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stevebradley - 2010-04-03 1:24 PM MANDY - How long do we have to wait for the other two? I'm giddy with anticipation right now! You tease, you!

stevebradley - 2010-04-03 8:04 AM HEY GANG! Sorry I was slightly slack again yesterday, as things - yard stuff, bird surveys, training, my on-going cold - keep derailing me. I departed the computer yesterday still owing SHAUN and STEVE some decent responses, and now even more have added to my to-do list. Yikes! There are some good discussions happening, though, and it seems as if you are all doing quite well, whirling into springspringSPRING! (It was 78 here yesterday, and I knocked off a 2-hour ride.) Lovely morning here again, and I'm looking at a brisk brick later on. Any ambitious plans in the works, all?

TriD64 - 2010-04-03 11:50 AM Love your posts Steve. I'm heading out for my first outdoor ride of the year. Minimal hills, but more than with the trainer . I'll adopt your attitude. Mark

LadyNorth - 2010-04-01 8:05 PM



I went for my 1st long clipless ride yesterday - wasn't bad - I tried to clip out and in quite a bit - clipping in took a few tries sometimes but never had a problem clipping out.  I think I worried about it more than I needed too.  So don't waste your time worrying about it.
Denise

stevebradley - 2010-04-04 5:18 AM ANNE once more - Wonderful swim post to Kasia, too! And as one who has had an almost identical experience with swimming, how easy do you find it to slip back into the leisurely, effortless, stroke patterns? I can do it in a heartbeat; it seems to be what is most prominently imprinted in my muscle memory.

stevebradley - 2010-04-04 5:51 AM



TRACEY -

Denise and Anne have already given you some thoughts about the plan you posted a couple of days ago, and I agree with what they have said. And while I don't think what you propose there will affecet your neuroma, it might raise issues with whatever knee problems you've had.

My gentle suggestion would be to scrap the Wednesday run in week 1, and tentatively pencil in Thursday as a rest day in week 2. I see, though, that you have both Saturday and Sunday of week 2 as rest days -- is this because you have family commitments then, or will be travelling? If neither of those is the case, then I would have Th for rest, do the Th one on Fr and the Fr one on Sa, and then rest on Su. And while resting on Sunday, evaluate how you and your body have responded to the first two weeks of a run-focus program.

Remember, too, that some of our bodies' best advances happen when we are resting. This is certainly true in terms of adequate sleep, but also just in the mental and physiological benefits that come from rest days. And given that the level of intensity in your program is kind of new to you, your body may be a bit behind your brain as you work to implement it; another rest day during the first two weeks might help it (the bod) to adjust to the new stressors.

One more thing, if I may? For the week 1 Sa run, go for a 10km pace instead of 5km. The combination of double the distance at your fastest (which would be 5km) pace is going to be difficult to maintain, I think. Many recommendations for long runs (which at this point is what 40' would count as) have them as being at 1-2 minutes slower than race pace. I don't think that for 40' you have to back down to 2 minutes slower than your 5km pace, but a good, full minute would be a decent starting point. You might find this hard to do, but one thing that will help is if you focus on your form. And as you are essentially doubling your time running, you'll maybe find that your form will fall apart some towards the end -- so if you focus on it initially, that might help you to maintain it for the full 40'.

Let me know what you think of those suggestions, okay?

stevebradley - 2010-04-04 5:03 AM MANDY - Oh, you must've made a lot of friends at THAT race! But, don't feel bad, cuz it happens to the best of them. My former coach, who was great when he was great, did that exact same thing at a marathon, too. You've got very good company there, Mandy! And let me guess -- you love compression?

lufferly - 2010-04-04 11:25 AM

Hey, all ... just checking in.  Tough couple of weeks ... my stepfather passed away Wednesday night (2 1/2 weeks after starting his chemo), so dealing with all of that stuff right.  Memorial service will be Tuesday, waiting for his family to get here.  Thankfully, there was not much suffering on his part and things went rather quickly ... was actually finishing up his daily word search puzzle within an hour of his death (it will be scanned and part of the tribute slideshow at the service).

My husband's job made a verbal offer last Tuesday in regards to his transfer to OKC (25% raise and all moving expenses) and was wanting to know if we are interested by Tuesday ... hoping to put them off a bit under the circumstances.  He will be jobless by June if we don't accept the offer. 

Too much to think about and too many stressors right now ... all I could garner up this week was a nice long walk on Friday morning.  May have to think about bowing out of Lone Star on the 24th, as that would be the best time to make a trip up to OKC since I've already requested the time off.

Hope everyone is doing well and will try to catch up next week.

Lisa

stevebradley - 2010-04-04 2:56 PM ANNE - Agreed -- way too easy to do, yet still something to love! Easing back into the bike stuff sounds smart to me, especially since hip woes last year seem to be implicated. I guess if you are doing a brick today, the winds must've died down some? Ours did not get to the 60kmh gusts that were predicted, which made a 10km run this morning more pleasurable. I did a tough 70'/18' brick yesterday and so felt quite flat on the run today. Aw, so it goes...... "So far so good" ---- May it continue!!