Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux (Page 10)

Did my first "faster" run since last June this morning.  Mile fast (for my current fitness) off the bike then two hill reps, followed by a couple miles of easy hills.

Felt great and terrible at the same time... how I've missed that.    All systems go (ribs still sore, so not swimming yet, but running seems OK now, plus the usual aches and pains of an oldster).

Have a local 5k (Life is Good in the 'Wood, Rollingwood 5k - course goes right by our new place) this Friday night.  Haven't decided if I'll jog/walk with the kids or see what my 5k fitness currently is then loop back and finish with the kids.  Not sure I want to know. 

And I'll echo my Strava sentiments here - CONGRATS JANYNE (and honorary pod-mate SPUDMOM)!  Wish we were there for the race to have cheered you on in person.

Matt

Story of my life these days.

Glad you are (sorta) enjoying getting back at it.

Dang! that is a lot of water!

Crazy stuff! Pretty soggy over there. We're getting rain but not that much.

And we are in a drought!

Wow, that is a whole lot of water. Stay safe, all of you in that area!

That ATV looks pretty fun.  Last picture reminds me of photos I've seen of the IM swim through the Woodlands.

Bwaahaaahaa!  Awesome...

And get your redneck on?  FTW

Happily, only minor flooding here in Austin.  Just a small puddle left in the parking lot left (and some happily full lakes).

Matt

Awesome Matt! 

The flood pics from our Texas manatees are just wow!  Hope things dry out quickly and without consequence, returning life to normal ASAP.  Stay safe.

McMatt - good to hear you are mostly back at it, mostly pain-free, aside from the normal pains.

Stay as dry as possible! 

Hi everyone - lots of stuff going on! 

I haven't been super dedicated with training lately - my DH is away in China until tomorrow night and i've been single-parenting/holding down the fort for two weeks. I caught a head-cold last week which was a big downer. I have a 10k race i've done many times. My PB for this course was last year at 50:03 - but i doubt i'll be anywhere near it this year. Oh what a difference a year makes ... it will be fun to get out nonetheless and i'll aim for 55 mins and a good fitness test. 

Things are ramping up for our reno. We're adding a second storey and digging out our basement to get more height (basically will be a whole new house) - we're going to get approvals for the first part with the city next week. Eeek! Lots of that is on my mind! 

I try to do strength training all year round.  I think it is important for women because of the threat of osteoporosis, but I also find it helpful in general and I like the way I feel when I do it.  I'm sure I'm not doing the kind of workouts you are doing, but, yes, I can feel the soreness/fatigue of strength workouts during swim/bike/run stuff.  I do try to be smart about things though, so I will keep my leg work for the days I have long/hard run, eg, run in the morning, leg stuff after work. The next day is either no run or an easier run.  During weeks that I have a race, I won't do any leg stuff after Tuesday.   As far as upper body strength, I'm not as careful with that, so my arms don't always feel the greatest when I swim.   

Something to ask yourself with that is why you are lifting weights? Look at what you want to get out of it. Applies to about any activity, really. If you're really wanting to maximize effectiveness of what you're doing you'll want a better (or more specific) answer than something vague or generic like getting in shape or to be stronger. Although "fun to do" and "lifting heavy things" are still valid answers. Just going back to knowing why you're doing something.

I didn't lift at all for several years while strongly s/b/r focused. I had no maximal strength issues and generally found other methods more directly related to the activity for specific issues that came up. I could still pick up and more (tip over) anything around the house except the car. I wasn't battling for position in basketball or other sports anymore. I was healthy enough to do all the motions of s/b/r, just needed much more practice to do them better and more aerobic development to do them harder for longer. So keeping it up was getting in the way of what I wanted to do.