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Exactly what Ben said, it's all about finding patterns.  The initial warmup is fairly typical of what Shane gives me, there are maybe 3 or 4 variations that I will see so I just get used to that.  

After that, within the main set the pattern goes 8, 6, 4, 2 for the number of repeats and the distance increases by 25 so it's just remembering to start at 8x25.  Then just have to remember what to do for each but there is somewhat of a pattern there too.

There has only been one time that I told him he had violated rule 16. 

Heh, it is funny. One of the things I like about masters is that every day is different, but at the same time it is usually the same. The deck coach actually has said to me that "it is just swimming." I try to always write down the specifics of the workout in my log, and even when it seems complicated, there is always some really easy, over-arching pattern to remember - it seems almost like a game. Swimming masters and learning to work the pace clock has made it much easier to see the patterns and remember them. Without any real counting laps, distance, etc.

I'm hoping to be a regular here again. Army training is done, so I mostly have my life back.

This may not be a tri year though, it may be a marathon year. I applied for the Army Tri team again, but unless the squad is bigger (which it might be - it's a Military World Games year), I'm out. I did find out that the AZ Guard has a marathon team, and that the time standard is a 4:30 for the women... and that my only competition has a PR of 4:07... I ran a 4:22 in January 2012, and I'm confident that, if trained, I could go 4:00 by the end of Jan 2016.

Ok - back to catching up on the conversation so far

Quick question:

Do you warm up at all before running? If yes, what do you do? Do you do it before every run?

I've always just kind of ran, but this year will (hopefully) bring many more miles than the last one.

Back on the saddle today.  Generally fine...just a little tender in the elbow when riding over cracks or bumps.  Didn't feel like getting out of the saddle all that much and putting a lot of weight on my front end. 

On a side note, 32 mm gatorskins at 60 psi on my CX bike is great for commuting.

Heh, it is funny. One of the things I like about masters is that every day is different, but at the same time it is usually the same. The deck coach actually has said to me that "it is just swimming." I try to always write down the specifics of the workout in my log, and even when it seems complicated, there is always some really easy, over-arching pattern to remember - it seems almost like a game. Swimming masters and learning to work the pace clock has made it much easier to see the patterns and remember them. Without any real counting laps, distance, etc.

Calories burned should be based off power numbers shouldn't they?  For me, in both Garmin connect and TP, calories burned always equals work (plus or minus 1).  Maybe that's because I don't use HR though, could be different when that comes into the equation I guess.

Calories burned should be based off power numbers shouldn't they?  For me, in both Garmin connect and TP, calories burned always equals work (plus or minus 1).  Maybe that's because I don't use HR though, could be different when that comes into the equation I guess.