Lumber Dad's Mentor Group - Closed (Page 10)

wmcgee62 - 2011-01-11 12:54 PM I biked on the trainer last night for 30 minutes and could not get HR above 107.  Believe its due to low sleep (3 hrs due to getting called in to work)  Go off oncall at 5 today but back on call Friday ( loss lots of people) .  Just wondered if any one was going to see the Movie"HOOD TO COAST" tonight. I believe its a one night event. Its about the run from MT Hood to the Pacific coast.

sozzie - 2011-01-10 7:49 PM Decided I didn't want to run inside tonight so I braved the cold weather and got a 9k (5.59m) run in.

Temp: -8c/17f
Temp with wind: -15c/5f

Shawn 1 : Winter 0.

wmcgee62 - 2011-01-11 1:41 PM

Way to go, Are you shooting for double digits numbers in the Shawn column? 


Getting out there in the cold is difficult for me the first couple of times but now it doesn't bother me. I just want to keep track of the coldest day I run in this year. (since I hated it so much before)

jsenc2002 - 2011-01-11 8:58 PM For a non-weather question, I am curious how you all treat recovery?  Any tricks for a relative novice?  Thanks in advance!

wmcgee62 - 2011-01-12 10:09 AM Dropped 3lbs. I have learned when I work the crazy hours with little sleep I don't want to trust the scale much. Got my first full 6 hours of sleep last night (was getting 2 to 4 a night since Thursday)

jcrrankin - 2011-01-12 11:44 AM second swim lesson tonight...got off rack with nutrition side of eating...back on track this week.  a quick question for folks who know more about triathlons than me.....if a Beginner did an Olympic triathlon, and the goal is "just to finish"....what would be reasonable times to shoot for each of the swim, bike, and run sections. someone old me that the race will have a "maximum" time to finish? thks and hope all is going well for everybody.

53epilot - 2011-01-12 12:46 PM Woke up this morning with a small stomach issue, decided not to run but postpone until this afternoon. 

Let me answer some questions that have been thrown out:

(1)  Weight loss - I am at 3 lbs for the year, shooting for 20 lbs
(2)  Sleep - I have been trying to get anywhere from 7.5 to 9 hours a night.  I can't train on less than 7.5 and when my training hours increase to above 10 a week, I need the 9 hours a night.
(3)  Log book - I do keep a log book in addition to the training log online.  I don't think you can print out the comments from the BT log (or at least I don't know how) which are usually what I like to go back to look at. 
(4)  Recovery - Love the chocolate milk;  I have done the ice bath, but only if my body is really hurting;  usually I just use a recovery shake or drink and rest for a day or two.
(5)  Swimming water temp - The pool I use is relatively new (1.5 years old) and when they were opening it up, the heater would stop working all the time.  The pool temp is normally cold (they favor lap swimmers) but this was crazy.  I actually wore my wetsuit in there once, just to stay warm (it is a saltwater pool, wetsuits not recommened in a chlorine pool).  I better get used to swimming in the cold, just found out that the Whirlpool Ironman 70.3 Steelhead water temp is normally 64 - 72 degrees F.  My wetsuit is shortsleeve and I don't see any room in the budget for a long sleeve one.

BTW, I just crossed over from Regular to Veteran on BT, still have a ways to go to be an Extreme Veteran like Lumber Dad.

 

wmcgee62 - 2011-01-11 2:41 PM

Way to go, Are you shooting for double digits numbers in the Shawn column? 


Getting out there in the cold is difficult for me the first couple of times but now it doesn't bother me. I just want to keep track of the coldest day I run in this year. (since I hated it so much before)