Aaron Davidson's Group -- Closed. (Page 10)

What does everyone this of adding mileage to rides done on the trainer? 

I've been adding them since I have an old cateye hooked up to the rear wheel, but I realized that as you up the intensity and lower the RPM, in one of Jorge's workouts, for instance, the speed decreases even though the work increases.

I'm just wondering if MPH makes any sense to everyone on trainer rides at all.

I wondered this as well, as I just hooked up the cadense sensor to the bike this week for my trainer rides. I was curious what the distance was coming out to, but didn't know if I should add the mileage to the workouts??? Is there a way to separate on the logs? I guess it's not true miles but they are miles....?

I don't have power, but I keep HR and cadence so I'll add those to my logs.  My cadence has been much higher since these workouts began.

Maybe that last workout was just an anomaly. 

In the interest of full disclosure, I signed up for a half marathon May 9 (the Pacer's Running Festival in Arlington, VA)...My sister lives in Maryland, so I'm combining the race with a visit to her and her family. I am half excited and half overwhelmed. I think it will be okay - I had to put my estimated finish time down on the race application, so my goal is to finish before my estimated finish time (2:30).

Thanks for the encouragement. Now to get those miles in!

I'm baaaaaack!  With jury duty behind me, I'm ready to get back into some serious training!  I got up this morning and did 40 min on the trainer.  Went pretty hard, but I'm still getting over a cold, so the chest was a little tight.  I hope everyone is doing well! 

That's probably it.  The Cateye just keeps average and I guess I don't think it's worth it to move my Polar to the rear wheel to have history, so I'll just keep tracking it and base my workouts on the HR and effort.

But I really could use a good excuse to spend the $$$ for a power measurement tool!  The finance committee isn't budging yet.

Welcome back Bill.  Time to hit it again.

You'll do great Jennifer.  2:30, or whatever time you hit, will be a win.  Keep everything in perspective.  We can lose that because we're in here all the time, relating to other athletes who train at such a high level.  Very few people in the world can even THINK about running 13.1, and you're toeing the starting line and doing it.

And I agree with Aaron that this group has been great, as has Aaron's advice.

On another side note in the interest of full disclosure - I have a job where I'm on the PC all day and have snippets of idle time while I'm waiting for things to complete, or in meetings/calls where I'm not really needed but I'm there in case there is a specific technical issue I can address.  The offshoot is that I tend to be on here a lot, and can get carried away and post too much.  I'm also Italian and thick skinned, so if I get on anyone's nerves with too many posts or advice feel free to shut me up, either here or via a PM.  My sisters have certainly said worse to me, so no worries!

Thanks again to everyone here, this group has really helped keep me motivated.  I still can't believe I'm running through a NE winter and actually enjoying it!

Agreed on all fronts...great group, great inspiration and information.

Jen, you will do great! ...at worst it's a long training run with support staff and cheering... it's a fun reward day!

What are the groups thoughts about opening up for a few more since we've lost a few? I'm very happy with the current crew but I'm also mindful of when I started last year and felt bad that I couldn't get into a mentor group.

I'm in a similar boat as Warren in front of computer all day but I'm sensitive so yell at Warren to back off and I'll get the hint. ;-)

I get bummed when I get home and see our thread is on PAGE 2 with no new posts - so post away! fun to read up in the evening!

you guys rock! it's great seeing what everyone is doing and reading up on various questions and such. Glad I did this!

I am also in front of a computer all day long...but I work from home. The work computer (on the work-only network) is right next to the home computer (with free and open access). Whenever I get frustrated with work, I pop over here to check things out - which means I am pretty active as well.

Please don't censure yourselves in terms of volume - I am always happy to see traffic on this thread (and my training log ;-) )...I agree with a previous poster (was it Warren or Bob? I can't remember) - could we open it up to another couple of people?

We have a snow day today (we must have 12 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours) - so minimal chances to work out for me today. I'm thinking of taking it as a rest day with a little stretching and foam roller and some snow shoveling. I've got two more weeks of Jorge's Winter Cycling plan to go and then I'm thinking of starting over from the beginning (after a brief rest period) since it's not going to be safe to ride outside for another few months. Now I just need to find something good to watch while torturing myself. Any suggestions?

Don't downplay snow shoveling.  My snow blower belt broke yesterday and I spent 2 hours shoveling slushy, heavy snow.   Great core workout, I think I'm going to have to add it to the log!

When I'm doing an interval trainer ride, I usually can't watch anything, I just crank up some tunes and suffer.

And by the way Jennifer, I just saw that "post a picture of your torture chamber" thread!  What a great idea.  I'm taking some pics tonight.

Hello all.  For those of you that questioned if you were posting too much, the answer is NO.  I find the information discussed here very helpful and also enjoy hearing other people that are suffering through this winter (misery loves company).  Aaron, I'm surprised my company hasn't blocked this site from our PC's... I work for a bank and they are very conservative about what websites they allow.  I'm a bit of a hot & cold poster.  If I have the time, and I'm happy with my training, I'll post away.  If I'm behind on my training or get real busy at work, you might not hear from me.  Keep posting!

Post away.  I love reading everything.  I am a man of few words (written and spoken), so someone's gotta take up my slack.  I would also be open to opening the group up to a few more.

I found this article last week, and I really like item #1.  http://trifuel.com/training/triathlon-training/the-top-11-triathlon-training-mistakes-that-triathletes-make 

Good luck on the half you will do great!  The half sounds like a lot but just concentrate on finishing it.  That was my goal for my first and since I had no expectation it was a great run.  I ran it pretty fast too!

Put that sticker on the minivan! ...to show you are one bad a** Mom!! 

Awesome job!!  Those runner's highs can carry you quicker and further! Wait til you feel that adrenaline rush at your next race...you will be flying!

Yah, I have been doing Spinervals and my MPH drops because it has 5 min warmup and 5 cool down.  It also has quick spins which are on the lower gears....which brings my mph down to about 14mph.  I can almost get off my bike and push it that fast! LOL

You're good bro!  BTW, great looking family you have there!

Thanks for mentioning that, it was great to see those chambers.  I was quite impressed with a few of them
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=193324&start=1

Thanks, my youngest didn't make the hike.  That's Mount Major we're on overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee (home of the Timberman) for those who know the area.  I put a picture of the baby (well, he's 7 now) in my profile.  Terrible picture of him since he's not even smiling, but it's all I have on this PC and I'm a geek so I wanted to try the picture links.


Edited by wbayek 2010-01-20 3:41 PM