Asphalt Junkies Spring 2013 - Closed (Page 110)

Ouch, I can't believe I am saying this but I'll give it a try on Thursday. I'm cringing while I'm typing this. I'll go on 1:45 though, well at least for as long as I can! I think I do the same thing with lifting my head too far when I get tired. Another issue I think I have when I get tired is my arms just go kinda flat through the water instead of having a catch and pull. But, right now I just need to swim more and work harder. Although for a just a few seconds sometimes I wonder if it is worth all the hard work!

Ran in my Hoka One One's for the first time tonight. Those are some crazy shoes. They are huge. Honestly I can't even look at them they are so ugly. They are really light and springy though. Surprisingly so when you see how big they are. I thought they would feel cumbersome but nope. I kept thinking that I felt like Mario from my kids Super Mario Brothers video games bouncing from step to step - boing, boing. Jeff I kept thinking of you with your heel pain and wondering if they would help at all. They certainly did seem to absorb the shock and my feet did not hurt at all. Of course I only went 3 miles so not getting too excited yet but there was a real difference from any other shoe I have ever worn.

Oh, and my pace was a little faster. Usually if my pace starts to pick up my feet let me know but tonight I didn't get any of that negative feedback from my feet so what felt comfortable was about :30 seconds or so quicker than my normal easy pace. I don't know if that is good or bad LOL. It also could have been due to the nice weather and our first 80 degree day!!

Dina, glad U like the shoes.  I've heard nothing but good about them. Did they fit true to size? I wish there was a store the carried them around here.

It looks like a lot of Junkies are getting good workouts in.  Those of ya'll having the winter storm come thru, good luck. 

I'm glad you said this first.  After meeting your family that was my first thought - are those girls REALLY Dirk's?????

Hahahaha! I don't think a paternity test is what you need..... I think worrying about about the fellas that are going to be chasing them is what you have to worry about!

I cringed just at reading Dirk's workout. Ugh! My swimming needs work. But I have noticed lately that the pool is too warm. When I start to push in the middle of my sets, I can feel my body perspiring and I almost feel sick because I cannot cool off.

I am a long way off from doing:

MS:
15x100 on 1:40 

Dina this is great news, it sounds like these shoes are definitely helping. Keep running with them and let us know how they are working out for you.

JoAnne I'm glad to hear your older sister is doing well and I hope your sister Marge is feeling better. I can't imagine how tough it is to have to go through that. I'm also glad to hear that your trainer is helping you with your swim. I think it's great when you can get a second opinion on your swimming. Nothing better than having someone watch what your doing.

Thanks for the advice on the bike course. I know the veterans kind of down play the hills on the course which makes me a little nervous so I appreciate your perspective on this. In any case I am doing exactly what you are suggesting. I am going to do as many rides as I can that include hills. I need to improve both my climbing and my descents. I am planning on another 3 hour suffestfest this Saturday trying to do as many hill repeats as I can handle.

Did you book a place for Syracuse yet?

x2 I'd be lucky to do 50 on 1:40 LOL

Reading the book "I'm Here to Win" by Chris McCormack...  Well just to see how ya'lls training compares to his.  In 2007 he had the following miles training and racing combined.

Swim 707

Bike 17,475

Run 3,265

I'm a slacker!!!!

Karl I've read that book, great book and yeah Macca makes us all look like slackers. His totals for the year are astronomical but then again he does this for a living.

Alright peeps, lets have those April totals.

Bike - 353

Run - 53

Swim - 15,900 meters

I guess my totals are little low from last month.  Besides the marathon training coming to a close andsome recovery from the race,  the rest of my schedule got crushed from additional unplanned conflicts but here they are:

 I had hoped to have many more miles in the saddle after Boston but it seemed I couldn't get that going because of work and home activities and then swimming almost always relates to the pool issues with lane time that are ridiculously unavailable.   I have learned that I have to at least attempt to go over there when only one lane is available.  So far I've not been totally screwed.  I've been able to get most of a work out in or all of it but a little bit more rest because I've had to change lanes to accommodate the club swimmers coming in.  Now I am actually getting aggravated again!

It's good to know that your oldest sister seems to be coming along well.

I think it's perfectly fine for you to mention to Margie that making herself active in one form or another would help occupy her mind.  You may be able to pose it to her as a question rather than a suggestion.  Something like: "Do you think that staying busy would help distract you from some of the problems you've been having?"  Dwelling on bad things all the time will have an adverse impact on a persons everyday life.  Trying to make something positive happen will almost always have encouraging prospects and I imagine that's what Margie needs.

Ways to help Margie along may be to provide examples, without being really direct in your approach, might be to find things in creation that are positive right now.  "Hey, the snows over and warm temperatures are here!"  Or something like......"The geese are migrating back to Canada."  Whatever she normally has enjoyed, give it to her verbally and see if her spirits lift.

I don't remember you having a triathlon coach.  I knew you had a trainer but I didn't realize, or at least remember, that he has the expertise to coach in triathlon disciplines.  Either way, enjoy the time with your coach.  Getting pointers from him should prove beneficial in the time you're leading up to another HIM and then later the IM.

Have a great time this weekend with your family at the HM.  That should be a great time for you.

Have a great HM this weekend

Not a bad month for me especially with the swimming. I missed two weeks last month with the pool closed so I bounced back pretty well. I need to get the totals up some more though especially on the bike.

April's totals:
Bike: 427.2 Mi
Run: 111.48 Mi
Swim: 21075 M

My Aprils:

Holy canoli, you guys have been killing it already!  I need to take the time to log all of my training.  It's coming along well, a few hickups, but I'm pleased so far.

I did end up buying a new watch, so my Timex Global Trainer is up for sale.  I'm going to throw it out there to you guys.  If anyone is interested in the watch, I'll give you a really good deal on it.  If not, I'll just put it on the general classifieds section of BT....or maybe eBay.  Shoot me a message if you need a watch like this.  I've used it for a couple seasons very successfully.

And we are officially archived!

I'll post a little later about where the group is headed, but we are still going to maintain the Junkie's as a group.

15 x 150 on 1:45 - done.

And I thought you were my friend.

Oh man I wanted to make this workout easier. After 100 #5 I thought swimming an easy lap every 5 laps would be a really good idea . But I didn't. After #10 I found a strange sort of comfort in the suffering, like this is brutal but I'm still breathing.

April Totals:

Rough month as we were all down with a nasty round of the stomach flu and I was still trying to find my mojo again.