Mamma Amy Knows Best - Mentor Group Year One - CLOSED (Page 10)

2013-01-18 10:05 AM

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Finished my masters swim class earlier this morning. I think I have been doing better since I spoke with my coach. Things have slowed down in my lane and hopefully it will payoff in the long run, learning to swim the right way. I have a 10 mile run planned for Saturday at a 135 bpm pace which is about 11.5 min/mile for me and should bring me to about a 2 hour run. Again I hope this Hadd training where you run longer at a slower pace to build your aerobic capacity pays off. I started doing spin classes and will do one early on Sunday. I really like the music in the spin classes, I used to like to dance and it brings me back to my old disco days (Ha! Ha!).

BTW - DRINKING LOTS OF WATER TODAY!

Amy - Enjoy your day off and have a great weekend everyone!

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jeuart

2013-01-18 11:50 AM

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So glad it's Friday. It's been a couple of long weeks for me, with the knee pain and my allergies flaring up. But they both seem better now. I switched up my allergy meds, so I'm back to actually sleeping. Today is the first time in two weeks my knee hasn't hurt at all! So excited. I had physical therapy this morning and they did a little ultrasound and a steroid treatment to help me heal completely. They gave me one new strength move to do to work on my hamstrings. But the therapist said this should totally be short term.

So far today, I did about 30 minutes of work at PT, then a 45-minute yoga class. If I'm not too tired, I'd like to get in a swim tonight. Then Saturday is my long run day, but we're in a cut-back week, so it's only 2 miles. Nice way to ease my knee back into things. Sunday is usually rest. And I have the day off work Monday, so I might try a midday spin class at the Y.

Best of all, we actually have sun in Ohio today. That helps my mood so much. Have a great weekend, everyone!

mcenteno

2013-01-18 12:17 PM

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Very little rest this week given it's a "build" week...so I have:

Friday: recovery swim and short run
Saturday: 1.5 hour base ride
Sunday: swim and longish run

Just reading that list makes me tired already!

Martha

(in a now snowy landscape) Raleigh, North Carolina

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2013-01-18 2:42 PM

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I had a swim this morning and then Saturday is my long run (long for me) and sunday is a bike ride. I'm looking to possibly do a trail 5K in a few weeks, so I'm looking for some good trails to run on. And I need to buy some sneaks. Next week for me begins brick work on Wed leading up to the mini tri I have at the end of Feb. Happy weekend everyone!

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2013-01-18 3:41 PM

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Hey guys! Awesome news! The swimmer I wrote about a couple days back, Elaine Howley, has been selected as a sponsored athlete for Athleta! Isn't that cool?! She's the one who swam a mile in Boston Harbor in 41 degree water. Here's a link: http://cupofg.blogspot.com/2013/01/breaking-news-41-degree-water-sw...

2013-01-18 8:32 PM

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I am going to attempt my longest run ever in the morning. Consequently Sunday and probably Monday will be rest days. On a brighter note, weight loss is continuing in the right direction.

2013-01-18 8:32 PM

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83	Subject: RE: Mamma Amy Knows Best - Mentor Group Year One - CLOSED I am going to attempt my longest run ever in the morning. Consequently Sunday and probably Monday will be rest days. On a brighter note, weight loss is continuing in the right direction.

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2013-01-18 9:19 PM

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I find that 12 inches of snow and temps in the teens, really deflates inspiration to work out. A real struggle these passed couple of weeks, I have worked out, but the computer has been the furthest thing lately.

Anyone tried the "Tri Dot" workouts?

josephje

2013-01-19 1:26 AM

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Had a very very busy week, so i started my brick training a lil early in order to fit all my modalities in. Did a run/swim and a bike/swim. I've slowed my pace down a lil with the swimming and my endurance seems to be doing better. Feel like i've hit a plateau with my running. I'd like to mix it up with some intervals instead of pounding the pavement for 15-40mins. I'd like to mix it up in the pool too, just need to dig my kickboard, pull bouy, and maybe my fins out if i can find them in my scuba bag. All in all it was a productive week, didn't slack off on my stretching, so my achilles hasn't been bothering me as much

2013-01-19 9:38 AM

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D_L_B - 2013-01-18 9:32 PM I am going to attempt my longest run ever in the morning. Consequently Sunday and probably Monday will be rest days. On a brighter note, weight loss is continuing in the right direction.

Great job on keeping the weight loss going DLB. Good Luck on your run!

2013-01-19 4:19 PM

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Thanks JREDFLY. Planned on at least 10 miles and nailed that. Felt feisty so we decided to do it again. That's right, we went 20. Longest run that I have ever done was 10 and that was in September. My training partner and I went from our long runs at 6 miles to 20. Possibly the worst idea we have had in a while. At 18ish miles I started praying for a rabid animal to come out and chew my leg off so I could stop running.maybe a little bragging but I was/am pretty excited.

2013-01-19 6:08 PM

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D_L_B - 2013-01-19 5:19 PM Thanks JREDFLY. Planned on at least 10 miles and nailed that. Felt feisty so we decided to do it again. That's right, we went 20. Longest run that I have ever done was 10 and that was in September. My training partner and I went from our long runs at 6 miles to 20. Possibly the worst idea we have had in a while. At 18ish miles I started praying for a rabid animal to come out and chew my leg off so I could stop running.maybe a little bragging but I was/am pretty excited.

Holy Crap! Congratulations on going over the 20 mile mark but be careful out there. You will probably have some serious weight loss to report tomorrow.

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2013-01-19 6:38 PM

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D_L_B - 2013-01-19 2:19 PMThanks JREDFLY. Planned on at least 10 miles and nailed that. Felt feisty so we decided to do it again. That's right, we went 20. Longest run that I have ever done was 10 and that was in September. My training partner and I went from our long runs at 6 miles to 20. Possibly the worst idea we have had in a while. At 18ish miles I started praying for a rabid animal to come out and chew my leg off so I could stop running.maybe a little bragging but I was/am pretty excited.

WOW!!! 20 miles!!! That's fantastic!!

2013-01-19 10:46 PM

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83	Subject: RE: Mamma Amy Knows Best - Mentor Group Year One - CLOSED Event after next is a marathon. Have to push hard. Anyone have any hints for sore hips? After 15ish miles, just the top of my thigh/bottom of my hip socket started to get sore. Fine after stopping but was almost a game stopper.

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2013-01-20 10:21 AM

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So you planned 10 and did 20 miles. Wow! That is some serious mileage. Now you know you can go the distance.

Personally, I find that my mid-week mileage needs to be pretty high when I have those long runs on the weekend. I actually try to keep to keep my long run to 1/3 of my total weekly mileage. (Fwiw - I think that formula comes from Daniels running book.) So when I'm marathon training when I have a 20 mile run my weekly mileage will be 40 miles for a weekly total of 60 miles.

The reason I do that is because that way my body is strong enough to not get injured on those long runs. For my and second marathons I had much lower mileage and I suffered from ITBS both times by the time I got to the race. When I upped my mileage over all - I found that I did better preventing injuries.

Other runners can do marathon training with much lower mileage and have good success so if this works for you that's awesome.

After my long runs (16+) I "enjoy" an ice bath and compression pants to aid in my recovery. Plus lots of water - lots.

D_L_B - 2013-01-18 5:19 PM Thanks JREDFLY. Planned on at least 10 miles and nailed that. Felt feisty so we decided to do it again. That's right, we went 20. Longest run that I have ever done was 10 and that was in September. My training partner and I went from our long runs at 6 miles to 20. Possibly the worst idea we have had in a while. At 18ish miles I started praying for a rabid animal to come out and chew my leg off so I could stop running.maybe a little bragging but I was/am pretty excited.

2013-01-20 11:18 AM

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D_L_B - 2013-01-19 11:46 PM Event after next is a marathon. Have to push hard. Anyone have any hints for sore hips? After 15ish miles, just the top of my thigh/bottom of my hip socket started to get sore. Fine after stopping but was almost a game stopper.

DLB, recently that happened to me on a day I was increasing my mileage. The person I was with was an experienced marathoner, he paused his watch and he had me stop for a minute and we stretched it out by spreading my legs apart and leaning to the opposite side. Pain went away and I was able to finish. Hope that helps.

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2013-01-20 3:03 PM

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2013-01-20 7:02 PM

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James,

239. Still tracking the right way.

Regards,

John