kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 109)

I was talking to several people.  You don't get faster when you train.  You get faster when you recover.

This is true.  Always a lesson I've had a hard time with.  It's why I need a coach, a plan, something to keep me from myself.

Thanks Kelly! I will workout a schedule then based on that and see what happens. I am paying to go 2-3 times a week for swimming so I will try to keep it there and just continue to work on form and learn fly and breast.

Leaving you to your own devices is too much of a good thing.

Leaving me to my own devices = tibial stress fracture

Yep.  ITBS for me.

I guess it's almost been a week, so what's one more week??? i really want o take my dog trail running tomorrow. How about an easy walk jog Kelly? Or a swim? Something?

We are home!!! I'm so glad to be out of that car. It looks like the car vomited its contents out into our living room though.

Edited by karen26.2 2012-08-03 3:44 PM

Good luck tomorrow Larkin!!!

Karen - glad you made it home, now REST!! You deserve it!!! I feel the same way though - poorer food choices on days I don't train!

Thanks!!

Bike is all cleaned up and oiled. Stuff is layed out ready to go in the morning. Water temp reading this evening was 86, oh boy with start time temps in the mid-high 70's. I hope I can sleep tonight.

Have a great race!

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

My race report is posted in the Race Report Section (hey hey). I don't know how to link it here but I'll try.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=454214&posts=1&start=1

It's kind of personal at the end (Kelly knows) which was hard because I'm a pretty private person. But I felt like it needed to be included since it played a big part in my race.

There's a whole lot more I could have added, such as nutrition (or lack of), scary descents, almost being hit by a car, but I didn't want it too long.

Anyway it's there if you're interested in reading.

I posted this under your race report but wanted to put it here too.  **edited to add - I hope you don't mind.  If you want me to keep it under the race reports, let me know and I will delete!   

As I told you before, given the circumstance, I think you did a FANTASTIC job.  You have a sub 13 in you and you'll get it.

Thanks Kelly & Jen.

Now about the 13 hours - I will get there, but I don't know that Tahoe is the venue for that. 

I can't say it any better...x2

Thanks Michele & Steve, appreciate the nice thoughts.

So I have a question on strength training (Scott, Kelly, anyone)

I'm thinking about ordering "The New Rules of Lifting for Women" but wanted opinions. From the reviews, and a blogger I follow that uses the book, it sounds like a good plan. Basically it says a woman shouldn't strength train any different than a man. No light weights, heavy weights, progressively getting heavier as the plan progresses.

Does anyone know anything about this book? I want something I can follow and this seems like a good option. Opinions? Other books/plans I should look at?