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 2010-01-03 4:18 PM |
Expert  749   |  Subject: Kati's MOMMA training group - ClosedNAME: Katimomma / Kati Edited by katimomma 2010-01-05 3:08 PM |
| 2010-01-04 6:27 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 55 Fort Worth | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN I'd love to join your group. I'm a father of two from Fort Worth, TX. I want to do a tri to get myself whipped into shape. I would like to lose some weight in the process, but for me, just getting more healthy is my main objective. My goal is to complete the Caveman Triathalon in late April. I've been following a couch to 5K program for about a month to get myself started. I can't wait to kick this thing in gear! Josh |
| 2010-01-04 6:38 AM in reply to: #2591833 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Welcome Josh! I am envious of your TX weather while it's 18 degrees outside here! Is the Caveman a sprint? |
| 2010-01-04 6:47 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 55 Fort Worth | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Yes. It is a sprint. It's supposed to be "so easy a caveman can do it." I hope I can too! http://www.cavemantriathlon.com/ |
| 2010-01-04 7:53 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 90 York, PA | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi Kati, I would like to join. I just signed up for my first sprint tri in PA in May. I am an athlete but have been busy being a Realtor for 10 years and need to get back into a lifestyle of fitness that I do truly love. Previous 10 years was a beach volleyball player. Do regular gym workouts but needed a goal for 2010. Doing Got the Nerve Tri in Mt. Gretna PA and could use some tips, help, and reading what others are doing too. Looking forward to seeing others progress as well. Sincerely, Robin |
| 2010-01-04 8:51 AM in reply to: #2591850 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN FWSquatch - 2010-01-04 6:47 AM Yes. It is a sprint. It's supposed to be "so easy a caveman can do it." I hope I can too! http://www.cavemantriathlon.com/ Great catch line! Looks like fun! Welcome Robin! I am the type of person that has to be signed up for a race to keep me going! I think you will love the lifestyle. It was horribly cold outside here yesterday and I had a run scheduled, I decided to take advantage of being a TRI athlete and swapped for a swim in a nice warm pool instead! You can't beat the variety!
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| 2010-01-04 9:27 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 65 Port Kent, NY | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi I would love to join your group. I'm a new mommy to a 6 month old baby boy, also my husband is a celiac so I know all about what you go through with that. I am really hoping that my son doesn't have it. I'm signed up for a half marathon in April, cycling race and the Tupper Lake Tinman, half ironman in June so far. I've done a triathlon in the past but alot of marathons and half marathons, 10Ks too. I work part time so I can spend time with my baby and train. So far my son Brodie has been allowing me to train but all my training so far has been inside on the treadmill and trainer. I live in upstate NY so it is COLD out here and hard to get out with a baby stroller.... I'm a pretty strong runner, biking just came easy to me but swimming would be my weakest link. I wouldn't say I'm a terrible swimmer but I could diffiantly use some help. My husband use to be a pretty good swimmer and I'm trying to get him to do some tri's with me but it just doesn't interest him like it does me but he is always there on the sidelines encouraging me to GO STRONG!!!!!!!! I'm very new to this site and still fingering out everything. Angie |
| 2010-01-04 10:40 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Elite 5316 Alturas, California | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi, I would like to join as well. I am 42 years old, married 20 years and have 5 children, oldest 18, youngest 4. I had no background in any of the three sports prior to about 2 years ago and have since then done 1 sprint, 1 oly, 2 HIM, 1 IM a half mary and a full mary. I don't have next year completely mapped out yet, but I have a marathon in 2 weeks and am signed up for CDA in June. I suck most at swimming, am reasonably poor at the bike and fair at running. I used to live in up state NY (Glens Falls) but now live in CA (at 4500 feet) so ya we have snow on the ground and it was 23 F this morning when I left for work. Last year I was driving 100 miles each way to get my swims in, but this year I am way spoiled and can swim at home. Hopefully this means that my swim speed will improve. Once I shift over from my current 95 percent run focus at the end of the month. Anyway, I look forward to getting to know folks and learning more. |
| 2010-01-04 11:11 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Yay for new members! Welcome Angie! I remember those early days when the kids were younger - it's much easier to train now that they can fend for themselves! Only one of my kids (my son who is 7) has gluten problems, my daughter seems to be o-k. That's quite a schedule you have mapped out! I look forward to following your training! Welcome Steve! I am so green with envy that you have a pool at home! I am like your polar opposite, I suck most at running, a little less at cycling, but I do love to swim! With 5 kids I am sure you are a pro at balancing it all - maybe you can help us all!!! So, what does everyone have on tap for the week? It's a new year - what are you doing diff. this year? |
| 2010-01-04 11:46 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Elite 5316 Alturas, California | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN This year pretty much looks like last year for me. I will be doing my 2nd ever full marathon at the same location, in 2 weeks so I have been almost completely run focused for the past 4 months (1 swim, 1 bike per week). I peaked at 192 miles last month and have 3 20s under my belt in the last 5-6 weeks. So this week looks will be the start of my taper for the mary. It is a good thing because I am pretty tired from last month's training. Also, I had vacation at sea level in 75 degree weather and am now back up at 4500 ft and mid 30's. So it will take me another 10 days to reacclimate to the elevation. Last year's marathon was 3:48:xx so I am hoping to improve on that. I have been doing my speedwork based on a 1 mpm improvement, but I have serious doubts that I can hold that for the full distance, so am risking a boom somewhere in the last 6 miles. To hold that pace I would need to stay at just under LT for the entire race... yay (168-174 bpm range). After the mary I will take probably 2 weeks to get nicely recovered with some lite workouts and then start rebuilding my nonexistant swim and bike fitness for IM training. I do love the swimspa, if not my swim fitness or form. I swim around 2:00 /100 yards for any distance longer than 50 yards 8). |
| 2010-01-04 11:49 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 55 Fort Worth | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN This week I plan on getting in two swims (just 200 yds each) before work. It's gonna take me getting up awful early to do that, but I want to give it a try because I'd rather swim at 5:00 AM then after a long day's work. I'm a morning person anyway, so it shouldn't be too bad, right? The weather is supposed to be pretty nasty cold this week, so I think I'll be stuck on the stationary bike and treadmill for the bike/runs. My workout plan this week looks like this:
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| 2010-01-04 12:23 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 65 Port Kent, NY | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN I printed off a training schedule but it is so hard to follow b/c I don't even know hour to hour sometimes. I don't really have anywhere to swim so I only get one day a week to swim right know, so going to have to really make it count. I live pretty far from town. I have to talk to my son's daycare about leaving him longer one day a week to possible get in two swim days a week. I live right on a lake so once it is warm enough to swim in the lake that is where I'll be and then I can swim everyday if I want too!!! |
| 2010-01-04 12:25 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Elite 5316 Alturas, California | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Unless your workout states that it is a "Brick" workout, you typically want some recovery time between the workouts like am, noon, after work. Most of my weight training is core/back legs and mostly in the off season. In the middle of heavy training, often those muscles can't really take too much more abuse 8). I have found that I can't do arm workouts on swim days and try not to do leg workouts within 12 hours of speedwork or of my long run. I tend to do light core workouts that can fit in anywhere... with several hours of recovery between. My 2 coppers.... |
| 2010-01-04 12:36 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
| Regular 62 Philadelphia, Pa | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi Kati & Group, I would certainly like to join your group as long as it is still open. I am 29 and planning on doing the New Jersey Olympic Tri in July, as well as perhaps a sprint in May/June. I have completed 2 sprints before (1 each in the previous 2 years) and played college football as well as club field hockey, as a result I found that unfortunately I will not consistently train without a carrot on the end of the stick. I am planning on starting fairly slow in the beginning since I got married in September and have been enjoying married life and the holidays a little too much. Obviously I am open to all and any tips or advice. Also, I just went back to school so I do have a lot more time than I had the last few years and really enjoy an athletic lifestyle, so I am looking forward to the change. Thanks, Larry Edited by ljk2171` 2010-01-04 1:31 PM |
| 2010-01-04 12:40 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 65 Port Kent, NY | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN I have a couple of questions? 1. How long between races do I need to take for recovery? 2. I broke my elbow twice and it doesn't straighten out all the way so swimming puts a lot of strain on my elbow on top of my shoulder same arm pops out sometimes so that as well gets very sore/tired. I am talking to a friend that is a OT trying to figure something out for my elbow so I can't straigthen it because that is very painful. I wear a brace on my elbow most always these days b/c of carring around my son. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated. |
| 2010-01-04 1:52 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Elite 5316 Alturas, California | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Ok so I am in a chatty mood and it has nothing to do with being back to work after 2 weeks off and not really wanting to write a long boring report.. or maybe it does. In any case I will just share what my experience is and our fearless leader can chime in with her greater experience. Your recovery time between races really depends on the length of the race. So you could do 5k races on back to back weekends and sprint Tri's one to two weeks apart if you really wanted to. You wouldn't expect any improvement in your time as there was no additional training, but you would be decently recovered. I wouldn't do a 2nd Oly for 3 weeks, a second half marathon for about the same and wouldn't do a 2nd HIM for a month. I stagger an IM and a marathon 6 months appart for recovery reasons. A HIM can be done 5-7 weeks before an IM if the training is already in place for the IM leading up to the HIM. There is a difference between being recovered enough to start lite training and being recovered enough to race again. I can train lightly a day or two after a sprint, several days after a half or oly and a week after a HIM. A mary is more like 2 weeks and a IM is pretty close to a month of nothing afterwards. The longer you have been doing longer distance events and the higher your annual vollume in the three events, the quicker you will recover. As for the swim... I would consider looking into a TI workshop or coaching that has less of an emphasis on that really straight arm reach of traditional swim instruction. You may not end up going as fast, but you might be able to do it without pain. Once again, just my 2 coppers, please consult others on the topic before making final decisions 8). Alright my PBJ is done I will go finish off that report now. |
| 2010-01-04 3:27 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Wow, a gal goes offline for a while and the group gets hopping! I think Steve has wonderful thought on just about everything! The recovery between races is spot on, and there is truly a big difference between finishing a race and racing a race. I would do a sprint the weekend before an IM, but I sure wouldn't be racing it! As for training timing, the really biggies for me are: 1. Training is meant to fit into your life, not vice versa. It is absolutly ideal to have 2 - 3 hours between a 2 a day workout, but if all you have is one big block of time to fit both in it is certainly not the end of the world. Treat one discipline as an aerobic low intensity and do the other as planned. 2. Workouts are so very individual. I can do a hard swim workout combined with a bike or run and not see any ill effects on my bike and run, but I am a swimmer by nature and recover very quickly from those workouts. 3. Know your key workouts for the week. Those should be placed in the ideal position with full recovery before and after and so that they will most likely get done. 4. Identify the purpose of your workout. Is it an aerobic base building or endurance workout - then focus on that and don't beat yourself up about speed. Speedwork - make it hurt, really give it your gusto. I am a bit type A, but that is my policy. I try to ask myself what the purpose is each workout. FYI, sometimes the purpose is just to get the heck out of the house and away from the madness : ) Weights, ah the eternal question for endurance athletes! I do 2 days a week of all over weight work that is functional in nature and mostly body weight focused. These are usually either also run days, and the weights are done after my run in an ideal world. I am too ADHD (and don't enjoy it enough) to do the whole upper body/ lower body. Finally, welcome Larry! Congratulations on getting married! What are you studying? |
| 2010-01-04 4:03 PM in reply to: #2593257 |
| Regular 62 Philadelphia, Pa | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Thanks, went back to became a teacher (secondary education). Hopefully this semester will be like the last and I will have a decent amount of free time (at least compared to working 40-45 hours each week.) |
| 2010-01-04 10:30 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
| Member 24 NE Texas | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi Kati and others,If there is room I would love to join this group. I have yet to do a tri but have been planning this year for about 8 months. Over the past year i have lost almost 100 lbs, which was a lot of work. I don't want it to go to waste and the variety in triathlons are appealing. I have run a few 5k's over the winter so far and my long runs are about 13 miles in length. I am biking about 2-3 times a week (a longer one at 1.5-2.0 hours) and just started getting the swim in a couple of times a week. Also, I am planning to suspension workouts (TRX) per week for total body and core. Overall I like/need that carrot out there to keep me going. Anyway, if there is room i would greatly appreciate any help/advice/kick in the tail that can be provided. Also, I am husband and father of 3 and work as much as i have to or as little as i can get away with while getting it done.Thanks,James |
| 2010-01-05 6:53 AM in reply to: #2594130 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Shinka - 2010-01-04 10:30 PM Hi Kati and others,If there is room I would love to join this group. I have yet to do a tri but have been planning this year for about 8 months. Over the past year i have lost almost 100 lbs, which was a lot of work. I don't want it to go to waste and the variety in triathlons are appealing. I have run a few 5k's over the winter so far and my long runs are about 13 miles in length. I am biking about 2-3 times a week (a longer one at 1.5-2.0 hours) and just started getting the swim in a couple of times a week. Also, I am planning to suspension workouts (TRX) per week for total body and core. Overall I like/need that carrot out there to keep me going. Anyway, if there is room i would greatly appreciate any help/advice/kick in the tail that can be provided. Also, I am husband and father of 3 and work as much as i have to or as little as i can get away with while getting it done.Thanks,James Welcome James! Jeez, it sounds like your workouts are great already - now just add in that swim! I can't wait to hear about the suspension workouts, I had that on my X-mas list but, alas, I had a lot of other goodies on there too ; ) 100 lbs. off is amazing! Have you chosen your race yet? I'm getting my lazy butt outside for a run today. I have been hiding inside with this cold snap, but it's going to reach 32 today so I'd better get out there while I can. I woke up early (well, only 5:45 which isn't really early, but since I've been sleeping until 7 on the off season it's kinda early) and did some strength & yoga work - always a great way to start the day! |
| 2010-01-05 7:53 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 65 Port Kent, NY | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Thanks for all the great advice!! I was afraid I wasn't giving my self enough time between races but I am!!! As for my elbow, thanks Baowolf I hadn't thought of talking to a swim coach or TI workshop, I'll be doing that!!! |
| 2010-01-05 9:54 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 90 York, PA | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi Everybody. Haven't begun any swims yet. |
| 2010-01-05 11:55 AM in reply to: #2591018 |
| 3 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Is this group still open? I would love to join! I am a swimmer and part time runner and am looking at my first triathlon this June. Looking to do a sprint but as I get stroner, would love to aim for Olympic. Have run a few 5Ks last year and was a runner in high school. I would LOVE any and all advice possible. 2010: This year I have vowed to LIVESTRONGer. I am inspired by those who have fought hard, regardless if they won or not. |
| 2010-01-05 12:02 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Welcome Kristin! I am a swimmer too - you don't find as many of 'us' in the tri community. It's usually everyone's lease favorite. |
| 2010-01-05 12:24 PM in reply to: #2591018 |
Member 39 | Subject: RE: Kati's MOMMA training group - OPEN Hi everyone! I would like to join your group if possible. I am signing up for my first sprint in August 2010. This is my very first tri. I am a full time working mom of a 9 month old girl. It has been challenging for me to find balance between my work, being married, motherhood, and exercise. I want to do a tri sprint to give me focus and direction along with improving my overall physical health. Right now I work out 3-4 times a week. Running is not my strong suit so I am beginning the Couch to 5K program. After completing that, I would like to start an intensive tri-sprint training. (I am open to suggestions on other ways to train also!) Thanks and I can't wait to hear responses! Christina |
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