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Daisy: sounds like you've got your hands full.  Amazing job just to get the workouts in.   Keep it up.

 As for tire pressure - I like to ride between 100-110 psi on my roadie, which is not a tri bike.

Maybe I need to get sick like the rest of y'all so I can have the time to enter my run and bike routes, too.  Hopefully not this week.  1/2 mary is on Saturday.

I feel like that almost every night.  I power down the vitamin C and water.  Kids have been sick off and on, and training seems to drain my energy by evening.  Crashed hard on the couch last night at 11 - didn't make it to bed until 1:30 am after the dog and lights I'd left on woke me up.

Tara, here is a link to a description of the different levels. I have been a Bronze level for quite sometime and just recently went to Silver. I wanted to get some training plans for the HIM and IM I want to do this year. The Silver level give quite a bit of detail as to what should be done on each day.

Sluggo, be glad that you have not gotten it. Be VERY glad.

Doug, lets hope you can continue to avoid it. At least until Sunday.

I hope to get in a recovery swim on Sunday - either that or crash, hard.

Have you decided whether you're a) running; b) mary; or c) 1/2 mary?

Congrats Tara. I'm sure you'll be happy with your choice. Since you are now a Silver member, you might want to browse through the beginner type sprint triathlon programs listed here (sometimes referred to as - couch to sprint tri). You can even import the programs into your training logl; then each day it will show you exactly what you should be doing to achieve your goal. The programs are very well diversed, spending enough time on the areas that are important for beginners.

Hey everyone,

I know I've read about this somewhere on this thread, but I can't locate it at the moment.  I need to get a trainer for my bike.  Actually I need to win the lottery so I can build a home gym, put in an indoor pool and hire a nanny - but since that isn't happening anytime soon, I'll have to go another route.

Seriously - between snow days, sick kids, Presidents day and today a cancellation for fog of all things - I am SO FAR off my training plan that it's driving me nuts.  I've got to do something to increase the workouts I can do at home or I am never ever going to be able to do the sprint in July.

SO.  Can anyone tell me where I can purchase a trainer for my bike (I hope that's what it's called because I am going to feel like an idiot if it's not).  Are they like a one size fits all or what??  Tell me what I need to be looking for.  Again - haven't won the lottery recently so I need to keep it kind of cheap if that's possible.

Thanks everyone -

Tami

I'm by no means and expert on trainers. In fact I don't own one (but I am planning on borrowing one soon). But I do know this.

There is a variety of types of trainers that allow for hundreds of posibilites. There are all sorts of gizmos and gadgets that can be used with the trainer. Personally, the one I am going to borrow connects to the rear frame of the bike, while the tire sits on some sort of drum. The drum appearently has some sort of tension to it increase resistance. I assume I just connect the bike, get on and ride.

My best suggestion at this point would be to go to a local bike shop (not a sporting good store). Tell them what you are looking for and they should be able to point you in the right direction.

Daisy, glad to hear that you are on the road to recovery.

orphious, I'm not sure about importing it, but I am sure that you can manually enter it into the "planned" calendar. It is what I have done for my past training plans.

Thanks, Daisy.  It is this weekend, and I feel ready.  We had a speedy final run last night and my RB (running buddy) is getting much faster.  We finished sub-8s for about a 1/4 mile.

I'm bummed that Kirk is injured and apparently not going to be able to run in Cowtown this weekend - but I would have had to chase him anyway.

Thanks, y'all for the encouragement as I dealt with my knee issue.  Hopefully, it'll be a distant memory and not a problem this weekend.

db

Okay, as you all know by now Doug (dblack) is running a half marathon this weekend. I'm not sure if this is his first time running one, but I do know its the first time running the Cowtown Half. If you have been keeping up with his logs you might have an idea of how well he runs. I would like to propose that we have a little fun with this and try to guess what his finishing time will be.

I'll start first. As I know the course and I am fairly confident of the weather conditions (rainy) I am going to guess the time to be a little higher then what I know he can do. I'm putting him down for 1 hour 52 minutes and change.

Anyone else?