iron build.  It should certainly work out fine but I don't know what week I'd put it in.  What does the plan look like about four weeks out from Victoria 70.3?

What's the intention of the half marathon? I didn't see it in this overview of the plan. The tune-ups are a sprint and an olympic. I did run about that far in training, but didn't do a half marathon race.

Hey everyone, we are now closed to new members unless they are willing to "convince" (bribe?) us that they belong in here. So this is our group for 2017. I am looking forward to another great year. As you probably noticed, we are a bit chatty at times and not solely about triathlon training. I have found that this sort of thing helps me learn a bit about folks outside of tri's, which is essential for training/life balance and I am better able to give advice with that in mind. No sense telling someone to train for 15 hours a week when they are unable to maintain that volume due to life. A few housekeeping pieces, some of which we have recently seen.

• Please open your logs to the group members.
• Please stop in occasionally, if only to post that life has you overwhelmed and you are barely getting by. We truly understand and some of us have been there before. I can think of at least three folks in here that are undergoing some pretty major life adjustments. We are here to support you, no matter what the challenge.
• Participate wherever you can, even if just to re-iterate someone else's point. It can be helpful to know that something that is asked about has worked for multiple people.
• No questions are out of bounds. While Janyne and I try to admin the group, remember, this is your group and we are all here for each other.

I'm  sure I've missed stuff, what with people wandering into my office and asking me to work (the nerve!) so feel free to add on.

I've applied to the lottery a few times but haven't gotten in. 

My running buddy ran in back in 2007 when it was still sponsored by ING and she worked for ING - she said it was an amazing experience and loved it! 

I also had a co-worker who isn't really a runner do it this past year. He didn't say it was so amazing - but he wasn't all that well trained so i think it hurt him more than anything. 

I also haven't done it as part of HIM training - but do often do that them in the 'running' season (or not during the tri season). I would say around you most HMs are likely in May which depending on your running background shouldn't impede your training for the HIM - but remember if you aren't terribly experienced at running that you do need to bike - it is all about the bike so don't trade off big run miles for bike miles. The recovery from upping the mileage for a half marathon needs to be heeded. Just keep in mind which is your priority. 

But that said, i love doing events and sometimes having races on the schedule like a half marathon will help keep me motivated and training

Not just open your logs but actually, you know log stuff! (and if you are not currently training for some reason, putting posting pet photos, etc. will at least let us know that you are still around!)

Ok, it seemed like you had the idea in another post, building up enough running first so that it's not really that much longer than the training run would be. Likely in the later months of your training unless you are already regularly running a bunch. From there it's figuring out how to have the extra running interrupt  the rest of your training the least, so how it fits in becomes more important here. Since it's longer than planned, a little lighter the day or two before may help. And then also at least a few days after, seeing how you recover. Do mind the pace as it's easy to get caught up in the moment and run a fair amount faster. That's not necessarily something terrible, just expect recovery to take longer.

I've only done one stand alone HM myself as well. Did sign up for a couple others for fun, but ended up dropping them. During the night before a local one I had significant quad cramping, something I never had before, so thought taking it easy a couple days would be better. Also signed up for a little travel one in the winter season, but changed my mind as I had a funny feeling with the weather. Turns out they had 8-12" of snow drop on them that wasn't cleared in time for the race.

Anyone else having problems uploading direct from Training Peaks to BT? Haven't been able to do it for a while now. I fill in my username/password, click list activities but keep getting an "Oops!" error message. I use the Training Peaks upload option to upload ny Trainer Road workouts.

I download them from TR and then upload them here.  Works fine, though it doesn't copy some of the power data  like TSS and IF.

<rant>Did a few hours somehow get added to this day?!  It seems to be going on and on and on and on...</rant>