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Jacklcm - 2010-01-15 5:53 AM Hope the bike stuff works out for you.  If the Looks are working properly, they should hang down with front of the pedals pointing up so you can push the front of the cleat into the pedal and press down. 

You got that swim.  Just keep working at it.

Jacklcm - 2010-01-15 3:39 AM

Bad day for me Wednesday.

Had a new problem with my right leg running my friends says it sounds like IT band.  We ran hard for three miles in my running class, but it didn't hurt till the next day.  I wondering if it is because we run on a track so its always a counter clockwise run with right leg pushing through the turn.  I'm thinking that might be part of it.  Got a good stretch from a Yoga teacher after class Wednesday that might help.  You runners got any other ideas?

Also hurt my left elbow.  It had sharp pains during my swim and hurt bad the next day.  Almost felt like I was hyper-extending it. Seems like I was dropping my elbow in my stroke.

Took Thursday off.  Up early this morning and feeling better.  Its going to be over 50 in VA and I going to hit the bike.  Maybe today will be less painful.

Leegoocrap - 2010-01-18 12:04 PM Man... my first day scheduled to start working out again and I'm sick as a dog
Campbells Chunky Chicken and Sausage gumbo is NOT my friend.

Leegoocrap - 2010-01-18 12:04 PM

Man... my first day scheduled to start working out again and I'm sick as a dog
Campbells Chunky Chicken and Sausage gumbo is NOT my friend.

michwea - 2010-01-18 4:57 PM

That totally bites.  What did you  have planned?

MLK's birthday today so I took advantage of the holiday from work to get a long ride in (well long for me anyway).  I almost want to say that I'm seeing some incremental progress on the bike.  Went 80 mins on the trainer keeping the cadence up.

Leegoocrap - 2010-01-19 5:28 AM

Had a 50min run and an hour long swim planned
Feeling a bit better today, might be back on the wagon!

carrie639 - 2010-01-20 2:23 PM Chris (or anyone down in KY) - was thinking of doing the Taylorsville aquabike on the way home from the May Knoxville Rev 3 race.  Know anything about it?  Thoughts?  Comments?

carrie639 - 2010-01-20 9:54 PM

Another question - When they say not to increase running by more than 10% per week, is that in time or mileage?

Jacklcm - 2010-01-15 4:24 PM Thanks for the great feedback and the references.

 I got a stick and doing stretches and taking a few days off.  Seems to be working. Tomorrow I'm going to start back running slow and short just to ease back into it.

As for stretching, I'm pretty consistent post-run not as much pre-run. I'm learning that pre-run stretching is much different I would call it more warm up.  I've been doing Yoga for a while but now I make sure I get in two days a week.  But what I'm realizing is that there is a gap in my stretching and Yoga practice for this IT area.  Now I do have a few good stretches and some good workout to strengthen my hip area I should be OK.

On the other hand, my elbow is getting worst.  I pushed through the pain during my workout and now I'm paying the price.  RICE is the approach I'm taking for now and some ibuprofen. 

My kids are leaving to return back to college in the next few day so it works out to me to take a couple of days to spend some  time with them.  Went to see Avatar 3D.  Amazing affects, but the plot line was fairly typical Holywood stuff.  Seemed like the Matrix but the body they went in were real and in another planet.

Leegoocrap - 2010-01-19 11:48 AM If I miss a day or two, I just let it slide. Starting to add in extra workouts is usually just not worth it.

3+ days... You need to start re-evaluating that weeks schedule. Try to get it re-set-up to where you get in your key workouts. Still basically stay on track though.

a week or more you need to take a step back in your schedule. You don't want to miss one week then jump your volume the next. Either re-do the week, or step back a week.

that's how I do it anyways.

randomguymike - 2010-01-19 2:37 PM OK, so I still haven't even decided if I'm doing another race after my olympic or just going to 'retire' from the sport (as the 12 hour weeks are brutal for me mentally, but maybe they won't be as bad in the spring/summer?), but assuming I do continue I'll probably take the leap to 1/2 from Oly. Now that I'm on the back half of my current plan, I'd like to start thining about how my summer would shape up if I did take the leap.

Which of the following makes more sense:
Plan 1: Do my Oly, take 1 week off, 4 weeks of 4Xrunning, 2X swim/bike, do a 1/2Mary to set my PR, start 12 week Oly-1/2 IM Bridge plan.

OR

Plan 2: Do my Oly, take 1 week off, 4 weeks of 4Xrunning, 2X swim/bike, do a 1/2M to set my PR, start 16 week 1/2 IM plan.

OR

Plan 3: Do my Oly, take 1 week off, start 16 week 1/2 IM plan, do a 1/2M to set my PR midway through the plan. 

OR Other???

Basically, my goal would be about 6.5 hrs if I did it.

Leegoocrap - 2010-01-20 5:29 PM Today was the first swim I have scheduled to do over 500m continuous since my surgery. I was a bit worried, but fell into the zone about 300m in and cruised (albeit slower than I'd have enjoyed) the full 1000m no sweat, and more importantly, no pain... a good confidence boost. Now lets see if the shoulder comes back to bite me tomorrow morning.

Amber871 - 2010-01-20 9:39 PM I haven't been posting lately or even keeping track on my training log, but I have found that writing down my workouts in a journal is making me feel much more accounted for. For some reason it seems more dreadful to write down on paper that I didn't do a work out rather than just not log it on the computer. I have been following my BT training plan though and I think it seems to be working as I am starting to think this whole triathlon thing is a reality!

This morning I did flip turns with my swimming. So, I swam for like 25 min without stopping. Quite the accomplishment! The shocker is that I didn't feel out of breath at all and it was a bit meditating! This may have been my "click" day.

Biking is going to be my new weakness I think. With the winter in full force here, its a bit hard to get in any real training. However, everyone else in winter states are in the same boat. I don't have a trainer, so I will just continue on stationary bikes and hit the roads hard when spring decides to show up.