jsiegs and slornow's Train Hard and Have Fun group - CLOSED for Training (Page 10)

Good morning!  I feel better today.  At least the vertigo has been going away quicker each time I have an attack.

What is everyone up to today?  Rainy today so left the bike at home (wanted to see about a little spin around post at lunch).  My training for the day may be a wedding cake tasting this afternoon.  Rough life for the groom to be!  I'm moving out of my current rental and in with the fiancee soon, so I have to show our house to some potential renters tonight, but if I have time bewteen the cake tasting and that I'll try to get my first swim in awhile in.

Great weather here in Dallas! Will bike and run today. Sure hope your vertigo gets better, Joe. Between that and your wedding...wow!

Randy, I know about that getting older. My knees...aarrgggh! Never give up, though!

Cold and rainy here.  I swam 2000yds today.  Wanted to do more but the pool was so crowded it was getting difficult. 

@Joe-Enjoy the cake tasting!  I wish I was eating cake today.

Christy

@Joe: I am glad to hear your vertigo 'attacks' are becoming quicker to recover from, also enjoy the cake tasting. I am told by my 'boss' that we will be scheduling that soon also.

Thanks for the information about the different types of rear wheel trainers and roller trainers. I found a really great deal (at least from the ad), on a trainer via Craigslist.

Yesterday, I had a great workout. 30 minutes of strength training, and decided to do an endurance run. 25 minutes on the treadmill, with a sole focus on keeping my heart rate below 140. After my brick on Sunday I realized that I have not been breathing properly, and had a really hard time keeping my HR low....this is not normal for me. The run felt great, and overall I was really pleased with the training session. Not sure what I will do today, I have a Sprint Tri on Saturday so I don't want to overdo any training, and ensure that I have fresh legs. Thinking I might go for a short bike ride (25 miles).Regardless I am definitely going to do another solid session of stretching, the session this morning felt great.

@Christy: I am sorry to hear about attending the funeral, it is definitely hard to stay focused when life's events occur. Instead of turning away from training, a lot of times I find myself looking forwarding to training (swim, bike, run, strength training etc), and trying to zone everything out. I have found that there are certain times when I am unsuccessful at this, but it is still training time I guess.

@Randy: Best of luck with the rest of your training for the Olympic.

djb45 - 2011-05-04 12:33 PM Christy, You are my new hero! How long have you been racing tris? Swimming,running,biking? Do you look forward to all three trainings or do you dread one over the other?

@Deb-You just made my day!!! I've been smiling since I read your post.  Are you sure you're not my mom, pretending to be someone else?

I did my first tri 6 or 7 years ago.  I did 3, then took a few years off (moved and had kids).  I started again last year.  I've been trying REALLY hard to stick to my training plan this year.  Last year I kind of slacked off with my training.  At the end of the season I knew I could have done so much better if I would have stuck with my training.  I've been swimming forever.  Biking and running are new to me.  I don't mind swimming or running.  I dread biking outside.  I actually get sick to my stomach I'm so nervous.  I try to put the fear in the back of my mind and just do it. 

Thanks again!!

Stumbled across an interesting article during lunch today. http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/Stop-Running-Long-on-Sundays.htm?cmp=306&memberid=115110455&lyrisid=21823470, a interesting look at scheduling of long runs (Sundays) after long bike days (Saturdays). I thought it was interesting, since we have been talking about recovery and rest days briefly.

Beautiful day today - hoping my husband leaves work early so I can get a small ride and small run in. This is my last 'brick' before race day. My nerves are really getting to me. Sunday we went out to the race site and I think reality hit. I thought I was prepared, but I really don't feel like I am. It's as if I wish I had an two weeks so I can run the course and familiarize myself with it.

I really hope these are just 'First Timer' nerves.

The talk about indoor trainers is interesting - I'm a fan of just 'manning up' and gettincold/wet.

Stunning day over in the UK today! I went out on a tough hilly ride with some people from the university cycling team and then a 5k run straight after. I decided that I should start doing a few more bricks. 

How many times are you guys doing bricks? And roughly what sort of distances?

I only do bricks once a week.  I do a short run after my long bike.  This weekend it's a 2 hour ride and a 50 min run.  This will be the longest one I've done.  I'm kind of nervous about it. 

I never feel prepared enough.  I think there is always some doubt.  BUT...you've put in the training and you are ready!!!  My first race of the season is in 2 weeks and 4 days.  I'm sick to my stomach just thinking about it.  I don't think the nerves ever to away.  Just trust in your training, do your best and have fun.  I can't wait to hear how it went.

Christy

What race are you doing this weekend? I am doing a sprint triathlon here in Jacksonville. Not worried about the distance, more worried about the little things (transitions), and essentially the fear of the unknown. Best of luck, look forward to comparing notes on our first time tris.

Good luck this weekend!

I'm doing a Super Sprint here in Houston - it's women only, I had to leave the testosterone out, lol! We were trying to figure out where transition will be set up, and for the life of me, I couldn't figure it out. As we were leaving the park a ton of fear came over me. I just hope I can mentally run through it before the horns sound! I guess I'll have to find someone to follow, ha!

I'm in the second of 6 waves, hopefully that's a good place to be

@ Randy, I wanted to thank you for leaving me an inspiration in my training log. It motivated me to get out and run 4 miles. I have been busy with my daughter and son starting their t-ball season. Practices and games sprinkled throughout the week make it difficult to fit in training but I need to work better at it and not let lazyness get the best of me.

How do you decide when you are tired and need a break, or just tired and need to push through?  I'm exhausted.  I woke up early to run this morning.  I need to get a swim in today.  But I'm so tired.  How do you decide when to push yourself and when to take a break.  This week and next week are my highest training hours so I feel like i need to push myself.  On the other hand, I don't want to get hurt or sick.

Any thoughts?

Christy