chrisbowers group "Now We're Rolling!" - Full (Page 10)

Dental surgery does not sound like fun!!  Hope your pain meds are keeping you comfortable! 

I have a pretty light training week lined up.  My BT schedule has the last full week of each month as a light week, so I'm enjoying it and taking it easy.  It works out perfectly after the 10K I ran last weekend, I'm feeling like my legs could use a little rest!  Hope everyone is doing well!!

I think as long as you listen to your body and you feel good you can do very little to no taper for a sprint. Follow your training plan for a taper for an Oly or above. I think a one week break between 2 sprints is fine too. The key to all of this is picking your races that you want to perform best in. Prepare for them with the taper and rest necessary to have your body ready to perform at an "A" level.

Tri-#2 in 10 days!  This  should be a easy week,  have a 5k practice run  this afternoon.  Plan on 1 or 2 OWS pratices this weekend with another person doing Breezy Point.  Water temperatur in Hampton Roads  looks like it should be above 75deg. Also will be doing some short swim/bike and bike/run  bricks at a outdoor pool.

I posted my race log last week, and thought I had posted about it here in the forum, but it looks like that didn't go through.

Ill just say overall it was a good experience, but the swim -which I expected to be the best part - was by far my worst.

I started working out this week on Tues, but missed my Fri/Sat workouts due to work, and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to keep up with my new schedule for the next two weeks. Pretty frustrating. I am going to have to buckle down though, b/c I have a sprint June 19. 

Question: How are people practicing OWS prior to their races? I can walk in off the beach, but without any buoys/ visual aids, its hard to know what distance I'm covering or to work on spotting. Suggestions? My next race is an 800 ows.

Hope everyone's having a great Memorial day weekend.

Scot

Hey, Scot - 

I enjoyed reading your race report!  It looks like it was a nice short race to work out a few kinks & get you ready for your longer races.  Oh, and congrats on WINNING your age group.  Way to go! 

-Ally

Good to hear you weren't too bad after your fall. Hills can be tricky when you slow right down and don't have the energy left to get going again.

Well I've started running greater distances, albeit at a slower pace. Hopefully it'll give me something to build on and help burn away some fat! I also did an organised bike ride yesterday to try out my new mountain bike. It was fine but the wind was in my face all the way and it ended up feeling like I'd done double the distance!

Still loving the Forerunner, am hoping to use it to 'redo' some routes I've done with others and download some new ones off the internet to keep the training fresh.

I just did my first OWS practice today, too.  The water was absolutely frigid!  I'm estimating low 60's...  The cold water was the hardest part.  Hands, feet and head were numb as soon as they touched the water.  But my wetsuit worked great for keeping my body warm!  Hands and feet were bright red when I got out of ocean! 

I did my OWS at Sandy Beach (Atlantic Ocean), which is where the swim portion of my first tri will be held.  The visibility was surprisingly great - not sure that will be the case on race day, the water was relatively calm today.  It was good practice for trying out my tri-suit with wetsuit to see how that felt with swimming in it. 

One issue I did not anticipate - my goggles kept fogging up.  Guess I need to buy some de-fogger?  They fit great - no leaking - and they don't usually fog up when I wear them for a pool swim - do you think it's b/c of the difference in water/air temperature during my OWS? 

Oh, regarding measuring distance during an OWS...  I didn't focus so much on distance, I swam where I think I remembered the course being last year (I volunteered at this race last year).  I focused more on getting comfortable in the water, getting my stroke down and my time in the water swimming to estimate a distance.

Oh no!  Glad you're okay!!  You have a great attitude about it!

Sorry to hear about your jellyfish sting, ouch!  I used to live near Virginia Beach when I was younger and I remember there being SO many jellies there!!  They're not an issue here (yet) - the water is WAY TOO COLD!

I enjoyed reading your race report!  Congrats on your race, nice job!! 

I'm occasionally plagued with this myself, so I'll be interested to hear what ideas people have.  I've had it suggested to make sure you don't let yourself get dehydrated.  Also, when it happens, you might try and inhale really fully to help expand/push down on your diaphragm.  Has it been really hot on these last few runs?  I seem to have more issues with this in the heat..

just a tip on using the blog...

If someone leaves you an "inspire" on one of your workouts & you type a response in the box below it (where it says leave a comment) your comment will only show up in your blog - the other person won't see it unless they happen to go back & view that particular workout & inspire of yours.  Instead, click on the "reply" button & a separate window will open (with the original message quoted) and type your reply there - it will post in the other person's blog (as an inspire to them)- so they will be sure to see it. 

bummer.  sure hope it doesn't turn out to be anything serious..

Good Luck this Sunday!

Ive got an OWS group meeting this Sunday where my next tri swim is. Looking forward to checking out the course/getting in the water.

Going over my Race Day checklist one more time.  Have to get up a bit earlier VDOT is testing the tide gates on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel  tomorrow morning (5-7 AM) will have to drive the long way, just like any work day.  Race starts a 8AM I in third way at 8:08.  Here are my goals for this race: 1000m swim

Tsvi

Don't know why only half  my message got posted.  But  My goal is to finish in 1:50.  Also good luck to anyone is also racing this weekend.

Tsvi

Good luck tomorrow, Carol!!  Psyched for you!!  You're going to do great!

That's right... Your sprint is this weekend, too!!  Best of luck, Tsvi!!  Can't wait to hear how it goes/went.  Have fun!!