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Jambago, sorry to hear the calf is still bothering you man! Wish I could give you some good advice, ut the only thing I know to do is to give it time to recover, I know, that;s sucky advice. Sorry

Mk, sorry to hear about your cat also. I am not a cat guy so I am sure if I could spend that kind of money on a cat, but still, I hope it recovers soon.

Sounds like alot of us are hitting that wall and coming across as really being worn out. I can't stress to everyone how important rest and recovery is to training. Listen to your body and if you need an extra rest day, go ahead and take one, it won;t kill your training.

Crazy.  What do you suppose you did to it?  Just a pull?  Have you tried all the basic medical home remedies?

Heating pads, aspirin, some light stretching, etc?

I seem to be a walking ache/injury these days.  I have been doing TONS of strength training - pretty extreme stuff from my normal routine.  It seems something is always aching/sore/hurting.  Today it's my lower back and right shoulder.

Plus if you don't have a fan, you overheat which makes it harder (at least for me).  Plus mentally?  Riding outside there are so many more mental distractions.  Inside?  Not as much.  I tend to try and use a TV to distract me or an audio book.

Well, a couple things.

There are many times I don't "want" to workout, but I just make it part of me day - like brushing my teeth or eating lunch.  You just do it.

Here is a technique, just put your shoes on and go outside for a jog.  Even for just 5-10 minutes.  If you don't want to keep going?  Pack it in.  But most likely, once you just get STARTED, you will feel better and keep going.

Also, if my "workout" seems like a drag and I don't want to do it.  I try to think of something FUN to do.  Maybe dust off the MTN bike and just go for a trail ride.  Go for a trail run.  Take a yoga class, play some basketball/volleyball.  SOMETHING.

This stuff should be FUN!  Just like a child who swims/bikes/runs.  They don't consider those things a "workout" but just something fun to do.  Look at it like that.  Something fun. 

Sorry I've been out of the loop - very busy and somewhat frustrated with the recurring ankle/foot injury.

About motivation - x2 on the "just get out there" for a little bit. I find if I just get started, I'm 95% of the time willing to finish the workout (especially for swim - it's such a process to drive to the pool, get changed, shower, get in the pool, swim, get out of the pool, shower, get changed and drive back). I also think that unless you are training for a specific race with a specific plan - you should do what makes it fun. If you are training for a specific race/event - you can shake up the plan a bit - like doing a mtn bike on a bike day.

The hard thing for me with this injury is I *really* like running. It's got to be the most fun for me right now and the injury isn't really allowing me to run much. It's also pretty cold here (not as cold as usual, but it's still cold) and I'm not even a little bit motivated to swim in a pool. Right now I'm rationalizing my pathetic swim volume to myself by saying I've still got 3.5 months before the Patriot HIM to get my act together...and it's all technique - right?

Hope you all are well - I've been doing a lot of thinking about the weight training per Kido, but haven't actually pulled the trigger. Maybe a quick 20 minute session each day after the short run. What muscle groups/exercises would you focus on for the most bang for your buck?

I'm off to El Salvador for a week. Not sure what, if any, training I will be able to get in. But I am looking forward to the sun.

Enjoy your weeks!

Have a great race James! Looking forward to hearing how it went.

El Salvador! How exciting! Have an awesome time

Just got the official email - 2 weeks until my first race....stomach did a back flip.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Had a good run this morning.  Almost PRed for my 30s and 40s.  Missed by 8 seconds.  Head wind on the last 1/2 mile cost some time, but I mind gamed myself off as well.  Saw 31:08 on my watch with a ways to go and walked a little, instead of pushing through.  Then I thought I only had 2 minutes for the PR and not 3, I got back in on my game by thinking, don't waste a minute here walking.  Did not put on a real kick, but sped up some when I saw the 3 mile marker.

5K in 34:42.2 splits average was 11:11.  First mile was 10:38, second was 11:04, so no negative splits, but I have not really run in 2 weeks.

3K next week, it is setting up to be an all out run time.  Previous best was 11:24 pace, so that PR is going to fall next week.  Looking for a sun 21 minutes.

Hope everyone else has a good week-end run as well.

Great job! 21 minutes is a great goal!

Back from my 10K trail run!

New PR!!!  52:26

13/30AG

107/428 OA!!!

Very pleased with this run, I cut almost 5 minutes off last years time!

great job....

Wow!  10 minutes is awesome!  Way to go!

Great job all! All that training is starting to pay off, eh?

I don't have a race until the beginning of April - but I'm starting to get itchy...still haven't spent nearly enough time in the water, but I'm hopeful the ice will melt quickly this year and I'll get to swim outside before my first tri in June.

We are lucky living here in the South, we should be able to jump in the lake with a wetsuit on in early to mid April!

Nice work...

You and me both on the bike.  (and for me, also the swim and run).  I just havent been getting any done.

Happy Leap Year Day!

I am looking to get in a 6 mile run before church tonight!  I hope to hear how everyone did on their goals!

Maybe for March, we have our won virtual Ironman  everyone committ to doing the IM distances???

Well I got a swim workout tonight and maybe on my lunch break a 4 mile run.  Looking at my february training log.  I got 1 out of my 3 goals so far?

I know this has been asked alot, but when to do you retired your running shoe? 

Here is my race report on my half marathon.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=428079&posts=1&start=1

I log my shoes on the equipment section of BT, so I know when that mileage is coming up. I can usually tell they are getting there anyways, my feet will be sore or other parts of my leggs, and I know it is time for new shoes