kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 124)

If you want to work on it, its totally fine.

I'll pull the drills together. 

September 30.

Here's what I sent to Karen pre-taper --

"You'll notice you start tapering a little bit this week with the run and then go into full blown taper next week.  I'm warning you that you're likely going to be sore and antsy and your workouts will feel crappy -- that's normal.  You're body is recovering from a lot of work."

Most people feel crappy during taper.  Its not until a day or two before the race that you start to feel good and then should click on race day. 

Ah tapering.  The most sluggish I ever feel.  Such a craptastic feeling.

So I finished my 2 workouts for today.  This week is I hate Kelly week BTW.  I say that in the most loving way of course.

That made me laugh!  I'm pretty sure my neighbors wonder who this Kelly chick is, because I would curse her name out loud many times while doing mile repeats!

There was yesterday's swim workout that just left my shoulders wrecked.  Mostly from the breast and butterfly that were in there and then today's hill repeats on the treadmill followed by low cadence intervals on the trainer.  I need a nap.

If I remember correctly, you want to be able to go fast at Oilman.  If you've changed your goal, we can change the workouts.

Quit making sense.  Had to stop and get a bucket during hill repeats. 

Thanks everyone for the words.  All the things I'm feeling appear to be pretty "normal" for this stage of the season.  Like I said - monkey butt.  Had a decent run this afternoon, so that made me feel a little better.  

Kelly - Glad to hear you're back in the pool!  That's fantastic.  I hope you're able to race the 70.3 in Sept.  

Karen - I'm not sure about the kicking.  I kick a lot more than I probably ought to be kicking, but I just go with it (though I do notice that I don't use my legs as much in the wetsuit).  I'm happy to hear you're back at masters swim.  Keep it up!

Scott - Hill Repeats?  Ack.  It will pay off later!!

August is in the books as today is a rest day.  I think I'm finding that a comfortable running amount for me is 20-24 mpw.  If I go beyond that, then injuries start cropping up.  There are at least half a dozen spots that are questionable in my lower body.  I was running around 35 mpw when I got the stress fracture.  Even with the IM training, I think I'm going to have to keep that volume in that comfort amount in order to stay injury-free.

One more week until Cedar Point!  I'm starting to get excited!  

You know you don't need to be running 35 mpw. 

I know you're wicked fidgety at the moment.  RELAX.  REST.  I know its hard.  A lot of your niggling issues will clear up post - Rev 3 with some serious rest. 

Considering I started from scratch at the beginning of the month, it wasn't that bad bike-run volume wise. 

I thought this was interesting:

A dressage horse with muscle wastage on the right hind quarters caused by injuries suffered in a fall. Big daddy Rocktape is used to provide proprioceptive feedback in an attempt to activate the muscles which aren't currently firing. Initial results are encouraging.

Holy bike mileage.  That makes me quiver in fear of IM training.  Don't know if I can do it, frankly.  Very nice month considering you're still in PT, Kelly.  

I am fidgety.  I can rest and relax my body, but my brain keeps firing away.

It was super bike heavy because I couldn't swim and my run volume was limited.

Its all about ROI.  With a 1:05 swim, the ROI is so small. 

You know my opinion, once you are comfortable with hte swim distance, focus is on the bike and the run until you're fast enough that your swim becomes a limiter. 

Another friend pointed out to him that average KQ'ers in his AG go 1:07 in the swim and 3:4x on the run.  He already could go around 1 hour on the swim.  Why continue to focus on it?  Just can't get through to him.  Frustrating.

Maybe because he has a background in swimming and is competitive about the time he puts up?  Or maybe he gets more enjoyment from the swim training?  

I agree with you though.  It sounds like he needs to work more on the bike than the swim so he can put up a better marathon time.