Jamie's HIM/IM Training Group-CLOSED (Page 11)

dhopman - 2011-01-23 8:22 PM

Well my first brick of the season was a lot better than I would have predicted. I pretty much did an Oly tri (25 bike/6.2 run) sans-swim. Big success there, and I was in aero most of the time.

It was not without some mishap though. I biked two laps on this paved multi-use trail that runs along a drainage to the bay. Lap 1 was just under 40 minutes and I was hauling on lap 2, trying to beat my first split. There are lots of underpasses, where you pick up some speed going down then have a short climb coming back up. Some of them have a little bend in them so depending on your direction of travel, you pretty much have some blind turns when traveling at 18MPH on a bike.

One one of these blind slight right turns, I see a little girl on the left side of the path pedaling along, right at the bottom of the dip, before I turn slight right. Something in me said that she was not alone, and I got out of aero, onto my bull horns anticipating mom and dad behind her.

In the blink of an eye, I realize OH $H!T...mother and brother are trailing behind her riding side-by-side, brother is in MY lane. I lock up my rear wheel and am just skidding towards him on the slick cement...he freezes, there's no room to the right of this kid...mom is to the left...creek is to the left of her...SMASH. I totally bulldoze this kid, immediately, I'm apologizing, mom is telling the kid that's why you need to stay to the right, etc. He is shaken up but otherwise is fine. I end up with a small scratch on my fork, but no biggie. Once I realize I haven't killed a cute little 6 year old boy, he looks at me and says "you may pass". Mom laughs and says "see son, you just got in your first bike accident". I apologize once more then resume my ride, a little shaken up myself.

Can you tell what point this happened? =)

sbsmann - 2011-01-23 8:00 PM

Jamie,

Didn't sport the cheesehead mainly because the ventilation on those things is nonexistent.  At 17-0 now, Pittsburgh is looking pretty darn good and tough.  However, a friendly wager in what is shaping up to potentially be a classic Superbowl, would definitely be cool!

jamiej - 2011-01-24 5:15 AM Whoa. Glad everything turned out as well as it did. Do you have a HR graph? I bet you that was is pretty telling as well! Jamie

Jeepguy2358 - 2011-01-24 9:45 AM

To everyone - I see many of you are running 10+ miles right now.  What races do you have coming up where you have to do that kind of mileage?

JBougher - 2011-01-23 3:37 PM

90 min ride on the CT.  I rode the first 26 mi of my planned HIM course...love having tools like this....

Jeepguy2358 - 2011-01-24 9:45 AM



Dave - my buddy did the same exact thing a couple weeks ago!  I mean exactly!!

To everyone - I see many of you are running 10+ miles right now.  What races do you have coming up where you have to do that kind of mileage?

diamondgirl1973 - 2011-01-24 2:50 PM Got in a 2100yd swim at lunch.  Did it in 54 minutes.  Can you calculate sweat rate off a swim?  I was 140.6 going into it, didn't take in any water and was 139.2 coming out.  On the after weigh in, was I suppoesd to weigh in before peeing?

diamondgirl1973 - 2011-01-24 2:50 PM

Got in a 2100yd swim at lunch.  Did it in 54 minutes.  Can you calculate sweat rate off a swim?  I was 140.6 going into it, didn't take in any water and was 139.2 coming out.  On the after weigh in, was I suppoesd to weigh in before peeing?

RVachon - 2011-01-24 4:30 PM

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syscrash - 2011-01-24 1:48 PM

I went for a 33 minute run this morning.  I feel a lot better than I did so figured I'd give it a shot. My HR was a little higher than it usually is, but hey...I haven't done anything for 2 weeks. Otherwise I feel decent all things considered. Unless I bonk later today I'm going to run again tomorrow. If that takes then I'll be back at it

mpdiotte - 2011-01-24 4:33 PM Does anyone know if there is a way to export the training plans to calendar like office or goggle so I can get it to my iphone

diamondgirl1973 - 2011-01-24 10:26 PM

I did not pee in the pool, silly!  There was no scale in the locker room, so I had to shower and go back to the office before I could weigh in...  Couldn't wait that long.

So I just did an hour on the bike and tried the sweat rate thing again.  I weighed 142.6 BEFORE the ride.  I drank 24oz of water during.  And then weighed 143.0 AFTER the ride.  So does that mean I had just under a 16oz sweat rate?

mpdiotte - 2011-01-25 1:10 AM

Did 45 min in the pool, gave up after there was 9 people in the lane with 3 wide as two people tried to pass at the same time. Came home and ran for 40 min in Z2. Tomorrow a 1:10 ride on the trainer.